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NGC6822

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Sagittarius
  • Location: RA:19h 44m 54.0s Dec:-14d 48' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 15.4 x 14.2 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 8.8
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: Barnard's Galaxy, ic4895
Instrument:
Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio:
f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure:
11 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding:
Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date:
7/12/05
Post Processing:
CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS