NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy

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December 2, 2021.
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The NGC 6822 is about the Barnard'sGalaxy.
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The grand spiral galaxies often show their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. The small galaxies like the one called Barnard'sGalaxy form stars as well. 1.5 million light-years away, is where the Local Group of galaxies is located, and it is beyond the rich starfields in the constellation Sagittarius. The Small Magellanic Cloud is about 7,000 light-years across. The foreground stars in the sky are bright. Behind them, there is a large area filled with young blue stars and a bright glow of star forming regions in a deep color image.

Tomorrow's picture is of a comet.

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December 3, 2021.
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Leonard and the Whale.
The image is copyrighted by Gregg Ruppel.

On November 24th, the comet Leonard was caught between two galaxies in this telescopic image. The comet's dusty tail seems to be harpooning the heart of the WhaleGalaxy. The Hockey Stick is a background galaxies some 25 million light-years away. The comet was close to our planet. The closest approach to Earth is still to come, and it will be brighter in December. This comet will likely not return to the inner Solar System, which is a good object for binoculars and small telescopes. The closest approach to the Sun will be on January 3, 2022.

Tomorrow's picture is light-weekend.

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