Barnard’s Galaxy (NGC 6822) was discovered by American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard through a 6-inch refractor in 1881. You’ll find this object in Sagittarius, 1.5° north-northeast of ...
IMAGE: Astronomers obtained this portrait of Barnard’s Galaxy using the Wide Field Imager attached to the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. Also known as NGC… ...
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Star that seemed to vanish more than 130 years ago is found again
In 1892, astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard thought he saw a bright star near Venus, but then it vanished. We may now know why ...
Hiding just six light-years away from our solar system, an exoplanet has been revealed to be orbiting the closest single star to Earth. The world—dubbed Barnard b—is thought to have about half of the ...
In the new ESO image, Barnard's Galaxy glows beneath a sea of foreground stars in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). At the relatively close distance of about 1.6 million ...
Astronomers believe that recently discovered super-Earth Barnard's star b, only six light-years away, might be able to support life. Barnard's star b was only announced in November; it orbits ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 8" x 10" glass negative image of the ...
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