Caldwell 57

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Caldwell 57 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, better known as Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822), located in the constellation Sagittarius.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Caldwell 57 canonical 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy
alsoKnownAs Barnard's Galaxy NERFINISHED
IC 4895 NERFINISHED
NGC 6822 NERFINISHED
angularSize 15.5 × 13.5 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 9.3
catalog Caldwell catalogue NERFINISHED
Index Catalogue
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
contains Cepheid variable stars
H II regions
planetary nebulae
young star clusters
declination −14° 48′ 12″
discoveredBy Edward Emerson Barnard NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1884
distanceFromEarth about 1.6 million light-years
about 500 kiloparsecs
galacticLatitude −18.4°
galacticLongitude 25.3°
gasContent rich in neutral hydrogen (H I)
hasNotableRegion Hubble V NERFINISHED
Hubble X NERFINISHED
hasStarFormation ongoing
hasStellarPopulation Population I stars NERFINISHED
Population II stars
is one of the nearest dwarf irregular galaxies outside the Milky Way
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius NERFINISHED
mass about 1×10^9 solar masses
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType IB(s)m
namedAfter Edward Emerson Barnard NERFINISHED
observedWith Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED
orientation seen nearly face-on
radialVelocity −57 km/s
redshift z = −0.000191
rightAscension 19h 44m 57s
surfaceBrightness low
usedFor calibration of the cosmic distance scale

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barnard's Galaxy alsoKnownAs Caldwell 57
Barnard's Galaxy catalogCode Caldwell 57