2000AJ....120.3088C

We present optical spectroscopy of four star clusters and six H II regions in the nearby, dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. From the data, we estimate ages of 2.5^+1.5_–1.0x10⁷, 2.0^+3.0_–1.0x10⁸, 1.4^+1.1_–0.6x10⁹, and 10±2x10⁹ yr for clusters H VI, C21, H VIII, and H VII, respectively. For clusters H VI and H VII we estimate [Fe/H]~-1.46±0.26 and ~-2.0, lower than Large and Small Magellanic Cloud clusters at similar ages. Mass estimates for H VI, H VII, and H VIII demonstrate that clusters with typical globular cluster masses (>10⁴ M_☉) have formed over the lifetime of NGC 6822. For six H II regions, ionic abundances are derived for element species of N, O, S, and Ne. These show that there is a correlation of abundance with position, the highest oxygen abundance H II regions being located off the main body of the galaxy.