We present low-resolution Keck spectroscopy for the globular cluster ( GC ) H VIII in the Local Group dIrr galaxy NGC 6822 .
We find the metallicity of the cluster to be [ Fe/H ] = -1.58 \pm 0.28 and the age of the cluster to be 3–4 Gyr , slightly older than but consistent with previous age estimates .
H VIII seems to be more metal-poor than most intermediate-age GCs in the Local Group , and appears most similar to the anomalous Small Magellanic Cloud ( SMC ) clusters Lindsay 113 and NGC 339 .