Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7793
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NGC 7793, Mathieu Guinot
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NGC 7793

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NGC 7793

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NGC 7793 is a flocculent spiral galaxy located at a distance of 12.2 million light-years in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It is one of the five brightest galaxies within the Sculptor Group.
The morphological class of NGC 7793 is SA(s)d, indicating it is an unbarred spiral (SA) with no inner ring structure (s) and that the arms are loosely wound and disorganized (d). It is flocculent in appearance with a very small bulge and a star cluster at the nucleus. There are two nearby dwarf galaxy companions.

Data set from Telescope Live taken at El Sauce Observatory, Chile, from 2022/07/03 to 2022/09/27.

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NGC 7793, Mathieu Guinot