NGC 7793
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 NGC 7793 as observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey. The blue colors represent the 3.6 micrometre emission from stars. The green and red colors represent the 5.8 and 8.0 micrometre emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and possibly dust. |
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| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 23h 57m 49.8s[1] |
| Declination | -32° 35′ 28″[1] |
| Redshift | 227 ± 2 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 12.7 ± 1.3 Mly (3.9 ± 0.4 Mpc)[2] |
| Type | SA(s)d[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 9′.3 × 6′.3[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.0[1] |
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NGC 7793 is a spiral galaxy about 12.7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop.[citation needed]
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NGC 7793 is one of the brightest galaxies within the Sculptor Group, a group of galaxies in the constellation of the same name. The group itself is an elongated, loosely bound group of galaxies with the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) and its companion galaxies forming a tightly-bound core of galaxies near the center.[2]
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- ^ a b c d e f g NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 7793. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.
- ^ a b I. D. Karachentsev, E. K. Grebel, M. E. Sharina, A. E. Dolphin, D. Geisler, P. Guhathakrta, P. W. Hodge, V. E. Karachentseva, A. Sarajedini, P. Seitzer (2003). "Distances to nearby galaxies in Sculptor". Astronomy and Astrophysics 404: 93-111.
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