Spiral galaxy · Sculptor
NGC 7793 Bond's Galaxy
mag 9.310′ across
About
NGC 7793, the Bond's Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy of magnitude 9.3 in Sculptor, about 10′ across.
How to find it
- NGC 7793 is in the constellation Sculptor.
- Best evenings: around early November it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 47° N.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)A faint smudge, only from a dark site.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)A faint oval glow with a brighter middle — no spiral arms without a camera.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 7793, PGC 73049 |
|---|---|
| Type | Spiral galaxy (Scd) |
| Magnitude | 9.3The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 10′ × 6′position angle 89°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 23.1 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 23h 57m 49.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | −32° 35′ 28″ |
Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →