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NGC 7793

Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor

 (ra: 23:57.8 / dec - 32:35)

 

 

 

 

June 2011, Laguna de Todos los Santos, 25 de Mayo

Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

 

DATA

TYPE: Spiral Galaxy

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 9.18

SIZE: 9.3 x6.3 arcs minutes

DISTANCE: Approximately 10 Millions light years

 

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

NGC 7793 is a spiral Galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor. Is the fainter member of the Sculptor Galaxy group which also includes NGC 253, NGC 300, NGC 55 NGC 247. The Galaxy presents a very dense structure with quite a populated glowing red emission regions distributed along the disc. This reveals new star formation areas which is driving the evolution of the Galaxy.

NGC 7793 was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from Australia.

 

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: Celestron SCT 8" working in f6.3

MOUNT: Sky Watcher HEQ6

SKY CONDITIONS: Rural Skies - good.

CAMERAS: QSI 583 WS -10Cº

FILTERS: Baader 31 mm LRGB

EXPOSURES: LRGB (60,20,20,20) RGB bin 2x2

GUIDING: William Optics ZenithStar 66 f6. Starlight Xpress Lodestar Camera. AA 3.71 Control Camera Plug-in

PROCESSING: Images Plus (Sigma Median Combination) CCD Sharp Richardson Lucy Deconvolution NASA Photoshop Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS

 

 

NGC 7793 w/distant Galaxies (*)

Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor

 (ra: 23:57.8 / dec - 32:35)

 

 

 

 

(*) Courtesy of Fabian Quattrochi