NGC 6794


NGC 6794 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation of Sagittarius. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. However, three non-redshift measurements give a farther mean distance of. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 24 August 1834.
NGC 6794 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Galaxy group

NGC 6794 is a member of a small galaxy group known as LDC 1344, which includes the galaxies ESO 338-9 and ESO 338-7.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6794:SN 2024dgn was discovered by ATLAS on 26 February 2024.