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 and .
Supernova One supernova has been observed in NGC 6794: SN 2024dgn (TypeIa, mag. 15.719) was discovered by ATLAS on 26 February 2024.
See also List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
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