[8] The galaxy is located at a distance of 12.2[3] million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 227 km/s.

The visible profile is elliptical in form with an angular size of 9.3′ × 6.3′[5] and a major axis aligned along a position angle of 99.3°.

[9] On March 25, 2008, a type II-P supernova designated SN 2008bk was discovered in NGC 7793.

[11] The progenitor of this supernova was a red supergiant, observed only 547 days prior to the explosion.

NGC 7793 hosts the ultra-luminous X-ray pulsar (ULXP) referred to as NGC 7793 P13 (previously believed to harbor a black hole), which consists of a 0.42-second pulsar in a 64-day orbit with a 18-23 solar mass B9Ia companion star.