Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4449  ·  NGC 4460
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NGC 4449 - The Box Galaxy, Bars Károlyi
NGC 4449 - The Box Galaxy
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NGC 4449 - The Box Galaxy

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NGC 4449 - The Box Galaxy, Bars Károlyi
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NGC 4449 - The Box Galaxy

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NGC 4449 is an irregular Magellanic type galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, being located about 13 million light-years away. It is part of the M94 Group or Canes Venatici I Group that is relatively close to the Local Group hosting our Milky Way galaxy.

This galaxy is similar in nature to the Milky Way's satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), though is not as bright nor as large. NGC 4449 has a general bar shape, also characteristic of the LMC, with scattered young blue star clusters. Unlike the Large Magellanic Cloud, however, NGC 4449 is considered a starburst galaxy due to its high rate of star formation (twice the one of the LMC) and includes several massive and young star clusters, one of them in the galaxy's center.

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NGC 4449 - The Box Galaxy, Bars Károlyi