Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Box  ·  HD106238  ·  NGC 4169  ·  NGC 4170  ·  NGC 4171  ·  NGC 4173  ·  NGC 4174  ·  NGC 4175  ·  PGC 1853917  ·  PGC 1856860  ·  PGC 1858993  ·  PGC 1859349  ·  PGC 1860644  ·  PGC 1860751  ·  PGC 1861683  ·  PGC 213947  ·  PGC 38832
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The Box Galaxies

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The Box Galaxies

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The Box Galaxies consist of four galaxies (NGC 4169, NGC 4173, NGC 4174, NGC 4175) arranged to form a rectangle. The four galaxies appear to show no evidence of interaction. The brightest member is the 13.1-magnitude lenticular galaxy NGC 4169, while the largest member is the blue elongated galaxy NGC 4173.

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Title: Annotated with many PGC background galaxies

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