Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4169  ·  NGC 4173  ·  NGC 4174  ·  NGC 4175
Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies, Phil Swift
Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies
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Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies

Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies, Phil Swift
Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies
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Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies

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Hickson 61, sometimes called "The Box", is a very tight grouping of four galaxies that form a nearly perfect rectangle.

The brightest member, is the 13.3 magnitude Lenticular galaxy NGC4169.

The next easiest to detect is the small, spiral, NGC4174 at 14.5 magnitude.

NGC4175 is an edge-on spiral at 14.3 magnitude.

Finally, NGC4173 is the largest of the four at 13.8 magnitude. It has a very low mean surface brightness of 23.7 mag/arc-sec2.

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Description: Hickson 61, sometimes called "The Box", is a very tight grouping of four galaxies that form a nearly perfect rectangle.
The brightest member, is the 13.3 magnitude Lenticular galaxy NGC4169.
The next easiest to detect is the small, spiral, NGC4174 at 14.5 magnitude.
NGC4175 is an edge-on spiral at 14.3 magnitude.
Finally, NGC4173 is the largest of the four at 13.8 magnitude. It has a very low mean surface brightness of 23.7 mag/arc-sec2.

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Hickson 61 - The Box (NGC4169, NGC4173, NGC4174, NGC4175) in the constellation of Coma Berenecies, Phil Swift