Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4449
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The Box Galaxy - NGC 4449, Bob Stevenson
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The Box Galaxy - NGC 4449

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The Box Galaxy - NGC 4449

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Also known as Caldwell 21, The Box is an irregular Magellanic galaxy, similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is a starburst galaxy with large star forming regions at a distance of 13 million light years.

I took some Ha data to make sure the star forming regions were visible in the final image. There is a nice Hubble image of the galaxy here:

Hubble Image of The Box

The galaxy also has some pronounced dark nebulae which add some depth to the image.

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Description: Cool ribbed details in the Ha. No processing has been done to this except stretching the image and making it starless.

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The Box Galaxy - NGC 4449, Bob Stevenson