Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Box  ·  NGC 4169  ·  NGC 4170  ·  NGC 4171  ·  NGC 4173  ·  NGC 4174  ·  NGC 4175
The Box (Hickson 61), Brian Hayward
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The Box (Hickson 61)

The Box (Hickson 61), Brian Hayward
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The Box (Hickson 61)

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The Box is a small grouping of 4 galaxies in Coma Berenices.  Given the name due to the fact that they seem to make a nearly perfect rectangle.  The four galaxies span just 3.8' of the sky.

The brightest of the four is NGC 4169, a 13.3 magnitude Lenticular Galaxy.  NGC4174 is a nearly edge-on magnitude 14.5 spiral galaxy which shows evidence of interaction with it's neighbor, NGC 4173.

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The Box (Hickson 61), Brian Hayward