Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Box  ·  HD106238  ·  NGC 4169  ·  NGC 4170  ·  NGC 4171  ·  NGC 4173  ·  NGC 4174  ·  NGC 4175
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Box Galaxy Cluster, Joshua Kovach
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Box Galaxy Cluster

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Box Galaxy Cluster

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This is my first submission for Sky-Watcher's Target of the Month for April 2023. The Box Galaxy Cluster is a pretty small target for my rig at FL 650mm, but after about 16 hours of data, I was able to pull out a little bit of detail.Constellation: Coma Berenices
    RA     12h 12m 18.7s
Dec    +29° 10' 46"[center] [/center]Distance: 200 mly
Apparent Magnitude: 12.2
Apparent diameter: 1.8' x 0.9'[center] [/center]AKA NGC 4169, Hickson 61

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Box Galaxy Cluster, Joshua Kovach