Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)
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The Taffy galaxies : UGC 12914-12915, Patrice RENAUT

The Taffy galaxies : UGC 12914-12915

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The Taffy galaxies : UGC 12914-12915, Patrice RENAUT

The Taffy galaxies : UGC 12914-12915

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A pair of galaxies in interaction located in Pegasus. They are about 180 million light-years away from us. A head-on collision between galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915 occurred 25–30 million years ago, which caused these distorted arms in these two spiral galaxies.

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The Taffy galaxies : UGC 12914-12915, Patrice RENAUT