Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)
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UGC 12342, Gary Imm
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UGC 12342

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UGC 12342

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This tiny obscure object is a pair of merging galaxies located 400 million light years away in the constellation of Pegasus at a declination of +17 degrees. The object spans just over 1 arc-minute in our apparent view, which corresponds to a true width of 150,000 light years.

This objects reminds me of a miniature version of Arp 244, the Antennae Galaxies. Here, the cores of the 2 merging galaxies are different colors - yellow on the left and blue on the right.

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