UGC 12914
UGC 12915
Taffy galaxies
Pegasus
Mag 13.1 P
Type (R) S (r) cD pec liner
This interacting pair look great in most all scopes and at 196 million light year away are fairly bright. The pair have been interacting for 20 million years and one day will merge into one galaxy system. What gives the interacting pair its name is a bridge of hydrogen gas between the two galaxies that looks like stretched taffy. The system has 94 references in NED and is very well studied if you would like to know more about this beautiful pair. For me this one of those objects that I often return to year after year. I do not seem to get enough of this beautiful pair. Hope you will try this pair and let us know what you think of this interaction.
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GOOD LUCK AND GREAT VIEWING!
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