UGC 12914 and UGC 12915

A long time ago, two spiral galaxies far, far away were slowly drawing closer to each other, until, about 25 million to 30 million years before the image here was taken, they collided head-on. Found 180 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus, both UGC 12914 and UGC 12915 managed to pull away from each otherContinue reading “UGC 12914 and UGC 12915”
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