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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but those have been known for at least a couple hundred years ;)

https://science.nasa.gov/galaxy-wars-m81-and-m82




BTW, I absolutely love that everyone is running with my post and claiming their galaxies, and they’re all so pretty!

I like mine too: https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=25.0865&dec=9.8563&layer...


Mines: https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=167.2301&dec=26.6135&lay... I may be completely wrong, but it looks like these two galaxies are on the verge of merging together.


You're all invited to visit mine, you'll be welcome : https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=317.9835&dec=-51.6970&la...


This spot definitely went out with a bang here: https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=194.0271&dec=65.9466&lay...


I'm guessing that is a star in our galaxy that is crashing the photo.




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