400/500mm - 17.5" (7/17/93): brighter of a close pair of UGC galaxies dubbed the "Taffy" galaxies. Faint, moderately large, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, 2.0'x0.5'. A mag 12.5-13 star is at the SE tip, 1.6' from the center. UGC 12915 lies just 1' NE.

600/800mm - 24" (9/14/12): at 375x, the brighter member of the "Taffy" Galaxies appeared moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.3', broad concentration with a brighter core. An extension (spiral arm) is attached on the NNW end and hooks towards UGC 12915, which is centered 1.0' NE. The arm increases the total size to ~1.6'x0.8' (roughly 2:1). UGC 14 lies 32' SE.

900/1200mm - 48" (11/1/13): the Taffy pair was observed at 610x. UGC 12914 (southwestern component) appeared bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 2.1'x0.7', sharply concentrated with a very bright, rounder core. The southern end of the galaxy gradually faded out and extended further than seen with my 24". A dust lane creates a sharp light-cut off on the east side of the core and the diffuse glow from an arm is visible further east. A bright curving spiral arm is attached on the NNW side of the core and it hooks north counterclockwise towards the companion UGC 12915. The arms from both galaxies nearly merge in an embrace, but don't connect. A mag 13 star is just off the southeast end.