Although Arp and UGC considered Arp 194 a connected double system, the HST image clearly shows that UGC 6945a consists of two colliding galaxies in the process of merging. A tidal tail, consisting of blue complexes of super star clusters, heads towards UGC 6945b. I wasn't able to use higher power in soft seeing to resolve the two nuclei of UGC 6945a.

600/800mm - 24" (6/4/16): UGC 6945a = VV 126b and UGC 6945b = VV 126a form a 40" pair (Arp 194), apparently connected by a bridge. At 260x; UGC 6945a, the brighter northwest component, appeared faint, small, roundish, 20". UGC 6945b, the southeastern component, is faint, extremely small, round, 6" diameter. The two glows are separated by 40" and the halos were cleanly separated.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb