The South America Galaxy, also known as LEDA 69877 and IRAS 22491-1808, is a merging pair of ultraluminous infrared galaxies located in the constellation Aquarius. It is estimated to be 1.045 billion light-years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light-years in diameter. The object is moving away from the Solar System with a calculated radial velocity of approximately 23.300 kilometers per second.