Classic double lobe, no apparent central IR source, but ...
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by JeanTate
... there is a fairly bright IR source ~midway between the two radio sources, just that it's offset (to the NW, assuming N is up and E to the right).
So, is this
a) an IR-radio misalignment, and the IR source is, in fact, central (and midway between the double lobes)?
b) two jets/lobes originating in a galaxy too faint to be detected in the IR (and the bright IR source is a chance near-alignment)?
c) 'bent jets': if you trace the centerlines of the two lobes and extrapolate, you come quite close to the IR source; the jets are 'bent'?
d) some combo of the above?
e) none of the above?Posted
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by akapinska scientist in response to JeanTate's comment.
I would bet on c) if not having more data 😃
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