Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

Classic double lobe, no apparent central IR source, but ...

  • JeanTate 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?

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  • akapinska by akapinska scientist in response to JeanTate's comment.

    I would bet on c) if not having more data 😃

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