Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

One galaxy splitting.

  • Gopach by Gopach

    This looks like two galaxies that are forming. Such that, perhaps a galaxy splitting or two combining. Looking at the contour I believe that they are splitting.

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Gopach's comment.

    Welcome to Radio Galaxy Zoo, Gopach! 😃

    This is an #hourglass, which is a pair of jets which end in lobes (and possibly a core), but they're too far away to be easily resolved into their components. The host - the galaxy in whose nucleus the supermassive black hole which is, indirectly, responsible for these radio emissions - is a giant elliptical, named SDSS J110608.54+255210.8, with a redshift of 0.203. It looks like this (from SDSS):

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    Hope this helps, and happy hunting! 😄

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