jets?

• by adi_dinu

  Is this a pair of jets or two black holes?

  Posted April 14, 2015 1:23 PM

• by JeanTate in response to adi dinu's comment.

  Dolorous Edd suggests it may be the result of a pair of jets, from a single black hole (a 'wat' is a 'wide-angled tail') - see his comment.

  Myself, I am not sufficiently familiar with these things to be confident of saying anything; maybe a radio astronomer could comment?

  Hope this helps.

  Posted April 14, 2015 4:04 PM

• by adi_dinu in response to JeanTate's comment.

  Thank you for helping me so much,i am really grateful! 😃

  Posted April 14, 2015 7:17 PM

• by ivywong scientist, admin

  Thanks @JeanTate! Good question @adi dinu

  Hmmm, it could be a single object or it could be a result of our resolution confusing several high-redshift/distant sources together. Looking at the optical SDSS image, there seem to be quite a few distant objects in the field. However, it is difficult to verify just with current observations....

  Posted April 16, 2015 2:09 AM