Giant radio source ?

• by Clue4fun4

  What could be the reason for that ?

  Posted October 2, 2015 8:14 PM

• by ivywong scientist, admin

  Hi @Clue4fun4, If these radio sources are parts of a larger radio galaxy then the rest of the radio galaxy may be #overedge. To calculate the physical size of the source, we would need to know the distance to the host galaxy but we have to first identify the host galaxy so it's not possible to judge whether this source is a giant just from looking at it. Does this help?

  Posted October 5, 2015 5:59 AM