Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

Think this is a triple

  • Cardiffian by Cardiffian

    It seems very distorted though

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  • 42jkb by 42jkb scientist, admin in response to Cardiffian's comment.

    Yes, I agree that this is a triple and distorted. The distortion can either be the result of a precessing jet (probably not here) and/or the environment the radio jet is expanding into. Looks sort of like the jet is hitting something in North causing the hot-spot and the emission is "falling" and "flowing" back and out as it can't get through. Tries to find the path of least resistance.

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  • Cardiffian by Cardiffian

    Thanks, I wonder what would block the path of the jet.

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  • 42jkb by 42jkb scientist, admin in response to Cardiffian's comment.

    It is known that there are cold molecular gas reservoirs surrounding galaxies. Depending on where these clouds of gas are, the radio jets could be hitting them. Similar to minkowski object. There are other things, like X-ray halos, that can also shape the radio morphology.

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  • Cardiffian by Cardiffian

    Thanks very much, with either of these I guess you would end up with a lot of ionised material which would interact strongly with the jets.

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