Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

ARG0001we0 Huh?

  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    At first glance, the radio source in the center seems to be host of an #asymmetric #bent #triple. But is that really the best way to describe the radio morphology?

    However, there seems to be nothing at that location in SDSS! 😮 And what are perhaps the most obvious choices for host - any one of the three E-looking galaxies in a line - are nowhere near close enough. Yet, if the host is SDSS-invisible, it'd have to be a very long way away, and none of you - reading this post - have come across such extended radio emission from a host so far away, right?

    So what's going on?

    Here's the field, centered on the radio source in the center of the ARG:

    enter image description here

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