Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

Bright IR source

  • gvillegas by gvillegas

    Is it possible that the radio emission is coming from the brightest IR source?
    Bright objects zoom outt

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    Welcome to RGZ, gvillegas!

    No, I don't think it's likely that the radio emission is from the bright star (not impossible, of course).

    First, there's no other FIRST emission nearby (most radio sources are singles or doubles; there seems no "counterlobe" to the radio emission here).

    Second, although there are #radiostars, I don't know of any which have one-sided radio emission; if this is such a rare case ...

    However, what is the source of the radio emission? A bit of a mystery: there are no IR or optical sources ~at that location, so ...

    Hope this helps, and happy hunting! 😃

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