Bright IR source
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by gvillegas
Is it possible that the radio emission is coming from the brightest IR source?
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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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