SDSS J230443.59+121210.2 - spiral with AGN and radio plume?

The galaxy itself is surely a spiral, and surely has a bright AGN (image is 2' x 2'):

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SDSS gives its photometric redshift as 0.284 ± 0.1220 and 0.155 ± 0.1386 (I'd go for the lower value).

It's a FIRST source, J230443.5+121210, and is an entry in both Atlas of Radio/X-ray associations (ARXA) (Flesch, 2010) and AGN candidates from 2MASS/ROSAT catalogs (Kouzuma+, 2010).

Here's a composite SkyView FIRST (red) and NVSS (cyan, red contours), with the location of the AGN marked with a red "1"; the image is 7.2' x 7.2':

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Is the apparent radio plume, extending ~SE from the AGN, real?

Posted June 16, 2014 3:54 PM

by ivywong scientist, admin

what is the RGZ id of this object?

Posted June 17, 2014 7:51 AM

by JeanTate in response to ivywong's comment.

No idea 😮

I found it while zooming out from "NGC 7479 in FOV" (see the RGZ thread, ARG0002v6q - NGC 7479 in FOV); it's in the far S, slightly W (bottom, right of center) in this composite image (posted in that thread):

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Posted June 17, 2014 9:29 AM