Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

Source?

  • tinwithli by tinwithli

    I'm new to classifying these pics, and I'm wondering what in this picture would be considered the IR source of the radio jets? Would it be one of the bright sources nowhere near the jets or any apparent source trajectory, or could it be a very faint source in the center of the jets?

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  • akapinska by akapinska scientist

    Hi @tinwithli, very clearly posed question! 😃

    So, the only IR source that could produce these radio jets will be somewhere between the jets - none of the other bright IR sources around the picture can be responsible for this radio emission. So yes, if anything then the faint IR source in the centre of the jets. However this one is so faint that in fact at first I wanted to say it's non-detection -- sometimes the infrared sources will be too faint to be detected and in such cases the right thing to do it declare non-detection. Hope that's all clear!

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