Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

How to ID this one?

  • rlphfgr by rlphfgr

    Can I clasify this one as a compact? Also, in IR the source looks a lot bigger than on radio, any ideas?

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  • ivywong by ivywong scientist, admin

    Yes it's a compact source. The IR source is much bigger because the radio emission is coming from the central supermassive black hole of this galaxy.

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate

    And what a lovely galaxy it is! 😃

    z = 0.0089 SDSS J110724.68+213925.4:

    enter image description here

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