Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

This image looks interesting!

  • mimtimms by mimtimms

    Hello out there, I found this image really interesting. I'm keen to learn more about it. And what it might be.

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to mimtimms's comment.

    Hi mimtimms, and welcome to RGZ! 😃

    There is a bright radio source in this field, causing some #artifacts (the below-threshold rice-grain-like stuff everywhere). The radio source has a mainly #triple shape (morphology), with a couple of bulges, making it perhaps a nearly #x-shaped source?

    The host - the galaxy with the super-massive black hole which produces the jets etc that we see as radio sources - is SDSS J110949.90+373829.4, and it has a redshift of 0.345:

    enter image description here

    It's almost certainly a giant elliptical galaxy, much bigger than our own Milky Way. However, unlike our galaxy, it has few if any new-born stars (that's why it's reddish-orange in color).

    Hope this helps, and happy hunting! 😃

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  • ivywong by ivywong scientist, admin

    Hi Mimtimms,

    Perhaps this intro youtube video may provide more context as well:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCBBj7MaESQ

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