Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

Collection: Relics

by axrldn

A radio source without an infrared host galaxy. These are often faint, and are thought to be created by regions of tenuous intergalactic gas being overrun and excited by shock waves. These sources are invariably found in clusters of galaxies, so there may be lots of infrared sources around, but usually not in a place that makes them look like they are the origin of the radio source.

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