3C219 = B0917+458

• FR II (double-lobed) radio galaxy at z=0.1745 (544/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Filamentary lobes extending several hundred kpc
• Bright, extended hot spots in both lobes
• Abbreviated (restarting?) jet and counterjet
• Red/yellow: VLA 1.4+1.6 GHz combined image at 1.4 arcsec resolution
• Blue: Optical V band image from Stefi A. Baum, Timothy Heckman, Alan Bridle, Wil van Breugel & George Miley, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 68, 643-714 (1988)
• Other images available here
  • Larger version of this image (54k JPG)
  • Radio image
  • Jet detail montage

For technical details, see "Origin of the structures and polarization in the classical double 3C219" by David A. Clarke, Alan H. Bridle, Jack O. Burns, Richard A. Perley & Michael L. Norman, The Astronomical Journal, 385, 173-187 (1992)

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