3C31 = B0104+321

• Dominant galaxy NGC383 of prominent chain of galaxies
• Blue: optical image from the POSS2 (blue)
• Red: radio image from the VLA at 21cm wavelength (1.4 GHz).
• Other galaxies are not directly related to radio source
• Other images of 3C31 available here:
  • Large scale image, showing outer plumes
  • Gradient image, showing filaments and jet edges
  • High-resolution image of inner jet and counterjet
  • High resolution optical.radio superposition

Wide field radio data of Robert Laing, Alan Bridle, Paola Parma, Luigina Feretti, Gabriele Giovannini, Matteo Murgia, and Rick Perley, MNRAS, 386, 657-672 (2008).

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Last updated: 18 June 2008, 14:35 EDT