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 λ21cm wavelength (1.4 GHz).
• Other galaxies in group 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 (ESO), Alan Bridle and Richard Perley (NRAO), Paola Parma, Luigina Feretti, Gabriele Giovannini and Matteo Murgia (Bologna), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 386, 657-672 (2008).

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Last updated: 12 June 2014, 14:42 EDT