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
• VLA 1.4+1.6 GHz combined image at 1.4 arcsec resolution
• Other images available:
  • Larger version of image (63k JPG)
  • higher-resolution image showing detail of jet
  • optical/radio montage (17k JPG) relating radio source to host galaxy

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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Last updated: 1999 September 21, 17:12 EDT