Images of Radio Galaxies

3C31 (NGC383) = B0104+321

• Plumed radio galaxy at z=0.0169 (51/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Filamentary plumes extend 300/h kpc from galaxy
• Expanding, bending jet and counterjet

Large Scale (44k GIF)

Gradient Image (filaments, jet edges) (35k JPG)

High Resolution Jet/Counterjet (47k JPG)

High Resolution Radio/optical Superposition (635 kb PNG)

Large Scale Optical Field, Radio Source Superposed (67k JPG)

3C66B = B0220+427

• Radio galaxy at z=0.0215 (65/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Jets and plumes extend 140/h kpc from galaxy

Jets and Plumes (14k JPG)

Radio/optical superposition (36k JPG)

3C219 = B0917+458

• Radio galaxy at z=0.1745 (544/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Broad, filamented double lobes with extended, recessed hot spots
• Abbreviated (restarting?) jet and counterjet

Whole Source (22k JPG)

Jet Detail Montage (15k GIF)

Radio/optical Superposition (17k JPG)

3C272.1 = B1222+131 = M84 = NGC4374

• FR I (double-plumed) radio galaxy at 17 Mpc distance
• Dusty-nucleus elliptical galaxy in the core of the Virgo Cluster

Radio/optical Superpositions (45k JPG)

3C288 = B1336+391

• Radio galaxy at z=0.246 (778/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Double lobes with plume-like extensions
• Abbreviated (restarting?) jet and counterjet

Jet and Inner Lobes (25k JPG)

3C296 = B1414+110 = NGC5532

• Radio galaxy at z=0.0237 (72/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Jets and plumes extend 80/h kpc from galaxy

Jets and Plumes (28k JPG)

Radio/optical superposition (78k JPG)

3C353 = B1717-009

• Radio galaxy at z=0.0304 (92/h Mpc, H=100h km/s/Mpc)
• Spectacular, highly filamentary lobes
• Narrow jet and counterjet
• Jet feeds bright hot spot, counterjet thrashes over its lobe

Whole Source (40k GIF)

Gradient Image (110k GIF)

Whole Source, High Resolution (36k GIF)

3C433 = B2121+248

• Bizarre radio galaxy at z=0.1016 (450/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Asymmetric, distorted lobes and one-sided jet
• Host is brightest member of dumbell galaxy in small group

  Radio and optical data (50k, two JPG images)

B0055+300 = NGC315

• Giant radio galaxy at z=0.016485 (50/h Mpc, H = 100h km/s/Mpc)
• Flaring and recollimating jet and counterjet
• Unusually large, bent plumed structure

  Radio and optical data (two JPG images)

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Last updated: 2006 May 29, 14:05 EDT