3C296 = B1414+110 = NGC5532

• FR I (plumed) radio galaxy at z = 0.0247 (110 Mpc, H = 70 km/s/Mpc, Ω_m=0.27, Ω_Λ=0.73)
• Jets and plumes extend 96 kpc from galaxy
• VLA 1.45 GHz image at 4.9 arcsec resolution
• Linear scale 525 pc/arcsec
• Other images of 3C296 available here:
  • Radio/optical superposition

Data of J.P.Leahy & R.A.Perley, VLA Images of 23 Extragalactic Radio Sources, Astronomical Journal, 102, 537-561 (1991)

See also R.A.Laing, J.R.Canvin, A.H.Bridle and M.J.Hardcastle, "A Relativistic Model of the Radio Jets in 3C296", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 372, 510-536 (2006).

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