3C353 = B1717-009

• Radio galaxy at z = 0.0304 (131 Mpc, H = 70 km/s/Mpc, Ω_m=0.27, Ω_Λ=0.73)
• Linear scale 640 pc/arcsec
• Highly filamentary lobes
• Narrow jet and counterjet
• Jet feeds bright hot spot
• Counterjet, less stable, thrashes over lobe
• VLA λ3.6cm (8.4 GHz) image at 0.44 arcsec resolution
• Other images of 3C353 available here:
  • Larger version of same image (N.B. 138 kb)
  • Multi-band image
  • Intensity Gradient image, emphasizing filaments and jet edges

See also:

The Jets in the Radio Galaxy 3C353, a paper by Mark Swain, Alan Bridle and Stefi Baum, in A.S.P. Conference Series Vol. 100: Energy Transport in Radio Galaxies and Quasars, eds. Philip Hardee, Alan Bridle and Anton Zensus, 299-304 (1996).

Internal Structure of the Jets in 3C353 by Mark Swain, Alan Bridle and Stefi Baum, in Astrophysical Journal, 507, L29-L33 (1998)

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Last updated: 13 June 2014, 22:15 EDT