LOFAR MSSS: Discovery of a 2.56 Mpc giant radio galaxy associated with a disturbed galaxy group

LOFAR MSSS: Discovery of a 2.56 Mpc giant radio galaxy associated with a disturbed galaxy group

We report on the discovery in the LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) of a giant radio galaxy (GRG) with a projected size of 2.56 ± 0.07 Mpc projected on the sky. It is associated with the galaxy triplet UGC 9555, within which one is identified as a broad-line galaxy in the Sloan Digital...

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Autors principals: Clarke, A, Heald, G, Jarrett, T, Bray, J, Hardcastle, M, Cantwell, T, Scaife, A, Brienza, M, Bonafede, A, Breton, R, Broderick, J, Carbone, D, Croston, J, Farnes, J, Harwood, J, Heesen, V, Horneffer, A, van der Horst, A, Iacobelli, M, Jurusik, W, Kokotanekov, G, McKean, J, Morabito, L, Mulcahy, D, Nikiel-Wroczyñski, B, Orrú, E, Paladino, R, Pandey-Pommier, M, Pietka, M, Pizzo, R, Pratley, L, Riseley, C, Rottgering, H, Rowlinson, A, Sabater, J, Sendlinger, K, Shulevski, A, Sridhar, S, Stewart, A, Tasse, C, van Velzen, S, van Weeren, R, Wise, M
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: EDP Sciences 2017

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