Wide Angle Radio Galaxy 4C 47.51

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Description

Archival VLA image of a wide angle tail radio galaxy. The tails extend to over three million light years away from the galaxy nucleus. The radio source is associated with a supergiant galaxy at the center of a dense cluster of galaxies.

Creator

Legacy Astronomical Images

Rights

NRAO/AUI/NSF does not hold full copyright for this image. Contact the archivist for details.

Type

Legacy Astronomical Image

Object Name

4C47.51

Photo Credit

NRAO/AUI

Investigators

J.O. Burns

Telescope

Very Large Array (VLA)

Observation Date

1979-08-09

Type of Observation

continuum

Center of Image

RA 19:21:24.000, Dec: 48:5:18.000 (J2000)

Notes

Contact the archivist for a high resolution tif of this image.

Series

Active Galactic Nuclei Series

Unit

Radio Galaxies Unit

Citation

Legacy Astronomical Images, “Wide Angle Radio Galaxy 4C 47.51,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/33390.