Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988apj...329..225d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 329, June 1, 1988, p. 225-231.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Galactic Clusters, Galactic Mass, Intergalactic Media, Interstellar Gas, Radio Galaxies, Very Large Array (Vla), Charge Coupled Devices, Radio Jets (Astronomy), Radio Sources (Astronomy)
Scientific paper
New VLA and CCD observations of the radio source B2 1637+29, a member of the faint B2 sample of low-luminosity radio galaxies, are reported. The environment of the galaxy is discussed, and a description of the radio source morphology is given. The CCD image reveals that the optical counterpart is a double galaxy with radio jets emanating from the nucleus of the brighter of the two galaxies. It is shown that the galaxy is the dominant member of a poor group of galaxies, and it is argued that it moves with an average velocity of a few hundred km/s with respect to an intergalactic gas cloud with mass of 10 to the 13th solar or more. The relevance of the enviroment of the radio galaxy to the source morphology is discussed, and an explanation for the highly peculiar features, such as the undulation in the radio tail and the difference in both length and brightness of the main and counter jet, is proposed.
de Ruiter Hans R.
Ekers Ron D.
Fanti Roberto
Parma Paola
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