VLBI, MERLIN and HST observations of the giant radio galaxy 3C236

Details VLBI, MERLIN and HST observations of the giant radio galaxy 3C236 VLBI, MERLIN and HST observations of the giant radio galaxy 3C236

2000-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0012231v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for Astronomy and Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20000288

We present VLBI and MERLIN data at 1.66 and 4.99 GHz on the central component coincident with the nucleus of the giant radio galaxy, 3C236. The nuclear radio structure is composed of two complexes of emission which are resolved on scales from 1 milli-arcsec (mas) to 1 arcsec. Oscillations with an amplitude of about 5 degrees can be seen in the compact radio structure. Spectral index distributions are plotted at angular resolutions of 10 and 25 mas and allow us to identify the core component in the south-east emission complex. Re-examination of the HST WFPC-2 image of 3C236 by de Koff et al. (2000), shows that the normal to the dust disk in the nucleus is ~30 degrees from the plane of the sky and within 12 degrees of parallel to the overall orientation of the radio source. We suggest that the radio axis is also at an angle of ~30 degrees to the plane of the sky and that the north-west jet is on the approaching side. This orientation implies an overall size of 4.5 Mpc (H_o = 75 km/s/Mpc, q_o = 0.5) for 3C236. The coincidence of a dust feature and the south-east compact jet, within the astrometric errors, leads us to suggest that the dust may be in the form of a cloud encountered by the jet in the first ~400 pc of its journey out from the nucleus. One-sided emission at 5 GHz on 1 mas scales would suggest that the jets are ejected initially at <= 35 degrees to the line of sight, but this is difficult to reconcile with the obvious orientation stability of the jet system as a whole. Free-free absorption of the counter-jet may be an alternative explanation for the one-sideness.

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