Astronomy:3C 236

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor
3C 236 North
3C236 Hubble.jpg
3C 236, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, 10.8 arcseconds (") view.
(NASA/STScI/WikiSky)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo Minor
Right ascension 10h 06m 01.7s[1]
Declination+34° 54′ 10″[1]
Redshift0.099358±0.000020[1]
Helio radial velocity29,786.783215±5.995850 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity29,763±km/s[1]
Distance442.9 ± 31.0 Mpc (1,445 ± 101.1 Mly)h−10.6774
(Comoving)[1]
409.6 ± 0.09198 Mpc (1.33584 ± 0.0003 Gly)h−10.6774
(Light-travel)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)16.357 (g)[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)15.97[2]
Characteristics
TypeWLRG;LERG[1]
Size394,290 ly × 268,130 ly
(120.89 kpc × 82.21 kpc)
(diameter; 2MASS K-band total isophote)[1]
245,300 ly × 218,300 ly
(75.20 kpc × 66.93 kpc)
(diameter; SDSS D25.0 B-band isophote)[lower-alpha 1]
Apparent size (V)0.46 × 0.38[1]
Other designations
PGC 29329,[1] LEDA 29329, 7C 1003+3508, 4C 35.22

3C 236 is a Fanaroff and Riley Class II (FR II) radio galaxy. It is among the largest known radio galaxies, with the radio structure having a total linear size in excess of 4.5 Mpc (15 million light years). The galaxy features a "double-double" radio morphology consisting of the giant relic 4.5 Mpc source and an inner 2 kpc compact steep spectrum radio source. A recent starburst episode near the nucleus may be related to the event resulting in re-ignition of radio activity.[3]

Notes

  1. The quoted diameters in this infobox were based on NED's provided scale "Virgo + GA + Shapley" of 2.147 kpc/arcsec multiplied with given angular diameters.

References

Print sources

  • Nature 250, 625 - 630 (23 August 1974)
  • Nature 257, 99 - 103 (11 September 1975)

External links

Coordinates: Sky map 10h 06m 01.7s, +34° 54′ 10″