1245+676 - A CSO/GPS Source being an Extreme Case of a Double-Double Structure
Abstract
AGN with the so-called `double-double' radio structure have been interpreted as restarted AGN where the inner structure is a manifestation of a new phase of activity which happened to begin before the outer radio lobes resulting from the previous one had faded completely. The radio galaxy 1245+676 is an extreme example of such a double-double object - its outer structure, measuring 970h-1kpc, is five orders of magnitude larger than the 9.6h-1pc inner one. We present a series of VLBI observations of the core of 1245+676 which appears to be a compact symmetric object (CSO). We have detected the motion of the CSOs lobes, measured its velocity, and inferred the kinematic age of that structure.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0209212
- Bibcode:
- 2003PASA...20...16M
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: active;
- galaxies: individual (1245+676);
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- A contribution to The Third Workshop on Compact Steep Spectrum and GHz-Peaked Spectrum Radio Sources, Kerastari, Greece May 28-31, 2002. Refereed and accepted by Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 4 pages. Final version copyedited by PASA Editor