NGC 3309: an S-shaped radio galaxy in a nearby cluster.
Abstract
A VLA map at 1.4 GHz is presented of NGC 3309, one of a pair of giant elliptical galaxies dominating the centre of the Hydra cluster (Abell 1060). The galaxy shows an S-shaped radio source similar to M84 in Virgo and NGC 708 in Abell 262. The small size and low luminosity of these radio sources could be due to a recent tidal interaction responsible for their S-shape.
- Publication:
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Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, vol. 21
- Pub Date:
- November 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990RMxAA..21..173K
- Keywords:
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- Radio Galaxies: Radio Structure;
- Radio Galaxies: Tidal Interactions;
- Radio Galaxies: Clusters of Galaxies