Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

3C 236

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.

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

  1. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 236. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  2. ^ "SIMBAD query result".
  3. ^ Tremblay, Grant R.; O'Dea, Christopher P.; Baum, Stefi A.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Sparks, William B.; de Bruyn, Ger; Schoenmakers, Arno P. (April 2010), "Episodic Star Formation Coupled to Reignition of Radio Activity in 3C 236", The Astrophysical Journal, 715 (1): 172–185, arXiv:1004.0388, Bibcode:2010ApJ...715..172T, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/715/1/172, S2CID 119111278
  • Nature 250, 625 - 630 (23 August 1974)
  • Nature 257, 99 - 103 (11 September 1975)