3C 79 Explained

3C 79 is a Seyfert Galaxy[1] and a radio galaxy[2] located in the constellation Aries. It is hosted by an elliptical galaxy described as elongated with a complex morphology.[3]

According to radio mapping made by Very Large Array, 3C 79 has an asymmetric appearance. It has two radio lobes. The western lobe is found closely positioned to the radio core with diffused emission in south direction, while the eastern lobe is more aligned to the axis of the radio source.[4]

The extended emission-line region (EELR) is almost certainly photoionized by the hidden quasar. This emission-line region has an X-shaped morphology with two of its structures having ordered rotation.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=3C+79 SIMBAD
  2. Gulkis . S. . Hazard . C. . Bray . A. D. . 1968-01-01 . The Structure of the Radio Sources 3C 79 and 3C 192 . Astrophysical Letters . 1 . 105–110 . 1968ApL.....1..105G . 0004-6388.
  3. Madrid . Juan P. . Chiaberge . Marco . Floyd . David . Sparks . William B. . Macchetto . Duccio . Miley . George K. . Axon . David . Capetti . Alessandro . O’Dea . Christopher P. . Baum . Stefi . Perlman . Eric . Quillen . Alice . June 2006 . Hubble Space Telescope – Near-Infrared Snapshot Survey of 3CR Radio Source Counterparts at Low Redshift . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 164 . 2 . 307–333 . 10.1086/504480 . 0067-0049. astro-ph/0603239 .
  4. Fernini . Ilias . 2014-05-15 . Very Large Arrayy Images At 8.4 GHz of 40 Fanaroff-Riley II 3CR Radio Sources With 0.1 > z < 2.0 . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series . 212 . 2 . 19 . 10.1088/0067-0049/212/2/19 . 0067-0049.
  5. Balmaverde . B. . Capetti . A. . Marconi . A. . Venturi . G. . Chiaberge . M. . Baldi . R. D. . Baum . S. . Gilli . R. . Grandi . P. . Meyer . E. T. . Miley . G. . O’Dea . C. . Sparks . W. . Torresi . E. . Tremblay . G. . 2020-12-21 . The MURALES survey III. Completing the MUSE observations of 37 3C low-z radio galaxies . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 645 . A12 . 10.1051/0004-6361/202039062 . 0004-6361. 2010.11195 .

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