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3C 215 has a notably distorted structure, with the initial jet direction
projected at almost 90° from the overall orientation of the lobes.
The bright one-sided jet is typical for a quasar, but at the faintest
level in this image there is a hint of a "counter-jet" on the opposite
side, which appears to bend up into the NW lobe.
Although this is a true quasar in the sense that the AGN dominates the
total light, the HST image
(Lehnert et al. 1999) clearly shows the
host galaxy. The quasar is in a rich cluster
(Ellingson et al. 1991,
Ellingson & Yee 1994).
Another version of this radio image is on
Alan Bridle's
3C 215 Page.
There is a higher resolution image on the Other Images page,
showing the jets in more detail at the
expense of sensitivity to the diffuse lobes,
Page created: 2009 Apr 2 14:16:43
J. P. Leahy
jpl@jb.man.ac.uk
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