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The large scale radio structure is usually classified as a peculiar kind of twin tail; unusual because the two tails are not exactly parallel and also because of the diffuse "halo" surrounding the bright compact core. At high resolution a short, bright, one-sided radio and optical jet (Baum et al. 1997) extends from the core towards the NE. At intermediate resolution the jet bends and becomes much fainter but can be traced into a weak hotspot (Lara et al. 1997). This hotspot appears in our image as a barely visible peak just to the NE of the core. Lara et al's image also shows a weak feature to the SW, which may be the other hotspot. It is not clear which hotspot feeds which tail. The core is also bright in X-rays (e.g. Edge & Rottgering 1995).

The jet is presumably one-sided because of relativistic beaming, which suggests that the blob-like appearance of the central region may be enhanced because our line of sight is fairly close to the jet axis, causing significant forshortening. If so, the large-scale structure might better be explained as a "wide-angle tail" (c.f. 3C 465) seen close to the plane of the tails.