Image:
The HST image of the host galaxy
(de Koff et al. 1996) shows distorted
isophotes, suggesting a possible dust lane. (The galaxy location is marked
in our picture by a small red cross).
Yates, Miller & Peacock (1989) give a
larger-scale optical image which shows a number of companion galaxies,
although, contrary to a note by de Koff et al, the local galaxy density is
probably not high enough to qualify as a
cluster. Consistent with this,
there is no sign of Faraday rotation
from any intra-cluster gas (Leahy et al. 1986).
This giant radio galaxy has been
classified as R?+HB because the peak at the end of the south-western
lobe appears to be too large to count as a genuine
hotspot, thus the SW lobe is
apparently relaxed. However, it is possible
that a higher-resolution image would reveal a marginal hotspot (hence
the question mark).
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J. P. Leahy
jpl@jb.man.ac.uk