3C129 was observed was observed by Ms. Arzoo Al-Noorani, a research assistant at the Radio Astronomy Laboratory on June 13th, 2022 using the SAASST 5-m radio telescope at 1.4 GHz and angular resolution of 3 degrees. The false-color radio image obtained through the RadioUniversePRO software shows the object in white at the bottom right of the map.
Saturday, 25 June 2022 14:15
Observation of the Radio Galaxy 3C 129 with SAASST 5-m Radio Telescope
3C129, a giant radio galaxy with a linear size of 0.76 Mpc, is a very large and bright head-trail galaxy. It was first mapped by Macdonald, Neville, and Ryle in 1996. The galaxy is obscured at optical wavelengths but can be observed at infrared and radio wavelengths.
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