Remnant of a galaxy
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by CeciliaB
What we see here could be interaction between the big AGN near the center and the possible remnants of a galaxy at the bottom end of the tidal tail.
Images AGZ000e5fu and AGZ000dxf6 may show the same type of 'scenario'.
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by c_cld
In DECaLS DR5
Centered background small galaxy seems stripped by the radio AGN and has formed a cone of debris (~21" long) before diffusing at some angle.
VSTKIDS g-band image cutout with VSTKIDS i-band contour overplot and sketched cone
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by CeciliaB
A wild guess:
At the angle of the cone to the right of the orange object (star?), there is a faint green patch in the DECaLS DR5 image. Could that possibly be a Voorwerp which has become ionized by the cone of light?
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by eqlipse
Any ideas about the measure of the possible jet? Could it be a flare? The diffusing angle confuses me. What can cause this deviation?
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by Budgieye moderator
Welcome eqlipse. Probably nobody knows the answer, we are at the edge of knowledge, and the "edge" of space.
It is not likely to be a relativisitic jet. Jets are tiny features viewed in a few nearby galaxies.
3.6 Relativistic jets https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=3.
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by Budgieye moderator
These two galaxies are at different distances, as shown by accurate redshift values.
two disturbed galaxies
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?id=1237651735772201105
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?id=1237651735772201106
photoz 0.049 ± 0.0253 , just in the same distance
no photoz, software has it mixed up with the red star
http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/en/tools/explore/Summary.aspx?id=1237651735772201099
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by CeciliaB
In image AGZ000cxua there is a similar straight line of tidal debris, which seems to start from a small round object. Here the 'ray' is evidently directed towards a very disturbed spiral.
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