3C 236

3C 236 North
3C 236 North
	3C 236, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope, 10.8 arcseconds (") view.; (NASA/STScI/WikiSky)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo Minor
Right ascension	10h 06m 01.7s
Declination	+34° 54′ 10″
Redshift	0.099358±0.000020
Heliocentric radial velocity	29,786.783215±5.995850 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	29,763±6 km/s
Distance	442.9 ± 31.0 Mpc (1,445 ± 101.1 Mly)h−1; 0.6774; (Comoving); 409.6 ± 0.09198 Mpc (1.33584 ± 0.0003 Gly)h−1; 0.6774; (Light-travel)
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.357 (g)
Apparent magnitude (B)	15.97
Characteristics
Type	WLRG;LERG
Size	394,290 ly × 268,130 ly; (120.89 kpc × 82.21 kpc); (diameter; 2MASS K-band total isophote) ; 245,300 ly × 218,300 ly; (75.20 kpc × 66.93 kpc); (diameter; SDSS D25.0 B-band isophote)
Apparent size (V)	0′.46 × 0′.38
Other designations
	PGC 29329, LEDA 29329, 7C 1003+3508, 4C 35.22

3C 236 is a Fanaroff and Riley Class II (FR II) radio galaxy. It is among the largest known radio galaxies, with the radio structure having a total linear size in excess of 4.5 Mpc (15 million light years). The galaxy features a "double-double" radio morphology consisting of the giant relic 4.5 Mpc source and an inner 2 kpc compact steep spectrum radio source. A recent starburst episode near the nucleus may be related to the event resulting in re-ignition of radio activity.^[3]

Notes

^ The quoted diameters in this infobox were based on NED's provided scale "Virgo + GA + Shapley" of 2.147 kpc/arcsec multiplied with given angular diameters.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 236. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
^ "SIMBAD query result".
^ Tremblay, Grant R.; O'Dea, Christopher P.; Baum, Stefi A.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Sparks, William B.; de Bruyn, Ger; Schoenmakers, Arno P. (April 2010), "Episodic Star Formation Coupled to Reignition of Radio Activity in 3C 236", The Astrophysical Journal, 715 (1): 172–185, arXiv:1004.0388, Bibcode:2010ApJ...715..172T, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/715/1/172, S2CID 119111278

Print sources

Nature 250, 625 - 630 (23 August 1974)
Nature 257, 99 - 103 (11 September 1975)

External links

PHYSORG
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Spitzer at Caltech
NASA
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Universe Today
NRAO
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[Size-3] The quoted diameters in this infobox were based on NED's provided scale "Virgo + GA + Shapley" of 2.147 kpc/arcsec multiplied with given angular diameters.

[ned-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 236. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[simbad-2] "SIMBAD query result".

[Tremblayetal2010-4] Tremblay, Grant R.; O'Dea, Christopher P.; Baum, Stefi A.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Sparks, William B.; de Bruyn, Ger; Schoenmakers, Arno P. (April 2010), "Episodic Star Formation Coupled to Reignition of Radio Activity in 3C 236", The Astrophysical Journal, 715 (1): 172–185, arXiv:1004.0388, Bibcode:2010ApJ...715..172T, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/715/1/172, S2CID 119111278

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