THE OPTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE RADIO GALAXY HERCULES-A

被引：14

作者：

SADUN, AC ^{[1
]}

HAYES, JJE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SPACE TELESCOPE SCI INST,BALTIMORE,MD 21218

来源：

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC | 1993年 / 105卷 / 686期

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D O I：

10.1086/133165

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We present broadband images of the optical counterpart to the very strong radio source Hercules A. Through morphological analysis we have been able to identify this source as a cD galaxy with a double nucleus with a nuclear separation of approximately 4 arcsec. We also find a low-luminosity tail coming from the NW end of the cD. There is a slight knot near the center of this extension which may imply that this tail may be a companion galaxy, or perhaps that the knot is just a very faint foreground star. We discuss the morphological and other properties of this radio galaxy.

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页码：379 / 382

页数：4

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