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3C 166; z=0.245

An unusual radio source featuring two lobes with very different morphologies [Spangler and Bridle1982]. The radio axis runs north-south, with Spangler & Bridle's southern features C and D detected on the IR image as infrared hotspots. The source has a clearly-detected, unresolved infrared nucleus.



David James Elford Floyd
2007-07-28