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3C 284; z=0.239

An FR II HEG radio source, hosted by a disturbed elliptical, with a SE tidal tail toward its most prominent companion 4 arcsec SE. Several fainter companions are also visible on the NICMOS chip. In the optical, the source has a disky appearance and double nucleus, owing to this same tidal tail and associated dust lanes.



David James Elford Floyd
2007-07-28