3C 346; z=0.161

The northwestern galaxy of the double system corresponds with the radio core and has a very bright nucleus. The radio jet of this galaxy bends at a very bright knot, unresolved in the NICMOS image. This knot is located to the east of the nucleus. The jet and its knots are visible in this near-infrared image and in the optical as well [de Koff et al.1996]. The main companion galaxy is highly asymmetric and possibly merging with 3C 346. A galaxy, likely to be an edge-on spiral, is visible to the southwest of the image.