3C 357; z=0.166

3C 357 is an FR II radio galaxy with angular size 90 arcsec (250 kpc) at a PA 110 degrees [Fanti et al.1987,Harvanek and Hardcastle1998]. In both lobes the hotspots are off to one side suggesting there has been a change in the jet direction. There is emission line gas extending a few arcsec from the nucleus along the radio axis [McCarthy et al.1995]. [de Koff et al.1996] and  [Capetti et al.2000a] note that there are filamentary dust lanes southwest of the nucleus. The galaxy isophotes are very elliptical with no remarkable features. There is a single faint candidate companion source 8 arcsec East, with a larger companion just on the eastern edge of the chip. No unresolved nucleus is detected, but the core of the galaxy appears unusually bright, and the host has a high Sérsic index (n=5.34).