Radio Galaxy Morphology
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Transcript: Hundreds of radio galaxies have been found, studied, and identified using synthesis radio telescopes like the Very Large Array. A typical radio galaxy has a radio morphology with an intense and compact core of radio emission. On small scales the core can only be resolved with VLBI techniques with milliarcsecond resolution and in fact is about the size of the solar system. Emerging from the core in two directions are radio jets. These jets can extend beyond the distance of the galaxy itself which is typical of an elliptical galaxy. On the largest scales these jets connect with diffuse, fuzzy lobes of radio emission. The lobes can extend for millions of lightyears into the intergalactic medium.
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