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A significant fraction of extended radio sources presents a peculiar X-shaped radio morphology: in addition to the classical double lobed structure, radio emission is also observed along a second axis of simmetry in the form of diffuse…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-11 P. Rossi , G. Bodo , A. Capetti , S. Massaglia

We report multi-frequency observations of large radio galaxies 3C 35 and 3C 284. The low-frequency observations were done with Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope starting from $\sim150$ MHz, and the high-frequency observations were done with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-08 Dusmanta Patra , Sabyasachi Pal

Low-radio-frequency observations played a remarkable role in the early days of radio astronomy; however, in the subsequent three or four decades their usefulness has largely been in terms of the finding-frequency of surveys. Recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Katherine Blundell , Namir Kassim , Rick Perley

Models of radio galaxy physics have been primarily based on high frequency ($\geqslant$1 GHz) observations of their jets, hotspots, and lobes. Without highly resolved low frequency observations, which provide information on older plasma,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-15 V. H. Mahatma , A. Basu , M. J. Hardcastle , L. K. Morabito , R. J. van Weeren

Giant double-lobed radio source 4C34.47 displays a straight one-sided jet, measuring a record length of 380kpc, in its double-lobed radio structure. Assuming an intrinsically symmetric two-sided jet structure the radio source jet axis must…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 S. Hocuk , P. D. Barthel

Radio sources with steep and ultra-steep spectra, identified through a series of surveys of the Cold experiment using the RATAN-600 radio telescope, formed the basis of the Big Trio program aimed at discovering distant radio galaxies. With…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-02 Olga Zhelenkova , Adelina Temirova , Yurij Parijskij , Natalia Soboleva

We have mapped the head-tail radio galaxy, 3C 129 at 240 and 610 MHz using the GMRT and studied the detailed morphology and spectral index variations in this object. This is the first attempt to observe a sample of head-tail sources at low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dharam Vir Lal , A. Pramesh Rao

We conducted an extensive identification and analysis of various morphological classes and subclasses of radio galaxies using the latest high-resolution data from the second data release of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS DR2). This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-29 Soumen Kumar Bera , Taotao Fang , Tapan K. Sasmal , M. Kunert-Bajraszewska , Xuelei Chen , Soumen Mondal

In this paper we comment on the possibility for intermittent jet activity in quasar 3C 273 on different time-scales. We propose, that striking morphology of the large-scale radio jet in this source, as well as the apparent lack of its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Stawarz

Winged radio sources are a small sub-class of extragalactic radio sources which display a pair of low surface brightness radio lobes, known as `wings' aligned at a certain angle with the primary jets. Depending on the location of wings,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-02 Sabyasachi Pal , Shobha Kumari

We present deep multifrequency observations using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at 153, 244, 610 and 1260 MHz of a field centered on J0916+6348, to search for evidence of fossil radio lobes which could be due to an earlier cycle of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. K. Sirothia , D. J. Saikia , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , N. G. Kantharia

We present multifrequency observations with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and the Very Large Array (VLA) of a sample of seventeen largely giant radio sources (GRSs). These observations have either helped clarify the radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Konar , D. J. Saikia , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , V. K. Kulkarni

We present Chandra observations of the hybrid morphology radio sources 3C 433 and 4C 65.15, two members of the rare class of objects possessing an FR I jet on one side of the core and an FR II lobe on the other. The X-ray spectrum of 3C 433…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 B. P. Miller , W. N. Brandt

The appearance of the jets and lobes of some radio galaxies makes it difficult to assign them to a known class of objects. This is often due to the activity of the central engine and/or interactions with the environment, as well as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-05 M. Weżgowiec , M. Jamrozy , K. T. Chyży , M. J. Hardcastle , A. Kuźmicz , G. Heald , T. W. Shimwell

We present deep Very Large Array imaging of 3C~273 in order to determine the diffuse, large scale radio structure of this famous radio-loud quasar. Diffuse extended structure (radio lobes) is detected for the first time in these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Brian Punsly , Preeti Kharb

We present new 144-MHz LOFAR observations of the prototypical `X-shaped' radio galaxy NGC 326, which show that the formerly known wings of the radio lobes extend smoothly into a large-scale, complex radio structure. We argue that this…

We present radio observations at frequencies ranging from 240 to 8460 MHz of the radio galaxy 4C29.30 (J0840+2949) using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Effelsberg telescope. We report the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Jamrozy , C. Konar , D. J. Saikia , L. Stawarz , K. -H. Mack , A. Siemiginowska

We present three rare and striking extragalactic radio sources discovered through visual inspection of low-frequency continuum maps from LoTSS DR2 and TGSS by the RAD@home citizen-science collaboratory. The first, RAD J131346.9+500320, is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-03 Ananda Hota , Pratik Dabhade , Prasun Machado , Joydeep Das , Aarti Muley , Arundhati Purohit

We present almost-simultaneous detections of Cygnus X-1 in the radio and mm regimes, obtained during the low/hard X-ray state. The source displays a flat spectrum between 2 and 220 GHz, with a spectral index flatter than 0.15 (3sigma).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. P. Fender , G. G. Pooley , P. Durouchoux , R. P. J. Tilanus , C. Brocksopp

X-shaped radio galaxies are defined by their peculiar large-scale radio morphology. In addition to the classical double-lobed structure they have a pair of low-luminosity wings that straddles the nucleus at almost right angles to the active…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Hermine Landt , Chi C. Cheung , Stephen E. Healey