3C 356

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Right ascension17h 24m 19.041s
Declination+50° 57 40.14
Redshift1.079000
3C 356
The radio galaxy 3C 356.
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationDraco
Right ascension17h 24m 19.041s
Declination+50° 57 40.14
Redshift1.079000
Heliocentric radial velocity323,476 km/s
Distance7.817 Gly
Apparent magnitude (V)21.5
Apparent magnitude (B)21.5
Characteristics
TypeNLRG
Other designations
LHE 425, 4C 51.36, OHIO T 538, NRAO 526, NVSS J172420+505714, WB 1723+5100, LEDA 2817697

3C 356 is a distant radio galaxy[1][2] located in the constellation of Draco, hosted by a merging pair of elliptical galaxies located at redshift (z) 1.079[3] with two radio cores having a separation gap of 5 arcseconds.[4][5] It was first discovered as an astronomical radio source by P. Veron from a 3C revised catalogue in 1966[6] and such, shows an alignment effect at both wavelengths.[7] The X-ray source luminosity for this galaxy is estimated to be 2.5 × 1044 erg s−1.[2]

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