X-shaped radio galaxy

id: x-shaped-radio-galaxy-269-13424198
title: X-shaped radio galaxy
text: X-shaped radio galaxies are a class of extragalactic radio source that exhibit two, low-surface-brightness radio lobes oriented at an angle to the active, or high-surface-brightness, lobes. Both sets of lobes pass symmetrically through the center of the elliptical galaxy that is the source of the lobes, giving the radio galaxy an X-shaped morphology as seen on radio maps. X-shaped sources were first described by J. P. Leahy and P. Parma in 1992, who presented a list of 11 such objects. The X-sha
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