Serendipitous discovery of a spiral host in a 2 Mpc double-double lobed radio galaxy

2025
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dc.abstract.enWe present the serendipitous discovery of a double-double radio galaxy (DDRG) with a projected linear size exceeding 2 Mpc, hosted by a spiral galaxy. This unique combination of a giant radio structure and a spiral host challenges the prevailing view that such extreme radio sources reside only in elliptical galaxies. Using high-resolution optical imaging from the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey (DR10), we confirm a spiral-arm feature and a disc component in the surface brightness profile fitting for the host galaxy (LEDA 896325) that has a black hole of mass 2.4 $\times$ 10$^{8}$ M$_{\odot}$. Radio observations from RACS and GLEAM reveal two distinct pairs of radio lobes. Using the multi-frequency analysis of radio data, we obtained the spectral index distribution and estimate the spectral ages of the outer and inner radio lobes to be approximately 120 and 35 Myr, respectively. Our results confirm recurrent jet activity in this disc galaxy and establish it as the largest known radio galaxy in a spiral host, and its double-double structure makes it the largest of only three such spiral-host DDRGs, demonstrating that disc galaxies can indeed launch extremely large-scale radio jets.
dc.affiliationSzkoła Doktorska Nauk Ścisłych i Przyrodniczych
dc.affiliationWydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut – Obserwatorium Astronomiczne
dc.contributor.authorSethi, Sagar - 423788
dc.contributor.authorKuźmicz, Agnieszka - 138530
dc.contributor.authorHunik, Dominika - 190667
dc.contributor.authorJamrozy, Marek - 128434
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-10T14:31:47Z
dc.date.available2025-07-10T14:31:47Z
dc.date.createdat2025-07-02T09:38:46Zen
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume699
dc.identifier.articleidL4
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/202554987
dc.identifier.eissn1432-0746
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.identifier.projectDRC AI
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/556585
dc.languageeng
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.engalaxies: active
dc.subject.engalaxies: individual: J1350−1634
dc.subject.engalaxies: jets
dc.subject.engalaxies: spiral
dc.subject.enradio continuum: galaxies
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dc.titleSerendipitous discovery of a spiral host in a 2 Mpc double-double lobed radio galaxy
dc.title.journalAstronomy and Astrophysics
dc.typeJournalArticle
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dc.abstract.en
We present the serendipitous discovery of a double-double radio galaxy (DDRG) with a projected linear size exceeding 2 Mpc, hosted by a spiral galaxy. This unique combination of a giant radio structure and a spiral host challenges the prevailing view that such extreme radio sources reside only in elliptical galaxies. Using high-resolution optical imaging from the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey (DR10), we confirm a spiral-arm feature and a disc component in the surface brightness profile fitting for the host galaxy (LEDA 896325) that has a black hole of mass 2.4 $\times$ 10$^{8}$ M$_{\odot}$. Radio observations from RACS and GLEAM reveal two distinct pairs of radio lobes. Using the multi-frequency analysis of radio data, we obtained the spectral index distribution and estimate the spectral ages of the outer and inner radio lobes to be approximately 120 and 35 Myr, respectively. Our results confirm recurrent jet activity in this disc galaxy and establish it as the largest known radio galaxy in a spiral host, and its double-double structure makes it the largest of only three such spiral-host DDRGs, demonstrating that disc galaxies can indeed launch extremely large-scale radio jets.
dc.affiliation
Szkoła Doktorska Nauk Ścisłych i Przyrodniczych
dc.affiliation
Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut – Obserwatorium Astronomiczne
dc.contributor.author
Sethi, Sagar - 423788
dc.contributor.author
Kuźmicz, Agnieszka - 138530
dc.contributor.author
Hunik, Dominika - 190667
dc.contributor.author
Jamrozy, Marek - 128434
dc.date.accessioned
2025-07-10T14:31:47Z
dc.date.available
2025-07-10T14:31:47Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-07-02T09:38:46Z
dc.date.issued
2025
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume
699
dc.identifier.articleid
L4
dc.identifier.doi
10.1051/0004-6361/202554987
dc.identifier.eissn
1432-0746
dc.identifier.issn
0004-6361
dc.identifier.project
DRC AI
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/556585
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
eng
dc.rights
Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.en
galaxies: active
dc.subject.en
galaxies: individual: J1350−1634
dc.subject.en
galaxies: jets
dc.subject.en
galaxies: spiral
dc.subject.en
radio continuum: galaxies
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
Serendipitous discovery of a spiral host in a 2 Mpc double-double lobed radio galaxy
dc.title.journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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JournalArticle
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