Right ascension 22 31 20.55 Redshift 0.01711 Apparent size (V) 1.05′X0.74′ Constellation Lacerta | Declination +39° 21′ 29.6″ Type E/S0 Magnitude 12.35 Apparent magnitude (V) 12.35 | |
Similar 3C 66B, NGC 315, NGC 6251, NGC 1265 | ||
3C 449 is a low-redshift (z = 0.017) Fanaroff and Riley class I radio galaxy. It is thought to contain a highly warped circumnuclear disk surrounding the central active galactic nucleus (AGN). The name signifies that it was the 449th object (ordered by right ascension) of the Third Cambridge Catalog of Radio Sources (3C), published in 1959.
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