PKS 2014-55 is an X-shaped radio galaxy discovered by the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa that is located 800 million light-years away from Earth.[2] The galaxy looks like two boomerangs, with jets extending 2.5 million light years across. Then the jets are “reversed” by the pressure of intergalactic gas, later deflected by gas pressure to form an “X” shape.
| PKS 2014-55 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Telescopium |
| Right ascension | 20h 18m 01s |
| Declination | −55° 39′ 30.8″ |
| Redshift | 0.06063 +/- 0.00015 |
| Distance | 800 mly |
| Other designations | |
| WISEA J201801.29-553931.5; 2MASX J20180125-5539312; 2MASS J20180128-5539315; GALEXASC J201801.26-553933.5 | |
References: [1] | |
References edit
- ^ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "An X more like two boomerangs". Cosmos Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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