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head-tail galaxy
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head-tail galaxyhas definition A class of relatively weak radio sources associated with clusters of galaxies and characterized by a high-brightness "head" close to the optical galaxy and a long low-brightness "tail".has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:20.0
is a kind of radio galaxy2001-09-27 09:31:19.0
radio sourcehas wavelength radio2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
has catalog radio source catalog2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
galaxyhas number of stars 106 to 10122001-09-27 09:31:09.0
has catalog galaxy catalog2001-09-27 09:31:09.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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