New radio source found- With the help of the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder, researchers have found a new source of radio waves. And they have named it ORC J0102-2450. The source has a diameter of nearly 1 million light-years and its radio ring diameter is around 70 arc seconds. Also, the team has published their findings in the journal arXiv.org and has garnered great appreciation for it. The object is associated with the central elliptical galaxy DES J010224.33-245039.5. And it has a radio flux of about 3.9 mJy, with a luminosity of 140 billion TW/Hz.
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New Radio source found- Odd radio circles
Now, odd Radio circles are huge spherical objects in space and have extremely bright edges. It is because of the radio wavelengths of these objects, they have bright edges. Thud, these ORCs are not observed in the infrared or X-ray wavelengths spectrum. So, not much is known about these objects as only a few have been designated until now. The team of Barbel S. Koribalski at the Australia Telescope National Facility is undertaking the mission. The new radio source found lies near the Starburst galaxy NGC 253. “We present the discovery of another odd radio circle (ORC) with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at 944 MHz”, researchers quoted.
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Although researchers are always in search of newer sources of radio waves and their origin, only a few have been found so far. So, researchers are estimating that the origin of the new radio source found is a relic lobe. This relic lobe is a colossal radio galaxy that is formed out of a huge black hole merger. Researchers also say that these new radio waves have come from interactions between radio galactic and intergalactic mediums. And hence deduce that radio waves, ORCs, and galaxies is not just a coincidence. There certainly exists a relation between the three.
