Nature 259, 451 - 454 (12 February 1976); doi:10.1038/259451a0

Head-tail radio sources in the cluster of galaxies Abell 1314

Jacques P. Vallée & Andrew S. Wilson^*

Sterrewacht, Leiden, The Netherlands
^*Present address: Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

A high resolution study of the cluster of galaxies Abell 1314 has revealed two 'head-tail' radio sources, associated with the galaxies IC708 and IC711. The tail of IC711 extends fully 820 kpc. The source properties are described and discussed in terms of the 'radio trail' model.

References

1.	Ryle, M., and Windram, M. D., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 138, 1 (1968).
2.	Miley, G. K., Perola, G. C., van der Kruit, P. C., and van der Laan, H., Nature, 237, 269 (1972).
3.	Jaffe, W. J., and Perola, G. C., Astr. Astrophys., 26, 423 (1973).
4.	Hill, J. M., and Longair, M. S., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 154, 125 (1971).
5.	Riley, J. M., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 161, 167 (1973).
6.	Miley, G. K., Astr. Astrophys., 26, 413 (1973).
7.	Wellington, K. J., Miley, G. K., and van der Laan, H., Nature, 244, 502 (1973).
8.	Schillizi, R. T., and Ekers, R. D., Astr. Astrophys., 40, 221 (1975).
9.	Miley, G. K., Wellington, K. J., and van der Laan, H., Astr. Astrophys., 38, 381 (1975).
10.	Owen, F. N., thesis, Univ. Texas (1973).
11.	Owen, F. N., Astr. J., 79, 427 (1974).
12.	Baars, J. W. M., et al., Proc. IEEE, 61, 1258 (1973).
13.	Högbom, J. A., and Brouw, W. N., Astr. Astrophys., 33, 289 (1974).
14.	Weiler, K. W., Astr. Astrophys., 26, 403 (1973).
15.	Webber, J. C., Publs astr. Soc. Pacif., 86, 223 (1974).
16.	Sargent, W. L., Astrophys. J., 173, 7 (1972).
17.	Kulsrud, R. M., and Pearce, W. P., Astrophys. J., 156, 445 (1969).
18.	Wentzel, D. G., A. Rev. Astr. Astrophys., 12, 71 (1974).
19.	Gunn, J. E., and Gott, J. R., Astrophys. J., 176, 1 (1972).
20.	Slingo, A., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 168, 307 (1974).
21.	Willson, M. A. G., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 151, 1 (1970).
22.	Colla, G., et al., Astr. Astrophys. Suppl., 20, 1 (1975).
23.	Riley, J. M., Mon, Not. R. astr. Soc., 170, 53 (1975).