Giant Lyα Nebulae Associated with High-redshift Radio Galaxies

Reuland, Michiel; van Breugel, Willem Johannes Maria; Rottgering, Hubb; de Vries, Wim; Stanford, S Adam; Dey, Arjun; Lacy, Mark; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Dopita, Michael; Miley, George

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Giant Lyα Nebulae Associated with High-redshift Radio Galaxies

Date

2003

Authors

Reuland, Michiel

van Breugel, Willem Johannes Maria

Rottgering, Hubb

de Vries, Wim

Stanford, S Adam

Dey, Arjun

Lacy, Mark

Bland-Hawthorn, Joss

Dopita, Michael

Miley, George

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We report deep, Keck narrowband Lyα images of the luminous z > 3 radio galaxies 4C 41.17, 4C 60.07, and B2 0902+34. The images show giant, 100-200 kpc scale, emission-line nebulae, centered on these galaxies, that exhibit a wealth of morphological struct