LBA observations for project V650 semester 2024APRS

We request 8 GHz LBA observations of a nearby radio galaxy hosted by an active and likely unstable lenticular galaxy that may have underwent a minor merger in the past. Based on sub-arcsec resolution VLA observations, we propose to investigate the central 2 kpc region of the galaxy where we detected multi-component radio emission reminiscent of a relativistic jet but severely misaligned with the older large scale radio morphology (~80 deg reorientation). With this proposal we intend to verify if the detected central multi-component radio emission is indeed a relativistic jet as opposed to emission from star formation (or star bursts). This is a detection experiment and a pilot study. If the observations confirm that the radio emission is associated with a freshly launched realigned relativistic jet, a multi-epoch monitoring program will be designed and proposed in future semesters to characterise the emission and establish phenomenon at play causing the realignment.