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Radio and optical identification of giant radio galaxies from NVSS radio survey

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We investigate giant radio galaxy candidates that were selected based on the components cataloged as separate sources in the NVSS survey. The radio and optical identification is done for fifty radio galaxies using the CATS, NED, and SkyView databases.

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Original Russian Text © D.I. Solovyov, O.V. Verkhodanov, 2014, published in Astrofizicheskij Byulleten, 2014, Vol. 69, No. 2, pp. 150–169.

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Solovyov, D.I., Verkhodanov, O.V. Radio and optical identification of giant radio galaxies from NVSS radio survey. Astrophys. Bull. 69, 141–159 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990341314020023

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