Pair of horizontal radio jets and visible EELR/Voorwerp from the Galaxy Zoo Citizen Science Project

Interesting things Beautiful or unusual objects
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https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer-dev/?ra=150.3472&dec=-0.4357&layer=hsc-dr3&zoom=16

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This was a recent discovery from the Galaxy Zoo Citizen Science Project www.galaxyzoo.org - discovered by the user @Scorpirus at Zooniverse

Image from the Galaxy Zoo image archives from HSC PDR3
Galaxy Zoo picture

@ChristineM commented that this object is probably a weak quasar or a strong active galaxy nucleus and that the green is perhaps a neovitalistic jet.

I think the green stuff is a Voorwerp or an EELR, You can see it in HSC DR3 (grz) NOTE: GZ images use different color patterns
Image in HSC DR3

it’s in the Voorwerp list already
https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/?ra=7.8054&dec=36.2799&catalog=tmp1vp7798i#150.3463398642704%20-0.43523280060700825

in VLASS 1.2

https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer-dev/?ra=150.3459&dec=-0.4359&layer=vlass1.2&zoom=14

It is called 4C -00.37.

There are 26 references in NED about being a strong radio source. 14 references in SIMBAD.

https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/datasearch?search_type=Ref_id&objid=67544&objname=4C -00.37&img_stamp=YES&hconst=73.0&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&of=table

In SIMBAD 4C -00.37

Discussed also at Zooniverse

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