Jet direction shift leads to reclassification of galaxy.

The galaxy PBC J2333.9-2343 has been reclassified as a giant radio galaxy with a blazar at its center due to a drastic change in the direction of its jet, which is now pointing directly towards us. The jet is thought to originate from or close to the supermassive black hole in its center. The team of international astronomers observed the galaxy across a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum and concluded that it has a bright blazar in the center, with two lobes in the outer areas of the jet. The lobes that are observed are related to the old jets and are no longer being fed by the emission from the nucleus, so these lobes are relics of past radio activity.