The host galaxy of 3C 343.1 has a blue appearance mainly due to the presence of an early-typestellar population or a recent wave ofstar formation.[6] The total star formation rate of the galaxy is estimated to be 1.7+0.5-0.4 x 1011 Mʘ, with the hostinfraredluminosity estimated to be 2.9+0.6-0.5 x 1011Lʘ. It has asupermassive black hole mass of 28.7 x 107 Mʘ.[7] The nucleus of the galaxy has been categorized as compact.[8]
3C 343.1 has a compact source. When observed with theVery Large Array (VLA), the source has an elongated appearance in theposition angle of 110°, with two clearly resolved components observed on a 15GHz radio map.[9] An 18centimeter observation withVery Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), showed the source is double with two asymmetrical components displaying highsurface brightness profiles. The components also display a steepradio spectrum described as straight.[10] Newer VLBI observations made in 2021 at 327 GHz frequencies found the source displays asymmetric lobes that are separated by around 215milliarcseconds. No radio core has been discovered, although the components have a flatradio spectrum with observed steepening at 610MHz.[11] Aradio jet is present in the source, with a linear size of 1.57 kiloparsecs.[12]
An observation conducted in 1995, found 3C 343.1 has anemission-line nebula region. Theradio emission of the region is extended along the direction of the source for more than fivearcseconds. making it possible that this could be classified as anextended emission-line region.[13] A linear feature is seen orientating along the east-west axis based on broad-band images.[14] The nuclear spectrum of the galaxy has been found to show either the presence of weakionization lines or none at all. Little signs ofpolarization have also been detected in the galaxy.[15]
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