It is classified as a Fanaroff-Riley Type II (FRII) radio source, which means that the luminosity increases with distance from the core.

When measured in the optical band, this galaxy has a redshift value of z = 0.428, corresponding to a distance of 1.5 Gpc.

[2] Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope show an elliptical galaxy with blobs and a filamentary structure.

The radio jets being generated by the active galactic nucleus are interacting with the interstellar medium, producing extended narrow line regions.

[3] At the nucleus of this galaxy is a supermassive black hole with an estimated (9.5 ± 6.6) × 108 solar masses.