With a redshift of 2.108300,[1] the object is located 10.6 billion light years from Earth[2] and presents an extragalactic astrophysical jet morphology.

The brightest companion has a redshift of z=0.8384, which its optical-infrared colors, is consistent with a late-type spiral galaxy with a luminosity of 2L*.

Researchers further found a broad, blueshifted emission which resembles a molecular gas outflow inside the host galaxy of 4C +09.17, known as 4C +09.17 A-RL.

They also detected a broad component in the merging radio-quiet galaxy towards northeast, known as 4C +09.17 B-RQ, which was found through K-band imaging[10] with a red optical to near-inflared continuum color.

The majority of the dust continuum detected at far-infrared wavelengths with the Herschel Space Telescope is likely associated with this galaxy.

The narrow carbon emission is likely at the center of the merging galaxy as it roughly corresponds to the K-band continuum's peak location.

Similar results have recently been found for a subset of nearby galaxies, where outflows appear to expand perpendicular to the path of the jet.

The stripped material from the 4C +09.17B is fated to be re-accreted and recycled to the galaxy group along with the circumgalactic medium gas, part of the blueshifted and redshifted kinematic components.