With a redshift of 0.187580, it has a light travel time distance of 2.5 billion light-years[1] and is considered an ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG).

[6] Researchers found that there is direct evidence of a quasar accretion disk driving a massive (>100 M ⊙ yr-1) molecular outflow.

However, they were able to confirm the presence of the molecular outflow in IRAS F11119+3257, based on the detection of ~±1000 km/s blue and redshifted wings in the CO(1–0) emission line profile derived from deep ALMA observations obtained in the compact array configuration (~2.8″ resolution).

[10] Apart from the molecular outflows, the galaxy hosts a wide-aperture energetic radiation-driven X-ray emitting winds, suggesting a likely energy conserving quasar-mode feedback.

[7] From the EVN Observation, at 1.66 and 4.93 GHz, IRAS F11119+3257 displays a two-sided jet with a projected separation of about 200 parsec, which has an intrinsic speed of ≥0.57c.