One Source, Two Source(s): Ribs and Tethers

We present the unique and challenging case of a radio galaxy in Abell 3266 observed as part MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey. It has quasi-periodic bright patches along tail which connect to never-before-seen thin transverse extensions, we call “ribs”, reaching up ∼50 kpc from central axis tail. At distance ∼400 host (assuming z=0.0594 redshift 3266) found what appears be triple source with its own apparent at photometric 0.78. Mysteriously, far are connected by series filaments, “tethers”. The tail, tethers also have similar spectra Faraday rotation measures, suggesting that there is only one—quite complicated—source, serendipitous background AGN triple. look possible causes for “rib” “tether” structures, emerging phenomena intracluster medium filaments associated galaxies.