Here we investigate the giant radio galaxy DA 240, which is a FR II source.
Specifically, we investigate its flux density, as well as the spectral index
distribution. For that purpose, we used publicly available data for the source:
Leahy's atlas of double radio-sources and NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
(NED). We used observations at 326 MHz (92 cm) and at 608 MHz (49 cm) and
obtained spectral index distributions between 326 and 608 MHz. For the first
time we give spectral index map for these frequencies. We found that the
synchrotron radiation is the dominant radiation mechanism over most of the area
of DA 240, and also investigated the mechanism of radiation at some
characteristic points, namely its core and the hotspots. The results of this
study will be helpful for understanding the evolutionary process of the DA 240
radio source.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Contrib. Astron. Obs.
Skalnate Pleso (Invited lecture at V Meeting on Astrophysical Spectroscopy -
A&M DATA 2023