R-band (Martel et al. 1999), H-band (Floyd et al. 2006), and R–H (Floyd et al. 2006) images of 3C 293, with the ¹²CO(1-0) and ¹²CO(2-1) emissions overlaid. (Δα, Δδ)-offsets in arcsec are relative to the location of the AGN. Crosses (+) mark the position of the AGN and jet peak emission according to the UV-FIT models (Table 1). Solid lines mark the location of the IR counterparts of the Eastern radio lobe (Floyd et al. 2006). The dashed box in the ¹²CO(1-0) maps mark the size of the ¹²CO(2-1) maps shown in the right panel. Contour levels as in Fig. 3.