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LoTSS DR2 cutouts of three newly discovered giants at 6″ (left column) and 60″ (right column). By subtracting compact sources from calibrated 144 MHz visibility data and imaging at low resolution (60″ and 90″), we reveal otherwise speculative giant radio galaxies at the unexplored ∼1 Jy deg−2 surface brightness level. The claimed host galaxy is in the image centre. Top: a GRG of projected proper length lp = 1.4 ± 0.3 Mpc, whose angular length ϕ = 32.3 ± 0.2′ is larger than that of the full Moon. Middle: a GRG of lp = 1.6 ± 0.6 Mpc and ϕ = 16.4 ± 0.2′. Bottom: a GRG of lp = 3.6 ± 0.1 Mpc and ϕ = 8.5 ± 0.2′. For scale, we show the stellar Milky Way disk (with a diameter of 50 kpc) generated using the Ringermacher & Mead (2009) formula, alongside a 3, 5, or 10 times inflated version.

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