2000AJ....120..697S

We report on large-scale regular morphological patterns found in the radio jet of the nearby radio galaxy NGC 6251. Investigating morphological properties of this radio jet from the nucleus to a radial distance of ∼300" (~140 kpc) mapped at 1662 MHz and 4885 MHz by Perley, Bridle, & Willis, we find three chains, each of which consists of five radio knots. We also find that eight radio knots in the first two chains consist of three small subknots (the triple-knotty substructures). We discuss the observational properties of these regular morphological patterns.