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4C39.25 – Superluminal Motion Between Stationary Components

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

D. B. Shaffer
Affiliation:
Interferometrics Inc., 8150 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia 22180 USA
A. P. Marscher
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 USA

Abstract

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During the 1970's, the compact radio structure of 4C39.25 consisted of a simple double source, whose separation did not change. A new component, which probably originated in mid-1979, is now seen to be moving superluminally between the original, still stationary, components. It is not clear which component of the source is the core, nor how the moving component will interact with the stationary component that it is now approaching on a collision course.

Type
Extragalactic
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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