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Recent Observations and Superluminal Monitoring of the Quasar 3C 395

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. S. Simon
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375-5000
K. J. Johnston
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375-5000
J. H. Spencer
Affiliation:
E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375-5000

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Until recently, the compact structure in 3C 395 could be described as follows (Simon et al. 1987):

  1. (1) A bright, unresolved, flat spectrum core to the northwest. The core brightened by about 0.4 Jy between 1983.3 and 1985.4, from 0.6 Jy to 1.0 Jy.

  2. (2) A moderately resolved component 15.8+/−0.2 mas to the southwest along P.A.I 18o. The position of this component relative to the core has changed by less than 0.2 mas in 6 years and the flux density of this component has remained roughly constant.

  3. (3) A component which was moving rapidly away from the core towards component (2) with a proper motion of 0.64+/−0.1 mas yr−1. For 3C 395 (z=0.635), this implies (v/c)∼20c for Ho =100 km/s/Mpc and qo =0.5.

Type
Extragalactic
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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