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Superluminal Motions and Large Scale Structure in 3C 120

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

R. C. Walker ,
J. M. Benson  and
S. C. Unwin
R. C. Walker
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory*, Socorro, N.M., U.S.A.
J. M. Benson
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory*, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
S. C. Unwin
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The jet in the superluminal source 3C 120 has been observed on all scales from under a parsec to about 100 kpc. The jet brightness decays rather smoothly with core distance, indicating that the basic characteristics of the jet are established on parsec or smaller scales and evolve simply with distance.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 29 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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