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The Nuclear Structure of the Giant Radio Galaxy 3C236

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

W.W. Tian
Affiliation:
1 Beijing Astronomical Observatory and Beijing Astrophysics Center of National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, China 2 Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
R.T. Schilizzi
Affiliation:
3 Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands 4 Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands
R. Nan
Affiliation:
1 Beijing Astronomical Observatory and Beijing Astrophysics Center of National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, China

Abstract

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We present the nuclear structure of the radio galaxy 3C236 obtained by VLBI and MERLIN observations at both 1.663 and 5 GHz. Comparison with an HST WFPC-2 image of 3C236 suggests that the radio axis is at an angle of ∼ 30° to the plane of the sky, and 3C236 has an overall size of 4.5 Mpc and contains the longest jet known in the universe.

Type
Part 4: Extragalactic Radio Sources
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002 

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