Published May 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

An arcsec radio jet in NGC 1275 (Perseus A)

  • 1. Nuffield Radio Astronomy Labs., Jodrell Bank (UK)

Description

We present 73-cm radio continuum observations of NGC 1275 with an angular resolution of 1.2 arcsec. The observations show an unresolved core together with two weaker knots which we interpret as a radio jet in position angle approx. 1600. This jet may be associated with an optical filament in PA 1720 which aligns precisely with the 2.8-cm VLBI jet and shows an unusually high velocity-gradient. We suggest that this filament could be formed by the cooling of gas entrained into a beam in PA 1720. If this hypothesis is correct, then the radio knots are displaced 2 -> 3 arcsec (approx. 1 kpc) from the axis of the beam. (author)

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Journal Title
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Volume
203
Journal Issue
2
Series
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Page Range
667-675
ISSN
0035-8711