Artistic Composition of the Radio Telescopes in Space and on the Ground Observing NGC 1275 (IMAGE)

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Artistic Composition of the Radio Telescopes in Space and on the Ground Observing NGC 1275

Caption

Artistic composition of the radio telescopes in space and on the ground observing NGC 1275, the central galaxy of the Perseus cluster of galaxies at a distance of 230 million light years. This radio image shows a newly forming jet that is about three light years long. The central black hole is inside the bright spot at the top of the image. The details visible in the image are smaller than the Oort's comet cloud around our solar system.

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Pier Raffaele Platania INAF/IRA (compilation); ASC Lebedev Institute (RadioAstron image)

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