Superluminal quasar 3C179 with double radio lobes

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1981 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 294, pages 47-49 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: R. W. Porcas;

doi: 10.1038/294047a0

Superluminal quasar 3C179 with double radio lobes

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VLBI observations of the quasar 3C179 reveal that its two milli arc second components have an apparent relative velocity of 7.6 times the velocity of light. This is the fifth radio source in which ‘superluminal’ motion has been reported but the first which also exhibits double lobe structure on the arc second scale. Statistical arguments which apply to such sources cause difficulties for explanations based on motion in a relativistic jet.

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