3C31 = B0104+321
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FR I (plumed) radio galaxy at z = 0.017 (70 Mpc, H = 71 km/s/Mpc, Ω_m = 0.27, Ω_Λ = 0.73)
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Linear scale 340 pc/arcsec
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Large-scale arcs in jets before they bend
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Rapidly expanding, then recollimating, jet and counterjet
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Northern jet base is bright
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Gaps between both jets and nuclear source
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Evidence for rapid slowdown of bulk relativistic outflow
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VLA λ3.6cm (8 GHz) data at 0.3 arcsec resolution
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Other images of 3C31 available here:
Data from R.A.Laing and A.H.Bridle,
"Relativistic Models and the Jet Velocity Field
in the Radio Galaxy 3C31", MNRAS, 328-352 (2002)
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12 June 2014, 14:24 EDT