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A composite image at optical and radio wavelengths of jets of streaming plasma expelled by the central black hole of the galaxy 3C296. The jets are nearly a million light years long. 3C296 is a member of the class of modest radio emission sources; new observations of the class suggest that prior to this stage of evolution they went through a period of fragmentation with intermittent bursts of activity. In the image, visible light is in blue, and radio is in red.
Credit: AUI, NRAO
Low Resolution Image (jpg)
Credit: AUI, NRAO
Low Resolution Image (jpg)
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