Continent-sized Radio Telescope Takes Close-ups of Fermi Active Galaxies
January 10, 2013
The blazar 3C 454.3 lies 7 billion light-years away. Nevertheless, VLBA observations detect details less than 100 light-years across in the galaxy’s innermost radio jet.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/MOJAVE Team/Y. Kovalev
Topics:
OVV quasars, 3C 454.3, Astronomy, Blazars, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics, Active galactic nucleus, Galaxy, Associated Universities Inc., National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Radio telescopes, National Science Foundation, Fermi
