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Radio structure of 3C147 determined by multi-element very long baseline interferometry

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We have determined the radio structure of the quasar 3C147 from multi-baseline VLBI data at 609 MHz using both a conventional method and a technique which uses the ‘closure’ phase information to produce a good approximation to a synthesis map of the source. The structure is similar to the central part of M87, with a bright core and a linear ‘jet’ of projected length 1.5 kpc which is concentrated in bright ‘knots’.

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Wilkinson, P., Readhead, A., Purcell, G. et al. Radio structure of 3C147 determined by multi-element very long baseline interferometry. Nature 269, 764–768 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269764a0

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