Scientists working with
the Russian radio telescope "Spektr-R" ("Radioastron"),
published the first image of the nucleus of the galaxy 714 0716, made the
device.
The photograph was
taken in March 2012, during a joint operation "Spektr-R" with the
European Network VLBI. "Shooting" lasted about 24 hours. In this
framework the resulting interferometer ranged from 20 to 7 the earth's
diameter, which resulted in high resolution.
Among other things, the
observations were the subject 0716 714 at a wavelength of 6.2 cm. This object -
galaxy, which lies 3.5 billion light-years from Earth and belongs to the small
class of BL Lac objects. The diameter of its nucleus, which could see, is 0.7
light-years. It is noteworthy that the photo is clearly visible relativistic
jets of matter, which rises from the active nucleus.
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