Blowtorch Jet in NGC6251

VLA image of the famous "blowtorch" jet in the galaxy NGC6251.

The data was obtained from the VLA archive for analysis with X-ray images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton.

Legacy Astronomical Images

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Legacy Astronomical Image

NGC6251

Very Large Array (VLA)

1995-08-15

continuum

L

20 cm

1.4 GHz

RA 16:32:32.000, Dec: 82:32:16.000 (J2000)

0.050000 x 0.083333 degrees

Active Galactic Nuclei Series

Quasars Unit