The Active Galactic Nucleus of 3C 120

The Active Galactic Nucleus of 3C 120

Still image from an animation depicting the jets emitted by the black hole in galaxy 3C 120.

Credit: Cosmovision (led by Dr. Wolfgang Steffen of the Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM, Ensenada, Mexico) for A. Marscher; NRAO/AUI/NSF
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