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  • jordanself10 by jordanself10

    I researched this and found some places talking about similar phenomenon called radio-emitting jets. Could this be one of those, or something else?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    This is an amazing imitation of a relativisitic jet, but it is an artifact, a cosmic ray hitting the ccd "film". Most hits are removed by software, but the software isn't programmed to remove hits in galaxies.

    Jets are quite small, and are only seen in a few nearby galaxies. see info

    3.6 Relativistic jets http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=3&comment_id=53d8b92adb90c76710000f93

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