Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986japa....7...71a&link_type=abstract
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (ISSN 0250-6335), vol. 7, June 1986, p. 71-75.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
5
Radio Galaxies, Radio Jets (Astronomy), Virgo Galactic Cluster, X Ray Sources, Active Galaxies, Astronomical Maps, Galactic Evolution, Galactic Structure
Scientific paper
The massive and active galaxies in the core of the Virgo Cluster were shown in 1968 to be aligned on either side of M 87, along the direction of the jet and counter-jet. Recent observations confirm the significance of this alignment by showing that the brightest X-ray sources, including additional large galaxies, define the same line. Detailed X-ray maps of M 86 show that this galaxy, which is part of the alignment, is probably blown by a wind from M 87 due to its close alignment with the jet. But the large radio E galaxy, M 84, which is 1.4 degrees away from M 87, and exactly along the line of the jet, is shown by the compression of its X-ray isophotes to be actually moving out along the line of the jet. This evidence furnishes rather spectacular support for the earlier conclusion that M 84 had originated as proto-galaxy within M87 and had been ejected out along the line of the jet.
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