Periodic changes in the compact radio structure of SS 433

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Nov 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...250..248n&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 250, Nov. 1, 1981, p. 248-253.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Binary Stars, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Stellar Radiation, Variable Stars, Astrometry, Astronomical Models, Distance, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Radiant Flux Density, Very Long Base Interferometry

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VLBI observations of SS 433 at 2.3 GHz made on 12 days between 1979 May and 1980 August yield the following results: (a) the position angle of the radio 'jet' of angular size of about 0.1 arcsec varies approximately sinusoidally about a mean value of 100.2 + or - 1.7 deg with an amplitude of 19.3 + or - 3.4 deg for a period fixed at 163.6 days. This resolves the ambiguity in the two angles of the optical model of Abell and Margon and assigns the inclination of the axis of the precession cone to the 79 deg value; (b) the position angle of the radio structure on this scale lags that of the optical model by 17.4 + or - 1.6 days; and (c) at least some of the radio emitting material appears to propagate away from the core in blobs. Using the rate of change of angular separation of the blobs from the core obtained from measurements on four different days, and assuming that the radio emission is traveling at the speed derived for the optical jets from the kinematic model, a distance to SS 433 of 5.1 + or - 0.5 kpc is obtained.

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