Jets in 3C293

Four images showing the jets in the nearby radio galaxy 3C293. Top right: 1.35GHz MERLIN radio image with a 0.2 arcsec resolution. Top left: 1.35GHz Global VLBI + MERLIN + VLA (inc Pie Town) radio image with a 30mas angular resolution (inner part of Top right image only). Bottom left 5GHZ Multi-frequency synthesis MERLIN image with a 50mas angulare resolution. Bottom right: False colour MERLIN 5GHz image overlaid with NIR HST image as contours. Note the brightest radio knots are also traced by the NIR contours.
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