Cygnus A

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Cygnus A (3C 405.0) is one of the brightest and most famous radio galaxies. It was discovered by Grote Reber in 1939. In 1953 Roger Jennison and M K Das Gupta showed it to be a double source.

[edit] References

• Jennison, R. C.; Das Gupta, M. K., Fine structure of the extra-terrestrial radio source Cygnus 1., Nature, Vol. 172, pp. 996, 1953
• Harris, D. E.; Carilli, C. L.; Perley, R. A. X-Ray Emission from the Radio Hotspots of Cygnus-A , Nature Vol. 367, pp. 713, 1994

[edit] External links

• Information about Cygnus A from SIMBAD.