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A radio jet in SS433

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The peculiar emission line object SS433 (refs 1–3) has variable radio emission and an angular size of <0.1 arc s at centimetric wavelengths4,5. The observations reported here show that the object at long radio wavelengths consists of this compact core and also a jet ∼1 arc s long aligned in the same position angle as the extended structure in the associated supernova remnant W50. Both components vary in flux density.

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Spencer, R. A radio jet in SS433. Nature 282, 483–484 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/282483a0

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