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This jet is one of the great mysteries - no one has a clue what could cause that.

-drl

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Well, it's very well known that it's a supermassive black hole a couple billion times the sun's mass that causes it. I believe the leading theory for how the jets become so well collimated is that they are focused with a very powerful magnetic field.

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John T.
Austin, TX
25" f/4.2 Dob
18" Obsession #701
4" Stellar Vue Achromat
8X56 Binos

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