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Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36 – Ground-based View — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36 – Ground-based View

October 4, 1990 · NASA

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In this ground-based image taken with the European Southern Observatory 3.6-meter telescope, the whole optical jet is embedded within the galaxy. To see the jet, star light from the galaxy is subtracted by computer processing.