Cygnus A (IMAGE)

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Cygnus A

Caption

This is a view of the jets of the elliptical galaxy in Cygnus A.

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X-ray image: NASA/CXC/SAO; visible light image: NASA/STScI; radio waves image: NSF/NRAO/AUI/VLA.

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