Astron. Astrophys. 319, 405-412 (1997)

Radio observations of the quasar 3C395 from parsec to kiloparsec scales

L. Lara ^{1, 2}, T.W.B. Muxlow ³, A. Alberdi ^{2, 4}, J.M. Marcaide ⁵, W. Junor ⁶ and D.J. Saikia <sup>7

1</sup> Istituto di Radioastronomia, CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
² Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Apartado 3004, E-18080 Granada, Spain
³ NRAL, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL, UK
⁴ LAEFF, P.O. Box 50727, E-28080 Madrid, Spain
⁵ Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, 800 Yale Boulevard, N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
⁷ National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Post Bag 3, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India

Received 19 March 1996 / Accepted 1 August 1996

Abstract

We present results from global VLBI, VLBA, MERLIN and VLA observations of the quasar 3C395 at 5.0 GHz, global VLBI and VLBA observations at 8.4 GHz, and VLBI test observations at 22.2 GHz. These combinations allow us to obtain radio images with resolutions ranging from 0.2 to 200 milliarcseconds, which show the continuity of the radio structure of 3C395 from parsec to kiloparsec scales. On parsec scales we find clear signs of activity in the compact core and show that the component separations have remained unchanged since epoch 1990.8. On larger scales we confirm the existence of a very sharp bend in the jet at a distance of mas from the core, the magnitude of which we ascribe to projection effects when the jet is viewed very close to the line of sight. We suggest that 3C395 is a double radio source viewed end-on, with two extended lobes appearing superimposed as a low brightness halo.

Key words: galaxies: jets quasars: individual (3C395) techniques: interferometric

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Online publication: July 3, 1998

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