Discovery of a luminous water megamaser in the FR II radiogalaxy 3C 403

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Tarchi, A ^a,b   Henkel, C ^c   Chiaberge, M ^a,d   Menten, K M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual: 3C 403; Galaxies: ISM; Masers; Radio lines: galaxies; Radio lines: ISM

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; TELESCOPES; VELOCITY;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; EFFELSBERG TELESCOPE; LUMINOUS WATER MEGAMASER; RADIOGALAXY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0043062662     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031062     Document Type: Letter

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