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3C175: Quasar Cannon
The quasar 3C175 is the active center of a galaxy so distant that the light we see from it was emitted when the Earth was just forming. An array of house-sized radio telescopes called the Very Large Array, or VLA, recorded this image. Shooting out from 3C175 is a thin jet of protons and electrons traveling near the speed of light. This jet is over one million light-years long.
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In tropical astrology, 5 SEP 2001 falls under Virgo (♍). The sign's window runs from 08-23 through 09-22. Virgo is the largest zodiac constellation, holding the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 SEP 2001.