THE PARSEC-SCALE STRUCTURE OF NGC-1275 AT 1.3 GHZ

We present a high dynamic range Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) image of 3C 84 at 1.3 GHz. With these observations we have discovered a prev iously undetected component that is centered similar to 65 mas to the south of the compact core and has a diameter of similar to 40 mas. The nucleus of 3C 84 thus displays radio emission without interruption fr om the core out to a total length of 0 ''.1 (24 h(-1) pc), which is cl ear evidence for activity of the central engine in the centuries prece ding the latest large outburst in 1960. From the absence of significan t emission to the north of the core we find that the free-free optical depth at 1.3 GHz is likely to be greater than or equal to 3.7 at a pr ojected distance of 3.5 h(-1) pc.