We present a combined radio , optical , and X-ray study of the nearby LINER galaxy NGC 1052 .
Data from a short ( 2.3 ksec ) CHANDRA observation of NGC 1052 reveal the presence of various jet-related X-ray emitting regions , a bright compact core and unresolved knots in the jet structure as well as an extended emitting region inside the galaxy well aligned with the radio synchrotron jet-emission .
The spectrum of the extended X-ray emission can best be fitted with a thermal model with kT = ( 0.4 - 0.5 ) keV , while the compact core exhibits a very flat spectrum , best approximated by an absorbed power-law with N _ { H } = ( 0.6 - 0.8 ) \times 10 ^ { 22 } { cm ^ { -2 } } .
We compare the radio structure to an optical “ structure map ” from a Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) observation and find a good positional correlation between the radio jet and the optical emission cone .
Bright , compact knots in the jet structure are visible in all three frequency bands whose spectrum is inconsistent with synchrotron emission .