EHT 3C 279 jet images

The reconstructed images consistently reveal a compact core elongated nearly orthogonal to the large-scale jet axis. This rarely observed morphology recurs across multiple epochs and from 22-230GHz and is therefore intrinsic rather than an imaging artifact.

Geometric model fitting identifies several components with apparent speeds up to beta_app_~10, requiring bulk Lorentz factors Gamma>~10.3 and constraining viewing angles to extremely small values (<~1{deg}). Rest-frame brightness temperatures are systematically low (T_B_~10^9^-10^10^K), consistent with optically thin emission at 230GHz. These results suggest that the jet bends toward the observer on sub-parsec scales, producing strong relativistic beaming.