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The sequence of events that led to the 1963 publications in Nature of 3C273, the first quasar and the first extragalactic radio jet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

Cyril Hazard ,
David Jauncey ,
W. M. Goss  and
David Herald
Cyril Hazard
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
David Jauncey
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, NSW, Australia email: [email protected] Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Australia
W. M. Goss
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM, USA
David Herald
Affiliation:
International Occultation Timing Association, NSW, Australia
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Abstract

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We are undertaking a detailed investigation, based on the available evidence, of the sequence of events that led to the historical discovery of the first quasar, 3C273.

Keywords

history and philosophy of astronomyquasars: individual (3C273)occultations
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S313: Extragalactic jets from every angle , September 2014 , pp. 183 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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