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A New X-ray Object at High Galactic Latitude

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

L. R. Barnden
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
R. J. Francey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania

Extract

This paper presents evidence for the existence of a previously unobserved X-ray source in the constellation Cetus. The astronomical significance of an intense X-ray object located so far from the galactic disk has prompted this preliminary report.

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Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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