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A red-shift magnitude correlation for quasi-stellar objects exists, but it does not imply a red-shift distance relation. If the red-shifts of quasi-stellar objects are cosmological their mean optical magnitude has changed with epoch.
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LONGAIR, M., SCHEUER, P. Red-shift Magnitude Relation for Quasi-stellar Objects. Nature 215, 919–922 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215919a0
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