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THE purpose of this letter is to draw attention to the very high redshift, z = 3.40, of the QSO OH471.
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CARSWELL, R., STRITTMATTER, P. Redshift of OH471. Nature 242, 394–395 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242394a0
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