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LOCALISED γ-ray sources contribute to the overall galactic emission; some of these sources have been identified with known astronomical objects1,2, while several unidentified γ-ray sources have also been reported3,4. We describe here a search for γ-ray sources using data from the ESA γ-ray satellite COS B which revealed 10 new unidentified sources. These sources seem to be galactic with typical γ-ray luminosities above 100 MeV in excess of 1035 erg s−1.
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HERMSEN, W., SWANENBURG, B., BIGNAMI, G. et al. New high energy γ-ray sources observed by COS B. Nature 269, 494–495 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269494a0
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