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Several AGNs have been proposed as identifications of gamma-ray sources discovered by CGRO. Using the NED database, we show that these AGNs are not the only extragalactic objects within the error boxes of the sources. Therefore, an in-depth study is needed on a case-by-case basis to access the most probable counterparts of the gamma-ray sources. A comparison with the COS-B database is also presented.
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Ciliegi, P., Caraveo, P. & Bignami, G.F. How Robust are the EGRET AGN gamma-ray identifications?. Il Nuovo Cimento C 16, 655–662 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02512048
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