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Högbom and Shakeshaft1 have recently presented evidence for a secular variation of the intensity of radio emission from the source Cassiopeia A. Their observations, made at a frequency of 81.5 Mc./s. over a period of 12 years, suggest that the flux density of Cassiopeia A relative to that of Cygnus A is decreasing at a rate of about 1 per cent per annum. This type of measurement may be sensitive to unknown systematic instrumental effects, and the importance of the result makes independent confirmation desirable.
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HEESCHEN, D., MEREDITH, B. Secular Variation of the Flux Density of the Radio Source Cassiopeia A. Nature 190, 705–706 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190705a0
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