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Angular Measurements of the Structure of 3C 446 and Other Quasars with High Red-shifts

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Measurements of the radio source 3C 446 show that it is elongated in the east–west direction and may well be a double source. 3C 9 also seems to be a double source, and PKS 1116 + 12 and 4C 31.38 have angular dimensions <0.1 and <0.2 sec arc, respectively, in at least one direction.

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  1. Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire

    G. K. MILEY & B. J. RICKETT

  2. Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern

    H. GENT

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MILEY, G., RICKETT, B. & GENT, H. Angular Measurements of the Structure of 3C 446 and Other Quasars with High Red-shifts. Nature 216, 974–976 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216974a0

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