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The spectra of three X-ray objects have been measured from a balloon, and suggest that the sources are supernova remnants, and that the X-ray emission is due to magnetic bremsstrahlung.
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BUSELLI, G., CLANCY, M., DAVISON, P. et al. Spectral Properties of the X-Ray Objects GX 3 + 1, GX 354–5 and Sco XR-1. Nature 219, 1124–1127 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2191124a0
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