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RECENT improvements in the accuracy of location of radio source positions to 1 arc s have made possible the reliable identification of a number of radio sources with stellar objects of neutral colour (NSO)1–4. Two of these have the highest known redshifts, 3.4 (ref, 5), and 3.53 (ref. 6). Others have featureless optical spectra and are probably BL Lac objects7 (Carswell et al.8 and P. A. Strittmatter, private communication). We report here the identification of an NSO of 19 mag close to an unusual blue galaxy, using an accurate radio position obtained at 408 MHz with the Mills Cross of the Molongo Observatory.
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MURDOCH, H., MCADAM, W. & HUNSTEAD, R. Radio source identified with a neutral stellar object near an unusual galaxy. Nature 248, 491–492 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248491a0
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