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Introductory Lecture

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Extragalactic Radio Sources

Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale ((IAUS,volume 97))

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On the subject of radiogalaxies my most vivid reminiscence is of an afternoon in Santa Barbara Street with a marvellous meeting with Baade and Minkowski where they told me that they had discovered that Cygnus A had been identified with a faint galaxy.

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Oort, J.H. (1982). Introductory Lecture. In: Heeschen, D.S., Wade, C.M. (eds) Extragalactic Radio Sources. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 97. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7781-5_1

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