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X-Ray Surveys of the Quiet Sun, the Magellanic Clouds and the Cygnus Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

P. J. Edwards  and
K. G. McCracken
P. J. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
K. G. McCracken
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
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Balloon borne alt-azimuth mounted X-ray telescopes flown from Hyderabad, India (17°N), Palestine, Texas (32°N), and Mildura, Australia (34°S), have detected hard X-rays (hv>20KeV) from discrete sources in the Cygnus region.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 28 - 29
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1967

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