The sequence of events that led to the 1963 publications in Nature of 3C273, the first quasar and the first extragalactic radio jet
Abstract
We are undertaking a detailed investigation, based on the available evidence, of the sequence of events that led to the historical discovery of the first quasar, 3C273.
- Publication:
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Extragalactic Jets from Every Angle
- Pub Date:
- March 2015
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1412.5564
- Bibcode:
- 2015IAUS..313..183H
- Keywords:
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- history and philosophy of astronomy;
- quasars: individual (3C273);
- occultations;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 7 pgs, 6 figs, IAU Symp 313, Ecuador, 2014