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A SEARCH for X-ray emission from galactic objects on April 29, 1963, disclosed two localized sources, one of which appeared in Scorpius and the other in the direction of the Crab Nebula. The observations were made with a proportional counter flown in an Aerobee rocket from White Sands, New Mexico.
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BOWYER, S., BYRAM, E., CHUBB, T. et al. X-ray Sources in the Galaxy. Nature 201, 1307–1308 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011307a0
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