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Absolute Magnitudes of Quasi-stellar Radio Sources

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Absolute magnitudes of quasi-stellar sources, plotted against the logarithms of their red-shifts, fall between two limits. The interpretation of the diagrams varies according to the type of model universe chosen

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McVITTIE, G., STABELL, R. Absolute Magnitudes of Quasi-stellar Radio Sources. Nature 213, 133–135 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213133a0

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