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DURING a continuing search for radio emission from X-ray sources with the Westerbork synthesis telescope, we have detected a highly variable radio source near the X-ray location of Cyg X–3 (2ASE 2030 + 40). Its 1950 position is: α = 20 h 30 m 37.6 s ± 0.1 s, δ = + 40° 47′ 12.7″ ± 1.5″.
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BRAES, L., MILEY, G. Radio Detection of Cygnus X-3. Nature 237, 506 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237506a0
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