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AN attempt has been made to identify optically three pulsars by proper motion surveys in the vicinity of the radio positions. An object at a distance of 100 pc having a velocity of 200 km s−1 perpendicular to the line of sight would have a proper motion of 0.4 arc s yr−1 and should therefore, if bright enough, be identifiable from a pair of photographs taken 10 or 20 yr apart.
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ARGUE, A., KENWORTHY, C. Proper Motion Search for Pulsars. Nature 219, 45 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219045a0
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