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THE quasi-stellar object identified1 with the radio source 4C 05.34 has been recently observed spectroscopically by us at Kitt Peak National Observatory and has been found to have a redshift of z = 2.877, a value considerably higher than that of any quasi-stellar object reported so far. The largest previous values were z = 2.358 for 4C 25.05 (ref. 2) and, possibly, z = 2.38 for 5C 02.56 (ref. 3).
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LYNDS, R., WILLS, D. The Unusually Large Redshift of 4C 05.34. Nature 226, 532 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226532a0
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