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AT present only a small number of radio sources have been satisfactorily identified with photographic objects. The important task of establishing further identifications faces a serious difficulty because of the uncertainty in the measured positions of the radio sources. This uncertainty usually amounts to several minutes of arc, and it is only for a few intense sources that the error has been reduced to less than one minute of arc.
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HAZARD, C. Lunar Occultation of a Radio Source. Nature 191, 58 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191058a0
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