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Absorption of Radio Radiation in M 82 and Other Galaxies

Nature volume 201, pages 171–172 (1964)Cite this article

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THE galaxy M 82 (NGC 3034) has recently been examined by many observers using different techniques, and some of the peculiarities of this object have now been explained. Here we shall try to answer one of the remaining questions, namely, why the radial velocity of this galaxy as determined from 21-cm line measures does not agree with the optically derived velocity.

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ELVIUS, A. Absorption of Radio Radiation in M 82 and Other Galaxies. Nature 201, 171–172 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201171b0

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