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Galactic Structure and the Apparent Size of Radio Sources

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Observations of radio sources at 81.5 MHz show that interstellar scattering is more important than some pulsar data suggest. Low frequency measurements also provide a new means for studying the distribution of ionized gas in the Galaxy.

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READHEAD, A., HEWISH, A. Galactic Structure and the Apparent Size of Radio Sources. Nature 236, 440–443 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236440a0

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