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A SYSTEMATIC search is being made for the optical counterparts of the better localized X-ray sources. Here we report a preliminary result of the study of GX 17 + 2 (2U 1813–14).
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TARENGHI, M., REINA, C. Optical Identification of GX 17 + 2. Nature Physical Science 240, 53–54 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci240053a0
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