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AN X-ray source, LMC X-1 (2U0540-69), has been reported1 in the Large Magellanic Cloud south of 30 Doradus. Here we draw attention to the proximity of the radio sources MC76 and MC77 to this X-ray source. According to the position for MC77 given by Broten2 this source lies within the Uhuru 90% confidence level error box given by Giacconi et al.3. In Fig. 1 we show the 6 cm radio contours of MC76 and MC77 as given in ref. 2 with the X-ray error box from ref. 3 superimposed on a B plate of the region.
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BYRNE, P., BUTLER, C. Possible Candidate for LMC X-1. Nature Physical Science 244, 6–7 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci244006a0
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