The discovery of five quasars at z>4 using the Second Palomar Sky Survey

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 78-86

  Kennefick, J D ^a   De Carvalho, R R ^a,c   Djorgovski, S G ^a   Wilber, M M ^a   Dickson, E S ^a   Weir, N ^a   Fayyad, U ^b   Roden, J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000759086     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/117498     Document Type: Article

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