Early Australian optical and radio observations of Centaurus A

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-430

  Robertson, Peter ^a   Cozens, Glen ^a   Orchiston, Wayne ^a   Slee, Bruce ^a,b   Wendt, Harry ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centaurus A; history of Australian astronomy; NGC 5128; Parramatta Observatory; radio galaxies; Radiophysics Laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958026734     PISSN: 13233580     EISSN: 14486083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AS09071     Document Type: Article

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