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IT has previously been demonstrated by the Jodrell Bank–Malvern interferometer that some quasars have angular diameters less than 0.025 sec of arc. These measurements were made with a baseline of 120 km at a wavelength of 6 cm (ref. 1).
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BROTEN, N., LOCKE, J., LEGG, T. et al. Observations of Quasars using Interferometer Baselines up to 3,074 km. Nature 215, 38 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215038a0
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