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Interstellar scintillation was detected from a source in or near the supernova remnant G78.1 + 1.8, implying an angular size ≲10−6 arc s, a brightness temperature >1018 K, and a distance of ∼3 kpc. The source does not seem to be a pulsar and is therefore the first source other than a pulsar to show interstellar scintillation. We place limits on the scintillating flux for 15 other galactic and extragalactic objects.
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Cordes, J., Dickey, J. Interstellar scintillation and compact sources in supernova remnants. Nature 281, 24–27 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/281024a0
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