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The Log S–log z Diagram for Radio Galaxies and its Relation to Cosmology

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An examination of the flux S and redshift z of radio galaxies in the third Cambridge catalogue lends some encouragement to the steady state cosmology.

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HOYLE, F., BURBIDGE, G. The Log S–log z Diagram for Radio Galaxies and its Relation to Cosmology. Nature 227, 359–361 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227359a0

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