Extragalactic large-scale structures behind the southern Milky Way: IV. Redshifts obtained with MEFOS
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2004
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Abbreviated: As part of our efforts to unveil extragalactic large-scale structures behind the southern Milky Way, we here present redshifts for 764 galaxies in the Hydra/Antlia, Crux and Great Attractor region (266deg < l < 338deg,
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Woudt, P.A., Kraan-Korteweg, R.C., Cayatte, V., Balkowski, C. & Felenbok, P. 2004. Extragalactic large-scale structures behind the southern Milky Way: IV. Redshifts obtained with MEFOS. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 415(1):9 - 18. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35066