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>> For example, quasars are distributed isotropically around the sky while
>>  pulsars are observed to be concentrated into the plane of our galaxy.
>> Bill Sebok

>I cannot let this go without one quick comment.  Known quasars are definitely
>NOT distributed uniformly around the sky, and there is a big debate about the
>causes of this.  Even on the most conservative view, quasars are clustered to
>each other.  The articles by Seldner&Peebles, by Nieto&Seldner, and by Bacon
>&Nieto and references therein are essential reading. I can give full references
>if needed, but at the moment it is not possible to say other than that quasar
>searches have not yet been uniform over the sky.  Whether there is something
>other than selection effects involved must be a moot point.
>-- Nigel Sharp

Sorry,  in the heat of the moment I forgot to phrase what I said carefully and
use the proper hedge-words.  I am aware that quasars are clustered to each
other.  A weaker statement is that there is no evidence (that I am aware of
anyway) that quasars prefer to be found in the plane of our own galaxy.
-- 
Bill Sebok			Princeton University, Astrophysics
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