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Cappi et al. (1997) verified that large molecular clouds are not present along the line of sight to PKS 2126-158, and that the Galactic gas column density estimated from the IRAS $100~\mu$m maps, assuming a typical gas to dust ratio, is $\la$the 21cm estimate.

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