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BL Lacertae Objects:
In astronomy, celestial objects that are powerful sources of rapidly varying infrared, light, and radio waves. The objects are named after the prototype first observed in the small northern constellation Lacerta (Latin, “the lizard”). About 30 Lacertids have been identified thus far.
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  • BL Lac object - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    A BL Lacertae object or BL Lac object is a type of active galaxy with an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and is named after its prototype, BL Lacertae.

  • BL Lacertae objects

    Title: BL Lacertae objects: Authors: Miller, J. S. Affiliation: AA(Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz, Calif.) Publication: Comments on Modern Physics, Part C - Comments on Astrophysics ...

  • BL LACERTAE OBJECTS,

    Encyclopedia ... or BL Lac objects, in astronomy, celestial objects that are powerful sources of rapidly varying infrared, light, and radio waves.

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