blazar

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Etymology

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Blend of B +‎ L +‎ Lac +‎ quasar. Coined by astronomer Edward Spiegel in 1978 from BL Lac object and quasar, punning blazing from its optical presentation compared to usual quasars. Analyzable as blaze +‎ -ar.

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blazar (plural blazars)

  1. (astronomy) A very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy.
  2. (astronomy) An object which is either an optically violent variable quasar (OVV quasar) or a BL Lac object or which has properties of both.

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