BL Lacertae objects
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BL Lacertae objects
[¦bē¦el lə′ser·tē ‚äb·jiks] (astronomy)
A class of extragalactic sources of extremely intense, highly variable electromagnetic radiation which are related to quasars but have a featureless optical spectrum, and display strong optical polarization and a radio spectrum that increases in intensity at shorter wavelengths.
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