BL Lac object

English

Noun

BL Lac object (plural BL Lac objects)

1. (astronomy) a type of active galaxy with an active galactic nucleus (AGN), named after its prototype, BL Lacertae

Synonyms

• BL Lacertae object

Translations

type of galaxy with AGN

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝎虎座BL型天體, 蠍虎BL天體／蝎虎BL天体

• French: objet BL Lacertae (fr)
• German: BL-Lacertae-Objekt n
• Italian: oggetti BL Lac
• Japanese: とかげ座BL型天体 (tokageza bīerugata tentai)
• Portuguese: objeto BL Lac
• Spanish: objeto BL Lac