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optically violent variable quasar

(OVV)
(type of quasar with high variability)

An optically violent variable quasar is just that: a quasar that shows a lot of variability in the visible light range. An example is 3C 279. They are now among the active galactic nucleus subtypes presumed explained by the unified model.


(quasars,AGN)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OVV_quasar
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976ARA%26A..14..173S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986ApJ...305..484S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990AJ....100.1452W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ASPC..110..135S/abstract

Referenced by pages:
3C 279
blazar

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