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PKS 2005-489: A very bright BL Lac object in a nearby galaxy*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
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The galaxy identified with the flat-spectrum radio source PKS 2005-489 has a bright stellar nucleus with V ⋍ 13 mag. Optical, UV and X-ray observations indicate variability and power-law continua in each of these wavebands, leading to the conclusion that PKS 2005-489 is one of the brightest BL Lac objects known.
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