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Quasar vs Balnicity - What's the difference?

quasar | balnicity |

As nouns the difference between quasar and balnicity

is that quasar is an extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and thought to be the most distant objects in the universe while balnicity is a measure of how much a quasar resembles a standard "broad adsorption line" quasar.

quasar

English

(wikipedia quasar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and thought to be the most distant objects in the universe.

    • Synonyms

    * Q * QSO, quasi-stellar object * (dated) QSR, quasi-stellar radio-source * (obsolete) QSS, quasi-stellar source * (obsolete) BSO, blue stellar object

    Derived terms

    * microquasar

    See also

    * AGN, active galactic nucleus * active galaxy * pulsar * RIQ, RLQ, RQQ ----

    balnicity

    English

    Noun

  • (astronomy) A measure of how much a quasar resembles a standard "broad adsorption line" quasar

    • Derived terms

    * balnicity index

    Related terms

    * BAL