Comments on: AstroJargon of the Week – AGN

By: AstroJargon of the Week: Blazar « One Astronomer's Noise

AstroJargon of the Week: Blazar « One Astronomer's Noise — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:27:57 +0000

[...] and it’s a pretty fun object as well. I’m talking about blazars. This is a subclass of AGN, the jargon with which I started my series. A blazar is highly variable, very luminous, and quite [...]

By: Fluffy Galaxy with Surprise Center « One Astronomer's Noise

Fluffy Galaxy with Surprise Center « One Astronomer's Noise — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:14:22 +0000

[...] They can be millions or billions of times the mass of the sun. Most are “quiet,” but many are active, lighting up their surroundings as the matter falling into them rapidly spins around the black [...]

By: AstroJargon of the Week: Parsec « One Astronomer's Noise

AstroJargon of the Week: Parsec « One Astronomer's Noise — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:26:33 +0000

[...] 15, 2010 by Nicole This week I thought I’d scale back from such a rich topic as AGN and tell you a little bit about the parsec. (In this case, I do not mean the podcast [...]

By: Carnival of Space #145 « Crowlspace

Carnival of Space #145 « Crowlspace — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:23:21 +0000

[...] One Astronomer’s Noise brightens our minds with AstroJargon of the Week – AGN. [...]