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BL Lacertae blazar or super massive black hole is 10 million light-years away and is among the 50 most prominent blazars that can be observed with the help of a relatively small telescope.
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It was among the 3 to 4 blazars that was predicted to be experiencing flares by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), an international consortium of astronomers.
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Blazars or feeding supermassive black holes in the heart of distant galaxies receive a lot of attention from the astronomical community because of their complicated emission mechanism.
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They emit jets of charged particles traveling nearly at the speed of light and are one of the most luminous and energetic objects in the Universe.