Astronomers investigate extreme variability of the 'Big Dipper' active galactic nucleus
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 11:20
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have carried out an observational campaign to study the extreme variability of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) SDSS J2232−0806, nicknamed the Big Dipper. Results of these observations, described in a paper published February 18 on the arXiv pre-print server, shed some new light on the nature of this variability.