The unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3

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M. Villata · Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino

C. M. Raiteri · Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino

T. J. Balonek · Colgate University

M. F. Aller · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

S. G. Jorstad · Boston University

O. M. Kurtanidze · Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory

F. Nicastro

Abstract

Context.The radio quasar 3C 454.3 underwent an exceptional optical outburst lasting more than 1 year and culminating in spring 2005. The maximum brightness detected was , which represents the most luminous quasar state thus far observed ().

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Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 453, Issue 3, pp. 817-822

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20064817

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The unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3

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