The discovery of an X-ray bright BL Lacertae object - 0414 + 009

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Bl Lacertae Objects, X Ray Sources, Astronomical Models, Galactic Clusters, Radio Spectra, Visible Spectrum, X Ray Spectra

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X-ray, optical, and radio observations have been made of an X-ray source originally discovered by Ulmer et al. (1980) in a survey of Abell clusters of galaxies. The relatively flat radio spectrum, the featureless optical spectrum, and the shape of the X-ray spectrum lead to the classification of the source as a BL Lacertae object. The source has one of the highest X-ray flux density ratios to both the optical and radio flux densities, and its strength at all these wavelengths warrants further multiwavelength studies. The radio, optical, and X-ray flux densities for the observations were 100 mJy, V = 16.4 (1 mJy), and 1 UFU (1.6 micro Jy). The X-ray flux varied by a factor of 2 over a 1 year period, but no 100 s time scale variations were seen. A search of the Harvard plate stacks did not reveal any optical variations. A model for the source is presented, and the implications of this object with respect to X-ray surveys are briefly discussed.

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