We present the Ly
We report an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with an extremely high equivalent width (EW), EWLy
- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10380915
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Volume:
- 940
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- Article No. 40
- ISSN:
- 0004-637X
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.3847
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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