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BL Lacertae, a Common card
BL Lacertae or BL Lac is a highly variable, extragalactic active galactic nucleus.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 44
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 65
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,400
Power 65 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
BL Lacertae quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the BL Lacertae card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A faint trace of a host ______ was also found.
Answer
galaxy. A faint trace of a host galaxy was also found. From the BL Lacertae article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was first discovered by Cuno Hoffmeister in ____, but was originally thought to be an irregular variable star in the Milky Way galaxy and so was given a variable star designation.
Answer
1920s. It was first discovered by Cuno Hoffmeister in 1929, but was originally thought to be an irregular variable star in the Milky Way galaxy and so was given a variable star designation. From the BL Lacertae article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Feyzin disaster. Feyzin disaster 50 · BL Lacertae 44 · Visa policy of Palestine 41 · Cresset 38 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was first discovered by Cuno Hoffmeister in 1929, but was originally thought to be an irregular variable star in the Milky Way galaxy and so was given a variable star designation.
- In 1968, the "star" was identified by John Schmitt at the David Dunlap Observatory as a bright, variable radio source.
- A faint trace of a host galaxy was also found.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The BL Lacertae article was read about 7,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 44 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get BL Lacertae
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below BL Lacertae in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CressetCommon · Science · ATK 38 DEF 27
- Visa policy of PalestineCommon · Science · ATK 41 DEF 24
- Carpineto RomanoCommon · Society · ATK 37 DEF 28
- KolarammaCommon · Arts · ATK 40 DEF 25
- Lower Rhine regionCommon · Society · ATK 41 DEF 24
- Remington Zig-Zag DerringerCommon · History · ATK 43 DEF 22
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, BL Lacertae (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys (PS1) and the PS1 public science archive have been made possible t, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
