TeV Observation of BL Lac Objects
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During the 10 years of existence of the HEGRA Cherenkov telescopes a large fraction of the time was spent on the observation of BL Lac objects. Here we present an overview of some of the main results and give an outlook on the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes.
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