Centaurus X-3 (4U 1118–60) is an X-ray pulsar with a period of 4.84 seconds. It was the first X-ray pulsar to be discovered, and the third X-ray source...
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Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James...
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The Centaurus Cluster (A3526) is a cluster of hundreds of galaxies, located approximately 170 million light-years away in the Centaurus constellation...
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List of neutron stars (section Anomalous X-ray pulsars)
CXJ0110-7211 Vela X-1 4U 0352+309 Bursting Pulsar Vela Junior LMC N49 Intermediate-mass X-ray binary High-mass X-ray binaries Centaurus X-3 Circinus X-1 GX 301-2...
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The Centaurus was the final development of the Bristol Engine Company's series of sleeve valve radial aircraft engines. The Centaurus is an 18-cylinder...
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The Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster (SCl 128), or the Hydra and Centaurus Superclusters, was a previously defined supercluster in two parts, which prior to...
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years of X-ray astronomy, using detectors carried by balloons or sounding rockets. The first X-ray pulsar to be discovered was Centaurus X-3, in 1971...
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The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a complex group of galaxies in the constellations Hydra, Centaurus, and Virgo. The group may be roughly divided into two...
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magnetic field in universe directly detected by X-ray space observatory". phys.org. "Ultra-bright X-ray source awakens near a galaxy not so far away"...
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Levinson, E. Schreier, and H. Tananbaum discover 4.8 second X-ray pulsations from Centaurus X-3. 1972 – Charles Kowal discovers the Type Ia supernova SN...
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navigation. Krzeminski's Star is a blue supergiant, part of the pulsar Centaurus X-3, discovered by the Polish astronomer Wojciech Krzemiński in 1974. Kurtz's...
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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Centaurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation Kostjuk erroneously...
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association is composed of three subgroups (Upper Scorpius, Upper Centaurus–Lupus, and Lower Centaurus–Crux) and its distance is about 130 parsecs or 420 light-years...
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1972). "Evidence for the Binary Nature of Centaurus X-3 from UHURU X-Ray Observations". Astrophys. J. 172 (3): L79–L89. Bibcode:1972ApJ...172L..79S. doi:10...
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Crux (section Scorpius–Centaurus association)
of Centaurus and Musca. The bright stars in Crux were known to the Ancient Greeks, where Ptolemy regarded them as part of the constellation Centaurus. They...
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Spaeth, Ove (2000). "Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map". Centaurus. 42 (3): 159–179. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0498.2000.420301.x. Retrieved 2007-10-21. v t e...
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Alpha Centauri (redirect from Rigil Centaurus)
Innes, who suggested that it be named Proxima Centaurus, from Latin 'the nearest [star] of Centaurus'. The name Proxima Centauri later became more widely...
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of matter. Krzemiński also discovered the optical companion of X-ray pulsar Centaurus X-3, which was named Krzemiński's Star in his honor. He was also one...
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Proxima Centauri (redirect from Proxima Centaurus)
from the Sun in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Its Latin name means the 'nearest [star] of Centaurus'. It was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes...
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ART-XC (redirect from Astronomical Roentgen Telescope -- X-ray Concentrator)
ART-XC, which was taken on July 30, 2019. The image shows the source Centaurus X-3 imaged with the 7 telescopes, as well as the light curve of the pulsar...
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that the Milky Way was moving in the direction of the constellation of Centaurus at about 600 km/s. [citation needed] Then, the discovery of cosmic microwave...
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members of the nearest OB association: Scorpius–Centaurus. The star δ Sco, after having been a stable 2.3 magnitude star, flared in July 2000 to 1.9 in...
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5700 km/s while also splitting off to form the Centaurus Wall passing the galactic plane to meet up with Centaurus Cluster where the supercluster originates...
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ESO 383-76 (category Centaurus)
Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster in 1989. It was additionally included in many other surveys due to its location in the sky in the rich Centaurus region...
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by a Centaurus CE.4S. This Tornado was built from two incomplete production airframes (R7937 and R7938), was a testbed for a number of Centaurus engine/propeller...
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to be powered by Rolls-Royce Griffon engines, two with Centaurus XXIIs, one with a Centaurus XII and one as a test structure. Hawker used the internal...
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Kardashev scale (redirect from Type 3 civilization)
galaxies, such as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, M87, or Centaurus A. Kardashev concluded his paper by noting that the possible discovery...
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suggests that the subgroups Lower Centaurus–Crux (LCC) and Upper Centaurus–Lupus (UCL), of the Scorpius–Centaurus association created both the local...
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Milky Way (section Gamma rays and x-rays)
predicted overabundance in the Scutum–Centaurus arm but not in the Carina–Sagittarius arm: the Scutum–Centaurus Arm contains approximately 30% more red...
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motion. Illustration of the dynamics of a proplyd, including a jet Centaurus A in x-rays showing the relativistic jet The M87 jet seen by the Very Large...
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