• Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB), one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. It is often considered to be a microquasar, and it...
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    Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole...
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    largest stars currently known. The constellation is also home to Cygnus X-1, a distant X-ray binary containing a supergiant and unseen massive companion...
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    Cygnus-X is a massive star formation region located in the constellation of Cygnus at a distance from the Sun of 1.4 kiloparsecs (4,600 light years). It...
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    Cygnus A (3C 405) is a radio galaxy, one of the strongest radio sources in the sky. A concentrated radio source in Cygnus was discovered by Grote Reber...
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    electromagnetic range. Radio, infrared, and X-ray images reveal the complete loop. The visual portion of the Cygnus Loop is known as the Veil Nebula, also...
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  • Cygnus X may refer to: Cygnus-X (star complex), a giant star formation region Cygnus X (music group) Cygnus X-1 (disambiguation) Cygnus X-3 This disambiguation...
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  • "Cygnus X-1" is a two-part song series by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album...
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  • constellation Cygnus A, a radio galaxy within the constellation Cygnus X (star complex), a star complex within the constellation Cygnus X-1, a binary system...
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  • from Galactic sources (especially the Crab Nebula and the X-ray binaries Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1) and extragalactic sources (active Galactic nuclei and...
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    (TeV) range have been observed from astronomical sources such as the Cygnus X-3 microquasar. Natural sources of gamma rays originating on Earth are mostly...
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    or Nokia X3-02 Foveon X3 sensor, a layered image sensor design Cygnus X-3, a binary x-ray source in the sky X3, one former name of a subcommittee of ANSI...
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  • Cygnus X was a trance music project from Germany named after the X-ray binary star Cygnus X-1. It began as a collaboration between Matthias Hoffmann and...
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    and most prominent part of the huge molecular nebula complex known as Cygnus X; the total mass of gas and dust in this region is between 10,000 and 100...
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    Cygnus OB2 #12 is an extremely luminous blue hypergiant with an absolute bolometric magnitude (all electromagnetic radiation) of −10.9, among the most...
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    The region is embedded within a wider one of star formation known as Cygnus X, which is one of the most luminous objects in the sky at radio wavelengths...
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  • located approximately 2,964 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was identified in 2015 through an analysis of light curve data obtained...
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    sources and a map of the Milky Way. The satellite also observed the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3. COS-B was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 9 August...
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    Cygnus is an expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed...
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    Orbital-3, also known as Orb-3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States–based company Orbital Sciences...
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  • MacRobert, Alan (21 November 2011). "Cygnus X-1, Exactly". Sky & Telescope. Buongiorno, Caitlyn (3 March 2021). "Cygnus X-1: The black hole that started it...
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  • 7-2942 4U1630-47 Cygnus X-1 Cygnus X-3 (V1521) CI Cam GRS 1915+105 GRO J1655-40 GX339-4 KS1731-260 LS I +61 303 LS 5039 Scorpius X-1 SS 433 V404 Cygni...
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  • "Gemini/GNIRS infrared spectroscopy of the Wolf-Rayet stellar wind in Cygnus X-3". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (2): 2181. arXiv:1708...
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  • (a candidate stellar mass black hole outside of the Local Group) Cygnus X-1 Cygnus X-3 GRO J0422+32 (possibly the smallest black hole yet discovered) GRO...
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    Whooper swan (redirect from Cygnus cygnus)
    The whooper swan (/ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/ "hooper swan"; Cygnus cygnus), also known as the common swan, is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian...
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    Swan (redirect from Cygnus (swan))
    Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely...
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  • Thumbnail for Cygnus OB2-8A
    Cygnus OB2 #8A is a double-lined spectroscopic binary located near the centre of the Cygnus OB2 association located 5,500 light years away. Until 1951...
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    NGC 6946 (category Cygnus (constellation))
    straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. Its distance from Earth is about 25.2 million light-years or 7.72 megaparsecs...
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    Messier 39 (category Orion–Cygnus Arm)
    known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, sometimes referred to as the Pyramid Cluster. It is positioned two degrees...
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    systems containing a compact object. For example, radiation emitted from Cygnus X-3 has been measured at ranges from GeV to exaelectronvolt-levels. Other...
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