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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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 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 (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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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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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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constellation Cygnus. It is one of the most turbulent star-forming areas in the Milky Way Galaxy and its largest known molecular nebula complex. Within it...
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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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Radcliffe wave (category Star formation)
400 light-years and at its farthest about 5,000 light-years (the Cygnus X star complex) from the Sun, always within the Local Arm (Orion Arm) itself, spanning...
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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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Cygnus OB7 is an OB association in the giant Cygnus molecular cloud complex, which also contains the star-forming regions Cygnus X, the North America Nebula...
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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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Star Wars: X-Wing is a series of space flight simulator video games based in the Star Wars media franchise that attempts to simulate the fictional experience...
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proper motions of interstellar masers toward the Cygnus X star-forming complex. I. Membership of the Cygnus X region". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 539: A79...
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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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North America Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star) in the night sky. It is named because its...
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single stars cannot attain. Examples of binaries are Sirius, and Cygnus X-1 (Cygnus X-1 being a well-known black hole). Binary stars are also common as...
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Veil Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
presence of oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen. The Cygnus Loop is also a strong emitter of radio waves and x-rays. In modern usage, the names Veil Nebula,...
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V404 Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
microquasar and a triple star system in the constellation of Cygnus. It contains a black hole with a mass of about 9 M☉ and an early K giant star companion with...
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Messier 39 (category Orion–Cygnus Arm)
in the constellation of Cygnus, sometimes referred to as the Pyramid Cluster. It is positioned two degrees south of the star Pi Cygni and around 9° east-northeast...
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NML Cygni (redirect from NML Cygnus)
V1489 Cyg) is a red hypergiant or red supergiant (RSG) in the constellation Cygnus. It is possibly one of the largest known stars currently known, and is also...
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Cygnus OB9 is an OB association in Cygnus. It is near to the Cygnus OB2 association. The region is embedded within a wider one of star formation known...
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Ophiuchi is on the left top center. Cygnus X List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups Orion molecular cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Taurus...
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Sun (redirect from Solar X-ray astronomy)
the sun is moving with respect to the galactic centre in the direction of Cygnus (galactic longitude 90°; latitude 0°) at more than 200 km/sec, the resultant...
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Messier 29 (category Cygnus (constellation))
cluster of stars just south of the central bright star Gamma Cygni of a northerly zone of the sky, Cygnus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764,...
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binary star in the constellation Cygnus approximately 1,470 light-years (450 parsecs) from Earth. The system is composed of an F-type main-sequence star and...
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Antares (rocket) (section Cygnus CRS Orb-3)
While SpaceX's Falcon 9 has achieved significant commercial success, Antares has not. To date, NASA remains Antares's sole customer, and Cygnus its only...
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WR 134 (category Cygnus (constellation))
WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, surrounded by a faint bubble nebula...
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Soap Bubble Nebula (redirect from Cygnus Bubble)
embedded in a diffuse nebula, it was difficult to discover. Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex Jurasevich, D. M. (July 2009). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Pn G75...
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16 Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
16 Cygni or 16 Cyg is a triple star system approximately 69 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It consists of two Sun-like yellow...
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