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-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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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 was a trance music project from Germany named after the famous X-ray binary star Cygnus X-1. It began as a collaboration between Matthias Hoffmann...
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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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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 X-1 is an X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus. Cygnus X-1 may also refer to: "Cygnus X-1" (song series), a two-part song by the band Rush "Cygnus...
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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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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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Steel) "A Passage to Bangkok" (2112) "Cygnus X-1: Book 1: The Voyage - Prologue" (A Farewell to Kings) "Cygnus X-1: Book 2: Hemispheres - Prelude" (Hemispheres)...
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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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final Rush album to feature a side-long track; the 18-minute opener "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" concludes the story initially left as a cliffhanger...
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Black hole (section X-ray binaries)
objects as a possible astrophysical reality. The first black hole known was Cygnus X-1, identified by several researchers independently in 1971. Black holes...
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of which became live favourites. The closing science-fiction themed "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" ends on a cliffhanger which concludes on the next...
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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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Canada (redirect from ISO 3166-1:CA)
multi-touch technology, and the identification of the first black hole, Cygnus X-1. Canada has a long history of discovery in genetics, which include stem...
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inverse of x (another way to denote 1⁄x, one divided by x) Cygnus X-1 and Scorpius X-1, two astronomical x-ray sources M82 X-1, a candidate intermediate-mass...
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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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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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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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rock band Rush sing about the ship Rocinante in both "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" on the albums A Farewell to Kings...
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network, multi-touch technology, the identification of the first black hole Cygnus X-1, and the development of the theory of NP-completeness. The University...
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source of X-rays. The massive stars are very luminous and therefore easily detected. One of the most famous high-mass X-ray binaries is Cygnus X-1, which...
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stellar black hole more massive than about 10 M☉ (with the first being Cygnus X-1). The mass of Gaia BH3 is quite similar to the mass of merging binary...
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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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Sh 2-101 (category Cygnus (constellation))
microquasar Cygnus X-1, site of one of the first suspected black holes. Cygnus X-1 is located about 15′ west of Sh 2-101. The companion star of Cygnus X-1 is a...
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Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind (redirect from Armageddon (Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres))
"Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" is the fourth movement of "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres", a suite by Canadian rock band Rush. "Hemispheres"...
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stars in Orion Nebula GK Persei: Nova of 1901 X-ray light rings from a neutron star in Circinus X-1 Cygnus X-1, the first strong black hole discovered Image...
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electromagnetically-observed black holes by an increased mass estimate for Cygnus X-1, and also by many of the LVK-detected binary black hole components). The...
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solo) "The Trees" "Xanadu" "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude" "Tom Sawyer" Encore "Force Ten" "YYZ" "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" (teaser)...
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