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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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-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 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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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 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 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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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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"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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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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Gamma ray (section Distinction from X-rays)
(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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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 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 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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"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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Cygnus is an expendable American automated cargo spacecraft designed for International Space Station (ISS) resupply missions. It was initially developed...
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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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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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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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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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(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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survey instrument used at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Cygnus X-3 Sky Survey performed at the LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility)...
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Egg Nebula (category Cygnus (constellation))
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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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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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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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Deneb (category Cygnus (constellation))
Deneb (/ˈdɛnɛb/) is a blue supergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus. It is the brightest star in the constellation and the 19th brightest in the...
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WR 142 (category Cygnus (constellation))
WR 142 is a Wolf-Rayet star in the constellation Cygnus, an extremely rare star on the WO oxygen sequence. It is a luminous and very hot star, highly evolved...
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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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