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Cygnus X-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cygnus X-1 duology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rush's Cygnus X-1 Duology consists of Book I: The Voyage and Book II: Hemispheres. Book I is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings album, while Book II is the first song on Hemispheres . Book...
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I'm wondering what information you have on the X-ray source Cygnus X-1 and on it's nearby star (a blue giant). ... In particular, the level 2 "Black Holes" section discusses the Cygnus X-1 binary starry system. It includes some information on the blue giant companion to the unseen compact object.
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Cygnus X-1 was discovered as an X-ray source 30 years ago (Bowyer et al. 1965). This binary system, distant of 2.5 kpc, consists of the O9.7 Iab type supergiant HDE 226868 (Gies & Bolton 1986) and a compact object orbiting around with a period of 5.6 days.
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ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy ... European; Southern; Observator ... jump to navigation jump to content...
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Chandra data on Cygnus X-1 (similar to the lower left panel) show evidence of strong gravitational effects, with some atoms as close as 100 miles from the black hole, but no evidence of spin.
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Originally discovered in 1964, Cygnus X-1 has been observed intensely since ... In the 1970s, X-ray and optical observations led to the conclusion that Cygnus X-1 contained a black hole, the first one identified...
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