Cygnus X-1
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cygnus-x-1-182-12631144
title:
Cygnus X-1
text:
Cygnus 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. It was discovered in 1964 during a rocket flight and is one of the strongest X-ray sources detectable from Earth, producing a peak X-ray flux density of 2.3×10−23 W/(m⋅Hz) (2.3×10 jansky). It remains among the most studied astronomical objects in its class. The compact object is now estimated to have a mass about 21.2 times the mass of the Sun and has been shown t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus that is very likely a black hole
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-1
date created:
2002-09-16T01:28:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:51:41Z
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image:
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13
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