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7-27 Tulip STCr3JIso-CygnusX1

Tulip nebula (SH2-101) in Cygnus constellation with the strong XRay source Cygnus X1 annotated. The strong XRay source is a binary system consisting of a giant hot blue star orbiting a 15 solar mass black hole. The gas from the blue star is sucked into high spin accretion disk around the black hole which throws off XRays.

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Uploaded on July 31, 2017