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CygnusX-1 (SD93)

The bright star is Eta-Cygni, a red-clump giant. Marked is blue supergiant HDE 226868. Intense x-rays come from its vicinity and these are believed to come from the accretion disk of black hole Cygnus X-1, just 0.2AU from the star.

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Uploaded on September 14, 2025