File:Cygnus X-1.png

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English: An artists illustration of material being gravitationally sucked off a blue supergiant variable star designated HDE 226868 onto a black hole Cygnus X-1
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Source https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080811.html, http://www.spacetelescope.org
Author ESA, Hubble
Other versions File:Cygnus X-1.jpg - original colors

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