Astronomical X-ray sources
31 entries in the Astronomical X-ray Sources compendium.
Astrophysical X-ray sourceCelestial objects emitting X-rays from hot gas and accretion processes.X-ray binaryBinary star systems luminous in X-rays via accretion.Supersoft X-ray sourceAstronomical sources emitting only soft X-rays from accreting white dwarfs.X-ray backgroundDiffuse X-ray flux from galactic and extragalactic sources.X-ray transientX-ray transients are fleeting high-energy celestial phenomena.12 CamelopardalisBinary star with variable brightness and X-ray emission.AB PictorisK-type star with a debated substellar companion.AE AquariiFirst white dwarf known to emit pulsar-like pulsations.Arp 147Interacting ring galaxies formed by a disk-disk collision.AZ CancriA low-mass flare star in the Beehive Cluster.Beta CaeliBinary star system in Caelum with a debated low-mass companion.BG Canis MinorisA magnetic white dwarf binary system in Canis Minor.Cygnus X-3A microquasar with a Wolf–Rayet companion and periodic gamma-ray flares.DM Ursae MajorisFirst RS CVn variable classified by X-ray emission.Gamma ApodisA red clump giant in the southern constellation Apus.Gamma AquilaeBright giant star in Aquila, also known as Tarazed.Gliese 412Binary red dwarf system with a flare star secondary.Gliese 832A nearby red dwarf with one confirmed Jupiter-like planet.GRS 1124−683A black hole candidate discovered during an X-ray outburst.HD 63433Young Sun-like star with three transiting exoplanets.Hercules X-1Prototype intermediate-mass X-ray binary with complex variability.IGR J17091-3624Stellar mass black hole with fastest known accretion disk winds.Iota AurigaeA K-type giant star in Auriga, also known as Hassaleh.IQ AurigaeA magnetic Ap star with rotationally modulated variability.Kappa AraeA G-type giant star in the southern constellation Ara.Low-mass X-ray binaryBinary systems where a compact object accretes from a low-mass star.Messier 15Ancient globular cluster in Pegasus with a collapsed core.MS 0735.6+7421Galaxy cluster with a massive black hole and powerful eruption.MWC 656Binary system once thought to host a black hole with a Be star.NeVe 1Host galaxy of the most energetic astronomical event known.NGC 4151A Seyfert galaxy with an actively growing supermassive black hole.
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