Cygnus X-3

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Cygnus X-3 [′sig·nəs ‚eks ′thrē]

(astrophysics)

A variable source of x-rays, with a period of 4.8 hours, associated with a variable radio source that flared up to enormous levels in September 1972 with no observed increase in x-ray emission. Abbreviated Cyg X-3.

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