This is a list of all known
microquasar
A microquasar, a smaller version of a quasar, is a compact region surrounding a stellar black hole with a mass several times that of its companion star, observable in sufficient details, in our own or nearby galaxy. The matter being pulled from ...
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1E 1740,7-2942
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4U1630-47
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Cygnus X-1
Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. It was discovered in 1964 during a rocket flight and is one of the ...
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Cygnus X-3 (V1521)
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CI Cam
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GRS 1915+105
GRS 1915+105 or V1487 Aquilae is an X-ray binary star system containing a main sequence star and a black hole. Transfer of material from the star to the black hole generates a relativistic jet, making this a microquasar system. The jet ex ...
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GRO J1655-40
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GX339-4
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KS1731-260
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LS I +61 303
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LS 5039
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Scorpius X-1
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SS 433
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V404 Cygni
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V4641 Sgr
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V691 CrA
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XMMU J004243.6+412519
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XTE J1118+480
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XTE J1550-564
See also
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List of quasars
References
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microquasars
A microquasar, a smaller version of a quasar, is a compact region surrounding a stellar black hole with a mass several times that of its Binary star#Cataclysmic variables and X-ray binaries, companion star, observable in sufficient details, in Mil ...