Tulip nebula and black hole Cygnus X-1 jet (Remco Kemperman)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)

Tulip nebula and black hole Cygnus X-1 jet, Remco Kemperman

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Tulip nebula and black hole Cygnus X-1 jet

Next to the tulip nebula is black hole Cygnus X-1. This is the first X-ray source discovered in Cygnus and the first black hole ever confirmed. The blue star HD 226868 revolves around this black hole in 5.5 days. The black hole draws in gas from this star. The gas that piles up in the accretion disk around the black hole becomes so hot that it emits X-rays. In addition, the infalling gas also forms a jet.

This jet collides with the interstellar gas. The shock wave that this forms can be seen in this image 😊.

in the original the clean image is shown without inset of the shock front.

Edited in Pixinsight. I selectively boosted the shock wave of the black hole jet a little further than the rest. This was done by making a starless image with Starnet++ and making a mask of only the shock wave in it.

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