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    Artist's impression of Her X-1

    Date: 19 Jun 2008
    Depicts: Artist's impression of Her X-1
    Copyright: D. Klochkov

    Hercules X-1 is a prototypical binary system formed by a pulsar (a neutron star) and a low mass companion star. In this system mass flows from the companion onto the neutron star, forming an accretion disk.


    Last Update: 30 Jun 2008

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