SMC X-1
(high-mass X-ray binary with X-ray pulsar)
SMC X-1 is an X-ray pulsar that is part of an
eclipsing HMXB (high-mass X-ray binary),
found in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in 1971 in Uhuru data.
It is of interest for being very luminous, and for its
changes over time, which include disappearance/appearance of pulses, of an
X-ray burst, and of changes in its orbital period and
rotation period. It is presumed to be undergoing substantial
accretion.
(pulsar,X-ray,SMC)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-ray_pulsars
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=SMC+X-1
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997A%26A...321L..25L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971ApJ...170L..67L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972ApJ...178L..71S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976ApJ...210L..71P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993ApJ...410..328L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007A%26A...473..523V/abstract
| Redshift | Parsecs
/Distance | Lightyears
/Lookback Years | | |
| ~0 | 60kpc | 200kly | | SMC X-1 |
|
| Coordinates: | SMC X-1
J011705.1457288392-732636.014808156 |
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