Cygnus X-1 and Light-year

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Difference between Cygnus X-1 and Light-year

Cygnus X-1 vs. Light-year

Cygnus X-1 (abbreviated Cyg X-1) is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus, and the first such source widely accepted to be a black hole. The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

Similarities between Cygnus X-1 and Light-year

Cygnus X-1 and Light-year have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Astronomical unit, Black hole, Interstellar medium, Metre, Milky Way, NASA, Quasar, Speed of light, Sun.

Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

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Black hole

A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it.

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Interstellar medium

In astronomy, the interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.

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Metre

The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in some metric systems, including the International System of Units (SI).

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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Quasar

A quasar (also known as a QSO or quasi-stellar object) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN).

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Speed of light

The speed of light in vacuum, commonly denoted, is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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The list above answers the following questions

What Cygnus X-1 and Light-year have in common
What are the similarities between Cygnus X-1 and Light-year

Cygnus X-1 and Light-year Comparison

Cygnus X-1 has 144 relations, while Light-year has 100. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 3.69% = 9 / (144 + 100).

References

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