![059-Cygnus-X-1 Black Hole [059] Cygnus X-1 — This astronomical painting illustrates the Cygnus X-1 high-mass X-ray binary system, featuring a blue supergiant star (HDE 226868) undergoing Roche lobe overflow. Stellar material is being pulled toward a black hole, forming a glowing accretion disk that spirals toward the event horizon against a dense star field background.; gouache on illustration board, 1975. © Don Dixon](059-cygnus-x-1-black-hole-accretion-disk-dixon.jpg)
[059] Cygnus X-1 — This astronomical painting illustrates the Cygnus X-1 high-mass X-ray binary system, featuring a blue supergiant star (HDE 226868) undergoing Roche lobe overflow. Stellar material is being pulled toward a black hole, forming a glowing accretion disk that spirals toward the event horizon against a dense star field background.; gouache on illustration board, 1975. © Don Dixon
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![059-Cygnus-X-1 Black Hole [059] Cygnus X-1 — This astronomical painting illustrates the Cygnus X-1 high-mass X-ray binary system, featuring a blue supergiant star (HDE 226868) undergoing Roche lobe overflow. Stellar material is being pulled toward a black hole, forming a glowing accretion disk that spirals toward the event horizon against a dense star field background.; gouache on illustration board, 1975. © Don Dixon](../index.html#img=059-cygnus-x-1-black-hole-accretion-disk-dixon.jpg)