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ASCA Guest Observer Facility

SIS Spectrum of Vela X-1


Vela-x-1

Image Credit: Nagase et al 1994, ApJLett 436, L1.

The Fe K line in this SIS spectrum of Vela X-1 is composed of at least two, and maybe three components. The spectrum is line-dominated in eclipse.


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