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English: V404 Cygni is a low mass black hole binary system that periodically erupts as a Nova. The Swift x-ray satellite detected "light" echoes of x-rays from the latest eruption reflecting off rings of dust around the system.
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Source http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11948
Author Andrew Beardmore (Univ. of Leicester) and NASA/Swift

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