GRS 1915+105

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GRS 1915+105 or V1487 Aquilae is an X-ray binary star system containing a main sequence star and a black hole. Transfer of material from the star to the black hole generates a relativistic jet, making this a microquasar system. The jet exhibits apparent superluminal motion.

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Image: X-ray (NASA/CXC/Harvard/J.Neilsen); Optical & IR (Palomar DSS2), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.