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V723 Monocerotis is a variable star in the constellation Monoceros.It was proposed in 2021 to be a binary system including a lower mass gap black hole candidate nicknamed "The Unicorn". [1]
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Monoceros (Greek: Μονόκερως, "unicorn") is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century cartographer Petrus Plancius . It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, Canis Major to the south, and Hydra to the east.
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden," also called "The Unicorn in Captivity," is the best-known of the Unicorn Tapestries. [1] The Unicorn Tapestries or the Hunt of the Unicorn (French: La Chasse à la licorne) is a series of seven tapestries made in the South Netherlands around 1495–1505, and now in The Cloisters in New York.
The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 [4] or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification [5] in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs (31.1 million light-years) [2] from the Milky Way galaxy.
A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity. [1] [2] The word is derived from the Greek ...
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A winged unicorn (cerapter, flying unicorn, unisus, or unipeg [1]) is a fictional ungulate, typically portrayed as a horse, with wings like a pegasus and the horn of a unicorn. [2] In some literature and media, it has been referred to as an alicorn , a word derived from the Italian word alicorno [ 3 ] (itself from Latin wing āla and horn ...