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Early-type stars
were not known to
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be X-ray sources
prior to the
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launch of the Einstein
Observatory.
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This class of
sources was
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“discovered”
serendipitously
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through extended
observations of
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the binary Cyg
X-3. Five of the
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brightest O and B
stars in the
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nearby VI Cygni
association
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showed up as
point sources.
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They could only
infer spectral
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properties using
broadband
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countrates. They typically found:
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T ~ 5 - 10 MK, NH
~ 1022 cm-2, and
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LX ~
few x 1033 ergs/s ~ 10-4 LV.
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