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Fig. 1.

Top panel: sketch of the Vela X-1 system as seen from Earth based on the ephemeris of Kreykenbohm et al. (2008), using an intermediate assumed inclination within the known constraints (see Sect. 5.3 and Table 4). Points mark the position of the neutron star at given orbital phases. Bottom panel: top view of the system.
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