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Spitzer colour-composite image of the Vela X-1 system. The runaway star is marked with a cross. The black arrow indicates the direction of the current proper motion of the system. The green arrow exhibits the orientation of the wind bow shock, i.e. the direction from the star to the peak of the 22 μm emission.
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