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W49 comparison table

Subject	has definition	has distance	is a kind of	is an instance of
radio source	A source of extraterrestrial radio radiation. The strongest known is Cassiopeia A, followed by Cyg A and the Crab Nebula (Tau A) (the capital letters following the name of a constellation refer to the radio sources of the constellation, A being the strongest source). Radio sources are divided into two main categories: Class I, those associated with our Galaxy (which is a weak radio source), and Class II, extragalactic sources. Most radio sources are galaxies, supernova remnants, or H II regions.		celestial body
W49	A radio source (a giant H II region). It is the most powerful thermal radio source known in our Galaxy.	14 kpc		radio source

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