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==Milky Way SSXSs==

SSXSs have now been discovered in our galaxy and in globular cluster M3.<ref name=White/> MR Velorum (RX J0925.7-4758) is one of the rare MW super soft X-ray binaries.<ref name=Greiner>{{ cite journal |doi=10.1016/S1384-1076(00)00018-X |author=Greiner J |title=Catalog of supersoft X-ray sources |journal=New Astron. |date=2000 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=137–41 |url=http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~jcg/sss/ssscat.html |arxiv = astro-ph/0005238 |bibcode = 2000NewA....5..137G }}</ref> "The source is heavily reddened by interstellar material, making it difficult to observe in the blue and ultraviolet."<ref name=Schmidtke>{{ cite journal |doi=10.1086/322155 |author=Schmidtke PC |author2=Cowley AP |title=SYNOPTICSynoptic OBSERVATIONSObservations OFof THEthe SUPERSOFTSupersoft BINARYBinary MR VELORUMVelorum (RX J0925.7-4758): DETERMINATIONDetermination OFof THEthe ORBITALOrbital PERIODPeriod |journal=Astron. J. |date=Sep 2001 |volume=122 |issue= 3|pages=1569–71 |url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/122/3/1569/201190.text.html |bibcode=2001AJ....122.1569S}}</ref> The period determined for MR Velorum at ~4.03 d is considerably longer than that of other supersoft systems, which is usually less than a day.<ref name=Schmidtke/>

==Close-binary supersoft source (CBSS)==