Astronomy:PSR J0538+2817
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Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Taurus |
Right ascension | 05h 38m 25.0623s[1] |
Declination | 28° 17′ 09.1″[1] |
Astrometry | |
Distance | 3900 ly (1200[1] pc) |
Details[1] | |
Rotation | 143 ms |
Age | 30,000 ± 4,000 years |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
PSR J0538+2817 is a pulsar situated in the constellation of Taurus. Discovered in 1996, it stirred interest from the fact that it is physically linked to the supernova remnant SNR G180.8–02.2.[1][3]
The characteristic age of PSR J0538+2817 gives an older estimate: 618,000 years. However, observation of the pulsar's proper motion gives a much younger result: 30,000 ± years, meaning that the pulsar must have begun rotating at a relatively slow pace, at 139 milliseconds.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Anderson, S. B.; Cadwell, B. J.; Jacoby, B. A.; Wolszczan, A.; Foster, R. S.; Kramer, M. (1 September 1996). "A 143 Millisecond Radio Pulsar in the Supernova Remnant S147". The Astrophysical Journal 468 (1): L55–L58. doi:10.1086/310218. Bibcode: 1996ApJ...468L..55A.
- ↑ "PSR J0538+2817". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=PSR+J0538%2B2817.
- ↑ Ng, C.‐Y.; Romani, Roger W.; Brisken, Walter F.; Chatterjee, Shami; Kramer, Michael (January 2007). "The Origin and Motion of PSR J0538+2817 in S147". The Astrophysical Journal 654 (1): 487–493. doi:10.1086/510576. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...654..487N.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR J0538+2817.
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