Astronomy:PSR J2007+2722
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Short description: Pulsar in the constellation Vulpecula
| Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Vulpecula |
| Right ascension | 20h 07m 15.77s |
| Declination | +27° 22′ 47.7″ |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | Pulsar |
| Variable type | None |
| Astrometry | |
| Distance | 17,000 ly (5,300 pc) |
| Details | |
| Rotation | 40.8 Hz |
| Age | ~500,000 years |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
PSR J2007+2722 is a 40.8-hertz isolated pulsar in the Vulpecula constellation, 5.3 kpc (17,000 ly) distant in the plane of the Galaxy, and is most likely a disrupted recycled pulsar (DRP).
J2007+2722 was found on data taken by the Arecibo radio telescope in February 2007, and analyzed by volunteers Chris and Helen Colvin (Ames, Iowa, United States ) and Daniel Gebhardt (Universität Mainz, Musikinformatik, Germany ) via the distributed computing project Einstein@Home.[1]
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Bryn, Brandon (2010-08-13). "Science: Volunteers Find Rare Pulsar in Arecibo Data". AAAS. https://www.aaas.org/news/science-volunteers-find-rare-pulsar-arecibo-data. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- Matson, John (2010-08-12). "Volunteers' Idle Computer Time Turns Up a Celestial Oddball". Scientific American. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=einstein-at-home. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
External links
- "Home computers discover rare star". BBC News. 2010-08-13. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10959590. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- B. Allen et al. (2013). "The Einstein@Home Search for Radio Pulsars and PSR J2007+2722 Discovery". The Astrophysical Journal 773 (2): 91. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/773/2/91. Bibcode: 2013ApJ...773...91A.
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