Astronomy:Pulsar clock
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Short description: Clock based on pulsar radio beams
A pulsar clock is a clock which depends on counting radio pulses emitted by pulsars.
Pulsar clock in Gdańsk
The first pulsar clock in the world was installed in St Catherine's Church, Gdańsk, Poland , in 2011.[1] It was the first clock to count the time using a signal source outside the Earth, other than sun dials. The pulsar clock consists of a radiotelescope with 16 antennas, which receive signals from six designated pulsars. Digital processing of the pulsar signals is done by an FPGA device.[2]
Pulsar clock in Brussels
On October 5, 2011, a display showing the exact time of the pulsar clock, as a repeater of Gdańsk's pulsar clock, was installed in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.[3]
References
- ↑ "World's most accurate clock to be built in Gdańsk". Nauka W Polsce. 2011. https://naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/news,386338,w-gdansku-dziala-najdokladniejszy-czasomierz-swiata-zegar-pulsarowy.html. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ↑ "Gdański Zegar Pulsarowy". Muzeum Zegarow Wiezowych. 2011. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111213061916/http://www.mhmg.gda.pl/index.php?view=event,339&oddzial=5. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ↑ "Gdański Zegar Pulsarowy w Parlamencie Europejskim". Gdanski Park Naukowo Technologiczny. 2011. http://www.gpnt.pl/pl/z-ycia-parku/aktualnosci-parku/594-gdaski-zegar-pulsarowy-w-parlamencie-europejskim.html. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar clock.
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