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Pulsars that were discovered before 1993 tend to retain their B names rather than use their J names (e.g. PSR J1921+2153 is more commonly known as PSR B1919+21). Recently discovered pulsars only have a J name (e.g. PSR J0437−4715). All pulsars have a J name that provides more precise coordinates of its location in the sky. [38]
Supernovae sometimes leave behind dense spinning neutron stars called pulsars. They emit jets of charged particles which emit synchrotron radiation in the radio spectrum. Examples include the Crab Pulsar, the first pulsar to be discovered. Pulsars and quasars (dense central cores of extremely distant galaxies) were both discovered by radio ...
An optical pulsar is a pulsar which can be detected in the visible spectrum. There are very few of these known: the Crab Pulsar was detected by stroboscopic techniques in 1969, [1] [2] shortly after its discovery in radio waves, at the Steward Observatory.
But at the time, scientists had never seen a pulsar repeat as slowly as 18 minutes, and commonly accepted theories of how pulsars work suggested that shouldn't be possible.
Rotating radio transients (RRATs) are sources of short, moderately bright, radio pulses, which were first discovered in 2006. [1] RRATs are thought to be pulsars, i.e. rotating magnetised neutron stars which emit more sporadically and/or with higher pulse-to-pulse variability than the bulk of the known pulsars.
PSR J1311–3430 is a pulsar with a spin period of 2.5 milliseconds. It is the first millisecond pulsar found via gamma-ray pulsations. The source was originally identified by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope as a bright gamma ray source, but was not recognized as a pulsar until observations with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered pulsed gamma ray emission.
Two other pulsars, PSR B1855+09 and PSR B1937+21 are known to be comparable in stability to atomic clocks, or about 3 parts in 10 14. PSR J0437−4715 is the first MSP to have its X-ray emission detected and studied in detail. [8] It is also the first of only two pulsars to have the full three-dimensional orientation of its orbit determined. [9]
M82 X-2 is an X-ray pulsar located in the galaxy Messier 82, approximately 12 million light-years from Earth. [2] It is exceptionally luminous, radiating energy equivalent to approximately ten million Suns.