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Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Dorado |
Right ascension | 05h 37m 47.6s |
Declination | -69° 10' 20"' |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | Pulsar |
Variable type | None |
Astrometry | |
Distance | 170,000 ly |
Details | |
Rotation | 0.016129 s |
Age | 4,000 years |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
PSR J0537-6910 is a pulsar that is 4,000 years old (not including the light travel time to Earth). It is located about 170,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation of Dorado, and is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It rotates at 62 hertz.
A team at LANL advanced that it is possible to predict starquakes in J0537-6910, [1] meaning that it may be possible to devise a way to forecast glitches at least in some exceptional pulsars. [2] The same team observed magnetic pole drift on this pulsar with observational data from Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.
This article includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (June 2022) |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Dorado |
Right ascension | 05h 37m 47.6s |
Declination | -69° 10' 20"' |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | Pulsar |
Variable type | None |
Astrometry | |
Distance | 170,000 ly |
Details | |
Rotation | 0.016129 s |
Age | 4,000 years |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
PSR J0537-6910 is a pulsar that is 4,000 years old (not including the light travel time to Earth). It is located about 170,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation of Dorado, and is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It rotates at 62 hertz.
A team at LANL advanced that it is possible to predict starquakes in J0537-6910, [1] meaning that it may be possible to devise a way to forecast glitches at least in some exceptional pulsars. [2] The same team observed magnetic pole drift on this pulsar with observational data from Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.