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Vela Pulsar

One of the brightest gamma-ray sources in the sky and a textbook example of a young, glitching pulsar.

ATNF psrcat Position basis, the same label the app shows on the selection card.

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Every aspect, with its origin

One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.

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Position Catalog

Sky position and distance

Vela Pulsar is placed at J2000 RA 8.6 h, Dec -45.2° at 959 light-years.

EpochJ2000
LimitThe retrieval date of the catalogue values is not recorded. Beam and field-line visuals are display-scaled.
Appearance Illustrative

Beams and magnetosphere

The radiation cones and field lines are schematic. Their size is chosen so the pulsar is visible from far away; the real emission region is kilometres across.

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Description Undocumented

Description and facts

The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.

SourceSpace Time editorial text
LimitBackground reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

What is not measured

  • Appearance: a picture, not a measurement. Beams and magnetosphere. The radiation cones and field lines are schematic. Their size is chosen so the pulsar is visible from far away; the real emission region is kilometres across.

Not yet documented

  • Physical data: no record. Space Time does not claim a source for this aspect.
  • Description: Background reading is linked under Further reading; it is not the source of the displayed numbers.

Sources cited

Further reading

Wikipedia: Vela Pulsar (background only; not the source of the displayed numbers)

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