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Crab pulsar |
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Crab pulsar [′krab ′pəl‚sär] (astronomy) A pulsar found in the center of the Crab Nebula with a period of about 0.033 second and that emits radiation at all wavelengths from the radio to the x-ray region. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These photographs include the pinpoints of stellar light making up the M13 globular cluster, Venus transiting across the face of the sun, the Horsehead nebula, the Crab pulsar, and the tentacles of the Tarantula nebula. Among its most significant achievements to date are the discovery of a giant ring around the heart of the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- the remains of a stellar explosion; details of the shock wave created by an exploding star; the discovery of the first X-ray flare ever seen from a brown dwarf star; and resolution of the universe's high-energy X-ray "glow" into millions of specific light sources. Its field is right there at the [critical] point, but yet it shows all the classic behavior of the Crab pulsar. |
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