Time sequence of Crab pulsar
In this image, the continuous lines in the top and bottom half are produced by normal stars of constant brightness, while the series of dots represents the individual pulses of the Crab pulsar, one every 33 milliseconds (i.e. the neutron star rotates around its axis 30 times per second). It is also obvious that these dots are alternatively brighter and fainter: they mirror the double-peaked profile of the light pulses.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9948h |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 17 November 1999 |
Related releases: | eso9948 |
Size: | 707 x 476 px |
About the Object
Name: | Crab Pulsar |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Neutron Star : Pulsar |
Distance: | 6000 light years |
Category: | Stars |