PSR J2007+2722

PSR J2007+2722
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension 20h 07m 15.77s
Declination +27° 22 47.7
Characteristics
Spectral type Pulsar
Variable type None
Astrometry
Distance17,000 ly
(5,300 pc)
Details
Rotation40.8 Hz
Age~500,000 years
Database references
SIMBADdata

PSR J2007+2722 is a 40.8-hertz isolated pulsar in the Vulpecula constellation, 5.3 kpc (17,000 ly) distant in the plane of the Galaxy, and is most likely a disrupted recycled pulsar (DRP).

J2007+2722 was found on data taken by the Arecibo radio telescope in February 2007, and analyzed by volunteers Chris and Helen Colvin (Ames, Iowa, USA) and Daniel Gebhardt (Universität Mainz, Musikinformatik, Germany) via the distributed computing project Einstein@Home.[1]

References

Notes
  1. "Einstein@Home 'citizen scientists' discover a new pulsar in Arecibo telescope data". 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
Sources
  • Bryn, Brandon (2010-08-13). "Science: Volunteers Find Rare Pulsar in Arecibo Data". AAAS. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  • Matson, John (2010-08-12). "Volunteers' Idle Computer Time Turns Up a Celestial Oddball". Scientific American. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  • "Home computers discover rare star". BBC News. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  • B. Allen; B. Knispel; J. Cordes; et al. (2013). "The Einstein@Home Search for Radio Pulsars and PSR J2007+2722 Discovery". The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 773, Issue 2, article id. 91.


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