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
Distance	17,000 ly (5,300 pc)
Details
Rotation	40.8 Hz
Age	~500,000 years
Database references
SIMBAD	data

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, United States) and Daniel Gebhardt (Universität Mainz, Musikinformatik, Germany) via the distributed computing project Einstein@Home.

References

Notes

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.

External links

• "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. 773 (2): 91. arXiv:1303.0028. Bibcode:2013ApJ...773...91A. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/773/2/91. S2CID 119253579.