Pulsar B1757-24 |
 | Minimum credit line: Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI
and Dale A. Frail(for details, see .
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A energetic nebula created by the pulsar B1757-24. In this false color
image blue indicates fainter radio emission, yellow and orange more
intense radio emission. The pulsar lies at the western (right) edge of
the nebula at the brightest spot on the image. The pulsar B1757-24 is
a relatively young (<100,000 years) neutron star born in the collapse
of a massive star 10-20 times the mass of our Sun. Energetic particles
streaming from the surface of this young neutron star leave behind a
"wake" of radio emission as the pulsar moves through space. Investigator(s): Dale A. Frail This image is available in the following downloadable versions:
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Telescope
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VLA
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Date of Observation
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1993-03-01
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Type of Observation
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Continuum Observations
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Center of Image
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RA: 17:59:59.97, Dec: -25:05:11.80 (J2000)
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Field of View
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0.0583 x 0.0583 degrees
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Technical Caption
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X-band (3.6 cm) observations of "The Duck", taken in 1993 in
with the VLA in its DnC, CnB and BnA configurations.
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