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A pulsar and its companion

author: S.Numazawa/APB/Novapix

reference: a-eto99-40100

Image Size 300 DPI: 43 * 30 cm

A pulsar is a neutron star, highly magnetized, rotating very quickly which emits a beam of detectable radiation in the form of radio waves.

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Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - EVOLUTION - ILLUSTRATION - MAGNETIC FIELD - NEUTRON STAR - PULSAR - STAR - SUPERNOVA REMNANT -