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It’s also moving super fast! (a factor of it’s proximity as well).
We can’t see the pulsar (too small at around 20km diameter) but we can see its binary white dwarf companion which orbits it charging through the interstellar medium and creating an awesome bow shock!
📸 Fruchter et al.
🔭🧪
We can’t see the pulsar (too small at around 20km diameter) but we can see its binary white dwarf companion which orbits it charging through the interstellar medium and creating an awesome bow shock!
📸 Fruchter et al.
🔭🧪
July 16, 2024 at 2:40 AM
It’s also moving super fast! (a factor of it’s proximity as well).
We can’t see the pulsar (too small at around 20km diameter) but we can see its binary white dwarf companion which orbits it charging through the interstellar medium and creating an awesome bow shock!
📸 Fruchter et al.
🔭🧪
We can’t see the pulsar (too small at around 20km diameter) but we can see its binary white dwarf companion which orbits it charging through the interstellar medium and creating an awesome bow shock!
📸 Fruchter et al.
🔭🧪