Pulsar
J1754+5201
A spinning neutron star sweeping a radio beam past us; its distance measured by parallax.
Measured
- Distance
- about 20,450 light-years
How far, from the Sun
About 20,400 light-years. To cross it:
- Light20,400 years
- Voyager 1's speed363 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h221 billion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- About 20,000 light-years away (± 3,300).
Where this comes from
- Pulsar distances: Deller et al. 2019, ApJ 875, 100 (PSRπ, VLBA parallaxes). Magnetars: Olausen & Kaspi 2014, ApJS 212, 6, via the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg (DOI 10.26093/cds/vizier).
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