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A neutron star with the strongest magnetic field known, given to violent outbursts.

Measured

Distance: about 203,521 light-years

How far, from the Sun

About 204,000 light-years. To cross it:

Light204,000 years
Voyager 1's speed3.62 billion years
Driving at 100 km/h2.2 trillion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

turns once every 8.0 seconds
About 200,000 light-years away (± 5,200).

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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