Magnetar
SNR CTB 109
A neutron star with the strongest magnetic field known, given to violent outbursts.
Measured
- Distance
- about 10,437 light-years
How far, from the Sun
About 10,400 light-years. To cross it:
- Light10,400 years
- Voyager 1's speed185 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h113 billion 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 7.0 seconds
- seen to give off bursts, glitches, an anti-glitch
- About 10,000 light-years away (± 650).
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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