Magnetar
SNR HB 9?
A neutron star with the strongest magnetic field known, given to violent outbursts.
Measured
- Distance
- about 6,523 light-years
How far, from the Sun
About 6,520 light-years. To cross it:
- Light6,520 years
- Voyager 1's speed116 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h70.4 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 5.8 seconds
- seen to give off bursts
- About 6,500 light-years away.
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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