On February 2, NASA shared stunning images of a mystical rotating star called the pulsar SXP 1062. Taking on its official Instagram account, the space administration shared a photo of the bright galactic entity captured by NASA’s Hubble, born from a star that exploded almost 40,000 years ago. The image shows a rotating, super-dense core of the SXP 1062 that rotates slowly, emitting vibrating X-ray explosions. According to NASA, the star was associated with the remnant of the MCSNR J0127-7332 supernova after being observed on the RSS / SALT telescope.
“The pulsars are about 20 kilometers in diameter. The bright source on the right side of this image is the SXP 1062 pulsar and it rotates surprisingly slowly – about once every 18 minutes, ”NASA explained, sharing the mesmeric photo.
“What is the fastest pulsar known?” This is PSR J1748-2446ad and rotates 716 times per second “, in addition, the agency informed.
According to an ESA press release, the Pulsar SXP 1062 is incorporated into the remnant of the superhero that created it. He accumulates mass from his stellar companion, a massive, hot, blue “Be” star, the two objects forming a Be / X-ray binary, according to the European agency. The star, known to be a cosmic mystery to scientists, has a colorful bubble-shaped signature of the supernova remnant in which protons and electrons fuse together to form neutrons. NASA explained in a statement that Pulsar’s neutrons, as bright as a city, rotate rapidly, producing the pulse of vibrating light at regular intervals, which is why the star is known as “Pulsar”.
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Combines X-ray viewing
“Not many pulsations were observed in their supernova remnant, and this is the first clear example of such a pair in [Small Magellanic Cloud]”said the leader of the study Vincent Hénault-Brunet, from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, in a statement addressed to NASA. The XMM-Newton observer of the European Space Agency observed the X-rays emitted by SXP 1062 that made hundreds of revolutions. The Internet was intrigued by the galactic entity and its interesting cosmic effect, ESA said in a statement that the false-color image “combines X-ray visualization based on XMM-Newton data with Cerro Tololo optical data Inter from the NOAO -American Observatory (CTIO) “. He also explained that the image was obtained using two special filters that revealed Pulsar’s oxygen glow.
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