PSR J0538+2817

PSR J0538+2817 is a pulsar situated in the constellation of the taurus. Discovered in 1996, it stirred interest from the fact that it has physically linked to the supernova remnant SNR G180.8–02.2.[1][2]

References

  1. Anderson, S. B.; Cadwell, B. J.; Jacoby, B. A.; Wolszczan, A.; Foster, R. S.; Kramer, M. (1 September 1996). "A 143 Millisecond Radio Pulsar in the Supernova Remnant S147". The Astrophysical Journal 468 (1): L55–L58. doi:10.1086/310218.
  2. Ng, C.‐Y.; Romani, Roger W.; Brisken, Walter F.; Chatterjee, Shami; Kramer, Michael (January 2007). "The Origin and Motion of PSR J0538+2817 in S147". The Astrophysical Journal 654 (1): 487–493. doi:10.1086/510576.


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