Vela pulsar

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In pulsar: Pulsars in visible light, X-rays, and gamma rays
…such as the Crab and Vela pulsars, are losing rotational energy so precipitously that they also emit radiation of shorter wavelength. The Crab Pulsar appears in optical photographs as a moderately bright (magnitude 16) star in the centre of the Crab Nebula. Soon after the detection of its radio pulses…
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In star: Neutron stars
The Vela pulsar, for instance, has abruptly increased its spin rate several times. Such a period change or “glitch” can be explained if the pulsar altered its radius by about one centimetre; this sudden shrinkage of the crust is sometimes called a “starquake.” Pulsar phenomena apparently…
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