Vela Pulsar

The pulsar PSR B0833 -45, also known as Vela pulsar, located in the constellation of sails of the ship. It was discovered in 1968. In 1977 he was identified as one of the few pulsars in the optical region as a remnant of a supernova. He is 250 / - 30 pc (approx. 815 / - 100 light-years ) away. He comes from the Vela supernova; it is the spatially closest that could be determined from the known remains of the past 50,000 years. The rotational period of the pulsar is 89 ms, and their increase 10.7 ns per day. It follows a very young age of about 11,000 years.

The Vela pulsar radiates not only in the visible and microwave range, but is also one of the strongest gamma-ray sources in the sky. The spectrum corresponds to that of a black-body radiator with a temperature of the thermal 600000-1000000 K.