Neutron star · ~89 ms period
The Vela Pulsar
A young, bright pulsar in the Vela supernova remnant, spinning about eleven times a second. It is the classic glitching pulsar — famous for sudden small speed-ups in its rotation that reveal the superfluid interior of a neutron star — and one of the brightest gamma-ray sources in the sky.
Highlights
- ›The classic glitching pulsar, in the Vela remnant
Classes, physics & objects
Across compact objects
Knowledge connections
- Associated withPulsar Glitch
- Associated withPulsar
- Associated withRotation-Powered Pulsar
- Associated withNeutron Star
- Associated withPulsar Glitch
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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