About J0509+0856
J0509+0856 is an epic pulsar. It spins once every 4.056 ms, has a dispersion measure of 38.33 pc cm⁻³ and carries a surface magnetic field around 135,363,103 G.
It whirls around 247 times every second.
Epic pulsar 54 EP
J0509+0856
RA 77.3426° · Dec 8.9403° · pulsar
Score breakdown
· 3 badgesEpic 68 pts → Anomaly
- Pulsar +22
- Millisecond pulsar +20
- Binary pulsar +12
Total score 54
14 more points to reach Anomaly.
Badges
- Pulsar · +22
- Millisecond pulsar · +20
- Binary pulsar · +12
Trivia
By the numbers
- Spin. It whirls around 247 times every second.
- Density. A sugar-cube of its core would weigh about a billion tonnes.
Properties
- binary
- yes
- bsurf
- 135363103.2
- dm
- 38.3271
- name
- J0509+0856
- period ms
- 4.0558
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, J0509+0856 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why J0509+0856 is an epic pulsar
J0509+0856 scores 54 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Pulsar, Millisecond pulsar and Binary pulsar — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.