About J1231-4609
J1231-4609 is a common pulsar. It spins once every 877.239 ms, has a dispersion measure of 67.4 pc cm⁻³ and carries a surface magnetic field around 1.85×10^11 G.
It whirls around 1.1 times every second.
Common pulsar 22 EP
J1231-4609
RA 187.9407° · Dec -46.1626° · pulsar
Score breakdown
· 1 badgeCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Pulsar +22
Total score 22
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Pulsar · +22
Trivia
By the numbers
- Spin. It whirls around 1.1 times every second.
- Density. A sugar-cube of its core would weigh about a billion tonnes.
Properties
- bsurf
- 184756940300
- dm
- 67.4
- name
- J1231-4609
- period ms
- 877.2391
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, J1231-4609 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 J1231-4609 is a common pulsar
J1231-4609 scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.