About J1516-43
J1516-43 is a rare pulsar. It spins once every 36.022 ms and has a dispersion measure of 70.3 pc cm⁻³.
It whirls around 27.8 times every second.
Rare pulsar 34 EP
J1516-43
RA 229.1346° · Dec -43.3333° · pulsar
Score breakdown
· 2 badgesRare 46 pts → Epic
- Pulsar +22
- Binary pulsar +12
Total score 34
12 more points to reach Epic.
Badges
- Pulsar · +22
- Binary pulsar · +12
Trivia
By the numbers
- Spin. It whirls around 27.8 times every second.
- Density. A sugar-cube of its core would weigh about a billion tonnes.
Properties
- binary
- yes
- dm
- 70.3
- name
- J1516-43
- period ms
- 36.0222
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, J1516-43 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 J1516-43 is a rare pulsar
J1516-43 scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — 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.