About J1850+0242
J1850+0242 is an epic pulsar. It spins once every 4.48 ms, has a dispersion measure of 540.07 pc cm⁻³ and carries a surface magnetic field around 863,554,476 G.
It whirls around 223 times every second.
Epic pulsar 62 EP
J1850+0242
RA 282.6737° · Dec 2.7160° · pulsar
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesEpic 68 pts → Anomaly
- Pulsar +22
- Millisecond pulsar +20
- Binary pulsar +12
- Deeply embedded (high DM) +8
Total score 62
6 more points to reach Anomaly.
Badges
- Pulsar · +22
- Millisecond pulsar · +20
- Binary pulsar · +12
- Deeply embedded (high DM) · +8
Trivia
By the numbers
- Spin. It whirls around 223 times every second.
- Density. A sugar-cube of its core would weigh about a billion tonnes.
Properties
- binary
- yes
- bsurf
- 863554475.7
- dm
- 540.068
- name
- J1850+0242
- period ms
- 4.4799
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, J1850+0242 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 J1850+0242 is an epic pulsar
J1850+0242 scores 62 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Pulsar, Millisecond pulsar, Binary pulsar and Deeply embedded (high DM) — 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.