About J1938+2012
J1938+2012 is an epic pulsar. It spins once every 2.634 ms, has a dispersion measure of 236.91 pc cm⁻³ and carries a surface magnetic field around 44,977,948 G.
It whirls around 380 times every second.
Epic pulsar 54 EP
J1938+2012
RA 294.6670° · Dec 20.2141° · 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 380 times every second.
- Density. A sugar-cube of its core would weigh about a billion tonnes.
Properties
- binary
- yes
- bsurf
- 44977947.69
- dm
- 236.909
- name
- J1938+2012
- period ms
- 2.6341
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, J1938+2012 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 J1938+2012 is an epic pulsar
J1938+2012 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.