Lovell Telescope setlist
The Lovell Telescope will be observing pulsars during Transmission 001 of Live from Jodrell Bank on 2011 July 2nd. Whilst the bands play during the afternoon and early evening of July 2nd the Lovell Telescope will be observing the following pulsars:
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| J0737-3039A | The famous Double Pulsar discovered in 2004 by astronomers at Jodrell Bank and their collaborators. The ony example of two pulsars orbiting one another it is the best ever test of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. | Search ADS | |
| B0531+21 | The Crab Pulsar at the heart of the Crab Nebula - remnant of a star that exploded in the year 1054. You can listen to our recording of the sound of the Crab pulsar and others. |
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| B0450+55 | Classic |
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| B0609+37 | Classic |
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| B0655+64 | A pulsar in a binary system |
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| J0943+2253 | Search ADS | ||
| J0947+2740 | |||
| J1022+1001 | A millisecond pulsar (MSP) in a binary system. MSP's spin so fast because they have gathered matter and angular momentum from their companion star. This one spins once every 16 milliseconds, that's 63 times a second. |
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| B1133+16 | Very classic |
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| J1238+21 | New | ||
| J1246+2253 | New | Search ADS | |
| B1237+25 | Classic |
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| J1518+4904 | MSP binary |
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| B1508+55 | Classic |
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| B1530+27 | Classic |
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| B1257+12 | Classic MSP Binary with planets! It is orbited by up to 4 planets - these were the first planets discovered outside our solar system. This pulsar spins 167 times a second - remember that's a star the size of a city weighing as much as the Sun. |
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| J1549+2110 | Classic |
