Update: Radio Pulsar near Sgr A*

As of May 4, another piece of information about the recently discovered radio pulsar a mere 3“ away from Sgr A* at the Galactic Centre has been published via the ATel #5043. The astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, Germany, had another look at the source using the 100-meter Effelsberg telescope. „Update: Radio Pulsar near Sgr A*“ weiterlesen

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A magnetar / SGR / radio pulsar only 3“ from Sgr A*

In case you haven’t been following this, there’s a really interesting story unfolding in a series of ATels about a magnetar/SGR with a radio pulsar counterpart at a very small angular distance (3“) to Sgr A*.

If this were a pulsar in an orbit around the central black hole, this would be one of the holy grails of astronomy, since it could potentially be used to probe the space-time around the black hole with unprecedented precision. I’ve tried to summarize the whole story with its various twists and turns below. „A magnetar / SGR / radio pulsar only 3“ from Sgr A*“ weiterlesen

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