vicgrinberg, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

#Pulsars are magnetized, rotating neutron stars. Beams of radiation from their magnetic poles swipe past the observer, resulting in characteristic pulsing radio patterns.

The fastest pulsar we know, PSR J1748−2446ad, rotates at 716 times/sec or 43000 times/min.

You can listen to some of the pulsars here - the intensity of the radio waves as the amplitude of the audio:
▶️ https://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pulsar/Education/Sounds/sounds.html
Not the 716 Hz one, but the 173.7 Hz (careful, annoying sound!)

#astrodon #VicisAstro #astronomy