[time-nuts] Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Sun Sep 29 10:10:19 EDT 2013


There really is no such thing as a 'bright' pulsar. They are something
like 16 Mag at best. This is not exactly naked eye.

-John

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>
> bob at evoria.net said:
>> Just to satisfy my curiosity: what's easiest to detect galactic pulse
>> emitter (regardless of type), and what's the minimum setup to reliably
>> look
>> at it, whether it's just during night time, or whatever.  Just seeking
>> perspective, I haven't just won the lottery.
>
> An optical astronomy-nut friend says that you can see pulsars (or at least
> some of them) in the visible.  The setup is a spinning disk with holes in
> it.
>  Adjust the speed of rotation until it beats with the pulsar.
>
> I think you need a small telescope for the bright pulsars.  Clearly within
> the budget and skills of a not-very-nut, but probably takes at least a
> somewhat-nut to think it is cool enough to do.
>
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>
> Re nighttime...  One of the advantages of radio astronomy is that it works
> during the day and when it is cloudy, an interesting bargaining chip when
> fighting for funds.
>
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