PSR J2007+2722 explained

PSR J2007+2722 is a 40.8-hertz isolated pulsar in the Vulpecula constellation, 5.3 kpc (17,000 ly) distant in the plane of the Galaxy, and is most likely a disrupted recycled pulsar (DRP).

J2007+2722 was found on data taken by the Arecibo radio telescope in February 2007, and analyzed by volunteers Chris and Helen Colvin (Ames, Iowa, United States) and Daniel Gebhardt (Universität Mainz, Musikinformatik, Germany) via the distributed computing project Einstein@Home.^[1]

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Sources

• Web site: Science: Volunteers Find Rare Pulsar in Arecibo Data. Bryn. Brandon. 2010-08-13. AAAS. 2016-08-21.
• Web site: Volunteers' Idle Computer Time Turns Up a Celestial Oddball. Matson. John. Scientific American. 2010-08-12. 2016-08-21.

External links

• Web site: Home computers discover rare star. 2010-08-13. BBC News. 2016-08-21.
• The Einstein@Home Search for Radio Pulsars and PSR J2007+2722 Discovery. The Astrophysical Journal. 773. 2. 91. 2013. B. Allen . B. Knispel . J. Cordes . etal. 10.1088/0004-637X/773/2/91. 1303.0028. 2013ApJ...773...91A . 119253579.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Einstein@Home 'citizen scientists' discover a new pulsar in Arecibo telescope data. 2010-08-12. 2016-08-21.