Pulsar B1757-24

A energetic nebula created by the pulsar B1757-24. In this false color image blue indicates fainter radio emission, yellow and orange more intense radio emission. The pulsar lies at the western (right) edge of the nebula at the brightest spot on the image. The pulsar B1757-24 is a relatively young (<100,000 years) neutron star born in the collapse of a massive star 10-20 times the mass of our Sun. Energetic particles streaming from the surface of this young neutron star leave behind a "wake" of radio emission as the pulsar moves through space.

X-band (3.6 cm) observations of "The Duck", taken in 1993 in with the VLA in its DnC, CnB and BnA configurations.

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Legacy Astronomical Image

PSR B1757-24

Dale A. Frail

Dale A. Frail

Very Large Array (VLA)

1993-03-01

continuum

RA 17:59:59.970, Dec: -25:5:11.800 (J2000)

0.058333 x 0.058333 degrees

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Galactic Sources Series

Pulsars/Neutron Stars Unit