View source for Astronomy:PSR B0950+08

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Leo}}
{{Starbox begin
| name=PSR B0950+08}}
{{Starbox observe
| epoch=J2000
| ra=09h 53m 09.310s 
| dec=+07° 55' 35.75"'
| appmag_v=5.28
| constell=[[Astronomy:Leo (constellation)|Leo]] }}
{{Starbox character
| class=
| b-v=
| u-b=
| variable=[[Astronomy:Pulsar|Pulsar]] }}
{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v=
| prop_mo_ra=-2.09
| prop_mo_dec= 29.46 
| parallax=3.82 
| p_error=0.07
| absmag_v= }}
{{Starbox detail
| mass=
| radius=
| luminosity=
| temperature=
| metal=
| rotation=
| age=1.8 million }}
{{Starbox catalog
| names= [[Astronomy:Pulsar|PSR]] J0953+0755, [[Astronomy:NRAO VLA Sky Survey|NVSS]] J095309+075536, PULS CP 0950, GAL 228.9+43.7, [[Astronomy:Pulsar|PSR]] B0950+08. }}
{{Starbox reference |
  Simbad=PSR+B0950%2B08 }}
{{Starbox end}}
{{Sky|09|53|09.310|+|07|55|35.75|850}}

'''PSR B0950+08''' is a young [[Astronomy:Pulsar|pulsar]] that may have come from a [[Astronomy:Supernova|supernova]] that occurred in [[Astronomy:Leo (constellation)|Leo]] 1.8 million years ago. The large and old [[Astronomy:Supernova remnant|remnant]] of this supernova, located in the constellation of [[Astronomy:Antlia|Antlia]], may be the nearest besides the [[Astronomy:Local Bubble|Local Bubble]], and the supernova would have been as bright as the moon. Off-pulse emissions from the young pulsar were detected by the [[Astronomy:Long Wavelength Array|Expanded Long Wavelength Array]], suggesting the presence of a pulsar wind nebula around it.<ref name="Ruan2020"/>

==External links==
*[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002ApJ...576L..41M&amp;db_key=AST&amp;data_type=HTML&amp; ''The Astrophysical Journal Letters'', vol. 576, p. L41, August 2002]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051226055653/https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns/?id=mg17523573.700 ''New Scientist'', August 24, 2002] 
* [https://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinPreview?-c=09+53+09.31%2B07+55+35.7&ident=PSR+B0950%2B08&submit=Aladin+previewer Image PSR B0950+08]
*[https://www.wikisky.org]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="Ruan2020">{{cite journal
 |title=Discovery of a Pulsar Wind Nebula around B0950+08 with the ELWA
 |first1=D. |last1=Ruan
 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |date=8 May 2020
 |volume=495 |issue=2 |pages=2125–2134 |doi=10.1093/mnras/staa1305 |arxiv=2005.03303|s2cid=218537942 }}</ref>

}}

{{Stars of Leo}}

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[[Category:Pulsars]]
[[Category:Leo (constellation)]]


{{Sourceattribution|PSR B0950+08}}