16 New Pulsars on an All-Sky Map (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

16 New Pulsars on an All-Sky Map

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This all-sky map shows the positions and names of 16 new pulsars (yellow) and eight millisecond pulsars (magenta) studied using Fermi's LAT. The famous Vela, Crab, and Geminga pulsars (right) are the brightest ones Fermi sees. The pulsars Taz, Eel, and Rabbit have taken the nicknames of nebulae they are now known to power. The Gamma Cygni pulsar resides within a supernova remnant of the same name.

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NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration

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