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PSR J0538+2817 is a pulsar situated in the constellation of Taurus. Discovered in 1996, it stirred interest from the fact that it is physically linked to the supernova remnant SNR G180.8–02.2.

The characteristic age of PSR J0538+2817 gives an older estimate: 618,000 years. However, observation of the pulsar's proper motion gives a much younger result: 30,000 ± 4,000 years, meaning that the pulsar must have begun rotating at a relatively slow pace, at 139 milliseconds.

References

1. ^ Anderson, S. B.; Cadwell, B. J.; Jacoby, B. A.; Wolszczan, A.; Foster, R. S.; Kramer, M. (1 September 1996). "A 143 Millisecond Radio Pulsar in the Supernova Remnant S147". The Astrophysical Journal. 468 (1): L55 – L58. Bibcode:1996ApJ...468L..55A. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.47.2854. doi:10.1086/310218. S2CID 120411173.
2. "PSR J0538+2817". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
3. Ng, C.-Y.; Romani, Roger W.; Brisken, Walter F.; Chatterjee, Shami; Kramer, Michael (January 2007). "The Origin and Motion of PSR J0538+2817 in S147". The Astrophysical Journal. 654 (1): 487–493. arXiv:astro-ph/0611068. Bibcode:2007ApJ...654..487N. doi:10.1086/510576. S2CID 14603279.

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