PSR B0950+08

PSR B0950+08
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	09h 53m 09.310s
Declination	+07° 55' 35.75"'
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.28
Characteristics
Variable type	Pulsar
Astrometry

Proper motion (μ)	RA: -2.09 mas/yr Dec.: 29.46 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	3.82 ± 0.07 mas
Distance	850 ± 20 ly (262 ± 5 pc)

Details

Age	1.8 million years

Other designations
PSR J0953+0755, NVSS J095309+075536, PULS CP 0950, GAL 228.9+43.7, PSR B0950+08.
Database references
SIMBAD	data

The pulsar PSR B0950+08 seems to have come from a supernova that occurred in Leo 1.8 million years ago. The remnant of this supernova may be the nearest besides the Local Bubble, and the supernova would have been as bright as the moon.

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Coordinates: 09^h 53^m 09.310^s, +07° 55′ 35.75″

Stars of Leo

Bayer	α (Regulus) β (Denebola) γ (Algieba) δ (Zosma) ε (Algenubi) ζ (Adhafera) η θ (Chertan) ι κ (Al Minliar al Asad) λ (Alterf) μ (Rasalas) ν ξ ο (Subra) π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω

Flamsteed	3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 31 33 34 35 37 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 69 71 72 73 75 76 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 92 93 95 6 LMi 18 LMi 49 LMi 52 LMi 10 Sex 11 Sex 37 Sex 38 Sex

Variable	R S X Y RR RZ SS ST TU TV UV UZ XY XZ AD AM AP AQ CE CW DH DK DN DP DR DX DY EE EO EX GX HN

HR	3736 3792 3804 3820 3869 3876 3942 3969 4006 4012 4032 4048 4097 4197 4244 4245 4249 4253 4303 4341 4358 4394 4404 4419 4459 4465 4512 4531 4535 4543

HD	81040 84680 86986 88133 89307 95089 96063 96372 97658 99109 100456 100659 100777 102272

Gliese	Gliese 408 Gliese 410 Gliese 436 GJ 3685A

Other	BD+20°2457 2MASSI J0937347+293142 PG 1031+234 PSR B0919+06 PSR B0943+10 PSR B0950+08 PSR B1133+16 PSR J1022+1001 SDSS J102915+172927 WD 1105-048 Wolf 359 (CN)

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