Aoki Vela Pulsar (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Aoki Vela Pulsar

Caption

The image of the Vela pulsar. The image has a resolution more than 40 times better than what could be achieved previously: The circle at the bottom left indicates the pulsar’s image spread for comparison with the image spread of the previously best gamma ray image (of a different stellar object), indicated by the dashed circle.

Credit

GRAINE collaboration

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