Vela Pulsar (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Vela Pulsar

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This photo shows pulsed gamma rays from the Vela pulsar as constructed from photons detected by Fermi's Large Area Telescope. A single pulsar cycle is repeated four times.

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