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Joint outreach program between Green Bank Observatory and @WestVirginiaU; engages high schoolers in STEM fields through hands-on pulsar research.

[PSC @PSRastronomer]

@lgm_film @NANOGrav There was a clear winner! @PhysicsAndAstro

[WVU Physics & Astro @PhysicsAndAstro]

Everyone is invited to join us as @WVUPlanetarium hosts a solar eclipse viewing party on April 8th, 1:30-4:00 PM on the Mountainlair Lawn! Free and we will have glasses for all attendees until supplies last.

[WVU Physics & Astro @PhysicsAndAstro]

Join WVU Astronomers for the Solar Eclipse!😎
On April 8th, the U.S. will be ideally situated to experience either a partial or total solar eclipse.
April 8, 2024
1:30-4:00 PM
WVU Mountainlair Lawn
Everyone is invited to attend; just show up!

https://t.co/gTYFtu2pCZ

[PulsarOfTheDay @PulsarOfTheDay]

Pulsar: J1929+1357
RA: 19:29:10.62
Dec: +13:57:35.9
Period: 8.669e-01 s
Pdot: 3.660e-15
DM: 150.7 pc/cm3
Flux density at 1400 MHz: 2.2 mJy
Characteristic age: 3.753e+06 yr
Surface field: 1.781e+12 G
Visible from: Arecibo, CHIME, Effelsberg, FAST, GBT, GMRT, MeerKAT, Parkes, VLA

[PSC @PSRastronomer]

PSC CAMP is back in 2024! Spend a week with your colleagues at GBO, digging into pulsar science, completing team projects getting behind the scenes tours, and enjoying community and camp life.
@GreenBankObserv
July 28-August 3, 2024
https://t.co/T2Wu4RMhsg

[PSC @PSRastronomer]

The six week course starts on Feb. 15th at 7:00 PM EST. All meetings via Zoom. Share with your friends and family! We would love to have you be a part of the collaboratory!
For more info: https://t.co/qNnmIzSrNb
@NANOGrav

[PSC @PSRastronomer]

Want to join the Pulsar Science Collaboratory? Now is your chance! We will be hosting a intro meeting on Feb. 8 at 7:00 PM EST. All who are interested are welcome to join us and ask questions.

[PulsarOfTheDay @PulsarOfTheDay]

Pulsar: J1103-5403
RA: 11:03:33.294
Dec: -54:03:43.245
Period: 3.393e-03 s
Pdot: 3.683e-21
DM: 103.915 pc/cm3
RM: -103 rad/m^2
Flux density at 1400 MHz: 0.18 mJy
Characteristic age: 1.459e+10 yr
Surface magnetic field: 1.118e+08 G
Visible from: Parkes
PTAs: MeerKAT

[NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs]

Have you noticed Venus shining high in the west for the last several weeks?

We have a special edition of #WallpaperWednesday, because Earth's nearest neighbor has also been putting on quite the show above Rubin Observatory!

[Green Bank Observatory - INACTIVE @GreenBankObserv]

Residing in the heart of a dwarf galaxy four billion light years away is a mysterious cosmological object producing bursts of energy that only last a few milliseconds.

Read more in our latest press release https://t.co/fmLflrbZLV

Image credit: NSF/GBO/P.Vosteen.

[PulsarOfTheDay @PulsarOfTheDay]

Pulsar: J1810-5338
RA: 18:10:44.473
Dec: -53:38:07.631
Period: 2.610e-01 s
Pdot: 3.857e-16
DM: 45.0 pc/cm3
RM: 58 rad/m^2
Flux density at 400 MHz: 12 mJy
Characteristic age: 1.072e+07 yr
Surface magnetic field: 3.173e+11 G
Visible from: Parkes

[NANOGrav PFC @NANOGrav]

NANOGrav pulsar astronomers (Anna Ho, Stella Ocker, Thankful Cromartie, Jim Cordes, and Shami Chatterjee) hanging out with the discoverer of pulsars (Jocelyn Bell Burnell) after her colloquium @Cornell University.

[Jodrell Bank Pulsar Group @UoM_Pulsars]

18:33:48 UTC. Now observing pulsar PSR J0538+2817 with the Mark II telescope.

Rotation period: 0.1 s
Age: 618 kYr
Distance: 1.3 kpc

[PulsarOfTheDay @PulsarOfTheDay]

Pulsar: J1637-4553
RA: 16:37:58.692
Dec: -45:53:26.82
Period: 1.188e-01 s
Pdot: 3.191e-15
DM: 193.23 pc/cm3
RM: 10 rad/m^2
Flux density at 400 MHz: 15 mJy
Characteristic age: 5.897e+05 yr
Surface magnetic field: 6.156e+11 G
Visible from: GBT, Parkes

[Jodrell Bank Pulsar Group @UoM_Pulsars]

04:17:45 UTC. Now observing pulsar PSR J1809-1943 with the Mark II telescope.

Rotation period: 5.5 s
Age: 31 kYr
Distance: 3.6 kpc

[PSC @PSRastronomer]

Today! NANOStars (Friday 04/21) call at 4:30 pm EDT. Featuring guest speakers Terrence Pierre Jacques and Tal Newton.

[Jodrell Bank Pulsar Group @UoM_Pulsars]

08:04:16 UTC. Now observing the mode-switching pulsar PSR B1822-09 with the Mark II telescope.

Rotation period: 0.8 s
Age: 233 kYr
Distance: 0.3 kpc

[PSC @PSRastronomer]

Tonight!!!

[PulsarOfTheDay @PulsarOfTheDay]

Pulsar: J1407-6153
RA: 14:07:56.5
Dec: -61:53:59
Period: 7.016e-01 s
Pdot: 8.846e-15
DM: 645.0 pc/cm3
Flux density at 1400 MHz: 0.36 mJy
Characteristic age: 1.257e+06 yr
Surface magnetic field: 2.491e+12 G
Visible from: Parkes

[PulsarOfTheDay @PulsarOfTheDay]

Pulsar: J1638-4608
RA: 16:38:23.26
Dec: -46:08:13.4
Period: 2.782e-01 s
Pdot: 5.148e-14
DM: 423.1 pc/cm3
RM: 335 rad/m^2
Flux density at 1400 MHz: 0.45 mJy
Characteristic age: 8.560e+04 yr
Surface magnetic field: 3.784e+12 G
Visible from: Parkes