Vela Pulsar is catalogued in this registry as a pulsar, held in the frame of Milky Way, from EM signals (curated).
Registry id PSR_VELA ·
source layer signals ·
provenance PROCESSED — derived deterministically from source catalogues (unit, frame and epoch conversions, cross-source reconciliation) — no value invented
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| Quantity | Value | Uncertainty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius | 12000 m (12 km) | no published uncertainty in this registry | EM signals (curated) |
| Temperature | 1000000 K | no published uncertainty in this registry | EM signals (curated) |
Each row carries its own uncertainty and its own source. Where a row says no uncertainty is published, that is what the catalogue says — it is not a claim that the value is exact.
| Kind | pulsar |
|---|---|
| Origin | natural |
Pulsar, P=89.3 ms. Brightest persistent GeV gamma source in the sky. [ATNF psrcat]
Reproduced as the source wrote it. Author-year citations link to their DOI where one is registered.
These are absences in the catalogues aggregated here, not measurements of zero, and not statements that the quantity is unknown to science:
| Database | EM signals (curated) |
|---|---|
| Authority | Zaitsev 2006 METI records; NASA DSN; ATNF pulsar catalogue |
| Licence | Public record |
| How it entered | Curated data-as-code (src/ingest/catalogs/signals.ts) |
| Coverage | 9 METI transmissions, 5 emitter sites (Arecibo incl. collapse), 3 pulsars |
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