| Revision for Vulcan's Brain planetary nebula | ||
| Previous Revision, by PhoenixBlue [2024-01-26 14:24:29] | → | Selected revision, by PhoenixBlue [2024-01-26 14:25:41] |
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| NAME | ||
| Lyruelks Stellar Remnant | → | Vulcan's Brain planetary nebula |
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| Lyruelks FL-P e5-41 | → | Lyruelks FL-P e5-41 |
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| Nebulae | → | Nebulae |
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| REGION | ||
| Vulcan Gate | → | Vulcan Gate |
| LATITUDE | ||
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| SUMMARY | ||
| This pulsar wind nebula in the Vulcan Gate region features a fast-spinning neutron star and two main sequence companions. | → | This pulsar wind nebula in the Vulcan Gate region features a fast-spinning neutron star and two main sequence companions. |
| DESCRIPTION | ||
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The Lyruelks Stellar Remnant is a pulsar wind nebula, similar to the Crab Nebula. Located about 28,000 light-years from Sol, it features the red clouds typical of nebulae of its type. The neutron star at the nebula's core is relatively young by galactic standards at 256 million years old, and its spin rate exceeds 120 rotations per second. The neutron star is near the upper mass limit for stars of its type, with 2.4 solar masses, significantly above the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit of 2.16 solar masses. Therefore, its core may consist of quarks or muons rather than neutrons. Two other main-sequence stars, one A-class star with 1.78 solar masses and one F-class star with 1.04 solar masses, also reside within the nebula, having survived the cataclysm that destroyed the system's main star.
| → | The Lyruelks Stellar Remnant is a pulsar wind nebula, similar to the Crab Nebula. Located about 28,000 light-years from Sol, it features the red clouds typical of nebulae of its type. The neutron star at the nebula's core is relatively young by galactic standards at 256 million years old, and its spin rate exceeds 120 rotations per second. The neutron star is near the upper mass limit for stars of its type, with 2.4 solar masses, significantly above the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit of 2.16 solar masses. Therefore, its core may consist of quarks or muons rather than neutrons. Two other main-sequence stars, one A-class star with 1.78 solar masses and one F-class star with 1.04 solar masses, also reside within the nebula, having survived the cataclysm that destroyed the system's main star.
The nebula is visible from several nearby systems, as shown in this image, taken from nearby Lyruelks CE-O b47-5. |
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