PSR J1302−6350 is a pulsar and member of an eclipsing binary star system with the blue O9.5Ve-class star LS 2883. The pair has an eccentric orbit that is inclined to the line of sight from Earth by about 36°, leading to a 40-day-long eclipse each time the pulsar passes behind the star.[4] The pulsar has a period of about 48 ms and a luminosity of 8.3 × 1035 erg/s. It emits very high energy gamma rays that vary on a time scale of several days.[6]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 13h 02m 47.655s[1] |
Declination | −63° 50′ 08.67″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.34 |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | O9.5Ve[2] + pulsar |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −6.0[1] mas/yr Dec.: −5.7[1] mas/yr |
Distance | 7,500[3] ly |
Orbit[4] | |
Companion | SS 2883 |
Period (P) | 1237 days |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.87 |
Inclination (i) | 36° |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
The star LS 2883 has about 10 solar masses and is 6 solar radii in size. The rate of rotation is about 280 km/s at the equator, or 70% of the breakup velocity.[4]
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