Object 81: Unusually Shocking

from George's Random Astronomical Object · host George Bendo

What may be most interesting about the pulsar PSR J2124-3358 is not that it is spinning very rapidly but that stellar winds from the pulsar have collided with the interstellar medium, producing a glowing bow shock.

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