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Ever wondered why Chile has so many observatories? This photo might give a hint... Chile has some of the best #NightSky observing conditions: ⛰ High desert mountains to get above as much atmosphere as possible. That means better images! 🌌 Beautiful dark skies! 📷: womullan

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

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

Tonight!!!

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

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

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

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!

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 University.

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

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 bit.ly/3NTT2fB Image credit: NSF/GBO/P.Vosteen.

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

Everyone is invited to join us as WVU Planetarium 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.

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! youtu.be/a2Ew_mz85i0?si…

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. Green Bank Observatory July 28-August 3, 2024 pulsars.nanograv.org/psccamp?fbclid…