B1259-63 Binary Animation
Animation of the B1259-63 binary system with a pulsar that emits gamma rays as it passes through the gas disk around a blue giant.
For a short narrated video and stills about this system, go here.
Main view from a mainly stationary perspective
Second view from perpective following the pulsar in its orbit.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. However, each image should be credited as indicated above.
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Scientist
- Aous Abdo (George Mason University)
Missions
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This page can be found in the following series:Tapes
The media on this page originally appeared on the following tapes:-
Odd Couple Binary
(ID: 2011075)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Robert Crippen (NASA)
Datasets used
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[Fermi]
ID: 687
Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.