PSR J0537−6910
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 37m 47.6s |
| Declination | −69° 10′ 20″ |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | Pulsar |
| Variable type | None |
| Astrometry | |
| Distance | 170,000 ly |
| Details | |
| Rotation | 0.016129 s |
| Age | 4,000 years |
| Other designations | |
| PSR J0537-69, CXOU J053747.3-691020, XMMU J053747.4-691020, CXOU J053747.4-691019, PSR J0537-6910, [CWG2006] 4. | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
PSR J0537-6910 is a pulsar that is 4,000 years old (not including the light travel time to Earth). It is located about 170,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation of Dorado, and is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It rotates at 62 hertz.
A team at LANL advanced that it is possible to predict starquakes in J0537-6910, meaning that it may be possible to devise a way to forecast glitches at least in some exceptional pulsars. The same team observed magnetic pole drift on this pulsar with observational data from Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.