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Vela pulsar
  پولسار ِ بادبان، تپار ِ ~  
pulsâr-e Bâdbân, tapâr-e ~
Fr.: pulsar du Voile  

A pulsar with a short period (89 milliseconds) associated with the → Vela supernova remnant. It is approximately 1500 light-years distant. The Vela pulsar is one of the few pulsars detectable optically. Its optical flashes, of visual magnitude 26, were detected in 1977. Also named PSR 0833-45.

See also: → Vela; → pulsar.