PSR B1509−58

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PSR B1509−58 is a pulsar approximately at a distance of 17,000 light-years in the constellation of Circinus discovered by the Einstein X-Ray Observatory in 1982. Its diameter is only 12 miles (19 km).

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Image: NASA/CXC/CfA/P. Slane et al., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.