Comments on: Laying down the pulsar beat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Bill Bones http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317250 Bill Bones Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:59:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317250 Awesome^10. Not sure many will a be able to appreciate, though. Awesome^10. Not sure many will a be able to appreciate, though.

]]> By: Jabjabs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317249 Jabjabs Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:02:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317249 Well at least they now have the biggest known drummer working for them. :) Well at least they now have the biggest known drummer working for them. :)

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317248 Mike Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:26:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317248 It's the bee's knees! It’s the bee’s knees!

]]> By: Maagaard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317247 Maagaard Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:53:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317247 Here is the sound from 5 pulsars... Even though I know the physics going on i still find it quite eerie. Please ignote cheesy art in video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0P6x_xDEU Here is the sound from 5 pulsars…
Even though I know the physics going on i still find it quite eerie.

Please ignote cheesy art in video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0P6x_xDEU

]]> By: Tara Li http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317246 Tara Li Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317246 And apparently, even the bands playing on pulsars occasionally have break-ups and re-union tours! http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21304 And apparently, even the bands playing on pulsars occasionally have break-ups and re-union tours!

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21304

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317245 Chris Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:30:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317245 @2 Dr_cy_coe LOL. They should make that a ring tone. You'd always be saying, "No, it's a pulsar, really" @2 Dr_cy_coe
LOL. They should make that a ring tone. You’d always be saying, “No, it’s a pulsar, really”

]]> By: VJBinCT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317244 VJBinCT Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:58:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317244 Back in 1968, as a grad student, my NASA boss was a visiting prof at Berkeley, so we had access to the 120" at Lick. I was there once a day early, and a group from one of the UC schools got some time to look at the pulsar in the Crab in video. I tagged along. They put a video camera with frame strobe at the coude focus, and synced it to the period of the pulsar, as you would a flashlamp stroboscope. Truly awesome to see the 30 Hz pulsar at 1-2 Hz. I think that I was probably one of the first half dozen or so people to see a pulsar pulsing by eye in 'real time'. Had a really good time as a grad student, I must say. Some adventures, but this was the best scientific one. Back in 1968, as a grad student, my NASA boss was a visiting prof at Berkeley, so we had access to the 120″ at Lick. I was there once a day early, and a group from one of the UC schools got some time to look at the pulsar in the Crab in video. I tagged along. They put a video camera with frame strobe at the coude focus, and synced it to the period of the pulsar, as you would a flashlamp stroboscope. Truly awesome to see the 30 Hz pulsar at 1-2 Hz. I think that I was probably one of the first half dozen or so people to see a pulsar pulsing by eye in ‘real time’. Had a really good time as a grad student, I must say. Some adventures, but this was the best scientific one.

]]> By: Cosas de Pulsars | Pablo Della Paolera http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317243 Cosas de Pulsars | Pablo Della Paolera Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:13:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317243 [...] Laying down the pulsar beat [...] [...] Laying down the pulsar beat [...]

]]> By: Dr_cy_coe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317242 Dr_cy_coe Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:04:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317242 This.. is.. awesome! Kids will love this, especially from 1:42 onwards. If there's a better way to get kids appreciative of science than through interstellar fart-noises, I don't know what that could be. :) This.. is.. awesome!
Kids will love this, especially from 1:42 onwards. If there’s a better way to get kids appreciative of science than through interstellar fart-noises, I don’t know what that could be. :)

]]> By: fj http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/20/laying-down-the-pulsar-beat/#comment-317241 fj Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:44:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=40877#comment-317241 And don't forget the <a href="http://wheelof.com/stars/" rel="nofollow">Wheel of Stars</a>. It's more sound than music, but quite fascinating. And don’t forget the Wheel of Stars. It’s more sound than music, but quite fascinating.

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