Talk:Optical pulsar

Merge into pulsar

Since this article is not about a natural kind of pulsars (as far as we know), but instead pulsars that happenstance have been visually identified, wouldn't it be suitable to merge it all into pulsar? ... said: Rursus (mb_ork³) 13:08, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Yep.—RJH (talk) 17:16, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Duplicate Crab Pulsar - done

Why is there the Crab Pulsar with B=17, and PSR B0531+21 with B=18? This is the same pulsar, as you can see by following to its specific page.89.12.88.64 (talk) 17:12, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Definition

Are these an optically visible subset of the [radio] pulsars ? or could they be optical with no radio emissions ? If so, do we separate them from variable stars just by period ? Could they be infrared optical rather than visible light ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:39, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Is magnitude the max or min

Presumably the magnitude column is the peak magnitude. Do they all vary by 100%, ie down to zero ? Is the optical pulse profile the same as the radio pulse profile (in period and phase) ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:47, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Broken External Link.

The link in the External Link section, http://www.aip.org/history/mod/ looks incomplete, and gets a 404 error when you try and open it. ~2026-16615-75 (talk) 20:33, 15 March 2026 (UTC)