PSR B0329+54 is a pulsar approximately 3,460 light-years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It completes one rotation every 0.71452[3] seconds and is approximately 5 million years old.[4]
In 1979, two extrasolar planets were announced to be orbiting the pulsar (being classified as pulsar planets). Later observations however ruled out this idea
Constellation | Camelopardalis |
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Right ascension | 03h 32m 59.368s[1] |
Declination | +54° 34′ 43.57″ |
Distance | 3.46 kly ly (1.06[2] kpc pc) |
Spectral type | Pulsar |
Other designations | NVSS J033259+543444, PSR B0329+54,PSR J0332+5434 |