Search for Optical Flashes from PSR 0833-45

A SEARCH was made for optical flashes from PSR 0833–45 on the nights of March 17 to 20, 1969, using the 74-inch Radcliffe telescope with a pulse counting photometer built at Cambridge and previously used in observations of the Crab nebula pulsar 1 . A multichannel analyser made available by the Sout...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1969-01, Vol.223 (5203), p.281-282
Main Author: WILLSTROP, R. V
Format: Article
Language:English
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Humanities and Social Sciences
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Summary:A SEARCH was made for optical flashes from PSR 0833–45 on the nights of March 17 to 20, 1969, using the 74-inch Radcliffe telescope with a pulse counting photometer built at Cambridge and previously used in observations of the Crab nebula pulsar 1 . A multichannel analyser made available by the South African Atomic Energy Board was used to record the data, and the timing equipment was provided by the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/223281a0