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    SGR 180620 is a magnetar, a type of neutron star with a very powerful magnetic field, that was discovered in 1979 and identified as a soft gamma repeater...
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  • 1806-20 may refer to: a position in the sky, 18h 06m −20° 1806-20 cluster, the star cluster containing SGR 1806-20 LBV 1806-20, a luminous blue variable...
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    Way. Cluster 180620 is made up of some highly unusual stars, including four Wolf–Rayet stars, several OB stars, and a magnetar (SGR 180620). The spectral...
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  • she made careful comparisons of the periodicity of soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20. The period had increased by 0.008 seconds since 1993, and she calculated...
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    180620 (originally named the SGR 180620 cluster) is a heavily obscured star cluster on the far side of the Milky Way, approximately 28,000 light-years...
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  • electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles. Magnetar (SGR 180620 ) Soft gamma repeater (SGR) The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars) Radio-quiet neutron...
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    located about 163,000 light-years from Earth, the first found (in 1979) SGR 180620, located 50,000 light-years from Earth on the far side of the Milky Way...
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  • was detected on December 27, 2004 from the ultracompact stellar corpse SGR 1806-20. The quake, which occurred 50,000 light years from Earth, released gamma...
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  • discovery of persistent hard X-ray emission from the Soft Gamma-ray Repeater SGR 1806-20". Astronomy and Astrophysics. Letters. 433 (2): L9–L12. arXiv:astro-ph/0411695...
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    −46° 20′ 00″ September 13, 1271 ? 700 ? neutron star CXOU J085201.4–461753 SGR 1806-20 18h 08m 39.32s −20° 24′ 40.1″ 1050–1650 ? 42,000 ? neutron star SGR...
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