[RadioAstronomer]

Are you sure it's not from lightning?

Yup I am sure. The Crab pulsar is one of only three pulsars to emit super strong giant RF bursts. These are second only to the sun in intensity (brightness) in the sky. It is also the first pulsar to be discovered that emits visible light pulses as well.

Remember the Crab Nebula is only about 6500 light years away.

[farmfriend]

I got a ping for this for the rights farms environment list. Think if fits?

[Lazamataz]

Yup I am sure. The Crab pulsar is one of only three pulsars to emit super strong giant RF bursts. These are second only to the sun in intensity (brightness) in the sky. It is also the first pulsar to be discovered that emits visible light pulses as well.

It might serve the same purpose as a lighthouse.

[Calvin Locke]

I looked up an old post. Art Bell on 9/20 Saturday, read a NASA release about a highly magnetic star disrupting comms
that week. (Before the current deluge of sunspots).

Anyway, I couldn't remember if they (NASA/Bell) said 40 or 40K lightyears away. I do remember the guest was a physicist
later in the show, and basically said "Yeah, right. Just because there is no known/understood cause for the
disruptions..."

In any case, I have to look up the Crab Pulsar.

[razorback-bert]

Remember the Crab Nebula is only about 6500 light years away.

close for a weekend trip.