This movie includes the following features.
- Soft Gamma Repeater 'SGR 0501+4516':
This star is supposed to be a magnetar.
It repeatedly bursts and emits gamma rays.
The movie shows the moment of a gamma ray burst.
- Anomalous X-ray Pulsar '1E 1048.1-5937':
Anomalous X-ray pulsar is also a kind of magnetar.
Its rotation is slower than ordinal pulsars due to the very strong magnetic fields.
- Anomalous X-ray Pulsar '1E 2259+586':
Both of the bi-polar beams of the pulsar sweep the earth, so you can see the pulse twice per rotation.
- Binary X-ray Pulsar 'Hercules X-1':
This movie shows the variation according to the rotation period. The pseudo-color varies due to pulses appearing around high-energy area of the spectra.
It also varies according to the orbital period of 1.7 days and the precession period of 35 days.
- Crab Pulsar 'PSR B0531+21': b
The central pulsar of the Crab Nebula.
It is very bright in X-rays and has constant flux density and spectrum.