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Calculating distance to a pulsar

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How do we determine the distance to a pulsar? Background Pulsars are rapidly spinning and highly magnetic neutron stars that emit regular pulses of electromagnetic radiations e.g. Crab Nebula Pulsar in Orion constellation. Need Pulsars have been found in different star clusters and sometimes in other galaxies. By measuring the distance to the pulsar we can