Most recent pulsar parallaxes, distances, and velocities.

Pulsar Parallax (mas) Distance (kpc) Velocity (km/s) Reference
B0329+54 0.94 ± 0.11 1.03+0.13-0.12 95+12-11 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
J0437-4715 7.19 ± 0.14 0.139+0.003-0.003 92.8+2.0-2.0 2001Natur.412..158V
B0809+74 2.31 ± 0.04 0.433+0.008-0.008 102+2-2 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
B0823+26 2.8 ± 0.6 0.36+0.10-0.06 194+55-34 1986AJ.....91..974G
B0833-45 3.5 ± 0.2 0.287+0.019-0.017 61+2-2 2003ApJ...596.1137D
B0919+06 0.83 ± 0.13 1.21+0.19-0.19 505+80-80 2001ApJ...550..287C
B0950+08 3.82 ± 0.07 0.262+0.005-0.005 36.6+0.7-0.7 2000ApJ...541..959B
B1133+16 2.80 ± 0.16 0.35+0.02-0.02 631+38-35 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
B1237+25 1.16 ± 0.08 0.85+0.06-0.06 475+34-30 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
B1451-68 2.2 ± 0.3 0.46+0.07-0.06 90+13-13 1990Natur.343..240B
B1534+12 0.93 ± 0.13 1.08+0.16-0.14 131+20-17 1998ApJ...505..352S
J1713+0747 0.9 ± 0.3 1.1+0.5-0.3 30+20-10 1994ApJ...437L..39C
J1744-1134 2.8 ± 0.3 0.36+0.04-0.03 36+4-4 1999ApJ...523L.171T
B1855+09 1.1 ± 0.3 0.9+0.4-0.2 26+12-6 1994ApJ...428..713K
J1909-3744 1.22 ± 0.44 0.8+0.5-0.2 140+80-40 2003ApJ...599L..99J
B1929+10 3.02 ± 0.09 0.33+0.01-0.01 163+4-5 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
B1937+21 < 0.28 > 3.5 > 8.0 1994ApJ...428..713K
B2016+28 1.03 ± 0.10 0.97+0.10-0.08 30.9+4.4-4.0
B2020+28 0.37 ± 0.12 2.3+1.0-0.6 256+114-61 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
B2021+51 0.50 ± 0.07 1.9+0.3-0.2 115+18-15 Brisken 2001 (PhDT)
Geminga 6.4±1.7 0.157+0.59-0.034 122 1996ApJ...461L..91C
Vela 3.4±0.7 0.294+0.076-0.050 65 2001ApJ...561..930C
J1856.5-3754 7±2 0.140±0.040 220±60 2002ApJ...571..447K

Highlighted pulsar names link to postscript plots of their parallax.
Older results, such as Salter, Lyne & Anderson (1979),Backer & Sramek (1982) and Gwinn, Taylor, Weisberg & Rawley (1986), have been replaced with current values, as available.


Shami Chatterjee
shami @ astro.cornell.edu
with input from David Kaplan
Last modified: 25 Mar 2004
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