Talk:PSR B1919+21

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Cultural reference[edit]

I think it would be worth a line to mention its appearance on the cover of "Unknown Pleasures" by Joy Division. There aren't many pulsars that appear in popular culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.89.86 (talk) 16:15, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think so, too. Actually the reference WAS in the article, but was somehow destroyed by ill citation formatting (not that I know how to do better), as it seems. I restored the original reference. -- marilyn.hanson (talk) 19:51, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As someone who can remember where they were the day they announced the discovery of LGM 1, I would be against any merger that undermined the term, LGM 1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orastroman (talk • contribs) 09:08, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge from LGM-1 into PSR 1919+21[edit]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

There is no reason to have LGM-1 as a separate article. It is merely a duplicate of the historical part of this article. jnestorius^(talk) 10:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I support the merge proposal, no need for a separate article. --NSH001 (talk) 15:23, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oppose the merge. The misidentification as an ETI signal is significant in its own right. Separating it also prevents pollution by UFO nuts onto the star article. 65.93.12.8 (talk) 07:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- "Separating it also prevents pollution by UFO nuts onto the star article." - there is no sign of UFO pollution in LGM-1 discussion/article Bulwersator (talk) 20:33, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support merging - just two different names for the same object. The ETI signal story should be a chapter in this article, instead. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support merging. However, my understanding of the WP:COMMONNAME policy is that the Wikipedia article on this object should be titled the more common name LGM-1, rather than arguably more "correct" name PSR B1919+21. --DavidCary (talk) 05:22, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support merging. The name LGM-1 is a historical detail regarding the pulsar B1919+21. It is interesting and worth documenting on the PSR B1919+21 page, and I think I would argue in favour of listing LGM-1 as an alternative designation for the pulsar. However, a separate page seems redundant, especially considering the length of the article and its overlap with PSR B1919+21. Smeared ink (talk) 01:29, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Dramatization[edit]

I think that around the 40th anniversary of the discovery a dramaization of it was made and broadcast. I particularly remember one scene where the actors playing Bell and Hewish enter a room with printers labelled LGM 1 though LGM 4 are busy printing out detected pulses.

This might be worth adding to the article.

Can anyone remember the title and who broadcast it?Graham1973 (talk) 06:57, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What frequency was it detected at[edit]

Was frequencies were being observed when it was detected ? Interplanetary Scintillation Array only mentions 81.5 MHz. - Rod57 (talk) 22:52, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]