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arxiv: astro-ph/9407080 · v1 · submitted 1994-07-26 · 🌌 astro-ph

A Possible Optical Counterpart for the Triple Pulsar System PSR B1620-26

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We have searched deep optical images of the globular cluster M4 for a possible optical counterpart for the third body in the PSR B1620-26 system. We identify as a possible optical counterpart a star located within $0.3''$ of the nominal pulsar position with $V\approx 20$. This magnitude is consistent with a main sequence cluster member with $M\approx 0.45M_\odot$. However, this star may be blended with fainter stars, and the probability of a chance superposition is non-negligible.

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