Tammy Plotner and Jeff Barber, Universe Today
Carl Friedrich Gauss was born today in 1777. He is known as the "Prince of Mathematics". Gauss contributed to the field of astronomy in many ways - from calculating the orbits of asteroids to inventing the heliotrope. Among his many initiatives, Gauss is particularly recognized for his work in the field of magnetism. We know the term gauss as a magnetic unit - a refrigerator magnet emits about a hundred gauss while a sunspot may transmit about 4,000. At the large ends of the magnetic scale - the Earth produces about half a gauss in its poles, while a magnetar can produce up to 10 to the 15th power of gauss.
We cannot observe Magnetar directly. Those who live in the southern hemisphere can see an area in the sky where there are magnetars - the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy is in the Dorado group, and can be seen with the naked eye even on full moon nights. It is full of stars and interesting sites such as the Tarantula Nebula - the largest spreading nebula known to us in the universe. The cloud also contains many star clusters, and all that is needed is to take a plane to the southern hemisphere and call friends in the north, tell them what they are missing out on.
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