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PSR1913+16 is still the only known pulsar which is a member of a binary stellar system, as such, it offers the possibility of several new investigations into both the nature of pulsars and general relativity. Unfortunately, the pulsar is very weak and previous observations1,2 have only been made with the 1000 ft telescope at Arecibo at a frequency of 430 MHz. We report here observations at four radio frequencies which show that this pulsar has properties which are similar to those of the other pulsars.
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LYNE, A., RITCHINGS, R. The binary pulsar observed at four radio frequencies. Nature 268, 606–607 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/268606a0
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