Is the pulsar a magnetar?

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13) Yup, it's a magnetar.
12) Yep, from the northern hemisphere, the object is in a "summer sky constellation".
11) It is not the Crab pulsar, nor one within the nebula.
10) It is not a winter constellation.
9) It's in one of the zodiac constellations.
8) Pulsar it is. [Which one? ]
7) Not a black hole.
6) It is a compact object, hence it's dense.
5) It is not in the Solar System.
4) Spherical it is.
3) Fussion is not happening there.
2) Nope. It is smaller than an astronomical bread box.
1) Yep. It is in our galaxy.

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Is it located in Sagittarius?

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Did it say hello around Christmas three years ago?

15) Hello!
14) Yup, Sagittarius.
13) Yup, it's a magnetar.
12) Yep, from the northern hemisphere, the object is in a "summer sky constellation".
11) It is not the Crab pulsar, nor one within the nebula.
10) It is not a winter constellation.
9) It's in one of the zodiac constellations.
8) Pulsar it is. [Which one? ]
7) Not a black hole.
6) It is a compact object, hence it's dense.
5) It is not in the Solar System.
4) Spherical it is.
3) Fussion is not happening there.
2) Nope. It is smaller than an astronomical bread box.
1) Yep. It is in our galaxy.

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Is the object in question SGR 1806-20?

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Yes.

[Next time I won't select a -29 abs. mag. object!]

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Thanks, George!

Let's do another 20 Questions.

I'm thinking of a celestial object. What is it?

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Is it in the Milky Way Galaxy?

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Is it bigger than a proplyd?

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Is it smaller than a dwarf galaxy?

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Is it as big as (approximately) our Milky Way galaxy or bigger?

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I read that as two questions.

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Is the object approximately equal to or greater than the Milky way in size?

Another way to state it would be, "is it smaller than the Milky Way galaxy?", though the opposite answer would arise.

Is z < 0.5?

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As George said - synonymous with "is it smaller than the Milky Way". Sorry for the lack of clarity.

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Uh oh, he's going deep. [Oops, just the opposite. I misread it. Have I ever told y'all about my poor grades? ]

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Is it a quasar? [Just ignore this obvious one, unless, of course, it is one. ]

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6. Is it a quasar? No. (Sorry, no can do.)

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