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SGR J1745−2900

SGR J1745−2900, or PSR J1745−2900, is the first-discovered magnetar orbiting the black hole Sagittarius A*, in the center of the Milky Way. The magnetar was discovered in 2013 using the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, the Nancay Decimetric Radio Telescope, and the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope. The magnetar has a period of 3.76&nbsp;s and a magnetic flux density of ~&nbsp;10<sup>10</sup>&nbsp;T (10<sup>14</sup>&nbsp;G). The magnetar, which is also a pulsar, is 0.33&nbsp;ly from the central black hole.

The object helps researchers probe the ionized interstellar medium (ISM) toward the Galactic Center (GC), and could be useful in testing quantum gravity effects.

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