A magnetar is a special type of neutron star that has an enormous magnetic field.
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Magnetars such as Mu Arae produced significant amounts of gravitational shear that could be felt many light years distant. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: To Brave the Storm)
The neutron star Qul Tuq was a magnetar in the Qul Tuq system, with a massive magnetic field, a quadrillion times stronger than fields in a majority of systems. The field was so strong in a magnetar that it slowed the star's spin, resulting in starquakes that emitted ion storms, Berthold rays, gamma radiation, delta rays, and other forms of radiation. (TOS novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)
History[]
In 2336, a binary system within a nebula contained a magnetar, one which spun so fast that it generated an intense magnetic field. It drew gas and matter from the heliosphere of a brown star and triggered massive solar flares. The two stars were 0.03 AU apart and had an orbital period of three days. When the shuttle T'Pol went to warp near the magnetar, it interfered with the gravity well, igniting flares that destroyed the planets in the system. (DS9 - The Lost Era novel: Well of Souls)
In 2381, Seven of Nine fired a tachyon pulse at a class-A magnetar, which forced it to collapse into a micro-singularity, in order to increase the range of USS Voyager's subspace receiver. (VOY novel: Children of the Storm)
Magnetars[]
- Qul Tuq
- Mu Arae
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| Stellar classification | |
|---|---|
| By class and type | class O blue-violet star • class B blue star • class A blue-white star • class F white star (white dwarf) • class G yellow star (yellow dwarf • yellow giant) • class K orange star (orange giant) • class M red star (red dwarf • red giant • red supergiant) • boson star • brown dwarf • green star • N-type star • R-type star • S-type star • D-type star |
| By size or makeup | black hole/black star • carbon star • dwarf star (brown dwarf • red dwarf • white dwarf • yellow dwarf) • giant star (blue giant • red giant • orange giant • yellow giant) • Lazarus star • microstar • neutron star (collapsar • magnetar • pulsar) • protostar • supergiant • hypergiant • variable star • white hole • Wolf-Rayet star |
Appearances[]
- TOS novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire
- DS9 - The Lost Era novel: Well of Souls
- ENT - The Romulan War novel: To Brave the Storm
- VOY novel: Children of the Storm