PSR J2007+2722 is a 40.8-hertz isolated

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in the

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constellation, 5.3 kpc (17,000 ly) distant in the plane of the Galaxy, and is most likely a disrupted recycled pulsar (DRP). J2007+2722 was found on data taken by the Arecibo radio telescope in February 2007, and analyzed by volunteers Chris and Helen Colvin (

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) and Daniel Gebhardt ( Universität Mainz, Musikinformatik,

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) via the

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project

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