PSR J1719−1438
PSR J1719−1438 is a millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 5.7901 ms and is characteristic age of 11.4 billion years old located about 3,900 light years from Earth in the direction of Serpens Cauda, one minute from the border with Ophiuchus. Millisecond pulsars are generally thought to begin as normal pulsars and then spin up by accreting matter from a binary companion.
Diamond planet
PSR J1719−1438 was discovered in 2011 by the High Time Resolution Survey, a radio astronomy search for astronomical objects that rapidly vary in radio brightness, such as pulsars. Timing measurements using the Parkes Telescope and Lovell Telescope showed that it has a low-mass companion: PSR J1719−1438 b. The companion has a mass similar to that of Jupiter, but 40% of the diameter. It orbits the pulsar with a period of 2 hours 10 minutes and 37 seconds, at a distance of around 600,000 km. The companion is likely the remnant of a star whose outer layers were siphoned off by the more massive pulsar. Calculations show the companion has a minimum density of 23 grams per cubic centimeter and is probably an ultra-low-mass carbon–oxygen white dwarf.Because the companion to PSR J1719−1438 is planet-sized, made primarily of carbon, and very dense, it may be similar to a large diamond. In the science press, the object has been called the "Diamond Planet".