PULSED OPTICAL-EMISSION FROM PSR-0656+141

Using data collected with the Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAG) 6 m telescope and the University College Galway (UCG) Transputer Instr ument for Fast Image Deconvolution (TRIFFID) imaging photometer, we sh ow that the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray pulsar PSR 0656+14 exhibits pu lsed optical emission. We observed that the pulsed fraction was consis tent with 100% and that the flux was higher than that expected from a thermal source. The magnitude of PSR 0656+14 in the B band was observe d to be 25.1 +/- 0.3, consistent with previous CCD observations. The p eak of the optical signal is at phase 0.2 compared to the radio and in phase with the weak gamma-ray pulse.