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| # Detailed Description of B/psr : ATNF Pulsar Catalogue (Manchester+, 2005) |

Note : this is the description file of the original catalog. This HTML page corresponds well to the original description, but some minor changes in the format may have been introduced in the FITS output files in order to allow for arithmetic operations on quantities such as coordinates and times. h:m:s and d:m:s units are normally converted into degrees, and YYYY-MM-DD into julian days.
Similarly, some slight changes may have been introduced in the units; the value given in the HTML files supersedes the value indicated in the ReadMe file for this catalogue.

    B/psr                  ATNF Pulsar Catalogue                 (Manchester+, 2005)
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    ATNF Pulsar Catalogue (Version 2016-May)
        Manchester R.N., Hobbs G.B., Teoh A., Hobbs M.
        <Astron. J. 129, 1993 (2005)>
        =2005AJ....129.1993M        (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
        =2016yCat...1.102034
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    ADC_Keywords: Pulsars ; Radio sources ; Proper motions

    Keywords: pulsars: general - astronomical databases: catalogs

    Description:
        The catalogue is a compilation of the principal observed parameters of
        pulsars, including positions, timing parameters, pulse widths, flux
        densities, proper motions, distances, and dispersion, rotation, and
        scattering measures. It also lists the orbital elements of binary
        pulsars, and some commonly used parameters derived from the basic
        measurements.
        The catalogue includes all published rotation-powered pulsars,
        including those detected only at high energies. It also includes
        Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (AXPs) and Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs) for
        which coherent pulsations have been detected. However, it excludes
        accretion-powered pulsars such as Her X-1 and the recently discovered
        X-ray millisecond pulsars.

    PLEASE NOTE:
        If you make use of the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue in a publication, we
        request that you acknowledge the source of the information by
        referencing the paper: Manchester, R. N., Hobbs, G. B., Teoh, A. &
        Hobbs, M., Astron. J., 129, 1993-2006 (2005) (arXiv:astro-ph/0412641),
        which gives a full description of the catalogue, and by quoting the
        web address http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat. Where
        practicable, please list the original references for data used.

    File Summary:

           FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

    ×                   80        .   This file
    × ReadMe            80        .   this file
    × psr.dat         1319     2536   ATNF Pulsar Catalogue
    × refs.dat        1685      856   ATNF References

    See also:
     VII/189 : Catalog of Pulsars (Taylor+ 1995)
     J/A+A/586/A92    : Pulse profiles of 100 radio pulsars (Pilia+, 2016)
     J/PAZh/42/200    : Dispersion measure of MW and MC pulsars (Zhezher+, 2016)
     J/MNRAS/449/1570 : Multifrequency pulsar scatter times (Lewandowski+, 2015)
     J/ApJ/814/128    : Timing noise + astrometry of Fermi-LAT pulsars (Kerr+, 2015)
     J/ApJ/812/81     : Arecibo Pulsar-ALFA (PALFA) survey. IV. (Lazarus+, 2015)
     J/ApJ/804/23     : 327MHz observations of 124 pulsars (Krishnakumar+, 2015)
     J/ApJS/208/17    : 2nd Fermi LAT cat. of gamma-ray pulsars (2PC) (Abdo+, 2013)
     J/ApJ/763/80     : GBT 350MHz survey. I. 13 new pulsars (Boyles+, 2013)
     J/MNRAS/424/2832 : Pulsars in {gamma}-ray sources (Lee+, 2012)
     J/MNRAS/423/1351 : Energy distribution in pulsars (Burke-Spolaor+, 2012)
     J/MNRAS/414/1679 : Glitches in the rotation of 102 pulsars (Espinoza+, 2011)
     J/AZh/88/22      : Angles rotation/magnetic moment in pulsars (Malov+, 2011)
     J/AZh/87/238     : Pulses of radio pulsars at 102 & 111MHz (Malov+, 2010)
     J/ApJ/713/671    : Gravitational waves from pulsars (Abbott+, 2010)
     J/MNRAS/391/1210 : Characteristics of energetic pulsars (Weltevrede+, 2008)
     J/MNRAS/386/1881 : New pulsar rotation measures (Noutsos+, 2008)
     J/AZh/84/685     : Scattering of pulsar radio emission (Kuz'min+, 2007)
     J/other/ChJAA/6.237 : Circular polarization in pulsars (You+, 2006)
     J/ApJ/642/868    : Rotation measures for 223 pulsars (Han+, 2006)
     J/AZh/83/542     : Integrated Radio Luminosities of Pulsars (Malov+, 2006)
     J/MNRAS/372/777  : Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey. VI. (Lorimer+, 2006)
     J/MNRAS/362/1189 : Proper motions of 74 pulsars (Zou+, 2005)
     J/MNRAS/360/974  : Proper motions of pulsars (Hobbs+, 2005)
     J/MNRAS/359/1524 : 10 new pulsars in Arecibo drift-scan survey (Lorimer+, 2005)
     J/MNRAS/353/1311 : Long-term timing observations of 374 pulsars (Hobbs+, 2004)
     J/ApJ/605/759    : Multifrequency obs. of radio pulse broadening (Bhat+, 2004)
     J/PAZh/29/571    : X-ray fluxes of radio pulsars (Malov, 2003)
     J/AZh/79/501     : Radio luminosities of normal + msec pulsars (Kuz'min, 2002)
     J/MNRAS/335/275  : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey new PSR (Morris+, 2002)
     J/MNRAS/328/855  : Pulsar timing at UAO (Wang+, 2001)
     J/MNRAS/328/17   : Parkes Multi-Beam Pulsar Survey (Manchester+, 2001)
     J/A+AS/147/195   : Pulsar spectra of radio emission (Maron+, 2000)
     J/AZh/77/499     : Flux densities of 235 pulsars at 102.5MHz (Malofeev+, 2000)
     J/A+AS/136/571   : Pulsars identified from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (Han+ 1999)
     J/ApJS/121/171   : Arecibo polarimetry of 98 pulsars (Weisberg+, 1999)
     J/MNRAS/301/235  : Multifrequency polarimetry of 300 pulsars (Gould+, 1998)
     J/MNRAS/273/411  : Multifrequency fluxes of 280 pulsars (Lorimer+ 1995)
     J/AZh/71/762     : Radio luminosities of 232 pulsars (Malov+, 1994)
     J/MNRAS/269/849  : Pulsar glitches (Alpar+ 1994)
     http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat : The ATNF pulsar catalog

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  psr.dat

       Bytes Format  Units       Label   Explanations

       1-  4  I4     ---         Seq     Running sequence number
       6- 17  A12    ---         Name    Pulsar name (B name if exists, otherwise
                                           the Jname)
      19- 25  A7     ---         r_Name  Reference of Name (see refs.dat file)
      27- 38  A12    ---         PSRJ    Pulsar name based on J2000 coordinates
      40- 46  A7     ---         r_PSRJ  Reference of PSRJ (see refs.dat file)
      48- 49  I2     h           RAh     Hour of right ascension (J2000)
      51- 52  I2     min         RAm     Minute of right ascension (J2000)
      54- 63  F10.7  s           RAs     ? Second of right ascension (J2000)
      65- 71  E7.2   s           e_RAs   ?=0 Mean error on RA
      73- 79  A7     ---         r_RAh   Reference of right ascension
                                           (see refs.dat file)
          81  A1     ---         DE-     Sign declination (J2000)
      82- 83  I2     deg         DEd     ? Degree of Declination (J2000)
      85- 86  I2     arcmin      DEm     ? Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
      88- 96  F9.6   arcsec      DEs     ? Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
      98-104  E7.2   arcsec      e_DEs   ?=0 Mean error on Declination
     106-112  A7     ---         r_DEd   Reference of declination
                                          (see refs.dat file)
     114-122  F9.4   mas/yr      pmRA    ? Proper motion in the right ascension
                                           direction
     124-129  F6.3   mas/yr      e_pmRA  ?=0 Mean error of PMRA
     131-137  A7     ---         r_pmRA  Reference of pmRA (see refs.dat file)
     139-147  F9.4   mas/yr      pmDE    ? Proper motion in declination
     149-155  F7.3   mas/yr      e_pmDE  ?=0 Mean error on PMDE
     157-163  A7     ---         r_pmDE  Reference of pmDE (see refs.dat file)
     165-169  F5.3   mas         Plx     ? Annual parallax
     171-175  F5.3   mas         e_Plx   ?=0 Mean error on Plx
     177-183  A7     ---         r_Plx   Reference of Plx (see refs.dat file)
     185-192  F8.2   d           PosEp   ? Epoch at which the position is measured
                                           (Modified Julian Date)
     194-199  A6     ---        r_PosEp  ? Reference of PosEp (see refs.dat file)
     201-206  F6.2   deg         GLON    Galactic longitude (Gl)
     208-213  F6.2   deg         GLAT    Galactic latitude (Gb)
     215-223  F9.5   deg         RA2000  Right ascension (J2000)
     225-233  F9.5   deg         DE2000  Declination (J2000)
     235-251  F17.14 s           P0      ? Barycentric period of the pulsar
     253-259  E7.2   s           e_P0    ?=0 Mean error on P0
     261-267  A7     ---         r_P0    Reference of P0 (see refs.dat file)
     269-285  E17.11 ---         P1      ? Time derivative of barcycentric period
     287-293  E7.2   ---         e_P1    ?=0 Mean error on P1
     295-301  A7     ---         r_P1    Reference of P1 (see refs.dat file)
     303-318  F16.12 Hz          F0      ? Barycentric rotation frequency
     320-326  E7.2   Hz          e_F0    ?=0 Mean error on F0
     328-334  A7     ---         r_F0    Reference of F0 (see refs.dat file)
     336-352  E17.10 s-2         F1      ? Time derivative of barycentric rotation
                                           frequency
     354-360  E7.2   s-2         e_F1    ?=0 Mean error on F1
     362-368  A7     ---         r_F1    Reference of F1 (see refs.dat file)
     370-383  E14.8  s-3         F2      ? Second time derivative of barycentric
                                           rotation frequency
     385-391  E7.2   s-3         e_F2    ?=0 Mean error on F2
     393-399  A7     ---         r_F2    Reference of F2 (see refs.dat file)
     401-411  E11.4  s-4         F3      ? Third time derivative of barycentric
                                           rotation frequency
     413-419  E7.2   s-4         e_F3    ?=0 Mean error on F3
     421-426  A6     ---         r_F3    Reference of F3 (see refs.dat file)
     428-440  F13.7  d           PEpoch  ? Epoch of period or frequency (MJD)
     442-448  A7     ---       r_PEpoch  Referenc of PEpoch (see refs.dat file)
     450-460  F11.6  pc/cm3      DM      ? Dispersion measure
     462-466  E5.1   pc/cm3      e_DM    ?=0 Mean error on e_DM
     468-474  A7     ---         r_DM    Reference of DM (see refs.dat file)
     476-482  E7.1   pc/cm3/yr   dDM/dt  ? 1st time derivative of dispersion
                                           measure (DM1; cm-3.pc/yr)
     484-490  E7.2   pc/cm3/yr e_dDM/dt  ?=0 Mean error on DM/dt
     492-497  A6     ---       r_dDM/dt  Reference of dDM/dt (see refs.dat file)
     499-507  F9.2   rad/m2      RM      ? Rotation measure
     509-514  F6.2   rad/m2      e_RM    ?=0 Mean error on e_RM
     516-522  A7     ---         r_RM    Reference of RM (see refs.dat file)
     524-531  F8.4   ms          W50     ? Width of pulse at 50% of peak (1)
     533-539  F7.4   ms          e_W50   ?=0 Mean error on W50
     541-546  A6     ---         r_W50   Reference of W50 (see refs.dat file)
     548-555  F8.3   ms          W10     ? Width of pulse at 10% (1)
     557-560  F4.1   ms          e_W10   ?=0 Mean error on W10
     562-567  A6     ---         r_W10   Reference of W10 (see refs.dat file)
     569-571  A3     ---         Units   Timescale for pulse period/frequency
                                           data: "TCB" or "TDB"
     573-578  A6     ---        r_Units  Reference of Units (see refs.dat file)
     580-587  E8.3   s           TAUSC   ? Temporal broadening of pulses at 1GHz
                                           due to interestellar scattering
     589-593  E5.1   s          e_TAUSC  ?=0 Mean error on TAUSC
     595-600  A6     ---        r_TAUSC  Reference of TAUSC (see refs.dat file)
     602-608  F7.2   mJy         S400    ? Mean flux density at 400MHz
     610-617  F8.4   mJy         e_S400  ?=0 Mean error on S400
     619-624  A6     ---         r_S400  Reference of S400 (see refs.dat file)
     626-634  F9.4   mJy         S1400   ? Mean flux density at 1400MHz
     636-642  F7.4   mJy        e_S1400  ?=0 Mean error on S1400
     644-650  A7     ---        r_S1400  Reference of S1400 (see refs.dat file)
     652-657  F6.4   mJy         S2000   ? Mean flux density at 2000MHz
     659-664  F6.4   mJy        e_S2000  ?=0 Mean error on S2000
     666-671  A6     ---        r_S2000  Reference of S2000 (see refs.dat file)
     673-677  A5     ---         Binary  Binary model (2)
     679-684  A6     ---       r_Binary  Reference of Binary (see refs.dat file)
     686-698  F13.7  d           T0      ? Epoch of periastron (MJD)
     700-706  E7.2   d           e_T0    ?=0 Mean error on T0
     708-713  A6     ---         r_T0    Reference of T0 (see refs.dat file)
     715-731  F17.12 d           PB      ? Binary period of pulsar
     733-739  E7.2   d           e_PB    ?=0 Mean error on PB
     741-746  A6     ---         r_PB    Refernce of PB (see refs.dat file)
     748-752  E5.1   ---         A1      ? Projected semi-major axis of orbit
                                           (lt s units)
     754-760  E7.2   ---         e_A1    ?=0 Mean error on A1
     762-767  A6     ---         r_A1    Reference of A1 (see refs.dat file)
     769-781  F13.8  deg         OM      ? Longitude of periastron
     783-789  E7.2   deg         e_OM    ?=0 Mean error on OM
     791-796  A6     ---         r_OM    Reference of OM (see refs.dat file)
     798-810  E13.8  ---         Ecc     ? Eccentricity
     812-818  E7.2   ---         e_Ecc   ?=0 Mean error on Ecc
     820-825  A6     ---         r_Ecc   Reference of Ecc (see refs.dat file)
     827-839  F13.7  d           TASC    ? Epoch of ascending node (MJD);
                                           ELL1 binary model
     841-847  E7.2   d           e_TASC  ?=0 Mean error on TASC
     849-854  A6     ---         r_TASC  Reference of TASC (see refs.dat file)
     856-869  E14.8  ---         EPS1    ? Ecc*sin(OM) - ELL1 binary model
     871-877  E7.2   ---         e_EPS1  ?=0 Mean error on EPS1
     879-884  A6     ---         r_EPS1  Reference of EPS1 (see refs.dat file)
     886-900  E15.8  ---         EPS2    ? Ecc*cos(OM) - ELL1 binary model
     902-908  E7.2   ---         e_EPS2  ?=0 Mean error on EPS2
     910-915  A6     ---         r_EPS2  Reference of EPS2 (see refs.dat file)
     917-925  F9.6   Msun        minM    ? Minimum companion mass assuming i=90deg
                                           and neutron star mass is 1.35M{sun}
                                           (Minimum Mass)
     927-935  F9.6   Msun        medM    ? Median companion mass assuming
                                           i=60deg (Median Mass)
     937-949  A13    ---        BINCOMP  ? Companion type (see refs.dat file) (3)
     951-955  F5.2   kpc         Dist    ? Best estimate of the pulsar distance
                                           using the tc93 DM-based distance
                                           as default
     957-961  F5.2   kpc         DistDM  ? Distance based on the tc93 electron
                                           density model (4)
     963-966  A4     ---       r_DistDM  Reference of DistDM
     968-974  F7.2   pc/cm3      DMsinb  ? DM*sin(b)
     976-981  F6.2   kpc         ZZ      Distance from the Galactic plane,
                                           based on Dist
     983-988  F6.2   kpc         XX      X-Distance in X-Y-Z Galactic coordinate
                                           system
     990-995  F6.2   kpc         YY      Y-Distance in X-Y-Z Galactic coordinate
                                           system
     997-1082  A86    ---         Assoc   Names of other objects associated with the
                                           pulsar (see refs.dat file)
     1084-1131  A48    ---         Survey  Surveys that detected the pulsar
                                           (discovery survey first) (5)
     1133-1142  I10    ---        OSurvey  Surveys that detected the pulsar encoded
                                           as bits in integer
     1144-1147  I4     ---         Date    Date of discovery publication
     1149-1179  A31    ---         Type    Type codes for the pulsar (6)
     1181-1186  A6     ---         r_Type  Reference of Type (see ref.dat file)
     1188-1191  F4.1   ---         NGlt    ? Number of glitches observed for
                                           the pulsar
     1193-1200  F8.2   mJy.kpc2    RLUM    ? Radio luminosity at 400MHz
     1202-1208  F7.2   mJy.kpc2    RLUM14  ? Radio luminosity at 1400MHz
     1210-1222  F13.1  yr          Age     ? Spin down age [{tau}=P/(2dP/dt)]
     1224-1231  E8.3   ---         Bsurf   ? Surface magnetic flux density (in Gauss)
                                           [B=3.2x1019(PdP/dt)1/2]
     1233-1239  E7.2   10-7W       Edot    ? Spin down energy loss rate (in ergs/s)
     1241-1247  E7.2   10-7W/kpc2  Edot2   ? Energy flux at the Sun (ergs/kpc2/s)
     1249-1255  F7.3   mas/yr      PMTot   ? Total proper motion
     1257-1263  F7.3   mas/yr     e_PMTot  ?=0 PMTot uncertainty
     1265-1271  F7.2   km/s        VTrans  ? Transverse velocity; based on Dist
     1273-1282  E10.3  ---         P1I     ? Period derivative corrected for
                                           Shklovskii (proper motion) effect
     1284-1297  F14.1  yr          Agei    ? Spin down age from P1i
     1299-1306  E8.3   ---         BSurfi  ? Surface magnetic dipole from P1i (in
                                           Gauss)
     1308-1319  F12.4  ---         BLC     ? Magnetic field at light cylinder (in
                                           Gauss)

    Note (1): Pulse widths are a function of both observing frequency and
              observational time resolution, so quoted widths are indicative only.
              Refer to the original reference for details.
    Note (2): Usually one of several recognised by the pulsar timing programs
              TEMPO or TEMPO2.
    Note (3): Binary companion types as follows:
       MS =  Main-sequence star
       NS =  Neutron star
       CO =  CO or ONeMg White Dwarf
       He =  Helium White Dwarf
       UL =  Ultra-light companion or planet (mass<0.08 solar masses)
    Note (4): In "LONG" or "PUBLICATION QUALITY" modes, lower limits from the
              distance model are preceded by a "+" sign.
    Note (5): Surveys are described here:
       http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat/psrcat_help.html?type=normal
       &highlight=name#surveys
    Note (6): Type as follows:
       AXP    = Anomalous X-ray Pulsar or Soft Gamma-ray Repeater with detected
                 pulsations
       BINARY = Pulsar has one or more stellar companion(s)
       HE     = Spin-powered pulsar with pulsed emission from radio to infrared
                 or higher frequencies
       NRAD   = Spin-powered pulsar with pulsed emission only at infrared or higher
                 frequencies
       RADIO  = Pulsars with pulsed emission in the radio band
       RRAT   = Pulsars with intermittently pulsed radio emission
       XINS   = Isolated neutron stars with pulsed thermal X-ray emission but no
                 detectable radio emission

    Byte-by-byte Description of file:  refs.dat

       Bytes Format Units  Label   Explanations

       1-  7  A7    ---    Ref     Reference codes
       9-1685  A1677 ---    Auth    Authors and bibliographic reference data

    Acknowledgements:
        Edward J. Sabol [NASA]

    History:
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