Topocentric site ID

This ID code identifies the geographical site for which observed period (and epoch) must be calculated. At the moment the following sites are listed. Send me more site coordinates if you wish the list to be extended.
Site Longitude Latitude Height
(rad) (rad) (m)
JODRELL -0.0402674692 0.92914776 128.77
LOVELL -0.0402589281 0.92915512 78.0
42FT -0.0402321877 0.92913719 98.74
MK2 -0.0401859114 0.92910279 93.14
TABLEY -0.0426551787 0.93005866 49.60
DARNHALL -0.0442311545 0.92774719 60.47
WARDLE -0.0453086473 0.92698911 65.57
KNOCKIN -0.0522865431 0.92135851 80.42
CAMBRIDGE 0.000762272550 0.91053924 17.0
DEFFORD -0.0374033523 0.90931925 39.94
EFFELSBERG 0.12013828 0.88182760 369
MEDICINA 0.20327501 0.77704967 25
QUABBIN -1.26265069 0.73988967 306
PRINCETON -1.30285847 0.70418072 43
GREEN_BANK -1.39361889 0.67100870 798.5
GB_300FT -1.39362776 0.67072179 893.7
GB_140FT -1.39340112 0.67086291 880.87
GB_85-3 -1.39353327 0.67071985 835.8
VLA_SITE -1.87828368 0.59478638 2124
FALLBROOK -2.04640340 0.58252788 0
ARECIBO -1.16505818 0.32020101 497
SIDING_SP 2.60169401 -0.54588731 1164
PARKES 2.58765424 -0.57595865 392
MOST 2.60793399 -0.61735689 500
HOBART 2.57329890 -0.74708819 50
0Long0Lat 0 0 0
0Long90Lat 0 1.57079633 0


Start Epoch

This is the start epoch for which you wish to get information. Epoch must be given in Modified Julian Days (MJD = JD - 2400000.5). It can be non-integer. For example:

JD MJD TJD yyyy.ddd dd/mm/yyyy
2453072.5 53072 13072 2004.068 08/03/2004

See the Date Conversion Utility for more info.


Number of Values

This is the (integer) number of epochs for which you wish to get values using the time step you wish.
It has to be in the range [0, 2000].


Time Step

This is the (constant) time increment between two consecutive epochs (of the N requested). It can be non-integer. You can select the units to be minutes or hours.
It has to be [>0].


Alternative Plot

Topocentric MJD
(S.S.) Barycentric MJD
Topocentric pulsar period
(S.S.) Barycentric pulsar period
Earth velocity component toward the pulsar
Earth velocity component transversal to the pulsar
Orbital phase
Orbital phase with respect to the time of ascending node
True Anomaly
Pulsar radial velocity component with respect to the binary system barycenter
Pulsar transversal velocity component with respect to the binary system barycenter
Time delay with respect to the binary system barycenter, i.e. distance in light seconds of the PSR from the berycenter
Acceleration with respect to the binary barycenter


Ephemeris Parameters

Primary data
PSRJ (J2000) pulsar name
RAJ Right Ascension (J2000) [ ]
DECJ Declination (J2000) [ ]
PEPOCH Epoch of period/frequency determination [MJD]
F or F0 (P) Barycentric rotation frequency (period) [Hz (s)]
F1 (PDOT) Time derivative of barycentric rotation frequency (period) [s^-2 (s s^-1)]
F2 (PDDOT) Second time derivative of barycentric rotation frequency (period) [s^-3 (s^-1)]
PMRA Proper motion in RA [mas/yr]
PMDEC Proper motion in DEC [mas/yr]
* PX Parallax [mas]
DM Dispersion measure [cm^-3 pc]
* DM1 First time derivative of dispersion measure [cm^-3 pc yr^-1]
Informational data (part.)
START Epoch of start of fit [MJD]
FINISH Epoch of end of fit [MJD]
CLK Terrestrial time standard [ ]
EPHEM Solar system ephemeris [ ]
TZRMJD Reference TOA [MJD]
TZRFRQ Frequency of reference TOA [MHz]
TZRSITE One-letter observatory code of reference TOA [ ]
Binary data (part.)
BINARY Binary model [typically BT or ELL1]
A1 Projected semi-major axis of orbit [lt-s]
E or ECC Eccentricity [ ]
T0 Epoch of periastron [MJD]
PB Binary period of pulsar [days]
OM Longitude of periastron [degrees]
* PBDOT 1st time-derivative of binary period [ ]
* XDOT Rate of change of projected semi-major axis [10^-12 lt-s s^-1]
* EDOT Rate of change of eccentricity [10^-12]
OMDOT Periastron advance [degrees/yr]
* GAMMA post-Keplerian 'gamma' term [s]
* EPS1 Parameter for ELL1 binary model [ ]
* EPS2 Parameter for ELL1 binary model [ ]
* TASC Time of ascending node [MJD]
  * Not used by bininfo. At the moment only the BT model is supported.


Ephemeris from

This selects the source of the Ephemeris data:
catalogue from the currently available catalogue
file from a local (on your computer) EPH file (see format from a catalogue file; parameter errors are not required)
given input the ephemeris data manually. Use Input_Ephemeris button and report the resulting code in the text area.

Current data are from the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue


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