The Parkes Observatory Pulsar Data Archive

G. Hobbs; D. Miller; R. N. Manchester; J. Dempsey; J. M. Chapman; J. Khoo; J. Applegate; M. Bailes; N. D. R. Bhat; R. Bridle; A. Borg; A. Brown; C. Burnett; F. Camilo; C. Cattalini; A. Chaudhary; R. Chen; N. D’Amico; L. Kedziora-Chudczer; T. Cornwell; R. George; G. Hampson; M. Hepburn; A. Jameson; M. Keith; T. Kelly; A. Kosmynin; E. Lenc; D. Lorimer; C. Love; A. Lyne; V. McIntyre; J. Morrissey; M. Pienaar; J. Reynolds; G. Ryder; J. Sarkissian; A. Stevenson; A. Treloar; W. van Straten; M. Whiting; G. Wilson

doi:10.1071/AS11016

RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

The Parkes Observatory Pulsar Data Archive

G. Hobbs ^A ^K , D. Miller ^B , R. N. Manchester ^A , J. Dempsey ^B , J. M. Chapman ^A , J. Khoo ^A , J. Applegate ^B , M. Bailes ^C , N. D. R. Bhat ^C , R. Bridle ^B , A. Borg ^B , A. Brown ^A , C. Burnett ^D , F. Camilo ^E , C. Cattalini ^B , A. Chaudhary ^A , R. Chen ^B , N. D’Amico ^F , L. Kedziora-Chudczer ^G , T. Cornwell ^A , R. George ^B , G. Hampson ^A , M. Hepburn ^B , A. Jameson ^C , M. Keith ^A , T. Kelly ^B , A. Kosmynin ^A , E. Lenc ^A , D. Lorimer ^H , C. Love ^B , A. Lyne ^I , V. McIntyre ^A , J. Morrissey ^B , M. Pienaar ^B , J. Reynolds ^A , G. Ryder ^B , J. Sarkissian ^A , A. Stevenson ^B , A. Treloar ^J , W. van Straten ^C , M. Whiting ^A and G. Wilson ^B

+ Author Affiliations

- Author Affiliations

^A CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia

^B CSIRO Information Management & Technology (IM&T), PO Box 225, Dickson, ACT 2602, Australia

^C Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

^D University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia

^E Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

^F INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Poggio dei Pini, 09012 Capoterra, Italy

^G School of Physics, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

^H Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA

^I Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

^J Australia National Data Service, Monash University, 680 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia

^K Corresponding author. Email: george.hobbs@csiro.au

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 28(3) 202-214 https://doi.org/10.1071/AS11016
Submitted: 7 April 11 Accepted: 26 May 11 Published: 30 August 2011

Journal Compilation © Astronomical Society of Australia 2011

Abstract

The Parkes pulsar data archive currently provides access to 144044 data files obtained from observations carried out at the Parkes observatory since the year 1991. Around 10⁵ files are from surveys of the sky, the remainder are observations of 775 individual pulsars and their corresponding calibration signals. Survey observations are included from the Parkes 70 cm and the Swinburne Intermediate Latitude surveys. Individual pulsar observations are included from young pulsar timing projects, the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array and from the PULSE@Parkes outreach program. The data files and access methods are compatible with Virtual Observatory protocols. This paper describes the data currently stored in the archive and presents ways in which these data can be searched and downloaded.

Keywords: pulsars: general — astronomical databases: miscellaneous

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