Download

Click here to download a gzipped tar file of the psrcat source code and public catalogue (V1.32).

Installing

Linux, solaris or MacOS

On linux, solaris or with MacOS machines unpack the source code using

> gunzip psrcat.tar.gz
> tar -xvf psrcat.tar

this will create a directory called psrcat and place the source code inside. To compile and link the software:

> cd psrcat
> source makeit

Test that everything is working correctly by typing

> psrcat -db_file psrcat.db -c "name p0 dm" 0437-4715

which should output

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#     NAME                   P0                                     DM                           
                             (s)                                    (cm^-3 pc)                   
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1     J0437-4715  jlh+93     0.005757451831072007     8  vbb+01     2.6469         1  sbm+97     
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It is useful to define an environment variable called PSRCAT_FILE that points to the public catalogue.

> setenv PSRCAT_FILE mydir/psrcat/psrcat.db

A readme file is provided with the distribution that contains further useful information.

Copyright and Referencing

Free access to the programs and databases comprising the the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue are provided for bona fide research purposes. The programs and databases remain the property of the Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, and are covered by the CSIRO Legal Notice and Disclaimer linked at the bottom of this page.

If you make use of information from the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue in a publication, we would appreciate acknowledgement by reference to the publication "The ATNF Pulsar Catalogue", R. N. Manchester, G. B. Hobbs, A. Teoh & M. Hobbs, Astronomical Journal, 129, 1993-2006 (2005) and by quoting the web address http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat for updated versions.