Training

Training classes for Radio Astronomy using the DSES 60-foot radio telescope.

Part 1: Mission Planning – using Stellarium and Murmur.

This is our first Zoom presentation by Dan Layne: Fishing for Pulsars: Mission Planning.

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Click on the button below to view the slides for Dan’s presentation.

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DSES Pulsar Catalog – August 2025

#	PSR Name	First Detection	Period (sec)	Pulse Width (ms)	DM	S400(mJy)	S1400(mJy)	Feed horn MHz	Int. Time (min)
1.	B0329+54	09-2020	0.714	6.6	26.7	1500		408	15
2.	B0355+54	07-2022	0.156	3.9	57.4		23	1296	240
3.	J0341+5711	12-2024	1.888	43.0	101.0	364		250	90
4.	J0437-4715	08-2021	0.005	0.1	2.6		150	1420	30
5.	B0531+21	08-2025	0.033	2.0	56.7	550		408	60
6.	B0628-28	07-2022	1.244	63.3	34.4		32	1296	60
7.	B0736-40	06-2022	0.375	22.7	160.9		112	1296	90
8.	B0740-28	09-2020	0.167	4.2	73.7	296		408	30
9.	B0833-45	09-2020	0.089	1.4	67.7	5000		408	15
10.	B0835-41	06-2022	0.752	4.4	147.2		35	1296	90
11.	B0950+08	09-2020	0.253	8.9	2.9	400		408	60
12.	B1133+16	09-2020	1.118	5.9	4.8	257		408	240
13.	B1508+55	09-2020	0.739	10.9	19.6	114		408	60
14.	B1556-44	11-2022	0.257	6.5	55.9		37	1296	180
15.	B1641-45	08-2021	0.455	8.0	478.6		300	1420	30
16.	B1642-03	09-2020	0.388	3.4	35.8	393		408	90
17.	B1749-28	09-2020	0.563	6.1	50.4	1100		408	20
18.	B1859+03	11-2022	0.655	9.0	402.0	165		437	180
19.	B1929+10	09-2020	0.227	5.7	3.2	303		408	90
20.	B1933+16	09-2020	0.359	6.0	158.5	242		408	60
21.	B1946+35	09-2020	0.717	19.3	129.4	145		408	240
22.	B2016+28	09-2020	0.558	14.9	14.2	314		408	90
23.	B2020+28	03-2022	0.343	12.0	24.6		38	1296	180
24.	B2021+51	09-2021	0.529	7.4	22.5		27	1420	30
25.	B2111+46	02-2022	1.014	32.1	141.3		19	1296	90

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Part 2: Data Collection – simulated using GNU Radio and equipment in my lab.

This training session has not been held yet.

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Part 3: Data Collection – live at Haswell using GNU Radio.

This training session has not been held yet.