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Pulsar Observations at the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: In August 2017 a new radio telescope, the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO), was officially inaugurated at Kuntunse, Ghana. The GRAO is a former satellite Earth station and now the first operational station in the African VLBI Network (AVN). The Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), supported by the UK’s STFC/Newton Fund, has developed a new pulsar timing system (Hebe) for the GRAO. We present some aspects of the design of Hebe and an outline of the first pulsar detection at GRAO.

Source: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

DOI: 10.1017/s1743921317009152

Authors: T. W. Scragg, B. W. Stappers, R. P. Breton, J. N. Smith, D. Adomako, B. Duah Asabere, J. O. Chibueze, K. Cloete

Institutions: University of Manchester, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2805675715

FWCI: 0.149

Cites: 1

Cited by: 3

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