Pulsar

class Astronomy.Ephem.Pulsar(name)

Bases: ephem.FixedBody

ephem.FixedBody() with pulsar properties.

The pulsar astrophysical properties can be accessed with:

>>> x.properties
{'CLK': 'UTC(NIST)',
 'DIST_DM': '+17.82',
 'DIST_DM1': '6.33',
 'DM': '240.70',
 'EPHEM': 'DE200',
 'FINISH': '51889.103',
 'P0': '0.313885674748',
 'P1': '1.521E-16',
 'PEPOCH': '51650.000',
 'S1400': '0.29',
 'START': '51396.419',
 'SURVEY': 'swmb,pksmb',
 'W50': '12'}

To find out what a property is:

>>> print Ephem.PD.help['S1400']

(PD stands for ‘pulsar data’.)