[time-nuts] Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos

[Bob Stewart]

Thanks to all respondents.  Perspective is a hard thing to find in this group.  =)

Bob





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> From: Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net>
>To: time-nuts at febo.com 
>Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 6:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos
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>On 9/28/13 3:55 PM, Bob Stewart wrote:
>> Just to satisfy my curiosity: what's easiest to detect galactic pulse emitter (regardless of type), and what's the minimum setup to reliably look at it, whether it's just during night time, or whatever.  Just seeking perspective, I haven't just won the lottery.
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>In another post in this thread, I put some links to some amateur pulsar receiving efforts.  It looks like you need about 5-10 meters of aperture and a decent LNA.  Someone was receiving Crab Nebula at about 0.5 dB SNR with a 20+ foot dish.
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>IF you know the period of the pulsar, you can time average.
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