Pulsar Observations at the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory

Thomas Scragg; Benjamin Stappers; Rene Breton; J.N. Smith; D. Adomako; B.  Duah Asabere; J. O.  Chibueze; K.  Cloete

doi:10.1017/S1743921317009152

Pulsar Observations at the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory

Thomas Scragg, Benjamin Stappers, Rene Breton, J.N. Smith, D. Adomako, B. Duah Asabere , J. O. Chibueze, K. Cloete

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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 thefirst pulsar detection at GRAO.

Original language	English
Pages	414 - 415
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317009152
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2018

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