Crab Pulsar Timing

The CRABTIME database contains the Crab Pulsar Monthly Ephemeris covering the period from Feb 15 1982 (MJD=45015) to (close to) the present that was created Dr. Andrew Lyne and collaborators at Jodrell Bank Observatory. This database is periodically updated to include recent data as these become available. To assist astronomers, the HEASARC has created two new parameters which were not present in the original Jodrell Bank tables, the pulsar period and its first derivative, using the standard relations between period (P) and frequency 'Nu' (P=1./Nu) and their first derivatives (P_dot = -Nu_dot/Nu<sup>2</sup>). The assumed pulsar position used in the reductions is <pre> RA (1950.0) 05 31 31.406 DEC (1950.0) +21 58 54.391 RA (2000.0) 05 34 31.973 DEC (2000.0) +22 00 52.061 </pre> This HEASARC version of the "Jodrell Bank Crab Pulsar Timing Results, Monthly Ephemeris" is updated within one week of any changes to the tables available on the Web at <a href="http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/pulsar/crab.html">http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/pulsar/crab.html</a>;. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Maintainer Tess Jaffe
Last Updated March 30, 2026, 15:44 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 12:55 (UTC)
accessLevel public
bureauCode {026:00}
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
harvest_object_id e16803b2-0ffc-4587-853c-baebfd3f1bdd
harvest_source_id b99e41c6-fe79-4c19-bbc3-9b6c8111bfac
harvest_source_title Science Discovery Engine
identifier ivo://nasa.heasarc/crabtime
landingPage ivo://nasa.heasarc/crabtime
license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2026-03-23T22:15:59Z
programCode {026:000}
publisher High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 9d143de9368fab2ab8e3a9f9b58397a655eb09f21f485aa181b5904da4796f3e
source_schema_version 1.1
theme {Astrophysics}