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Pulsars

possibly a new mechanic installation

Organisation

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├── Code
│   ├── PulsarClass
│   │   ├── data
│   │   │   ├── pulsars.json
│   │   │   ├── timings.json
│   │   ├── ClassPulsar.pde
│   │   ├── PulsarClass.pde
├── A Map of Known Pulsars.webloc
├── Voyager_Golden_Record_Cover_Explanation.svg
├── mylib.js
├── plsrs.json
├── timings.json
└── README.md

A Map of Known Pulsars

example on how to read the json

{
    "bin": 0, // no idea
    "distance": 521.92, // distance in light yars
    "eqcoords": [
      284.14754, // right ascension
      -37.90222 // declination
    ],
    "name": "J1856-3754", // name of pulsar
    "period": 7.055203, // period is the pulsating rate in seconds, better would be milliseconds
    "flux": 2.8194, // fading? size?
    "coords": [
      358.61,
      -17.21
    ],
    "year": "2007"
  },