ULTRACAM Observations of PSR J2039-5617: Optical Light Curves from 2017-2019

Optical observations of the pulsar PSR J2039-5617 taken on three dates in 2017, 2018, and 2019 using the ULTRACAM instrument. The dataset includes reduced light curves with barycentered time, orbital phase, and flux density measurements, along with raw calibration frames and an ephemeris file. It was authored by C. J. Clark from the University of Manchester.

Use Cases

• Modeling pulsar orbital phase variations based on the provided ephemeris and phase data
• Analyzing flux density time series for variability based on the light curve measurements
• Calibrating high-speed optical astronomy pipelines using the included raw bias, flat, and standard star frames

Strengths

• Includes both reduced light curves and the raw ULTRACAM data pipeline files for full traceability
• Observations span three separate observation dates in 2017, 2018, and 2019
• Light curves provide flux density with associated uncertainty for each measurement

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Observations taken by the ULTRACAM instrument on ESO's New Technology Telescope.

Collection Method

High-speed triple-beam CCD camera optical observations.

Time Range

Observations from 2017 June 18, 2018 June 02, and 2019 July 07.

Freshness

Observations were taken in 2017, 2018, and 2019; last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely celestial coordinates for PSR J2039-5617; specific geographic location of telescope is not stated.