From Lawrence.Toomey at csiro.au  Thu Jun 18 15:32:10 2026
From: Lawrence.Toomey at csiro.au (Toomey, Lawrence (S&A, Marsfield))
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:32:10 +0000
Subject: [Everyone] PSRCAT v2.8.1 release [SEC=OFFICIAL]
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OFFICIAL

Dear PSRCAT users,

We are excited to release PSRCAT v2.8.1 [bug fix only].

The PSRCAT webpage www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat<http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat> has been updated, and if you wish to use the SQL database and the corresponding scripts, they can be accessed at the following DOI https://doi.org/10.25919/d9a8-pq84.

For users of ATNF machines, both the 'stable' and 'next' pulsar software stacks are now running v2.8.1.

Updates for this release
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Bug fixes:
- Fix derive for DIST, DIST_DM [PSRSOFT-386]

Thanks to Agastya for the code development and verification for this release, and to Vince McIntyre and Andrew O'Brien for web development.

A huge thank you also to those users who spotted and reported any issues back to us - as always, please don't hesitate to contact us to report any issues that you encounter.

Regards,
Lawrence, on behalf of the PSRCAT team.



Lawrence

Lawrence Toomey (he/him) | Senior Research Technician

Data archivist for Murriyang, the CSIRO Parkes 64-metre radio telescope
Project lead, The ATNF Pulsar Catalogue (PSRCAT) https://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat
Project lead, CSIRO Radio Astronomy Image Archive (CRAIA) https://csiro.au.canto.com/v/CRAIA/

Winner of the 2023 CSIRO Support Excellence Award

CSIRO Space & Astronomy
Marsfield, NSW 2122

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https://www.csiro.au/

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands that we live and work on across Australia and pays its respect to Elders past and present.


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