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Dear PSRCAT users,</div>
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We are excited to release PSRCAT v2.8.0!</div>
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<span style="color: black;">The PSRCAT webpage </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat" target="_blank" id="OWA5a8b21df-d48f-58c3-b2a3-6a9ea4ba0c95" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-outlook-id="35221bb8-b05f-4336-85d6-b5da0a07964e" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;"><u>www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat</u></a></span><span style="color: black;"> has
been updated, and if you wish to use the SQL database and the corresponding scripts, they can be accessed at the following DOI
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://doi.org/10.25919/d9a8-pq84" target="_blank" id="OWA3053a743-8a79-0157-565d-e8711d81471b" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://doi.org/10.25919/d9a8-pq84" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-outlook-id="311551fa-57e4-4fda-a2cf-b0964328b40b" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;"><u>https://doi.org/10.25919/d9a8-pq84</u></a></span><span style="color: black;"><u>.</u></span></div>
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For users of ATNF machines, the 'stable' pulsar software stack is now running v2.7.0 and the 'next' release is running v2.8.0.</div>
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Updates for this release</div>
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Bug fixes:</div>
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- Fix EPS2 for J1720-0533 [PSRSOFT-383]</div>
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- Fix A1DOT for J1933-6211 [PSRSOFT-371]</div>
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- Fix PB for J1646-4406; remove duplicate J1756-251 [PSRSOFT-369]</div>
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- Fix missing LOFAR ephemerides [PSRSOFT-288]</div>
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- Fix psrcat_help.html [PSRSOFT-370]</div>
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- Numerous other small fixes</div>
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Features:</div>
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- Update DM and RM values for Meerkat/FAST GC observations [PSRSOFT-374]</div>
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- Add LOTAAS par files [PSRSOFT-333]</div>
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- żAdd new parameters from:</div>
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Thanks to Agastya for the code development and verification for this release, and to Vince McIntyre and Andrew O'Brien for web development. </div>
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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.</div>
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Regards,</div>
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Lawrence, on behalf of the PSRCAT team.</div>
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Project lead, The ATNF Pulsar Catalogue (PSRCAT) <a href="https://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/pulsar/psrcat" id="OWAf7d91db3-de05-2a3a-7432-702b9a515b6e" class="OWAAutoLink">
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