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Star Wheel with Pulsar Locations for the Northern Hemisphere?

-- | November 10, 2013

Question: The Parkes Radio Telescope has designed a star finder that locates pulsars on it:
https://68569a01-a-57edd292-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/uncleal.net/ag/uncle-als-starwheels/ParkesStarWheel.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7coPZbmLgYn65LCyVdRVYD2cuRHbQIwPiDQNQEMIK9SQbJQZhAXKi3VPXqGngxFHzRRXAF1_oS6ttUrnf8KKXBlLOOCrUKyvw4VROfbIsQtajOi9xnqJ6EaXpnO76xBo2hdHv4WIbjPM5fEuB7j7IQN9TcP38IhytQxxeTjy7CwcFLrYJvhOmuCAh1ngb_nVbxnUZ-hKSWLjbsAwZoudGMsJ8ZDhTXlT5Cm0SDLR98YeGtO0WJw%3D&attredirects=0

But this star wheel is designed for southern sky users. Has NRAO designed a star wheel with pulsars on it for Northern Sky Users? I have not found one on the web for the northern sky and I would like to use one with my students.
Thanks. — Elizabeth

Answer: NRAO has not produced such a chart for the Northern Hemisphere. Note, though, that many of the constellations on the Parkes Radio Telescope Wheel are also visible from the Northern Hemisphere. This would certainly be a good tool for NRAO to provide.

Jeff Mangum

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