Downloading NANOGrav Telescope data

Currently, the simplest way to access raw and calibrated telescope data from NANOGrav observations is to visit the public data mirror at NCSA (https://girder.hub.yt). Soon, the data will also be available through a Globus endpoint at WVU.

Published Datasets

1. NANOGrav 11-year data set.
• Reference: Z. Arzoumanian et al., "The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: High-precision timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars;" ApJS, 215, 37 (2018); arXiv:1801.0183
• Data Files:
• TEMPO/TEMPO2-compatible timing data (current version 20180226)
• TEMPO/TEMPO2-compatible timing data (previous version 20171023)
• Residuals and DM variations (version 1.0, 20180607)
2. NANOGrav 9-year data set.
• Reference: Z. Arzoumanian et al., "The NANOGrav Nine-year Data Set: Observations, Arrival Time Measurements, and Analysis of 37 Millisecond Pulsars," ApJ, 813, 65 (2015); arxiv:1505.07540
• Data Files:
• See the README file in each version below for details on that version. The 20151208 version has the data used in Arzoumanian et al 2015 and also includes alternate timing files used in Matthews et al 2016 (arxiv:1509.08982)
• TEMPO/TEMPO2-compatible timing data (current version 20151208)
• TEMPO/TEMPO2-compatible timing data (previous version 20150528
3. NANOGrav 5-year data set.
• Reference: P.B. Demorest et al., "Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves" ApJ,762,94 (01/2013); arXiv:1201.6641
• Data Files:
• TEMPO-format timing data
• TEMPO2-IPTA-format timing data