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Preliminary pulse-profiles for the new binary millisec-ond pulsars overlaid on an optical image of M62 (courtesy of the Second Digital Sky Survey, copyright (c) 1993-8 by AAO and AURA).

Investigator(s):  B. A. Jacoby, A. M. Chandler, D. C. Backer, S. B. Anderson, and S. R. Kulkarni

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Technical Data

Telescope	GBT
Date of Observation	2001-00-00
Type of Observation	Continuum Observations
Band	L
Wavelength	20 cm
Frequency	1.4 GHz
Center of Image	RA: 17:01:12.60, Dec: -30:06:44.50 (J2000)
Field of View	0.1467 x 0.1467 degrees
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