Some routines that can parse the ATNF pulsar database, 
producing "pulsar" objects.
The module relies on Aaron Parson's aipy module, and extends it to provide some pulsar-specific functionality (like pulsed emission).
easy_install aipy

sample usage:
import pulsars as p

ap = p.allpulsars()


Notes:
the pulsar properties are stored in a dictionary p.props

test