Parkes observations for project P1330 semester 2024OCTS_03

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We discovered PSR J1716-2808A (NGC6316A), a highly accelerated binary millisecond pulsar (MSP), in NGC6316. We are currently observing it with Parkes (P1330) to solve for the orbit. At the time of this proposal submission, we have not yet solved the orbit. We have 6 scheduled observations in August 2024, which we expect to provide a good orbital solution to use in the proposed observations for this proposal. The goal of the proposed observations is to conduct a year long timing campaign. This is crucial to break the timing degeneracy that occurs between the pulsar's position and the pulsar's spindown rate. We will be able to use this to connect the pulsar to our previous observations spanning back to 2022. This will also confirm whether the pulsar is a part of the cluster. A secondary advantage of having these observations is that the data can also be used to search for faint pulsars via stack searching and time any new pulsars that are discovered in any subsequent observations.