Parkes observations for project P1330 semester 2025APRS_01

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We discovered PSR J1716-2808A (NGC6316A), a highly accelerated binary millisecond pulsar (MSP), in the globular cluster NGC6316. We previously used Parkes to solve the orbit of this MSP and are currently timing it (P1330). We have five scheduled observations remaining in the OCT2024 semester. The goal of the proposed observations is to establish a year and a half long timing campaign with at least a year of monthly cadence observations. 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, thereby creating a three year timing baseline. A secondary advantage of having these observations is that the data can also be used time any new pulsars that are discovered in any subsequent observations.