Verifying the accuracy of the third interplanetary network: Localization of the bursting pulsar GRO J1744-28 by triangulation

Abstract The bursting pulsar GRO J1744-28 is the first repeating source of intense bursts whose position is accurately known, which has become active since the establishment of the third interplanetary network. We show how observations of this object with Ulysses and BATSE can be used to verify many aspects of the triangulation method. Analysis of the preliminary data indicates that there are no unknown sources of error in this method.