COVER INFORMATION Station: TORUN (Code Tr ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12M1 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Gabriele Surcis Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2011 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 23 February 2012 involving 8 antennas: Eb Wb1 JB2 On25 Mc Tr Ys. The NME uses a setup typical for methanol spectral line experiments, but with 16 channels, i.e. using both sidebands of all BBCs, and 8 MHz filters. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like J2052+3635 and 0234+285 as well as phase-referencing parts with a methanol maser and a continuum source as targets, respectively. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:06 (scan 2, 4 sec, 0234+285) ~12:52 (scan 14, 4 sec, 0234+285) ~13:32 (scan 27, 4 sec, 0234+285) ~14:50 (scan 46, 4 sec, 0234+285) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Since this schedule includes a spectral line source (W75N), please switch OFF the phase cal signal! !!! PCAL is OFF for this experiment !!! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 23 Feb 2012 Day 54 --- Next scan frequencies: 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 Next BBC frequencies: 762.52 762.52 762.52 762.52 766.52 766.52 766.52 766.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 774.52 774.52 774.52 774.52 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 0234+285 23 25 26 47.4 105.1 -3.2 -41.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 23 30 26 48.1 106.3 -3.1 -41.2 300 5 12 00 01 12 06 00 0234+285 23 31 27 48.2 106.6 -3.1 -41.1 54 5 12 06 00 12 11 00 --- 23 36 27 49.0 107.8 -3.0 -40.8 300 10 12 06 01 12 13 00 0234+285 23 38 28 49.3 108.3 -3.0 -40.6 114 10 12 13 00 12 23 00 --- 23 48 29 50.7 110.9 -2.8 -39.8 600 19 12 13 01 12 24 00 0234+285 23 49 29 50.8 111.2 -2.8 -39.7 54 19 12 24 00 12 26 00 --- 23 51 30 51.1 111.7 -2.8 -39.6 120 21 12 24 01 12 26 00 J0258+2900 23 51 30 48.2 106.1 -3.1 -41.3 -26 21 No stop 12 29 00 =0255+288 23 54 30 48.7 106.9 -3.1 -41.1 154 24 12 26 01 12 29 00 0234+285 23 54 30 51.5 112.5 -2.7 -39.3 -27 24 No stop 12 31 00 --- 23 56 31 51.8 113.1 -2.7 -39.1 93 26 12 29 01 12 31 00 J0258+2900 23 56 31 49.0 107.4 -3.1 -41.0 -26 26 No stop 12 34 00 =0255+288 23 59 31 49.4 108.1 -3.0 -40.8 154 29 12 31 01 12 35 00 0234+285 00 00 31 52.3 114.2 -2.6 -38.7 33 29 12 35 00 12 37 00 --- 00 02 32 52.6 114.8 -2.6 -38.5 120 31 12 35 01 12 37 00 J0258+2900 00 02 32 49.8 108.9 -3.0 -40.5 -27 31 No stop 12 40 00 =0255+288 00 05 32 50.3 109.7 -2.9 -40.3 153 34 12 37 01 12 40 00 0234+285 00 05 32 53.0 115.6 -2.6 -38.2 -27 34 No stop 12 42 00 --- 00 07 32 53.3 116.2 -2.5 -38.0 93 36 12 40 01 12 42 00 J0258+2900 00 07 32 50.5 110.2 -2.9 -40.1 -27 36 No stop 12 45 00 =0255+288 00 10 33 51.0 111.0 -2.8 -39.9 153 39 12 42 01 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 23 Feb 2012 Day 54 --- 12 46 00 0234+285 00 11 33 53.8 117.4 -2.5 -37.5 33 39 12 46 00 12 48 00 --- 00 13 33 54.1 118.0 -2.4 -37.3 120 41 12 46 01 12 49 00 0234+285 00 14 34 54.2 118.3 -2.4 -37.2 54 41 12 49 00 12 51 00 --- 00 16 34 54.5 118.9 -2.4 -36.9 120 43 12 49 01 12 52 00 0234+285 00 17 34 54.6 119.2 -2.4 -36.8 54 43 12 52 00 12 56 00 --- 00 21 35 55.1 120.4 -2.3 -36.3 240 46 12 52 01 12 58 00 0234+285 00 23 35 55.4 121.0 -2.3 -36.0 113 46 12 58 00 13 00 00 --- 00 25 35 55.7 121.6 -2.2 -35.7 120 48 12 58 01 13 00 00 J0258+2900 00 25 35 53.0 115.1 -2.6 -38.5 -28 48 No stop 13 03 00 =0255+288 00 28 36 53.4 116.0 -2.5 -38.1 152 51 13 00 01 13 03 00 0234+285 00 28 36 56.0 122.6 -2.2 -35.3 -28 51 No stop 13 05 00 --- 00 30 36 56.3 123.2 -2.1 -35.0 92 53 13 03 01 13 05 00 J0258+2900 00 30 36 53.7 116.6 -2.5 -37.9 -28 53 No stop 13 08 00 =0255+288 00 33 37 54.1 117.5 -2.4 -37.6 152 56 13 05 01 13 09 00 0234+285 00 34 37 56.8 124.5 -2.1 -34.4 31 56 13 09 00 13 11 00 --- 00 36 37 57.0 125.2 -2.0 -34.1 120 58 13 09 01 13 11 00 J0258+2900 00 36 37 54.5 118.4 -2.4 -37.2 -28 58 No stop 13 14 00 =0255+288 00 39 38 54.9 119.3 -2.3 -36.8 152 61 13 11 01 13 14 00 0234+285 00 39 38 57.4 126.2 -2.0 -33.6 -29 61 No stop 13 16 00 --- 00 41 38 57.7 126.9 -1.9 -33.2 91 63 13 14 01 13 16 00 J0258+2900 00 41 38 55.2 119.9 -2.3 -36.6 -29 63 No stop 13 19 00 =0255+288 00 44 39 55.6 120.8 -2.3 -36.2 151 66 13 16 01 13 20 00 0234+285 00 45 39 58.1 128.3 -1.9 -32.6 30 66 13 20 00 13 22 00 --- 00 47 39 58.4 129.0 -1.8 -32.2 120 68 13 20 01 13 22 00 J0258+2900 00 47 39 55.9 121.8 -2.2 -35.7 -29 68 No stop 13 25 00 =0255+288 00 50 39 56.3 122.7 -2.2 -35.3 151 71 13 22 01 13 25 00 0234+285 00 50 39 58.7 130.1 -1.8 -31.6 -30 71 No stop 13 28 00 --- 00 53 40 59.1 131.2 -1.7 -31.1 150 74 13 25 01 13 29 00 0234+285 00 54 40 59.2 131.5 -1.7 -30.9 53 74 13 29 00 13 31 00 --- 00 56 40 59.4 132.3 -1.7 -30.5 120 75 13 29 01 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 23 Feb 2012 Day 54 --- 13 32 00 0234+285 00 57 41 59.5 132.6 -1.7 -30.3 53 75 13 32 00 13 36 00 --- 01 01 41 59.9 134.1 -1.6 -29.5 240 79 13 32 01 13 44 00 J2052+3635 01 09 43 43.4 276.2 4.3 48.1 182 79 13 44 00 13 46 30 =2050+364 01 12 13 43.1 276.6 4.3 48.0 150 82 13 44 01 13 46 30 W75N 01 12 13 44.8 285.5 4.6 51.9 -33 82 No stop 13 49 30 --- 01 15 14 44.4 286.0 4.6 51.7 147 85 13 46 31 13 50 30 J2052+3635 01 16 14 42.5 277.4 4.4 47.9 28 85 13 50 30 13 53 00 =2050+364 01 18 44 42.1 277.8 4.4 47.8 150 87 13 50 31 13 53 00 W75N 01 18 44 43.9 286.5 4.7 51.5 -33 87 No stop 13 56 00 --- 01 21 45 43.5 287.0 4.7 51.3 147 90 13 53 01 13 57 00 J2052+3635 01 22 45 41.5 278.5 4.5 47.7 28 90 13 57 00 13 59 30 =2050+364 01 25 15 41.1 279.0 4.5 47.7 150 92 13 57 01 13 59 30 W75N 01 25 15 43.0 287.6 4.8 51.1 -32 92 No stop 14 02 30 --- 01 28 16 42.5 288.1 4.8 50.9 148 95 13 59 31 14 03 30 J2052+3635 01 29 16 40.5 279.7 4.6 47.5 28 95 14 03 30 14 06 00 =2050+364 01 31 46 40.2 280.2 4.6 47.4 150 98 14 03 31 14 06 00 W75N 01 31 46 42.0 288.6 4.9 50.7 -32 98 No stop 14 09 00 --- 01 34 47 41.6 289.1 4.9 50.5 148 101 14 06 01 14 10 00 J2052+3635 01 35 47 39.6 280.9 4.7 47.3 28 101 14 10 00 14 12 30 =2050+364 01 38 17 39.2 281.3 4.7 47.2 150 103 14 10 01 14 12 30 W75N 01 38 17 41.1 289.6 5.0 50.3 -32 103 No stop 14 15 30 --- 01 41 18 40.7 290.1 5.0 50.1 148 106 14 12 31 14 16 30 J2052+3635 01 42 18 38.6 282.0 4.8 47.1 29 106 14 16 30 14 19 00 =2050+364 01 44 48 38.3 282.5 4.9 46.9 150 108 14 16 31 14 19 00 W75N 01 44 48 40.2 290.6 5.1 49.8 -32 108 No stop 14 22 00 --- 01 47 49 39.8 291.1 5.1 49.6 148 111 14 19 01 14 23 00 J2052+3635 01 48 49 37.7 283.2 4.9 46.8 29 111 14 23 00 14 25 30 =2050+364 01 51 19 37.3 283.6 5.0 46.7 150 114 14 23 01 14 25 30 W75N 01 51 19 39.3 291.6 5.2 49.4 -31 114 No stop 14 28 30 --- 01 54 20 38.9 292.1 5.3 49.2 149 117 14 25 31 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) Page 5 Network Monitoring Experiment UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 23 Feb 2012 Day 54 --- 14 29 30 J2052+3635 01 55 20 36.7 284.3 5.0 46.5 29 117 14 29 30 14 32 00 =2050+364 01 57 51 36.4 284.7 5.1 46.4 150 119 14 29 31 14 32 00 W75N 01 57 51 38.4 292.7 5.3 48.9 -31 119 No stop 14 35 00 --- 02 00 51 38.0 293.1 5.4 48.7 149 122 14 32 01 14 36 00 J2052+3635 02 01 51 35.8 285.4 5.1 46.2 29 122 14 36 00 14 39 00 =2050+364 02 04 52 35.3 285.9 5.2 46.0 180 125 14 36 01 14 47 00 0234+285 02 12 53 65.3 166.4 -0.4 -9.3 222 125 14 47 00 14 49 00 --- 02 14 53 65.4 167.5 -0.4 -8.6 120 127 14 47 01 14 50 00 0234+285 02 15 53 65.4 168.0 -0.4 -8.2 53 127 14 50 00 14 54 00 --- 02 19 54 65.5 170.1 -0.3 -6.8 240 131 14 50 01 14 56 00 0234+285 02 21 54 65.6 171.1 -0.3 -6.1 112 131 14 56 00 14 59 00 --- 02 24 55 65.6 172.7 -0.2 -5.0 180 134 14 56 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess112M1 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: tr5cm Values confirmed by E-mail Borkowski (JFD 26Oct98) Setup group: 5 Station: TORUN Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 2.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 5900.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 BBC fr= 762.52 762.52 762.52 762.52 766.52 766.52 766.52 766.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 770.52 774.52 774.52 774.52 774.52 Bandwd= 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Network Monitoring Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * W75N 20 36 49.973068 * 20 38 36.417000 20 39 01.480055 0.00 42 26 58.44312 * 42 37 34.84600 42 40 06.52977 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.400 scan and 6.346 baseline hours in setup: sess112M1 J0237+2848 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 36.202424 0.01 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 51 22.57850 0.01 J0237+28 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 53368 Observations 1.067 scan and 21.406 baseline hours in setup: sess112M1 * J0258+2900 02 55 55.645344 * 02 58 55.181143 02 59 39.777092 0.69 0255+288 28 48 05.18438 * 29 00 01.60798 29 02 59.92669 0.94 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 18 Observations 0.450 scan and 7.704 baseline hours in setup: sess112M1 * J2052+3635 20 50 54.435028 * 20 52 52.054981 20 53 20.004240 0.12 2050+364 36 24 12.29052 * 36 35 35.30048 36 38 19.32965 0.22 J2052+36 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 65 Observations 0.383 scan and 8.050 baseline hours in setup: sess112M1 The solar corona can cause unstable phases for sources too close to the Sun. SCHED provides warnings at individual scans for distances less than 10 degrees. The distance from the Sun to each source in this schedule is: Source Sun distance (deg) W75N 57.9 0234+285 72.4 J0258+2900 76.8 J2052+3635 51.3 Barry Clark estimates from predictions by Ketan Desai of IPM scattering sizes that the Sun will cause amplitude reductions on the longest VLBA baselines at a solar distance of 60deg F^(-0.6) where F is in GHz. For common VLBI bands, this is: 327 MHz 117. deg 610 MHz 81. deg 1.6 GHz 45. deg 2.3 GHz 36. deg 5.0 GHz 23. deg 8.4 GHz 17. deg 15.0 GHz 12. deg 22.0 GHz 9. deg 43.0 GHz 6. deg