COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: 18cm global VLBI observations of Arp220 Exp. Code: GV022A Schedule Version: 5.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Eskil Varenius Address: Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Chalmers University of T Onsala Space Observatory 439 92 Onsala Sweden Phone: +46 31 772 55 45 EMAIL: varenius@chalmers.se Fax: +46(0)31 772 5590 Phone during observation: +46 31 772 55 45 Observing mode: 18cm 2Gbps global VLBI with phased D-array VLA Notes: Phase calibrator : J1532+2344 Fringe finder / pol. cal / bandpass cal : J1516+1932 VLA phase-up calibrator: J1520+2016 (3C318) Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 18cm global VLBI observations of Arp220 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Feb 2017 Day 57 --- Next scan frequencies: 1584.25 1584.25 1584.25 1584.25 1616.25 1616.25 1616.25 1616.25 1648.25 1648.25 1648.25 1648.25 1680.25 1680.25 1680.25 1680.25 Next BBC frequencies: 685.75 685.75 685.75 685.75 653.75 653.75 653.75 653.75 621.75 621.75 621.75 621.75 589.75 589.75 589.75 589.75 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 14 47 51 J1516+1932 09 18 57 10.2 73.3 -6.0 -60.5 0 0 14 47 51 14 48 51 =1514+197 09 19 58 10.4 73.4 -6.0 -60.5 60 8 14 47 52 14 48 57 J1516+1932 09 20 04 10.4 73.4 -6.0 -60.5 4 8 No stop 14 49 57 =1514+197 09 21 04 10.6 73.5 -5.9 -60.6 60 16 14 48 52 14 50 24 J1532+2344 09 21 31 9.6 68.0 -6.2 -60.1 14 16 14 50 24 14 53 24 =1530+239 09 24 31 10.2 68.4 -6.1 -60.4 180 39 14 50 25 14 53 33 ARP220 09 24 41 9.7 68.4 -6.2 -60.2 5 39 No stop 15 03 33 --- 09 34 43 11.7 69.5 -6.0 -61.0 600 117 14 53 25 15 03 44 J1532+2344 09 34 53 12.2 69.6 -6.0 -61.2 6 117 15 03 44 15 06 44 =1530+239 09 37 54 12.8 69.9 -5.9 -61.4 180 141 15 03 45 15 06 55 ARP220 09 38 04 12.3 69.9 -6.0 -61.2 7 141 15 06 55 15 16 55 --- 09 48 06 14.4 71.0 -5.8 -62.0 600 217 15 06 56 15 17 07 J1532+2344 09 48 19 14.9 71.1 -5.8 -62.2 8 217 15 17 07 15 20 07 =1530+239 09 51 19 15.6 71.4 -5.7 -62.4 180 241 15 17 08 15 20 20 ARP220 09 51 32 15.1 71.4 -5.7 -62.2 9 241 15 20 20 15 30 10 --- 10 01 23 17.1 72.5 -5.6 -62.9 590 316 15 20 21 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess117.L2048glob --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 21 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 B2 D1 B2 D1 B2 D1 B2 D1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 23 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1584.25 1584.25 1584.25 1584.25 1616.25 1616.25 1616.25 1616.25 1648.25 1648.25 1648.25 1648.25 1680.25 1680.25 1680.25 1680.25 BBC fr= 685.75 685.75 685.75 685.75 653.75 653.75 653.75 653.75 621.75 621.75 621.75 621.75 589.75 589.75 589.75 589.75 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 23 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 4, 12, 20, 28, 6, 14, 22, 30, 8, 16, 24, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 3C318 15 17 50.628003 * 15 20 05.489700 15 20 51.619460 0.00 20 26 53.10030 * 20 16 05.61100 20 12 19.37298 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Pos. from https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/vla/observing/callist#R15 * ARP220 15 32 46.905485 * 15 34 57.250000 15 35 41.749984 0.00 23 40 07.75728 * 23 30 11.33000 23 26 41.88094 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Pos. from Batejat. et al 2011 * 3C286 13 28 49.657758 * 13 31 08.288051 13 31 56.137992 0.18 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64059 * 30 30 32.95924 30 25 07.99101 0.17 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 225 observations. 1514+197 15 14 40.985840 * 15 16 56.796162 15 17 43.268587 0.01 * J1516+1932 19 43 10.94252 * 19 32 12.99209 19 28 23.33097 0.02 J1516+19 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 2699 observations. 1530+239 15 30 36.092767 * 15 32 46.345222 15 33 30.823776 0.10 * J1532+2344 23 54 09.32921 * 23 44 05.26804 23 40 33.11927 0.17 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 90 observations. SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. 'Core' scans are those for which PREEMPT is not 'EXTRA'. The 'DOSCANS' columns are for scans in the range selected by DOSCANS Those are the scans sent to the Vex and other files Source Setup file Frequency sets Core scans (Hours) DOSCANS (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline Scan Baseline 3C318 sess117.L2048glob 12 18 0.350 0.917 0.433 0.917 ARP220 sess117.L2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 18 23 8.331 866.845 9.606 914.411 3C286 sess117.L2048glob 18 0.083 0.000 0.083 0.000 J1516+1932 sess117.L2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 18 23 0.367 34.836 0.433 36.969 J1532+2344 sess117.L2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 18 23 2.467 256.869 2.917 272.768 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) 3C318 111.1 ARP220 107.8 3C286 134.1 J1516+1932 111.9 J1532+2344 108.3 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