COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: AGN Cores Exp. Code: EC070H Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: E. Chiaraluce Address: INAF-IAPS via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 00133 - Rome Italy Phone: +39 06 4548 8467 EMAIL: elia.chiaraluce@inaf.it Fax: --- Phone during observation: +39 06 4548 8467 Observing mode: Phase-referencing for sources at 3.6cm Notes: Targets: 3C390.3, NGC6814, CygA, IGRJ20186+4043, 4C+74.26 Phase calibrators: J1926+7706, J1954-1123, J1959+3846, J2007+4029, J2017+7440 D-terms calibrator : -- Fringe finder : 3C454.3 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 2 AGN Cores 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 23 Feb 2020 Day 54 --- Next scan frequencies: 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 Next BBC frequencies: 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 05 00 00 J1954-1123 17 56 32 28.6 506.3 -2.0 -24.1 0 0 05 00 00 05 01 00 =1951-115 17 57 32 28.7 506.5 -2.0 -23.9 60 15 05 00 01 05 01 45 NGC6814 17 58 17 30.9 509.4 -1.8 -21.9 25 15 05 01 45 05 06 30 --- 18 03 03 31.3 510.7 -1.7 -21.1 285 88 05 01 46 05 07 03 J1954-1123 18 03 36 29.3 508.1 -1.9 -22.9 13 88 05 07 03 05 08 03 =1951-115 18 04 36 29.3 508.4 -1.9 -22.7 60 104 05 07 04 05 08 48 NGC6814 18 05 21 31.5 511.3 -1.6 -20.6 25 104 05 08 48 05 13 33 --- 18 10 07 31.9 512.6 -1.6 -19.7 285 177 05 08 49 05 14 06 J1954-1123 18 10 40 29.9 510.0 -1.8 -21.6 13 177 05 14 06 05 15 06 =1951-115 18 11 40 30.0 510.2 -1.7 -21.5 60 192 05 14 07 05 15 51 NGC6814 18 12 25 32.1 513.2 -1.5 -19.3 25 192 05 15 51 05 20 36 --- 18 17 11 32.5 514.5 -1.4 -18.4 285 265 05 15 52 05 21 09 J1954-1123 18 17 44 30.5 511.8 -1.6 -20.3 13 265 05 21 09 05 22 09 =1951-115 18 18 44 30.6 512.1 -1.6 -20.2 60 281 05 21 10 05 22 54 NGC6814 18 19 29 32.6 515.2 -1.4 -17.9 25 281 05 22 54 05 27 39 --- 18 24 15 33.0 516.5 -1.3 -17.0 285 354 05 22 55 05 28 12 J1954-1123 18 24 48 31.1 513.7 -1.5 -19.0 13 354 05 28 12 05 29 12 =1951-115 18 25 48 31.2 514.0 -1.5 -18.8 60 369 05 28 13 05 29 57 NGC6814 18 26 33 33.2 517.1 -1.3 -16.6 24 369 05 29 57 05 34 42 --- 18 31 19 33.5 518.5 -1.2 -15.6 285 442 05 29 58 05 35 14 J1954-1123 18 31 52 31.7 515.6 -1.4 -17.7 13 442 05 35 14 05 36 14 =1951-115 18 32 52 31.7 515.9 -1.4 -17.5 60 458 05 35 15 05 36 59 NGC6814 18 33 37 33.6 519.1 -1.2 -15.1 24 458 05 36 59 05 41 44 --- 18 38 23 33.9 520.5 -1.1 -14.2 285 531 05 37 00 05 42 17 J1954-1123 18 38 56 32.2 517.6 -1.3 -16.3 12 531 05 42 17 05 43 17 =1951-115 18 39 56 32.2 517.9 -1.3 -16.1 60 546 05 42 18 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 3 AGN Cores 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 23 Feb 2020 Day 54 --- 05 44 02 NGC6814 18 40 41 34.1 521.2 -1.1 -13.7 24 546 05 44 02 05 48 47 --- 18 45 27 34.3 522.6 -1.0 -12.7 285 619 05 44 03 05 49 20 J1954-1123 18 46 00 32.6 519.6 -1.2 -14.9 12 619 05 49 20 05 50 20 =1951-115 18 47 00 32.7 519.9 -1.1 -14.7 60 635 05 49 21 05 51 05 NGC6814 18 47 45 34.5 523.2 -0.9 -12.2 24 635 05 51 05 05 55 50 --- 18 52 31 34.7 524.6 -0.9 -11.2 285 708 05 51 06 05 56 23 J1954-1123 18 53 04 33.1 521.6 -1.0 -13.5 12 708 05 56 23 05 57 23 =1951-115 18 54 04 33.1 521.9 -1.0 -13.3 60 723 05 56 24 05 58 08 NGC6814 18 54 49 34.8 525.3 -0.8 -10.7 24 723 05 58 08 06 02 53 --- 18 59 35 35.0 526.7 -0.7 -9.7 285 796 05 58 09 06 05 50 J1959+3846 19 02 32 78.1 469.8 -1.0 -60.7 76 796 06 05 50 06 06 50 =1957+386 19 03 32 78.3 470.2 -0.9 -60.4 60 812 06 05 51 06 07 35 CYGA 19 04 18 79.3 461.4 -0.9 -69.2 13 812 06 07 35 06 12 35 --- 19 09 18 80.1 463.4 -0.8 D -68.1 0 888 06 07 36 06 13 20 J1959+3846 19 10 03 79.4 473.6 -0.8 -58.1 12 888 06 13 20 06 14 20 =1957+386 19 11 04 79.6 474.1 -0.8 -57.7 60 904 06 13 21 07 53 18 J2253+1608 20 50 18 51.9 486.4 -2.1 -37.2 5835 904 07 53 18 07 55 18 =3C454.3 20 52 18 52.2 487.0 -2.0 -36.9 120 935 07 53 19 ---------- Eff pointing ---------- 08 05 22 J2007+4029 21 02 24 79.5 616.7 0.9 67.6 452 935 08 05 22 08 06 22 =2005+403 21 03 24 79.3 617.1 0.9 67.8 60 950 08 05 23 08 15 19 J1926+7706 21 12 23 54.9 710.0 1.8 145.7 419 950 08 15 19 08 16 19 =1928+770 21 13 23 54.9 709.9 1.8 145.4 60 965 08 15 20 08 17 24 3C390.3 21 14 28 51.4 709.8 2.6 134.0 43 965 08 17 24 08 21 49 --- 21 18 54 51.2 709.6 2.6 132.8 265 1033 08 17 25 08 22 39 J1926+7706 21 19 44 54.7 709.4 1.9 143.4 28 1033 08 22 39 08 23 39 =1928+770 21 20 44 54.6 709.3 1.9 143.1 60 1049 08 22 40 08 24 44 3C390.3 21 21 49 51.1 709.5 2.7 131.9 43 1049 08 24 44 08 29 09 --- 21 26 15 51.0 709.3 2.8 130.7 265 1117 08 24 45 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 4 AGN Cores 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 23 Feb 2020 Day 54 --- 08 29 59 J1926+7706 21 27 05 54.4 708.9 2.0 141.2 28 1117 08 29 59 08 30 59 =1928+770 21 28 05 54.4 708.8 2.0 140.9 60 1132 08 30 00 08 32 04 3C390.3 21 29 10 50.9 709.1 2.8 129.9 43 1132 08 32 04 08 36 29 --- 21 33 36 50.7 708.9 2.9 128.6 265 1200 08 32 05 08 37 19 J1926+7706 21 34 26 54.2 708.3 2.1 139.0 28 1200 08 37 19 08 38 19 =1928+770 21 35 26 54.1 708.3 2.2 138.6 60 1215 08 37 20 08 39 24 3C390.3 21 36 31 50.6 708.8 2.9 127.8 43 1215 08 39 24 08 43 49 --- 21 40 57 50.5 708.6 3.0 126.6 265 1283 08 39 25 08 44 39 J1926+7706 21 41 47 53.9 707.8 2.3 136.7 28 1283 08 44 39 08 45 39 =1928+770 21 42 47 53.8 707.7 2.3 136.4 60 1299 08 44 40 08 46 44 3C390.3 21 43 53 50.4 708.5 3.1 125.8 43 1299 08 46 44 08 51 09 --- 21 48 18 50.2 708.3 3.1 124.5 265 1367 08 46 45 08 51 59 J1926+7706 21 49 08 53.6 707.3 2.4 134.6 28 1367 08 51 59 08 52 59 =1928+770 21 50 09 53.6 707.2 2.4 134.3 60 1382 08 52 00 08 54 04 3C390.3 21 51 14 50.1 708.2 3.2 123.7 43 1382 08 54 04 08 58 29 --- 21 55 39 49.9 708.0 3.2 122.5 265 1450 08 54 05 09 00 01 J2017+7440 21 57 12 57.1 708.1 1.7 145.7 63 1450 09 00 01 09 01 01 =2017+743 21 58 12 57.1 708.0 1.7 145.4 60 1465 09 00 02 09 02 06 4C+74.26 21 59 17 57.5 711.0 1.3 153.7 44 1465 09 02 06 09 07 06 --- 22 04 18 57.3 710.5 1.4 152.1 300 1542 09 02 07 09 08 11 J2017+7440 22 05 23 56.8 707.3 1.8 143.0 44 1542 09 08 11 09 09 11 =2017+743 22 06 23 56.8 707.2 1.8 142.7 60 1558 09 08 12 09 10 16 4C+74.26 22 07 28 57.2 710.1 1.4 151.0 45 1558 09 10 16 09 15 16 --- 22 12 29 57.1 709.6 1.5 149.4 300 1635 09 10 17 09 16 21 J2017+7440 22 13 34 56.5 706.6 1.9 140.4 45 1635 09 16 21 09 17 21 =2017+743 22 14 35 56.4 706.5 2.0 140.1 60 1650 09 16 22 09 18 26 4C+74.26 22 15 40 57.0 709.3 1.6 148.4 45 1650 09 18 26 09 23 26 --- 22 20 41 56.8 708.8 1.6 146.7 300 1727 09 18 27 09 24 31 J2017+7440 22 21 46 56.1 705.8 2.1 137.8 45 1727 09 24 31 09 25 31 =2017+743 22 22 46 56.1 705.7 2.1 137.5 60 1742 09 24 32 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 5 AGN Cores 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 23 Feb 2020 Day 54 --- 09 26 36 4C+74.26 22 23 51 56.7 708.5 1.7 145.7 45 1742 09 26 36 09 31 36 --- 22 28 52 56.5 708.0 1.8 144.1 300 1819 09 26 37 09 32 41 J2017+7440 22 29 57 55.7 705.1 2.2 135.3 45 1819 09 32 41 09 33 41 =2017+743 22 30 57 55.7 705.1 2.2 135.0 60 1835 09 32 42 09 34 46 4C+74.26 22 32 02 56.4 707.7 1.8 143.1 45 1835 09 34 46 09 39 46 --- 22 37 03 56.2 707.3 1.9 141.5 300 1912 09 34 47 09 40 51 J2017+7440 22 38 08 55.3 704.5 2.4 132.8 45 1912 09 40 51 09 41 51 =2017+743 22 39 09 55.3 704.4 2.4 132.5 60 1927 09 40 52 09 42 56 4C+74.26 22 40 14 56.1 707.0 2.0 140.5 45 1927 09 42 56 09 47 56 --- 22 45 15 55.8 706.6 2.0 138.9 300 2004 09 42 57 09 57 57 J2253+1608 22 55 17 62.5 540.2 0.0 0.1 406 2004 09 57 57 10 00 00 =3C454.3 22 57 20 62.5 541.3 0.0 0.9 123 2035 09 57 58 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess120.X2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 2 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 BBC fr= 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 6 7 8 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 3C390.3 18 45 37.628314 * 18 42 08.990000 18 40 40.831445 0.00 79 43 06.36658 * 79 46 17.12800 79 47 12.87196 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * NGC6814 19 39 55.787469 * 19 42 40.640000 19 43 44.875396 0.00 -10 26 33.32153 *-10 19 24.60000 -10 16 36.48708 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * CYGA 19 57 44.441322 * 19 59 28.357000 20 00 08.096046 0.00 40 35 46.36316 * 40 44 02.09700 40 47 08.74326 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * IGRJ20186+40 20 16 52.176330 * 20 18 38.736000 20 19 19.462276 0.00 40 31 33.26387 * 40 40 59.94000 40 44 35.59004 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C+74.26 20 43 12.983217 * 20 42 37.308000 20 42 17.665130 0.00 74 57 08.70011 * 75 08 02.44500 75 12 13.01616 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1928+770 19 28 27.104128 * 19 26 31.190957 19 25 39.888011 0.92 * J1926+7706 77 00 18.21292 * 77 06 31.49667 77 08 43.99553 0.08 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 122 observations. 1951-115 19 51 55.450721 * 19 54 41.155731 19 55 45.679347 0.07 * J1954-1123 -11 31 18.19357 *-11 23 22.64219 -11 20 15.97046 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 162 observations. 1957+386 19 57 34.798169 * 19 59 22.039277 20 00 03.139290 0.15 * J1959+3846 38 38 38.93398 * 38 46 54.16575 38 50 00.76891 0.14 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 107 observations. 2005+403 20 05 59.558887 * 20 07 44.944837 20 08 25.243856 0.35 * J2007+4029 40 21 01.80218 * 40 29 48.60403 40 33 07.95841 0.27 J2007+40 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 152 observations. 2017+743 20 17 59.383085 * 20 17 13.079311 20 16 49.635716 0.09 * J2017+7440 74 31 21.92027 * 74 40 47.99992 74 44 21.65078 0.02 2017+74 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc 2017+745 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 2111 observations. J2017+74 3C454.3 22 51 29.519739 * 22 53 57.747939 22 54 55.245205 0.65 * J2253+1608 15 52 54.34808 * 16 08 53.56091 16 15 09.06636 0.73 2251+158 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2253+16 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 41272 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. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline 3C390.3 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 6 9 10 0.442 19.875 NGC6814 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 0.712 34.437 CYGA sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 0.500 22.500 IGRJ20186+4sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 0.833 36.000 4C+74.26 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 6 9 10 0.500 22.500 J1926+7706 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 6 9 10 0.100 4.500 J1954-1123 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0.150 6.600 J1959+3846 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 0.100 4.833 J2007+4029 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 0.167 7.350 J2017+7440 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 6 9 10 0.100 4.500 J2253+1608 sess120.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 0.067 3.712 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) 3C390.3 94.2 NGC6814 39.4 CYGA 60.7 IGRJ20186+40 58.3 4C+74.26 86.6 J1926+7706 90.8 J1954-1123 36.5 J1959+3846 59.2 J2007+4029 59.5 J2017+7440 87.0 J2253+1608 27.3 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