COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: AGN Cores Exp. Code: EC070K 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 6 cm 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 : J2253+1608 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 27 Feb 2020 Day 58 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 230.49 230.49 230.49 230.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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 21 37 J1954-1123 17 38 27 54.5 72.3 -2.3 0.0 0 0 05 21 37 05 22 37 =1951-115 17 39 27 54.7 72.1 -2.3 0.0 60 15 05 21 38 05 23 27 NGC6814 17 40 17 56.9 67.6 -2.1 0.0 17 15 05 23 27 05 27 35 --- 17 44 26 57.8 66.6 -2.0 0.0 248 79 05 23 28 05 28 40 J1954-1123 17 45 31 56.0 70.8 -2.2 0.0 32 79 05 28 40 05 29 40 =1951-115 17 46 31 56.2 70.6 -2.2 0.0 60 95 05 28 41 05 30 30 NGC6814 17 47 22 58.4 65.8 -1.9 0.0 17 95 05 30 30 05 34 38 --- 17 51 30 59.2 64.7 -1.9 0.0 248 159 05 30 31 05 35 43 J1954-1123 17 52 35 57.5 69.2 -2.1 0.0 32 159 05 35 43 05 36 43 =1951-115 17 53 36 57.7 68.9 -2.0 0.0 60 174 05 35 44 05 37 33 NGC6814 17 54 26 59.8 63.9 -1.8 0.0 17 174 05 37 33 05 41 41 --- 17 58 34 60.6 62.7 -1.8 0.0 248 238 05 37 34 05 42 46 J1954-1123 17 59 40 59.0 67.5 -1.9 0.0 32 238 05 42 46 05 43 46 =1951-115 18 00 40 59.2 67.2 -1.9 0.0 60 254 05 42 47 05 44 36 NGC6814 18 01 30 61.2 61.9 -1.7 0.0 17 254 05 44 36 05 48 44 --- 18 05 39 62.0 60.6 -1.6 0.0 248 317 05 44 37 05 49 34 J1954-1123 18 06 29 60.4 65.7 -1.8 0.0 17 317 05 49 34 05 50 34 =1951-115 18 07 29 60.6 65.4 -1.8 0.0 60 333 05 49 35 05 51 24 NGC6814 18 08 19 62.6 59.7 -1.6 0.0 17 333 05 51 24 05 56 24 --- 18 13 20 63.5 58.0 -1.5 0.0 300 410 05 51 25 05 57 14 J1954-1123 18 14 10 62.0 63.5 -1.7 0.0 17 410 05 57 14 05 58 14 =1951-115 18 15 10 62.2 63.2 -1.7 0.0 60 426 05 57 15 05 59 04 NGC6814 18 16 00 64.0 57.1 -1.5 0.0 17 426 05 59 04 06 04 04 --- 18 21 01 65.0 55.2 -1.4 0.0 300 503 05 59 05 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 27 Feb 2020 Day 58 --- ---------- Eff pointing ---------- 06 04 54 J1954-1123 18 21 51 63.5 61.1 -1.6 0.0 17 503 06 04 54 06 05 54 =1951-115 18 22 51 63.7 60.7 -1.5 0.0 60 518 06 04 55 ---------- Eff pointing ---------- 06 06 44 NGC6814 18 23 41 65.5 54.2 -1.3 0.0 17 518 06 06 44 06 10 14 --- 18 27 12 66.1 52.7 -1.3 0.0 210 572 06 06 45 ---------- Eff pointing ---------- 06 11 04 J1954-1123 18 28 02 64.7 59.0 -1.5 0.0 17 572 06 11 04 06 12 04 =1951-115 18 29 02 64.9 58.6 -1.4 0.0 60 588 06 11 05 ---------- Eff pointing ---------- 06 12 54 NGC6814 18 29 52 66.6 51.6 -1.2 0.0 17 588 06 12 54 06 16 24 --- 18 33 23 67.2 50.1 -1.2 0.0 210 642 06 12 55 06 19 54 J1959+3846 18 36 54 22.4 17.4 -1.4 0.0 85 642 06 19 54 06 20 54 =1957+386 18 37 54 22.5 17.2 -1.4 0.0 60 657 06 19 55 06 21 44 CYGA 18 38 44 20.7 16.3 -1.4 0.0 20 657 06 21 44 06 26 44 --- 18 43 45 21.0 15.4 -1.3 0.0 300 735 06 21 45 06 27 34 J1959+3846 18 44 35 22.9 15.9 -1.3 0.0 20 735 06 27 34 06 28 34 =1957+386 18 45 35 23.0 15.7 -1.2 0.0 60 750 06 27 35 06 29 24 CYGA 18 46 25 21.2 14.9 -1.2 0.0 20 750 06 29 24 06 34 24 --- 18 51 26 21.4 13.9 -1.1 0.0 300 828 06 29 25 06 35 14 J1959+3846 18 52 16 23.4 14.3 -1.1 0.0 20 828 06 35 14 06 36 14 =1957+386 18 53 16 23.4 14.1 -1.1 0.0 60 843 06 35 15 06 37 04 CYGA 18 54 07 21.6 13.4 -1.1 0.0 20 843 06 37 04 06 42 04 --- 18 59 07 21.8 12.4 -1.0 0.0 300 920 06 37 05 06 42 54 J1959+3846 18 59 58 23.8 12.7 -1.0 0.0 20 920 06 42 54 06 43 54 =1957+386 19 00 58 23.8 12.5 -1.0 0.0 60 936 06 42 55 06 44 44 CYGA 19 01 48 22.0 11.9 -1.0 0.0 20 936 06 44 44 06 49 44 --- 19 06 49 22.2 10.9 -0.9 0.0 300 1013 06 44 45 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 27 Feb 2020 Day 58 --- 06 50 34 J1959+3846 19 07 39 24.1 11.2 -0.9 0.0 20 1013 06 50 34 06 51 34 =1957+386 19 08 39 24.2 10.9 -0.9 0.0 60 1028 06 50 35 06 52 24 CYGA 19 09 29 22.3 10.3 -0.8 0.0 20 1028 06 52 24 06 57 24 --- 19 14 30 22.5 9.3 -0.8 0.0 300 1106 06 52 25 06 58 14 J1959+3846 19 15 20 24.4 9.5 -0.7 0.0 20 1106 06 58 14 06 59 14 =1957+386 19 16 20 24.5 9.3 -0.7 0.0 60 1121 06 58 15 07 00 04 CYGA 19 17 10 22.6 8.8 -0.7 0.0 20 1121 07 00 04 07 05 04 --- 19 22 11 22.7 7.8 -0.6 0.0 300 1199 07 00 05 07 08 29 J2253+1608 19 25 37 23.9 56.2 -3.5 0.0 91 1199 07 08 29 07 10 29 =3C454.3 19 27 37 24.3 55.9 -3.5 0.0 120 1229 07 08 30 07 13 52 J2007+4029 19 31 01 23.0 7.7 -0.6 0.0 92 1229 07 13 52 07 14 52 =2005+403 19 32 01 23.0 7.5 -0.6 0.0 60 1245 07 13 53 07 15 42 IGRJ20186+40 19 32 51 22.5 9.5 -0.8 0.0 18 1245 07 15 42 07 20 42 --- 19 37 52 22.7 8.5 -0.7 0.0 300 1322 07 15 43 07 21 32 J2007+4029 19 38 42 23.2 6.1 -0.5 0.0 17 1322 07 21 32 07 22 32 =2005+403 19 39 42 23.2 5.9 -0.5 0.0 60 1338 07 21 33 07 23 22 IGRJ20186+40 19 40 33 22.8 8.0 -0.6 0.0 18 1338 07 23 22 07 28 22 --- 19 45 33 22.9 6.9 -0.6 0.0 300 1415 07 23 23 07 29 12 J2007+4029 19 46 24 23.4 4.6 -0.4 0.0 17 1415 07 29 12 07 30 12 =2005+403 19 47 24 23.4 4.3 -0.4 0.0 60 1430 07 29 13 07 31 02 IGRJ20186+40 19 48 14 23.0 6.4 -0.5 0.0 18 1430 07 31 02 07 36 02 --- 19 53 15 23.1 5.4 -0.4 0.0 300 1508 07 31 03 07 36 52 J2007+4029 19 54 05 23.5 3.0 -0.2 0.0 17 1508 07 36 52 07 37 52 =2005+403 19 55 05 23.5 2.8 -0.2 0.0 60 1523 07 36 53 07 38 42 IGRJ20186+40 19 55 55 23.1 4.8 -0.4 0.0 18 1523 07 38 42 07 43 42 --- 20 00 56 23.2 3.8 -0.3 0.0 300 1600 07 38 43 07 44 32 J2007+4029 20 01 46 23.5 1.4 -0.1 0.0 17 1600 07 44 32 07 45 32 =2005+403 20 02 46 23.5 1.2 -0.1 0.0 60 1616 07 44 33 07 46 22 IGRJ20186+40 20 03 36 23.3 3.2 -0.3 0.0 18 1616 07 46 22 07 51 22 --- 20 08 37 23.3 2.2 -0.2 0.0 300 1693 07 46 23 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 27 Feb 2020 Day 58 --- 07 52 12 J2007+4029 20 09 27 23.6 359.8 0.0 0.0 17 1693 07 52 12 07 53 12 =2005+403 20 10 27 23.6 359.6 0.0 0.0 60 1709 07 52 13 07 54 02 IGRJ20186+40 20 11 18 23.3 1.7 -0.1 0.0 18 1709 07 54 02 07 59 02 --- 20 16 18 23.4 0.6 -0.1 0.0 300 1786 07 54 03 07 59 53 J2007+4029 20 17 09 23.5 358.2 0.1 0.0 18 1786 07 59 53 08 00 53 =2005+403 20 18 10 23.5 358.0 0.2 0.0 60 1801 07 59 54 08 01 43 IGRJ20186+40 20 19 00 23.4 0.1 -0.0 0.0 18 1801 08 01 43 08 06 43 --- 20 24 00 23.4 359.0 0.1 0.0 300 1879 08 01 44 08 07 36 J2007+4029 20 24 53 23.4 356.6 0.3 0.0 20 1879 08 07 36 08 08 36 =2005+403 20 25 53 23.4 356.4 0.3 0.0 60 1894 08 07 37 08 09 27 IGRJ20186+40 20 26 45 23.3 358.5 0.1 0.0 19 1894 08 09 27 08 14 27 --- 20 31 45 23.3 357.4 0.2 0.0 300 1971 08 09 28 08 15 21 J2007+4029 20 32 40 23.3 355.0 0.4 0.0 22 1971 08 15 21 08 16 21 =2005+403 20 33 40 23.3 354.8 0.4 0.0 60 1987 08 15 22 08 17 14 IGRJ20186+40 20 34 33 23.3 356.9 0.3 0.0 21 1987 08 17 14 08 22 14 --- 20 39 34 23.2 355.8 0.3 0.0 300 2064 08 17 15 09 28 00 J2253+1608 21 45 31 44.6 23.7 -1.2 0.0 3842 2064 09 28 00 09 30 00 =3C454.3 21 47 31 44.8 23.1 -1.1 0.0 120 2095 09 28 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess120.C2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq.dat: hh6cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 256.00 of 512.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 7 Station: HART Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 230.49 230.49 230.49 230.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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: 13 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 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 41.266752 0.00 79 43 06.36658 * 79 46 17.12800 79 47 11.94577 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * NGC6814 19 39 55.787469 * 19 42 40.640000 19 43 44.945364 0.00 -10 26 33.32153 *-10 19 24.60000 -10 16 36.64657 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * CYGA 19 57 44.441322 * 19 59 28.357000 20 00 08.171528 0.00 40 35 46.36316 * 40 44 02.09700 40 47 07.72296 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * IGRJ20186+40 20 16 52.176330 * 20 18 38.736000 20 19 19.528678 0.00 40 31 33.26387 * 40 40 59.94000 40 44 34.53394 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C+74.26 20 43 12.983217 * 20 42 37.308000 20 42 17.809907 0.00 74 57 08.70011 * 75 08 02.44500 75 12 11.64555 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1928+770 19 28 27.104128 * 19 26 31.190957 19 25 40.177192 0.92 * J1926+7706 77 00 18.21292 * 77 06 31.49667 77 08 42.86526 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 45.745906 0.07 * J1954-1123 -11 31 18.19357 *-11 23 22.64219 -11 20 16.09551 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 03.213043 0.15 * J1959+3846 38 38 38.93398 * 38 46 54.16575 38 49 59.77300 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 25.315282 0.35 * J2007+4029 40 21 01.80218 * 40 29 48.60403 40 33 06.92460 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 49.813460 0.09 * J2017+7440 74 31 21.92027 * 74 40 47.99992 74 44 20.34568 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 55.236659 0.65 * J2253+1608 15 52 54.34808 * 16 08 53.56091 16 15 08.43765 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.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.443 29.260 NGC6814 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.559 40.725 CYGA sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.500 33.000 IGRJ20186+4sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.750 52.500 4C+74.26 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.500 33.000 J1926+7706 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.100 6.600 J1954-1123 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.133 9.200 J1959+3846 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.100 6.600 J2007+4029 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.150 10.700 J2017+7440 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.100 6.600 J2253+1608 sess120.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 0.067 5.200 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 93.3 NGC6814 43.3 CYGA 61.4 IGRJ20186+40 58.8 4C+74.26 85.6 J1926+7706 89.9 J1954-1123 40.3 J1959+3846 60.1 J2007+4029 60.1 J2017+7440 86.1 J2253+1608 25.1 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