COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: EVN-6CM-CGCG-N Exp. Code: EM141A Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Mar Mezcua Address: Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC) Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n 08193 Bellaterra Spain Phone: +34937379788 EMAIL: marmezcua.astro@gmail.com Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Continuum Notes: Fringe finder: 4C39.25 Phase reference calibrator: J0945-0153 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 EVN-6CM-CGCG-N 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 25 Feb 2020 Day 56 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 19 30 00 4C39.25 13 55 05 36.0 -62.0 4.4 76.5 0 0 19 30 00 19 34 00 --- 13 59 05 35.3 -61.8 4.5 76.0 240 31 19 30 01 19 35 30 J0945-0153 14 00 36 21.4 253.8 4.2 W 55.4 -546 31 19 35 30 19 38 30 =0943-016 14 03 36 20.8 254.2 4.3 W 55.5 0 54 19 35 31 19 38 30 CGCG-N 14 03 36 21.1 255.6 4.3 56.0 -5 54 No stop 19 43 30 --- 14 08 37 20.1 256.3 4.4 56.3 295 93 19 38 31 19 44 10 J0945-0153 14 09 17 19.6 255.1 4.4 55.9 35 93 19 44 10 19 46 10 =0943-016 14 11 17 19.2 255.4 4.4 56.0 120 108 19 44 11 19 46 10 CGCG-N 14 11 17 19.5 256.7 4.4 56.5 -5 108 No stop 19 51 10 --- 14 16 18 18.5 257.5 4.5 56.7 295 147 19 46 11 19 51 10 J0945-0153 14 16 18 18.1 256.1 4.5 56.3 -5 147 No stop 19 53 40 =0943-016 14 18 49 17.6 256.5 4.5 56.4 145 166 19 51 11 19 53 40 CGCG-N 14 18 49 17.9 257.8 4.6 56.8 -5 166 No stop 19 58 40 --- 14 23 49 16.9 258.5 4.6 57.1 295 205 19 53 41 19 59 20 J0945-0153 14 24 29 16.4 257.3 4.6 56.7 35 205 19 59 20 20 01 20 =0943-016 14 26 30 16.0 257.6 4.7 56.8 120 220 19 59 21 20 01 20 CGCG-N 14 26 30 16.3 258.9 4.7 57.2 -5 220 No stop 20 06 20 --- 14 31 31 15.3 259.6 4.8 57.4 295 259 20 01 21 20 06 20 J0945-0153 14 31 31 15.0 258.3 4.7 57.0 -5 259 No stop 20 08 50 =0943-016 14 34 01 14.4 258.6 4.8 57.1 145 278 20 06 21 20 08 50 CGCG-N 14 34 01 14.7 260.0 4.8 57.5 -5 278 No stop 20 13 50 --- 14 39 02 13.7 260.7 4.9 57.7 295 317 20 08 51 20 14 30 J0945-0153 14 39 42 13.2 259.4 4.9 57.4 35 317 20 14 30 20 16 30 =0943-016 14 41 42 12.8 259.7 4.9 57.5 120 332 20 14 31 20 16 30 CGCG-N 14 41 42 13.1 261.0 4.9 57.8 -5 332 No stop 20 21 30 --- 14 46 43 12.1 261.7 5.0 57.9 295 371 20 16 31 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 EVN-6CM-CGCG-N 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 25 Feb 2020 Day 56 --- 20 21 30 J0945-0153 14 46 43 11.8 260.4 5.0 57.7 -5 371 No stop 20 24 00 =0943-016 14 49 13 11.2 260.7 5.0 57.7 145 390 20 21 31 20 24 00 CGCG-N 14 49 13 11.5 262.0 5.1 58.0 -5 390 No stop 20 29 00 --- 14 54 14 10.5 262.7 5.2 58.2 295 429 20 24 01 20 29 40 J0945-0153 14 54 54 10.0 261.5 5.1 57.9 35 429 20 29 40 20 31 40 =0943-016 14 56 55 9.6 261.8 5.2 58.0 120 444 20 29 41 20 31 40 CGCG-N 14 56 55 9.9 263.1 5.2 58.2 -5 444 No stop 20 36 40 --- 15 01 56 8.8 263.7 5.3 58.4 295 483 20 31 41 20 36 40 J0945-0153 15 01 56 8.5 262.5 5.3 58.1 -5 483 No stop 20 39 10 =0943-016 15 04 26 8.0 262.8 5.3 58.2 145 502 20 36 41 20 39 10 CGCG-N 15 04 26 8.3 264.1 5.3 58.4 -5 502 No stop 20 44 10 --- 15 09 27 7.2 264.7 5.4 58.5 295 541 20 39 11 21 12 30 4C39.25 15 37 51 17.3 305.5 6.2 63.6 1621 541 21 12 30 21 16 00 --- 15 41 22 16.7 305.9 6.2 63.2 210 568 21 12 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess120.C1024 --- 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: 13 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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: 10 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) * CGCG-N 09 41 28.477609 * 09 44 01.880000 09 45 03.957584 0.00 -00 24 44.30465 *-00 38 32.02000 -00 44 09.74497 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 18.833099 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 57 04.50153 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. 0943-016 09 43 11.438534 * 09 45 44.037315 09 46 45.802296 0.08 * J0945-0153 -01 39 12.04502 *-01 53 03.95569 -01 58 43.36022 0.17 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 140 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 CGCG-N sess120.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 3.733 195.721 4C39.25 sess120.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 0.125 9.742 J0945-0153 sess120.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 1.792 91.671 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) CGCG-N 164.4 4C39.25 146.6 J0945-0153 163.9 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