COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: e-EVN runs RG005B (Giroletti) Exp. Code: rg005b Schedule Version: 1.20 Processed by SCHED version: 9.30 Release near March 23, 2010 PI: Z. Paragi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 (0)521 596 500 Observing mode: Notes: ########################################################### ########## Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF. ############ ########################################################### Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 e-EVN runs RG005B (Giroletti) UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 14 Jun 2010 Day 165 --- Next scan frequencies: 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 Next BBC frequencies: 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 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 12 30 00 4C39.25 14 05 35 33.9 -61.3 4.6 75.2 0 1 1 0 12 30 00 12 44 20 --- 14 19 58 31.3 -60.4 4.9 73.4 860 F 1 111 12 30 01 12 45 00 4C39.25 14 20 38 31.1 -60.4 4.9 73.3 37 1 1 111 12 45 00 12 59 20 --- 14 35 00 28.5 -59.4 5.1 71.5 860 F 1 222 12 45 01 13 00 00 4C39.25 14 35 40 28.3 -59.4 5.1 71.4 37 1 1 222 13 00 00 13 14 20 --- 14 50 03 25.7 -58.3 5.4 69.7 860 F 1 333 13 00 01 13 15 00 4C39.25 14 50 43 25.6 -58.3 5.4 69.6 37 1 1 333 13 15 00 13 29 20 --- 15 05 05 23.0 -57.2 5.6 67.8 860 F 1 444 13 15 01 13 30 00 4C39.25 15 05 45 22.9 -57.1 5.6 67.7 37 1 1 444 13 30 00 13 44 20 --- 15 20 07 20.3 -55.9 5.9 65.9 860 F 1 555 13 30 01 13 44 20 1156+295 15 20 07 47.1 280.8 3.3 74.4 -341 1 1 555 No stop 13 59 20 --- 15 35 10 43.9 282.1 3.6 73.5 559 F 1 671 13 44 21 14 01 20 M87 15 37 10 43.4 256.9 3.1 58.6 91 1 1 671 14 01 20 14 14 20 --- 15 50 12 40.6 259.1 3.3 59.4 780 F 1 772 14 01 21 14 15 00 M87 15 50 52 40.5 259.2 3.3 59.4 37 1 1 772 14 15 00 14 29 20 --- 16 05 15 37.5 261.5 3.6 60.1 860 F 1 883 14 15 01 14 30 00 M87 16 05 55 37.3 261.6 3.6 60.1 37 1 1 883 14 30 00 14 44 20 --- 16 20 17 34.3 263.7 3.8 60.6 860 F 1 993 14 30 01 14 45 00 M87 16 20 57 34.1 263.8 3.8 60.6 37 1 1 993 14 45 00 14 59 20 --- 16 35 20 31.1 265.9 4.1 61.0 860 F 1 1104 14 45 01 15 00 00 M87 16 36 00 30.9 266.0 4.1 61.0 37 1 1 1104 15 00 00 15 14 20 --- 16 50 22 27.9 267.9 4.3 61.2 860 F 1 1215 15 00 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 e-EVN runs RG005B (Giroletti) UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 14 Jun 2010 Day 165 --- 15 15 00 M87 16 51 02 27.7 268.0 4.3 61.2 37 1 1 1215 15 15 00 15 29 20 --- 17 05 25 24.6 269.9 4.6 61.2 860 F 1 1326 15 15 01 15 30 00 M87 17 06 05 24.5 270.0 4.6 61.2 37 1 1 1326 15 30 00 15 44 20 --- 17 20 27 21.4 271.8 4.8 61.2 860 F 1 1437 15 30 01 15 45 00 M87 17 21 07 21.3 271.9 4.8 61.2 37 1 1 1437 15 45 00 15 59 20 --- 17 35 30 18.2 273.7 5.1 61.0 860 F 1 1548 15 45 01 16 00 00 M87 17 36 10 18.1 273.8 5.1 61.0 37 1 1 1548 16 00 00 16 14 20 --- 17 50 32 15.0 275.6 5.3 60.7 860 F 1 1659 16 00 01 16 15 00 M87 17 51 12 14.8 275.6 5.3 60.7 37 1 1 1659 16 15 00 16 29 20 --- 18 05 35 11.8 277.4 5.6 60.4 860 F 1 1770 16 15 01 16 30 00 M87 18 06 15 11.6 277.5 5.6 60.3 37 1 1 1770 16 30 00 16 44 20 --- 18 20 37 8.6 279.3 5.8 59.9 860 F 1 1881 16 30 01 16 45 00 M87 18 21 17 8.5 279.3 5.8 59.9 37 1 1 1881 16 45 00 16 59 20 --- 18 35 39 5.4 281.1 6.1 59.3 860 F 1 1992 16 45 01 17 00 20 OQ208 18 36 40 32.4 286.0 4.5 69.4 11 1 1 1992 17 00 20 17 14 20 --- 18 50 42 29.6 287.2 4.7 68.4 840 F 1 2101 17 00 21 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: 1024Mbps Matching groups in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 12 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 0.50 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 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: 12 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 BBC fr= 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- e-EVN runs RG005B (Giroletti) 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) * M87 12 28 17.569280 * 12 30 49.423382 12 31 22.507343 0.00 12 40 01.74900 * 12 23 28.04382 12 19 56.98879 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 9.067 scan hours, 448.106 baseline hours above horizon. J0042+2320 00 39 25.715324 * 00 42 04.545168 00 42 38.363330 0.03 * 0039+230 23 03 34.83928 * 23 20 01.06206 23 23 25.15697 0.05 J0042+23 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 910 Observations 1.433 scan hours, 78.833 baseline hours above horizon. J0927+3902 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 27 42.531109 0.01 0923+392 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85184 38 59 41.93813 0.01 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 226075 Observations 1.194 scan hours, 58.819 baseline hours above horizon. J1159+2914 11 56 57.786210 * 11 59 31.833910 12 00 05.220280 0.01 * 1156+295 29 31 25.73874 * 29 14 43.82684 29 11 16.69012 0.01 J1159+29 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 48402 Observations 0.250 scan hours, 11.198 baseline hours above horizon. J1331+3030 13 28 49.657776 * 13 31 08.288068 13 31 38.965041 0.21 * 3C286 30 45 58.64077 * 30 30 32.95941 30 27 21.32864 0.19 1328+307 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 243 Observations 0.217 scan hours, 9.750 baseline hours above horizon. J1407+2827 14 04 45.615155 * 14 07 00.394413 14 07 30.427602 0.01 1404+286 28 41 29.23516 * 28 27 14.69019 28 24 16.95352 0.01 J1407+28 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 64716 Observations 0.450 scan hours, 21.683 baseline hours above horizon. 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) M87 98.4 0039+230 65.6 4C39.25 51.9 1156+295 84.6 3C286 101.2 OQ208 108.6 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