COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 Exp. Code: EG049B Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: M. Giroletti Address: INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 051 639 9394 EMAIL: giroletti@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 051 639 9431 Phone during observation: +39 347 906 6221 Observing mode: EVN, 6cm, 1Gb/s Notes: Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 2 The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 3 Jun 2011 Day 154 --- 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: 922.39 922.39 922.39 922.39 954.39 954.39 954.39 954.39 986.39 986.39 986.39 986.39 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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 03 15 00 0229+200 22 46 12 37.7 457.6 -3.8 -49.7 0 0 03 15 00 03 29 00 --- 23 00 15 40.2 460.3 -3.6 -49.2 840 108 03 15 01 03 30 00 0229+200 23 01 15 40.3 460.5 -3.5 -49.2 54 108 03 30 00 03 44 00 --- 23 15 17 42.8 463.4 -3.3 -48.5 840 217 03 30 01 03 45 00 0239+175 23 16 17 39.6 464.1 -3.4 -47.3 39 217 03 45 00 03 48 00 --- 23 19 18 40.1 464.8 -3.4 -47.1 180 240 03 45 01 03 49 00 0229+200 23 20 18 43.7 464.5 -3.2 -48.2 38 240 03 49 00 04 03 00 --- 23 34 20 46.1 467.6 -3.0 -47.2 840 348 03 49 01 04 04 00 0229+200 23 35 20 46.3 467.8 -3.0 -47.1 54 348 04 04 00 04 18 00 --- 23 49 23 48.7 471.2 -2.7 -45.9 840 457 04 04 01 04 19 00 0234+285 23 50 23 53.5 459.8 -2.8 -54.3 25 457 04 19 00 04 26 00 --- 23 57 24 54.7 461.4 -2.7 -53.9 420 511 04 19 01 04 27 00 0229+200 23 58 24 50.2 473.5 -2.6 -44.9 24 511 04 27 00 04 41 00 --- 00 12 27 52.5 477.3 -2.4 -43.2 840 619 04 27 01 04 42 00 0239+175 00 13 27 49.2 477.7 -2.5 -42.2 39 619 04 42 00 04 45 00 --- 00 16 27 49.7 478.5 -2.4 -41.8 180 643 04 42 01 04 46 00 0229+200 00 17 27 53.3 478.7 -2.3 -42.5 38 643 04 46 00 05 00 00 --- 00 31 30 55.5 482.9 -2.0 -40.3 840 751 04 46 01 05 01 00 0229+200 00 32 30 55.6 483.3 -2.0 -40.1 54 751 05 01 00 05 15 00 --- 00 46 32 57.7 487.9 -1.8 -37.4 840 859 05 01 01 05 16 00 0229+200 00 47 32 57.8 488.3 -1.8 -37.2 53 859 05 16 00 05 30 00 --- 01 01 35 59.7 493.4 -1.5 -34.0 840 968 05 16 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 3 The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 3 Jun 2011 Day 154 --- 05 31 00 0229+200 01 02 35 59.9 493.8 -1.5 -33.7 53 968 05 31 00 05 45 00 --- 01 16 37 61.6 499.5 -1.3 -30.0 840 1076 05 31 01 05 46 00 0239+175 01 17 37 58.4 498.6 -1.4 -30.1 39 1076 05 46 00 05 49 00 --- 01 20 38 58.7 499.8 -1.4 -29.3 180 1099 05 46 01 05 50 00 0229+200 01 21 38 62.2 501.7 -1.2 -28.5 39 1099 05 50 00 06 04 00 --- 01 35 40 63.6 508.2 -1.0 -23.9 840 1208 05 50 01 06 05 00 0234+285 01 36 40 70.6 495.3 -1.0 -35.5 23 1208 06 05 00 06 12 00 --- 01 43 41 71.5 499.2 -0.9 -32.6 420 1262 06 05 01 06 13 00 0229+200 01 44 42 64.4 512.7 -0.8 -20.7 22 1262 06 13 00 06 27 00 --- 01 58 44 65.5 520.1 -0.6 -15.2 840 1370 06 13 01 06 28 00 0229+200 01 59 44 65.5 520.6 -0.6 -14.8 53 1370 06 28 00 06 42 00 --- 02 13 46 66.2 528.5 -0.3 -8.8 840 1479 06 28 01 06 43 00 0239+175 02 14 47 63.3 524.9 -0.5 -11.4 37 1479 06 43 00 06 46 00 --- 02 17 47 63.4 526.5 -0.4 -10.2 180 1502 06 43 01 06 47 00 0229+200 02 18 47 66.4 531.4 -0.2 -6.6 36 1502 06 47 00 07 01 00 --- 02 32 50 66.5 539.6 0.0 -0.3 840 1610 06 47 01 07 02 00 0229+200 02 33 50 66.5 540.2 0.0 0.2 53 1610 07 02 00 07 15 00 --- 02 46 52 66.4 547.9 0.2 6.0 780 1711 07 02 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.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: 11 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4020.10 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 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 C D C D The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 922.39 922.39 922.39 922.39 954.39 954.39 954.39 954.39 986.39 986.39 986.39 986.39 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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 = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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) * 0229+200 02 29 59.796088 * 02 32 48.616000 02 33 27.188293 0.00 20 04 06.23334 * 20 17 17.45000 20 20 15.01507 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3.250 scan and 245.800 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C1024 J0237+2848 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 32.789555 0.01 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 51 02.04668 0.01 J0237+28 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 53368 Observations 0.233 scan and 18.200 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C1024 J0242+1742 02 39 36.812122 * 02 42 24.268275 02 43 02.495153 0.09 * 0239+175 17 30 14.07693 * 17 42 58.84921 17 45 50.76651 0.14 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 252 Observations 0.200 scan and 15.600 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C1024 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) 0229+200 30.3 0234+285 28.8 0239+175 28.6 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