COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: M87 monitoring Exp. Code: EG051E Schedule Version: 1.00 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 SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 M87 monitoring 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 2 Jun 2011 Day 153 --- 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 14 50 00 M87 15 37 42 43.3 257.0 3.1 58.6 0 0 14 49 55 15 05 00 --- 15 52 45 40.1 259.5 3.4 59.5 900 117 14 49 56 15 05 40 M87 15 53 25 40.0 259.6 3.4 59.6 38 117 15 05 35 15 20 00 --- 16 07 47 36.9 261.9 3.6 60.2 860 228 15 05 36 15 20 40 M87 16 08 27 36.8 262.0 3.6 60.2 38 228 15 20 35 15 35 00 --- 16 22 50 33.7 264.1 3.9 60.7 860 340 15 20 36 15 35 40 M87 16 23 30 33.6 264.2 3.9 60.7 38 340 15 35 35 15 50 00 --- 16 37 52 30.5 266.2 4.1 61.0 860 452 15 35 36 15 50 40 M87 16 38 32 30.4 266.3 4.1 61.0 38 452 15 50 35 16 05 00 --- 16 52 55 27.3 268.2 4.4 61.2 860 563 15 50 36 16 05 40 M87 16 53 35 27.2 268.3 4.4 61.2 38 563 16 05 35 16 20 00 --- 17 07 57 24.1 270.2 4.6 61.2 860 675 16 05 36 16 20 40 M87 17 08 37 24.0 270.3 4.6 61.2 38 675 16 20 35 16 35 00 --- 17 23 00 20.9 272.1 4.9 61.2 860 786 16 20 36 16 35 40 M87 17 23 40 20.7 272.2 4.9 61.1 38 786 16 35 35 16 50 00 --- 17 38 02 17.7 274.0 5.1 61.0 860 898 16 35 36 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.C1024 Matching groups in /irasoft/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 8 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 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= 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= 16.000 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 -- M87 monitoring 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 25.629868 0.00 12 40 01.74900 * 12 23 28.04382 12 19 36.40487 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.922 scan and 149.933 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) M87 109.8 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