COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) Experiment: 21cm Network Monitoring Experiment and FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/201 Exp. Code: N11L2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 21cm, 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters. A Skype group chat will be launched. Send the disk pack to JIVE. Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) Page 2 21cm Network Monitoring Experiment and FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/201 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 7 Jun 2011 Day 158 --- Next scan frequencies: 1411.49 1411.49 1411.49 1411.49 1427.49 1427.49 1427.49 1427.49 1443.49 1443.49 1443.49 1443.49 1459.49 1459.49 1459.49 1459.49 Next BBC frequencies: 181.49 181.49 181.49 181.49 197.49 197.49 197.49 197.49 213.49 213.49 213.49 213.49 229.49 229.49 229.49 229.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 0528+134 04 52 55 49.6 165.4 -0.6 -8.9 0 0 12 00 00 12 03 00 --- 04 55 56 49.7 166.5 -0.6 -8.2 180 12 12 00 04 12 05 00 0528+134 04 57 56 49.7 167.3 -0.6 -7.8 111 12 12 05 00 12 17 00 --- 05 09 58 50.1 171.8 -0.4 -5.0 720 58 12 05 04 12 20 00 J0616-0306 05 12 58 32.1 161.1 -1.1 -11.2 33 58 12 20 00 12 21 00 =0613-030 05 13 59 32.1 161.4 -1.0 -11.0 60 62 12 20 04 12 21 30 J0613-0200 05 14 29 33.3 162.0 -1.0 -10.7 9 62 12 21 30 12 29 30 --- 05 22 30 33.7 164.4 -0.9 -9.3 480 93 12 21 34 12 30 00 J0616-0306 05 23 00 32.5 164.0 -0.9 -9.5 9 93 12 30 00 12 31 00 =0613-030 05 24 00 32.6 164.3 -0.9 -9.3 60 97 12 30 04 12 31 30 J0613-0200 05 24 30 33.8 165.0 -0.8 -8.9 9 97 12 31 30 12 39 30 --- 05 32 32 34.1 167.4 -0.7 -7.5 480 128 12 31 34 12 40 00 J0616-0306 05 33 02 32.9 167.0 -0.7 -7.8 9 128 12 40 00 12 41 00 =0613-030 05 34 02 32.9 167.3 -0.7 -7.6 60 132 12 40 04 12 41 30 J0613-0200 05 34 32 34.1 168.0 -0.7 -7.2 9 132 12 41 30 12 49 30 --- 05 42 33 34.3 170.4 -0.5 -5.7 480 163 12 41 34 12 50 00 J0616-0306 05 43 03 33.2 169.9 -0.6 -6.0 10 163 12 50 00 12 51 00 =0613-030 05 44 04 33.2 170.2 -0.5 -5.8 60 166 12 50 04 12 51 30 J0613-0200 05 44 34 34.4 171.0 -0.5 -5.4 9 166 12 51 30 12 59 30 --- 05 52 35 34.6 173.4 -0.4 -3.9 480 197 12 51 34 13 00 00 J0616-0306 05 53 05 33.4 172.9 -0.4 -4.2 10 197 13 00 00 13 01 00 =0613-030 05 54 05 33.4 173.2 -0.4 -4.1 60 201 13 00 04 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) Page 3 21cm Network Monitoring Experiment and FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/201 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 7 Jun 2011 Day 158 --- 13 01 30 J0613-0200 05 54 35 34.6 174.0 -0.3 -3.6 10 201 13 01 30 13 09 30 --- 06 02 37 34.7 176.4 -0.2 -2.1 480 232 13 01 34 13 10 00 J0616-0306 06 03 07 33.6 175.9 -0.2 -2.4 10 232 13 10 00 13 11 00 =0613-030 06 04 07 33.6 176.2 -0.2 -2.3 60 236 13 10 04 13 11 30 J0613-0200 06 04 37 34.7 177.1 -0.2 -1.8 10 236 13 11 30 13 19 30 --- 06 12 38 34.7 179.5 0.0 -0.3 480 267 13 11 34 13 22 30 0528+134 06 15 39 49.4 196.6 0.7 10.1 58 267 13 22 30 13 25 30 --- 06 18 39 49.2 197.7 0.8 10.8 180 279 13 22 34 13 27 30 0528+134 06 20 40 49.1 198.4 0.8 11.2 111 279 13 27 30 13 39 30 --- 06 32 41 48.5 202.7 1.0 13.8 720 325 13 27 34 13 42 30 J0616-0306 06 35 42 33.5 185.7 0.3 3.4 56 325 13 42 30 13 43 30 =0613-030 06 36 42 33.5 186.0 0.3 3.6 60 329 13 42 34 13 44 00 J0613-0200 06 37 12 34.5 187.0 0.4 4.2 10 329 13 44 00 13 52 00 --- 06 45 14 34.4 189.4 0.5 5.6 480 360 13 44 04 13 52 30 J0616-0306 06 45 44 33.3 188.7 0.5 5.2 10 360 13 52 30 13 53 30 =0613-030 06 46 44 33.3 189.0 0.5 5.4 60 364 13 52 34 13 54 00 J0613-0200 06 47 14 34.3 190.0 0.5 6.0 10 364 13 54 00 14 02 00 --- 06 55 15 34.1 192.4 0.7 7.4 480 395 13 54 04 14 02 30 J0616-0306 06 55 45 33.1 191.7 0.7 7.0 11 395 14 02 30 14 03 30 =0613-030 06 56 45 33.0 192.0 0.7 7.1 60 399 14 02 34 14 04 00 J0613-0200 06 57 16 34.0 193.0 0.7 7.7 11 399 14 04 00 14 12 00 --- 07 05 17 33.7 195.4 0.8 9.1 480 430 14 04 04 14 12 30 J0616-0306 07 05 47 32.7 194.6 0.8 8.7 11 430 14 12 30 14 13 30 =0613-030 07 06 47 32.7 194.9 0.8 8.9 60 434 14 12 34 14 14 00 J0613-0200 07 07 17 33.6 196.0 0.9 9.5 11 434 14 14 00 14 22 00 --- 07 15 18 33.3 198.3 1.0 10.9 480 464 14 14 04 14 22 30 J0616-0306 07 15 49 32.3 197.5 1.0 10.4 11 464 14 22 30 14 23 30 =0613-030 07 16 49 32.2 197.8 1.0 10.6 60 468 14 22 34 14 24 00 J0613-0200 07 17 19 33.2 198.9 1.1 11.2 11 468 14 24 00 14 32 00 --- 07 25 20 32.8 201.3 1.2 12.5 480 499 14 24 04 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) Page 4 21cm Network Monitoring Experiment and FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/201 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 7 Jun 2011 Day 158 --- 14 32 30 J0616-0306 07 25 50 31.8 200.4 1.2 12.1 11 499 14 32 30 14 33 30 =0613-030 07 26 50 31.8 200.7 1.2 12.2 60 503 14 32 34 14 34 00 J0613-0200 07 27 20 32.7 201.8 1.2 12.9 11 503 14 34 00 14 42 00 --- 07 35 22 32.2 204.1 1.4 14.2 480 534 14 34 04 14 45 00 0528+134 07 38 22 43.1 224.3 2.1 25.5 85 534 14 45 00 14 57 00 --- 07 50 24 41.8 227.9 2.3 27.2 720 581 14 45 04 14 58 00 0528+134 07 51 24 41.6 228.2 2.3 27.3 52 581 14 58 00 15 01 00 --- 07 54 25 41.3 229.1 2.4 27.7 180 592 14 58 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.H512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/freq.dat: j121red Values from SImon Garrington for red HI 21/01/00 ****** Only 53.02 of 128.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 2 Station: JODRELL1 Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 1230.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. LO sum= 1411.49 1411.49 1411.49 1411.49 1427.49 1427.49 1427.49 1427.49 1443.49 1443.49 1443.49 1443.49 1459.49 1459.49 1459.49 1459.49 BBC fr= 181.49 181.49 181.49 181.49 197.49 197.49 197.49 197.49 213.49 213.49 213.49 213.49 229.49 229.49 229.49 229.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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 -- 21cm Network Monitoring Experiment and FTP Fringe Test for Session 2/201 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) * J0613-0200 06 11 12.568396 * 06 13 43.975142 06 14 18.313174 0.00 -01 59 52.70087 *-02 00 47.17370 -02 01 05.07008 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. From the ATNF Pulsar Database. No proper motion correction. 1.600 scan and 24.000 baseline hours in setup: sess211.H512 J0530+1331 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 34.979068 0.21 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28887 * 13 31 55.14954 13 32 21.86900 0.23 J0530+13 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 133158 Observations 0.750 scan and 11.250 baseline hours in setup: sess211.H512 * J0616-0306 06 13 37.814531 * 06 16 07.941327 06 16 41.980989 0.42 0613-030 -03 05 43.86163 *-03 06 48.85340 -03 07 09.32743 1.01 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 39 Observations 0.200 scan and 3.000 baseline hours in setup: sess211.H512 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) J0613-0200 30.5 0528+134 11.7 J0616-0306 31.8 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