COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 Exp. Code: EG049E Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.10 Release of about Feb. 14, 2012 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 BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 5 Jun 2012 Day 157 --- 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: 442.49 442.49 442.49 442.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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 00 00 0229+200 02 44 43 58.5 545.0 0.2 3.3 0 0 03 00 00 03 14 00 --- 02 58 45 58.2 551.3 0.4 7.4 840 108 03 00 01 03 15 00 0229+200 02 59 45 58.2 551.7 0.4 7.7 53 108 03 15 00 03 29 00 --- 03 13 48 57.6 557.8 0.7 11.7 840 217 03 15 01 03 30 00 0239+175 03 14 48 55.4 553.4 0.5 8.6 36 217 03 30 00 03 33 00 --- 03 17 48 55.3 554.6 0.6 9.4 180 240 03 30 01 03 34 00 0229+200 03 18 48 57.4 560.0 0.8 13.0 35 240 03 34 00 03 48 00 --- 03 32 51 56.5 565.8 1.0 16.7 840 348 03 34 01 03 49 00 0229+200 03 33 51 56.4 566.2 1.0 16.9 53 348 03 49 00 04 03 00 --- 03 47 53 55.4 571.8 1.2 20.3 840 457 03 49 01 04 04 00 0234+285 03 48 53 63.6 576.5 1.2 24.9 29 457 04 04 00 04 11 00 --- 03 55 54 62.9 579.6 1.3 26.8 420 511 04 04 01 04 12 00 0229+200 03 56 55 54.6 575.2 1.4 22.4 29 511 04 12 00 04 26 00 --- 04 10 57 53.3 580.3 1.6 25.3 840 619 04 12 01 04 27 00 0239+175 04 11 57 51.7 575.6 1.5 22.2 35 619 04 27 00 04 30 00 --- 04 14 58 51.5 576.6 1.5 22.8 180 643 04 27 01 04 31 00 0229+200 04 15 58 52.8 582.1 1.7 26.2 35 643 04 31 00 04 45 00 --- 04 30 00 51.3 586.8 1.9 28.8 840 751 04 31 01 04 46 00 0229+200 04 31 00 51.1 587.1 2.0 28.9 53 751 04 46 00 05 00 00 --- 04 45 03 49.5 591.6 2.2 31.1 840 859 04 46 01 05 01 00 0229+200 04 46 03 49.4 591.9 2.2 31.3 54 859 05 01 00 05 15 00 --- 05 00 05 47.6 596.1 2.4 33.2 840 968 05 01 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 5 Jun 2012 Day 157 --- 05 16 00 0229+200 05 01 05 47.5 596.4 2.5 33.3 54 968 05 16 00 05 30 00 --- 05 15 07 45.6 600.4 2.7 35.0 840 1076 05 16 01 05 31 00 0239+175 05 16 08 44.6 595.9 2.6 32.6 36 1076 05 31 00 05 34 00 --- 05 19 08 44.2 596.8 2.6 32.9 180 1099 05 31 01 05 35 00 0229+200 05 20 08 45.0 601.7 2.8 35.5 35 1099 05 35 00 05 49 00 --- 05 34 11 43.0 605.4 3.0 36.9 840 1208 05 35 01 05 50 00 0234+285 05 35 11 50.2 612.3 2.9 42.3 31 1208 05 50 00 05 57 00 --- 05 42 12 49.1 614.0 3.1 42.8 420 1262 05 50 01 05 58 00 0229+200 05 43 12 41.7 607.7 3.2 37.6 31 1262 05 58 00 06 12 00 --- 05 57 14 39.7 611.1 3.4 38.6 840 1370 05 58 01 06 13 00 0229+200 05 58 15 39.6 611.3 3.4 38.7 54 1370 06 13 00 06 27 00 --- 06 12 17 37.5 614.6 3.6 39.5 840 1479 06 13 01 06 28 00 0239+175 06 13 17 36.7 610.6 3.5 37.8 37 1479 06 28 00 06 31 00 --- 06 16 17 36.3 611.3 3.6 38.0 180 1502 06 28 01 06 32 00 0229+200 06 17 18 36.7 615.7 3.7 39.8 36 1502 06 32 00 06 46 00 --- 06 31 20 34.6 618.8 4.0 40.4 840 1610 06 32 01 06 47 00 0229+200 06 32 20 34.5 619.1 4.0 40.4 54 1610 06 47 00 07 00 00 --- 06 45 22 32.5 621.8 4.2 40.8 780 1711 06 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess212.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: 12 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. 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= 442.49 442.49 442.49 442.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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 Matching frequency sets: 9 10 11 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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 30.603380 0.00 20 04 06.23334 * 20 17 17.45000 20 20 28.61826 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3.250 scan and 245.800 baseline hours in setup: sess212.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 J0237+2848 02 34 55.589591 * 02 37 52.405678 02 38 36.392534 0.11 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40769 * 28 48 08.98994 28 51 15.19757 0.10 J0237+28 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 1059 observations 0.233 scan and 18.200 baseline hours in setup: sess212.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 J0242+1742 02 39 36.812112 * 02 42 24.268265 02 43 05.870368 0.12 * 0239+175 17 30 14.07677 * 17 42 58.84905 17 46 03.77563 0.14 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 570 observations 0.200 scan and 15.600 baseline hours in setup: sess212.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 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 32.8 0234+285 31.2 0239+175 31.2 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