COVER INFORMATION Station: ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12L2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Yurii Pidopryhora Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: pidopryhora@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME on 12 June 2012 involving 13 antennas: Ef Wb Jb1 On Mc Nt Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Hh Ir and 3 fake DBBC test "stations" HH_DBBC, HH_DBBC2, ON8_DBBC The NME uses a standard setup with 512 Mbps and consists of long integrations on strong sources standard EVN f-finders 0528+134, DA193, 4C39.25 and J1043+2408 (in May 2011 C-band flux ~0.7 Jy based on N11C2 pipeline) Note, that during the observation 0528+134 is only ~10 deg from the Sun. There is no phase referencing section in this experiment. Four ftp tests are scheduled: ~10:08:40 UT (scan 2, 4 sec, 0528+134) ~10:57:50 UT (scan 8, 4 sec, DA193) ~11:45:50 UT (scan 13, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~12:46:30 UT (scan 20, 4 sec, J1043+2408) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Yurii Schedule for ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 12 Jun 2012 Day 164 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 462.49 462.49 462.49 462.49 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 10 00 00 0528+134 04 12 12 43.6 152.9 -1.3 0.0 0 0 10 00 00 10 05 00 --- 04 17 13 43.9 154.5 -1.2 0.0 300 19 10 00 01 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 05 40 0528+134 04 17 53 44.0 154.7 -1.2 0.0 34 19 10 05 40 10 10 40 --- 04 22 54 44.2 156.4 -1.1 0.0 300 39 10 05 41 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 12 10 0528+134 04 24 24 44.3 156.9 -1.1 0.0 84 39 10 12 10 10 20 10 --- 04 32 25 44.7 159.5 -1.0 0.0 480 70 10 12 11 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 20 50 0528+134 04 33 05 44.8 159.8 -1.0 0.0 34 70 10 20 50 10 27 50 --- 04 40 06 45.1 162.1 -0.9 0.0 420 97 10 20 51 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 28 30 0528+134 04 40 46 45.1 162.4 -0.8 0.0 34 97 10 28 30 10 35 30 --- 04 47 48 45.4 164.7 -0.7 0.0 420 124 10 28 31 Source only 9.8 degrees from the Sun. 10 38 30 DA193 04 50 48 69.5 141.8 -1.1 0.0 63 124 10 38 30 10 45 30 --- 04 57 49 70.0 145.4 -1.0 0.0 420 151 10 38 31 10 46 10 DA193 04 58 29 70.1 145.7 -1.0 0.0 34 151 10 46 10 10 53 10 --- 05 05 31 70.6 149.4 -0.8 0.0 420 178 10 46 11 10 53 50 DA193 05 06 11 70.6 149.8 -0.8 0.0 34 178 10 53 50 10 59 50 --- 05 12 12 71.0 153.1 -0.7 0.0 360 201 10 53 51 11 01 20 DA193 05 13 42 71.1 153.9 -0.7 0.0 84 201 11 01 20 11 07 20 --- 05 19 43 71.4 157.4 -0.6 0.0 360 225 11 01 21 11 14 50 4C39.25 05 27 14 47.6 88.9 -4.0 0.0 263 225 11 14 50 11 22 50 --- 05 35 15 48.7 90.6 -3.9 0.0 480 255 11 14 51 Schedule for ON8_DBBC (Code Od ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 12 Jun 2012 Day 164 --- 11 23 30 4C39.25 05 35 56 48.8 90.7 -3.9 0.0 34 255 11 23 30 11 31 30 --- 05 43 57 49.9 92.4 -3.7 0.0 480 286 11 23 31 11 32 10 4C39.25 05 44 37 49.9 92.6 -3.7 0.0 34 286 11 32 10 11 40 10 --- 05 52 38 51.0 94.4 -3.6 0.0 480 317 11 32 11 11 40 50 4C39.25 05 53 18 51.1 94.5 -3.6 0.0 34 317 11 40 50 11 47 50 --- 06 00 20 52.1 96.1 -3.5 0.0 420 344 11 40 51 11 49 20 4C39.25 06 01 50 52.3 96.4 -3.4 0.0 84 344 11 49 20 11 55 50 --- 06 08 21 53.1 98.0 -3.3 0.0 390 370 11 49 21 11 56 30 4C39.25 06 09 01 53.2 98.1 -3.3 0.0 34 370 11 56 30 12 03 30 --- 06 16 02 54.1 99.8 -3.2 0.0 420 397 11 56 31 12 04 10 4C39.25 06 16 42 54.2 99.9 -3.2 0.0 34 397 12 04 10 12 11 10 --- 06 23 43 55.2 101.7 -3.1 0.0 420 424 12 04 11 12 14 30 J1043+2408 06 27 04 33.9 98.0 -4.3 0.0 127 424 12 14 30 12 22 30 =1040+244 06 35 05 35.0 99.8 -4.1 0.0 480 455 12 14 31 12 23 10 J1043+2408 06 35 45 35.1 99.9 -4.1 0.0 34 455 12 23 10 12 31 10 =1040+244 06 43 47 36.1 101.8 -4.0 0.0 480 486 12 23 11 12 31 50 J1043+2408 06 44 27 36.2 101.9 -4.0 0.0 34 486 12 31 50 12 39 50 =1040+244 06 52 28 37.3 103.8 -3.9 0.0 480 517 12 31 51 12 40 30 J1043+2408 06 53 08 37.4 103.9 -3.8 0.0 34 517 12 40 30 12 48 30 =1040+244 07 01 09 38.4 105.8 -3.7 0.0 480 548 12 40 31 12 50 00 J1043+2408 07 02 40 38.6 106.2 -3.7 0.0 84 548 12 50 00 13 00 00 =1040+244 07 12 41 39.9 108.6 -3.5 0.0 600 586 12 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.L512 --- 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: 9 Station: ON8_DBBC Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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= 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 1220.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = B D B D B D B D B D B D B D B D The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 15 Setup file default. LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 430.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 462.49 462.49 462.49 462.49 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 Matching frequency sets: 15 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 -- Network Monitoring Experiment 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) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759216 * 05 30 56.416747 05 31 38.325026 0.21 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28887 * 13 31 55.14954 13 32 21.56228 0.23 J0530+13 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 133158 Observations 0.533 scan and 64.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 22.485076 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 49.94267 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.433 scan and 52.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 49.693085 0.29 0923+392 39 15 23.56646 * 39 02 20.85186 38 59 07.17259 0.16 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 231732 Observations 0.858 scan and 103.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 * J1043+2408 10 40 25.199375 * 10 43 09.035776 10 43 50.335850 0.01 1040+244 24 24 19.59858 * 24 08 35.40944 24 04 39.50093 0.02 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 3193 Observations 0.700 scan and 84.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.L512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 15 16 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) 0528+134 9.8 DA193 17.9 4C39.25 53.4 J1043+2408 72.0 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