COVER INFORMATION Station: SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Experiment: Variability and spectra in Seyfert parsec scale nuclei Exp. Code: EG066J 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: Phase-referencing, ngc4477, 18cm, 1Gb/s Notes: Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 2 Variability and spectra in Seyfert parsec scale nuclei 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 3 Jun 2013 Day 154 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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 22 15 00 M84 17 04 14 21.1 618.5 4.6 29.6 0 0 22 15 00 22 18 00 --- 17 07 14 20.7 619.1 4.7 29.7 180 23 22 15 01 22 18 00 NGC4477 17 07 14 22.0 618.4 4.6 29.7 -15 23 No stop 22 22 00 --- 17 11 15 21.5 619.3 4.7 29.8 225 54 22 18 01 22 22 30 M84 17 11 45 20.2 620.2 4.8 29.8 15 54 22 22 30 22 24 00 --- 17 13 15 20.0 620.5 4.8 29.8 90 66 22 22 31 22 24 00 NGC4477 17 13 15 21.3 619.8 4.7 29.9 -15 66 No stop 22 28 00 --- 17 17 16 20.8 620.7 4.8 30.0 225 97 22 24 01 22 28 00 M84 17 17 16 19.5 621.4 4.9 29.9 -15 97 No stop 22 29 30 --- 17 18 46 19.3 621.7 4.9 30.0 75 108 22 28 01 22 29 30 NGC4477 17 18 46 20.6 621.0 4.8 30.0 -15 108 No stop 22 33 30 --- 17 22 47 20.1 621.9 4.9 30.1 225 139 22 29 31 22 34 00 M84 17 23 17 18.8 622.7 5.0 30.0 15 139 22 34 00 22 35 30 --- 17 24 47 18.6 623.1 5.0 30.1 90 151 22 34 01 22 35 30 NGC4477 17 24 47 19.9 622.4 4.9 30.1 -15 151 No stop 22 39 30 --- 17 28 48 19.4 623.3 5.0 30.2 225 182 22 35 31 22 39 30 M84 17 28 48 18.1 624.0 5.1 30.1 -15 182 No stop 22 41 00 --- 17 30 18 17.9 624.3 5.1 30.1 75 194 22 39 31 22 41 00 NGC4477 17 30 18 19.2 623.6 5.0 30.2 -15 194 No stop 22 45 00 --- 17 34 19 18.7 624.5 5.1 30.2 225 225 22 41 01 22 46 00 M84 17 35 19 17.3 625.4 5.2 30.2 45 225 22 46 00 22 48 00 --- 17 37 19 17.1 625.9 5.2 30.2 120 240 22 46 01 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 3 Variability and spectra in Seyfert parsec scale nuclei 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 3 Jun 2013 Day 154 --- 22 48 00 NGC4477 17 37 19 18.3 625.2 5.1 30.3 -15 240 No stop 22 52 30 --- 17 41 50 17.8 626.2 5.2 30.3 255 275 22 48 01 22 53 30 M84 17 42 50 16.4 627.1 5.3 30.3 45 275 22 53 30 22 54 30 --- 17 43 50 16.3 627.3 5.3 30.3 60 283 22 53 31 22 54 30 NGC4477 17 43 50 17.5 626.6 5.2 30.3 -15 283 No stop 22 58 30 --- 17 47 51 17.0 627.5 5.3 30.4 225 314 22 54 31 22 58 30 M84 17 47 51 15.8 628.2 5.4 30.3 -15 314 No stop 23 00 00 --- 17 49 21 15.6 628.5 5.4 30.3 75 325 22 58 31 23 00 00 NGC4477 17 49 21 16.9 627.8 5.3 30.4 -15 325 No stop 23 04 30 --- 17 53 52 16.3 628.8 5.4 30.4 255 360 23 00 01 23 05 30 M84 17 54 52 14.9 629.7 5.5 30.3 45 360 23 05 30 23 06 30 --- 17 55 52 14.8 629.9 5.5 30.3 60 368 23 05 31 23 06 30 NGC4477 17 55 52 16.1 629.2 5.4 30.4 -15 368 No stop 23 10 30 --- 17 59 53 15.6 630.1 5.5 30.4 225 399 23 06 31 23 10 30 M84 17 59 53 14.3 630.8 5.6 30.3 -15 399 No stop 23 12 00 --- 18 01 23 14.1 631.1 5.6 30.3 75 410 23 10 31 23 12 00 NGC4477 18 01 23 15.4 630.4 5.5 30.4 -15 410 No stop 23 16 30 --- 18 05 54 14.8 631.4 5.6 30.4 255 445 23 12 01 23 17 30 M84 18 06 54 13.4 632.3 5.7 30.3 45 445 23 17 30 23 18 30 --- 18 07 54 13.3 632.5 5.7 30.3 60 453 23 17 31 23 18 30 NGC4477 18 07 54 14.6 631.8 5.6 30.4 -15 453 No stop 23 22 30 --- 18 11 55 14.1 632.7 5.7 30.4 225 484 23 18 31 23 22 30 M84 18 11 55 12.8 633.4 5.8 30.2 -15 484 No stop 23 24 00 --- 18 13 25 12.6 633.7 5.8 30.2 75 495 23 22 31 23 24 00 NGC4477 18 13 25 13.9 633.0 5.7 30.4 -15 495 No stop 23 28 00 --- 18 17 26 13.4 633.9 5.8 30.3 225 526 23 24 01 23 29 00 M84 18 18 26 12.0 634.8 5.9 30.2 45 526 23 29 00 23 30 00 --- 18 19 26 11.9 635.0 5.9 30.2 60 534 23 29 01 23 31 00 3C274 18 20 26 12.1 633.7 5.8 30.2 44 534 23 31 00 23 35 00 --- 18 24 27 11.6 634.6 5.9 30.1 240 565 23 31 01 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 4 Variability and spectra in Seyfert parsec scale nuclei 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 3 Jun 2013 Day 154 --- 23 36 00 M84 18 25 27 11.2 636.3 6.0 30.1 44 565 23 36 00 23 37 30 --- 18 26 57 11.0 636.6 6.0 30.1 90 577 23 36 01 23 37 30 NGC4477 18 26 57 12.2 636.0 5.9 30.2 -15 577 No stop 23 41 30 --- 18 30 58 11.8 636.8 6.0 30.2 225 608 23 37 31 23 42 30 M84 18 31 58 10.4 637.7 6.1 30.0 45 608 23 42 30 23 43 30 --- 18 32 58 10.3 637.9 6.1 30.0 60 615 23 42 31 23 43 30 NGC4477 18 32 58 11.5 637.2 6.0 30.1 -15 615 No stop 23 47 30 --- 18 36 59 11.0 638.1 6.1 30.1 225 646 23 43 31 23 49 00 NGC4477 18 38 29 10.8 638.4 6.1 30.0 84 646 23 49 00 23 53 00 --- 18 42 30 10.3 639.3 6.2 30.0 240 677 23 49 01 23 55 00 NGC4477 18 44 30 10.1 639.7 6.2 29.9 114 677 23 55 00 23 59 00 --- 18 48 31 9.6 640.6 6.3 D 29.8 0 708 23 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.L1024 --- 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: 8 Station: SVETLOE 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= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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: 6 Setup file default. LO sum= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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: 6 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 -- Variability and spectra in Seyfert parsec scale nuclei 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) * NGC4477 12 27 30.490327 * 12 30 02.203000 12 30 44.046588 0.00 13 54 46.99022 * 13 38 12.85600 13 33 44.53953 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.875 scan and 49.982 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J1225+1253 12 22 31.582012 * 12 25 03.743328 12 25 45.686738 0.11 * M84 13 09 49.76841 * 12 53 13.13902 12 48 43.74868 0.14 1222+131 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 924 observations 0.700 scan and 15.907 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J1230+1223 12 28 17.569281 * 12 30 49.423383 12 31 31.320643 0.10 * 3C274 12 40 01.74883 * 12 23 28.04365 12 18 59.46871 0.10 1228+126 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1230+12 rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 45318 observations M87 0.133 scan and 4.267 baseline hours in setup: sess213.L1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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) NGC4477 107.3 M84 106.6 3C274 108.1 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