COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Two Overlapping pointings of M31 for wide-field VLBI Exp. Code: EM107A Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: John Morgan Address: Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy GPO Box U1987 Perth WA 6845 Australia Phone: +61 8 9266 9899 EMAIL: mojoh81@gmail.com Fax: +61 8 9266 9246 Phone during observation: +61 488 394 610 Observing mode: Two overlapping target pointings with phase referencing (5 Notes: Westerbork *Phased* for maximum sensitivity at field centre for HI studies Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 2 Two Overlapping pointings of M31 for wide-field VLBI 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Jun 2013 Day 156 --- Next scan frequencies: 1338.00 1338.00 1338.00 1338.00 1370.00 1370.00 1370.00 1370.00 1402.00 1402.00 1402.00 1402.00 1434.00 1434.00 1434.00 1434.00 Next BBC frequencies: 78.00 78.00 78.00 78.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 142.00 142.00 142.00 142.00 174.00 174.00 174.00 174.00 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 06 30 00 J0038+4137 02 11 40 72.9 631.0 1.5 75.1 0 0 06 30 00 06 31 00 =0035+413 02 12 40 72.8 631.1 1.6 75.1 60 8 06 30 01 06 31 00 M31X 02 12 40 73.4 629.2 1.5 74.0 -17 8 No stop 06 36 00 --- 02 17 40 72.5 630.1 1.6 74.1 283 46 06 31 01 06 36 45 J0038+4137 02 18 26 71.7 632.0 1.7 75.0 28 46 06 36 45 06 37 45 =0035+413 02 19 26 71.5 632.2 1.7 75.0 60 54 06 36 46 06 37 45 M31X 02 19 26 72.2 630.4 1.6 74.0 -17 54 No stop 06 42 45 --- 02 24 27 71.3 631.2 1.7 74.0 283 92 06 37 46 06 43 30 J0038+4137 02 25 12 70.5 633.0 1.8 74.9 28 92 06 43 30 06 44 30 =0035+413 02 26 12 70.3 633.2 1.8 74.8 60 100 06 43 31 06 44 30 37W115 02 26 12 71.0 632.2 1.7 74.6 -14 100 No stop 06 49 30 --- 02 31 13 70.1 633.0 1.8 74.5 286 138 06 44 31 06 50 15 J0038+4137 02 31 58 69.3 634.0 1.9 74.7 31 138 06 50 15 06 51 15 =0035+413 02 32 58 69.1 634.1 1.9 74.6 60 146 06 50 16 06 51 15 37W115 02 32 58 69.8 633.2 1.8 74.4 -13 146 No stop 06 56 15 --- 02 37 59 68.9 634.0 1.9 74.3 287 185 06 51 16 06 57 00 J0038+4137 02 38 44 68.1 634.9 2.0 74.4 32 185 06 57 00 06 58 00 =0035+413 02 39 44 67.9 635.1 2.0 74.4 60 192 06 57 01 06 58 00 M31X 02 39 44 68.6 633.6 1.9 73.7 -16 192 No stop 07 03 00 --- 02 44 45 67.7 634.3 2.0 73.5 284 231 06 58 01 07 03 45 J0038+4137 02 45 30 66.8 635.8 2.1 74.1 29 231 07 03 45 07 04 45 =0035+413 02 46 30 66.7 636.0 2.1 74.0 60 238 07 03 46 07 04 45 M31X 02 46 30 67.3 634.5 2.1 73.4 -16 238 No stop 07 09 45 --- 02 51 31 66.4 635.2 2.1 73.2 284 277 07 04 46 07 10 30 J0038+4137 02 52 16 65.6 636.7 2.2 73.8 29 277 07 10 30 07 11 30 =0035+413 02 53 16 65.5 636.8 2.2 73.7 60 285 07 10 31 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 3 Two Overlapping pointings of M31 for wide-field VLBI 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Jun 2013 Day 156 --- 07 11 30 37W115 02 53 16 66.1 636.0 2.2 73.6 -13 285 No stop 07 16 30 --- 02 58 17 65.2 636.7 2.3 73.4 287 323 07 11 31 07 17 15 J0038+4137 02 59 02 64.4 637.5 2.3 73.4 32 323 07 17 15 07 18 15 =0035+413 03 00 02 64.2 637.7 2.3 73.3 60 331 07 17 16 07 18 15 37W115 03 00 02 64.9 636.9 2.3 73.3 -13 331 No stop 07 23 15 --- 03 05 03 64.0 637.5 2.4 73.0 287 369 07 18 16 07 24 00 J0038+4137 03 05 48 63.2 638.4 2.4 73.0 32 369 07 24 00 07 25 00 =0035+413 03 06 49 63.0 638.5 2.5 73.0 60 377 07 24 01 07 25 00 M31X 03 06 49 63.7 637.2 2.4 72.5 -15 377 No stop 07 30 00 --- 03 11 49 62.8 637.8 2.5 72.3 285 415 07 25 01 07 30 45 J0038+4137 03 12 34 62.0 639.2 2.6 72.6 30 415 07 30 45 07 31 45 =0035+413 03 13 35 61.8 639.3 2.6 72.6 60 423 07 30 46 07 31 45 M31X 03 13 35 62.5 638.1 2.5 72.2 -15 423 No stop 07 36 45 --- 03 18 35 61.6 638.7 2.6 71.9 285 462 07 31 46 07 37 30 J0038+4137 03 19 21 60.8 640.0 2.7 72.2 30 462 07 37 30 07 38 30 =0035+413 03 20 21 60.6 640.1 2.7 72.1 60 469 07 37 31 07 38 30 37W115 03 20 21 61.3 639.4 2.6 72.2 -12 469 No stop 07 43 30 --- 03 25 22 60.4 640.0 2.7 71.8 288 508 07 38 31 07 44 15 J0038+4137 03 26 07 59.6 640.8 2.8 71.7 32 508 07 44 15 07 45 15 =0035+413 03 27 07 59.4 640.9 2.8 71.7 60 515 07 44 16 07 45 15 37W115 03 27 07 60.1 640.2 2.7 71.7 -12 515 No stop 07 50 15 --- 03 32 08 59.2 640.8 2.8 71.4 288 554 07 45 16 07 51 00 J0038+4137 03 32 53 58.4 641.5 2.9 71.3 33 554 07 51 00 07 52 00 =0035+413 03 33 53 58.2 641.7 2.9 71.2 60 562 07 51 01 07 52 00 M31X 03 33 53 58.9 640.5 2.8 71.0 -14 562 No stop 07 57 00 --- 03 38 54 58.0 641.1 2.9 70.6 286 600 07 52 01 07 57 45 J0038+4137 03 39 39 57.2 642.3 3.0 70.8 30 600 07 57 45 07 58 45 =0035+413 03 40 39 57.0 642.4 3.0 70.7 60 608 07 57 46 07 58 45 M31X 03 40 39 57.7 641.3 3.0 70.5 -14 608 No stop 08 03 45 --- 03 45 40 56.8 641.9 3.0 70.2 286 646 07 58 46 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 4 Two Overlapping pointings of M31 for wide-field VLBI 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Jun 2013 Day 156 --- 08 04 30 J0038+4137 03 46 25 56.0 643.1 3.1 70.3 31 646 08 04 30 08 05 30 =0035+413 03 47 25 55.8 643.2 3.1 70.3 60 654 08 04 31 08 05 30 37W115 03 47 25 56.5 642.5 3.1 70.4 -12 654 No stop 08 10 30 --- 03 52 26 55.6 643.1 3.2 70.0 288 692 08 05 31 08 11 15 J0038+4137 03 53 11 54.8 643.8 3.2 69.8 33 692 08 11 15 08 12 15 =0035+413 03 54 11 54.6 643.9 3.3 69.8 60 700 08 11 16 08 12 15 37W115 03 54 11 55.3 643.3 3.2 69.9 -12 700 No stop 08 17 15 --- 03 59 12 54.4 643.9 3.3 69.5 288 738 08 12 16 08 18 00 J0038+4137 03 59 57 53.6 644.6 3.3 69.3 33 738 08 18 00 08 19 00 =0035+413 04 00 57 53.5 644.7 3.4 69.2 60 746 08 18 01 08 32 50 J0038+4137 04 14 50 51.1 646.2 3.6 68.1 823 746 08 32 50 08 33 50 =0035+413 04 15 50 50.9 646.4 3.6 68.1 60 754 08 32 51 08 33 50 M31X 04 15 50 51.5 645.4 3.5 68.0 -14 754 No stop 08 38 50 --- 04 20 51 50.6 645.9 3.6 67.6 286 792 08 33 51 08 39 25 J0038+4137 04 21 26 49.9 647.0 3.7 67.6 21 792 08 39 25 08 40 25 =0035+413 04 22 26 49.7 647.1 3.7 67.5 60 800 08 39 26 08 40 25 M31X 04 22 26 50.4 646.1 3.6 67.5 -14 800 No stop 08 45 25 --- 04 27 27 49.5 646.7 3.7 67.1 286 838 08 40 26 08 46 00 J0038+4137 04 28 02 48.8 647.7 3.8 67.1 21 838 08 46 00 08 47 00 =0035+413 04 29 02 48.6 647.8 3.8 67.0 60 846 08 46 01 08 47 00 37W115 04 29 02 49.2 647.2 3.8 67.2 -12 846 No stop 08 52 00 --- 04 34 03 48.4 647.8 3.8 66.8 288 885 08 47 01 08 52 30 J0038+4137 04 34 33 47.7 648.4 3.9 66.5 18 885 08 52 30 08 53 30 =0035+413 04 35 33 47.5 648.5 3.9 66.4 60 892 08 52 31 08 53 30 37W115 04 35 33 48.1 647.9 3.9 66.6 -12 892 No stop 08 58 30 --- 04 40 34 47.2 648.5 4.0 66.2 288 931 08 53 31 08 59 00 J0038+4137 04 41 04 46.5 649.1 4.0 66.0 18 931 08 59 00 09 00 00 =0035+413 04 42 04 46.4 649.2 4.0 65.9 60 938 08 59 01 09 00 00 M31X 04 42 04 47.0 648.3 4.0 65.9 -14 938 No stop 09 05 00 --- 04 47 05 46.1 648.9 4.1 65.5 286 977 09 00 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 5 Two Overlapping pointings of M31 for wide-field VLBI 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Jun 2013 Day 156 --- 09 05 35 J0038+4137 04 47 40 45.4 649.9 4.1 65.4 21 977 09 05 35 09 06 35 =0035+413 04 48 40 45.2 650.0 4.2 65.3 60 985 09 05 36 09 06 35 M31X 04 48 40 45.8 649.0 4.1 65.4 -14 985 No stop 09 11 35 --- 04 53 41 45.0 649.6 4.2 64.9 286 1023 09 06 36 09 12 10 J0038+4137 04 54 16 44.3 650.6 4.3 64.8 21 1023 09 12 10 09 13 10 =0035+413 04 55 16 44.1 650.7 4.3 64.7 60 1031 09 12 11 09 13 10 37W115 04 55 16 44.7 650.1 4.2 65.0 -12 1031 No stop 09 18 10 --- 05 00 17 43.9 650.7 4.3 64.5 288 1069 09 13 11 09 18 40 J0038+4137 05 00 47 43.2 651.3 4.4 64.2 18 1069 09 18 40 09 19 40 =0035+413 05 01 47 43.0 651.4 4.4 64.1 60 1077 09 18 41 09 19 40 37W115 05 01 47 43.6 650.8 4.3 64.4 -12 1077 No stop 09 24 40 --- 05 06 48 42.8 651.4 4.4 63.9 288 1115 09 19 41 09 25 10 J0038+4137 05 07 18 42.1 652.1 4.5 63.6 18 1115 09 25 10 09 26 10 =0035+413 05 08 18 41.9 652.2 4.5 63.5 60 1123 09 25 11 09 26 10 M31X 05 08 18 42.5 651.3 4.4 63.7 -13 1123 No stop 09 31 10 --- 05 13 19 41.7 651.8 4.5 63.2 287 1162 09 26 11 09 31 45 J0038+4137 05 13 54 41.0 652.8 4.6 63.0 21 1162 09 31 45 09 32 45 =0035+413 05 14 55 40.8 652.9 4.6 62.9 60 1169 09 31 46 09 32 45 M31X 05 14 55 41.4 652.0 4.5 63.1 -13 1169 No stop 09 37 45 --- 05 19 55 40.6 652.6 4.6 62.6 287 1208 09 32 46 09 38 20 J0038+4137 05 20 30 39.9 653.5 4.7 62.4 21 1208 09 38 20 09 39 20 =0035+413 05 21 31 39.7 653.6 4.7 62.3 60 1215 09 38 21 09 39 20 37W115 05 21 31 40.3 653.1 4.6 62.6 -12 1215 No stop 09 44 20 --- 05 26 31 39.5 653.6 4.7 62.1 288 1254 09 39 21 09 44 50 J0038+4137 05 27 02 38.8 654.3 4.8 61.8 18 1254 09 44 50 09 45 50 =0035+413 05 28 02 38.7 654.4 4.8 61.7 60 1262 09 44 51 09 45 50 37W115 05 28 02 39.3 653.8 4.7 62.0 -12 1262 No stop 09 50 50 --- 05 33 02 38.4 654.4 4.8 61.5 288 1300 09 45 51 09 51 20 J0038+4137 05 33 33 37.8 655.0 4.9 61.2 18 1300 09 51 20 09 52 20 =0035+413 05 34 33 37.6 655.1 4.9 61.1 60 1308 09 51 21 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 6 Two Overlapping pointings of M31 for wide-field VLBI 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Jun 2013 Day 156 --- 09 55 20 3C84 05 37 33 64.9 636.9 2.3 73.3 112 1308 09 55 20 10 00 20 --- 05 42 34 64.0 637.5 2.4 73.0 300 1346 09 55 21 10 04 20 J0038+4137 05 46 35 35.6 656.5 5.1 59.9 172 1346 10 04 20 10 05 20 =0035+413 05 47 35 35.5 656.6 5.1 59.8 60 1354 10 04 21 10 05 20 M31X 05 47 35 36.0 655.7 5.1 60.0 -13 1354 No stop 10 10 20 --- 05 52 36 35.2 656.3 5.2 59.5 287 1392 10 05 21 10 10 50 J0038+4137 05 53 06 34.6 657.3 5.2 59.2 17 1392 10 10 50 10 11 50 =0035+413 05 54 06 34.4 657.4 5.2 59.1 60 1400 10 10 51 10 11 50 M31X 05 54 06 35.0 656.5 5.2 59.4 -13 1400 No stop 10 16 50 --- 05 59 07 34.1 657.1 5.3 58.9 287 1438 10 11 51 10 17 20 J0038+4137 05 59 37 33.6 658.0 5.3 58.6 17 1438 10 17 20 10 18 20 =0035+413 06 00 37 33.4 658.1 5.4 58.5 60 1446 10 17 21 10 18 20 37W115 06 00 37 34.0 657.5 5.3 58.8 -12 1446 No stop 10 23 20 --- 06 05 38 33.2 658.1 5.4 58.3 288 1485 10 18 21 10 23 45 J0038+4137 06 06 03 32.5 658.8 5.4 57.9 13 1485 10 23 45 10 24 45 =0035+413 06 07 03 32.4 658.9 5.5 57.8 60 1492 10 23 46 10 24 45 37W115 06 07 03 32.9 658.3 5.4 58.2 -12 1492 No stop 10 29 45 --- 06 12 04 32.1 658.9 5.5 57.6 288 1531 10 24 46 10 30 10 J0038+4137 06 12 29 31.5 659.5 5.6 57.3 13 1531 10 30 10 10 31 10 =0035+413 06 13 29 31.4 659.6 5.6 57.2 60 1538 10 30 11 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.H1024 Matching groups in /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_l Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 ****** Only 180.00 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: ZELENCHK 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 IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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= 1338.00 1338.00 1338.00 1338.00 1370.00 1370.00 1370.00 1370.00 1402.00 1402.00 1402.00 1402.00 1434.00 1434.00 1434.00 1434.00 BBC fr= 78.00 78.00 78.00 78.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 142.00 142.00 142.00 142.00 174.00 174.00 174.00 174.00 Bandwd= 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 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 POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 37W115 00 39 34.485235 * 00 42 18.700617 00 43 03.334036 0.00 41 13 00.31836 * 41 29 26.29706 41 33 40.31695 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * M31X 00 40 00.088930 * 00 42 44.330000 00 43 28.965863 0.00 40 59 42.85369 * 41 16 08.50000 41 20 22.46990 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0038+4137 00 35 41.568818 * 00 38 24.843586 00 39 09.247897 0.14 0035+413 41 20 37.14185 * 41 37 06.00024 41 41 20.83774 0.10 J0038+41 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 1886 observations J0319+4130 03 16 29.567260 * 03 19 48.160090 03 20 41.200641 1.30 0316+413 41 19 51.91699 * 41 30 42.10412 41 33 25.16126 2.72 * 3C84 /aps3/sched11.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2011B astro solution 9957 Observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline 37W115 sess213.H1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.333 65.888 M31X sess213.H1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.333 66.008 J0038+4137 sess213.H1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.583 27.983 3C84 sess213.H1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.167 6.394 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) 37W115 55.2 M31X 55.1 J0038+4137 55.9 3C84 27.3 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