COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: EVN obs of a RL NLSy1 Exp. Code: EC048 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Version 11.3 update 1. April 14, 2014 PI: Alessandro Caccianiga Address: Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera via Brera 28 20121 Milano (Italy) Phone: +39 02 72320350 EMAIL: alessandro.caccianiga@brera.inaf.it Fax: +39 02 72001600 Phone during observation: +39 02 72320350 Observing mode: 18 cm 1 Gb/s Notes: Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 EVN obs of a RL NLSy1 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 1 Jun 2014 Day 152 --- 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: 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 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 20 00 00 J1635+3808 19 29 50 56.9 623.0 2.9 51.3 0 0 20 00 00 20 03 20 --- 19 33 10 56.4 623.8 3.0 51.4 200 13 20 00 01 20 04 00 J1432+3014 19 33 50 32.2 639.3 5.0 44.9 -24 13 20 04 00 20 07 30 --- 19 37 21 31.6 639.9 5.1 44.8 186 26 20 04 01 20 08 10 J1435+3012 19 38 01 31.9 639.5 5.0 44.9 29 26 20 08 10 20 09 20 --- 19 39 11 31.8 639.7 5.0 44.9 70 31 20 08 11 20 09 20 J1432+3014 19 39 11 31.4 640.3 5.1 44.8 -12 31 No stop 20 17 05 --- 19 46 57 30.2 641.6 5.2 44.5 453 61 20 09 21 20 17 45 J1435+3012 19 47 37 30.5 641.2 5.2 44.6 29 61 20 17 45 20 19 35 --- 19 49 28 30.2 641.6 5.2 44.5 110 68 20 17 46 20 19 35 J1432+3014 19 49 28 29.8 642.1 5.3 44.4 -12 68 No stop 20 27 20 --- 19 57 14 28.6 643.5 5.4 44.1 453 97 20 19 36 20 28 00 J1435+3012 19 57 54 28.9 643.1 5.4 44.2 29 97 20 28 00 20 29 50 --- 19 59 44 28.6 643.4 5.4 44.1 110 104 20 28 01 20 29 50 J1432+3014 19 59 44 28.2 643.9 5.4 44.0 -12 104 No stop 20 37 35 --- 20 07 31 27.1 645.3 5.6 43.7 453 134 20 29 51 20 38 15 J1435+3012 20 08 11 27.4 644.9 5.5 43.8 29 134 20 38 15 20 40 05 --- 20 10 01 27.1 645.2 5.6 43.7 110 141 20 38 16 20 41 25 J1635+3808 20 11 21 50.5 631.6 3.6 51.8 18 141 20 41 25 20 43 25 --- 20 13 22 50.2 632.0 3.6 51.8 120 149 20 41 26 20 43 25 J1432+3014 20 13 22 26.2 646.3 5.7 43.4 -63 149 No stop 20 51 10 --- 20 21 08 25.1 647.7 5.8 43.0 402 179 20 43 26 20 51 50 J1435+3012 20 21 48 25.4 647.3 5.8 43.1 29 179 20 51 50 20 53 40 --- 20 23 38 25.1 647.6 5.8 43.0 110 186 20 51 51 20 53 40 J1432+3014 20 23 38 24.7 648.1 5.8 42.9 -12 186 No stop 21 01 25 --- 20 31 25 23.6 649.4 6.0 42.5 453 216 20 53 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 EVN obs of a RL NLSy1 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 1 Jun 2014 Day 152 --- 21 02 05 J1435+3012 20 32 05 23.8 649.0 5.9 42.6 29 216 21 02 05 21 03 55 --- 20 33 55 23.6 649.4 6.0 42.5 110 223 21 02 06 21 03 55 J1432+3014 20 33 55 23.2 649.9 6.0 42.3 -12 223 No stop 21 11 40 --- 20 41 41 22.1 651.2 6.1 41.9 453 253 21 03 56 21 12 20 J1435+3012 20 42 21 22.3 650.8 6.1 42.0 29 253 21 12 20 21 14 10 --- 20 44 12 22.1 651.2 6.1 41.9 110 260 21 12 21 21 14 10 J1432+3014 20 44 12 21.7 651.7 6.2 41.7 -12 260 No stop 21 21 55 --- 20 51 58 20.6 653.0 6.3 41.2 453 289 21 14 11 21 22 35 J1435+3012 20 52 38 20.9 652.6 6.3 41.3 29 289 21 22 35 21 24 25 --- 20 54 28 20.6 652.9 6.3 41.2 110 296 21 22 36 21 24 25 J1432+3014 20 54 28 20.2 653.5 6.4 41.0 -12 296 No stop 21 32 10 --- 21 02 15 19.1 654.8 6.5 40.5 453 326 21 24 26 21 32 50 J1435+3012 21 02 55 19.4 654.4 6.4 40.7 29 326 21 32 50 21 34 40 --- 21 04 45 19.2 654.7 6.5 40.5 110 333 21 32 51 21 34 40 J1432+3014 21 04 45 18.8 655.2 6.5 40.4 -12 333 No stop 21 42 25 --- 21 12 31 17.7 656.6 6.7 39.8 453 363 21 34 41 21 43 05 J1435+3012 21 13 11 18.0 656.2 6.6 40.0 29 363 21 43 05 21 44 55 --- 21 15 02 17.7 656.5 6.6 39.8 110 370 21 43 06 21 44 55 J1432+3014 21 15 02 17.4 657.0 6.7 39.6 -12 370 No stop 21 52 40 --- 21 22 48 16.3 658.4 6.8 39.0 453 400 21 44 56 21 53 20 J1435+3012 21 23 28 16.6 658.0 6.8 39.2 29 400 21 53 20 21 55 10 --- 21 25 18 16.3 658.3 6.8 39.1 110 407 21 53 21 21 55 10 J1432+3014 21 25 18 15.9 658.8 6.9 38.8 -12 407 No stop 22 02 55 --- 21 33 05 14.9 660.2 7.0 38.2 453 437 21 55 11 22 03 35 J1435+3012 21 33 45 15.2 659.8 7.0 38.4 29 437 22 03 35 22 05 25 --- 21 35 35 14.9 660.1 7.0 38.2 110 444 22 03 36 22 05 25 J1432+3014 21 35 35 14.6 660.6 7.0 38.0 -12 444 No stop 22 13 10 --- 21 43 21 13.5 662.0 7.2 37.4 453 474 22 05 26 22 13 50 J1435+3012 21 44 02 13.8 661.6 7.1 37.6 29 474 22 13 50 22 15 40 --- 21 45 52 13.6 661.9 7.2 37.4 110 481 22 13 51 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 EVN obs of a RL NLSy1 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 1 Jun 2014 Day 152 --- 22 15 40 J1432+3014 21 45 52 13.2 662.4 7.2 37.2 -12 481 No stop 22 23 25 --- 21 53 38 12.2 663.8 7.3 36.5 453 511 22 15 41 22 24 05 J1435+3012 21 54 18 12.5 663.4 7.3 36.7 29 511 22 24 05 22 25 55 --- 21 56 09 12.2 663.7 7.3 36.5 110 518 22 24 06 22 25 55 J1432+3014 21 56 09 11.9 664.3 7.4 36.3 -12 518 No stop 22 33 40 --- 22 03 55 10.9 665.7 7.5 35.6 453 547 22 25 56 22 34 20 J1435+3012 22 04 35 11.1 665.2 7.5 35.8 29 547 22 34 20 22 36 10 --- 22 06 25 10.9 665.6 7.5 35.6 110 554 22 34 21 22 36 10 J1432+3014 22 06 25 10.6 666.1 7.6 35.3 -12 554 No stop 22 43 55 --- 22 14 11 9.6 667.5 7.7 D 34.6 0 584 22 36 11 22 50 10 J1635+3808 22 20 28 31.2 653.5 5.7 46.2 316 584 22 50 10 22 52 10 --- 22 22 28 30.9 653.8 5.8 46.0 120 592 22 50 11 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess214.L512 Matching groups in /irasoft/sched-11.3U1/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 Setup group: 4 Station: BADARY 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= 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: 7 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Bandwd= 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 Matching frequency sets: 7 8 9 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J1635+3808 16 33 30.625098 * 16 35 15.492973 16 35 47.550732 0.00 38 14 10.08283 * 38 08 04.50060 38 06 26.21909 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1435+3012 14 33 26.011130 * 14 35 35.402200 14 36 14.081566 0.00 30 25 27.22432 * 30 12 24.52100 30 08 46.47955 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1432+3014 14 30 35.181638 * 14 32 44.917000 14 33 23.682585 0.00 30 27 45.91561 * 30 14 35.51000 30 10 55.23706 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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 J1635+3808 sess214.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 0.156 4.492 J1435+3012 sess214.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 1.028 33.356 J1432+3014 sess214.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 4.321 130.099 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) J1635+3808 119.7 J1435+3012 119.9 J1432+3014 119.6 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