COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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: 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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 20 45 41 39.1 -64.0 4.2 77.9 0 0 20 00 00 20 03 20 --- 20 49 02 38.4 -63.8 4.2 77.5 200 13 20 00 01 20 04 00 J1432+3014 20 49 42 12.0 -61.8 6.3 60.8 -8 13 20 04 00 20 07 30 --- 20 53 13 11.3 -61.4 6.3 60.4 202 26 20 04 01 20 08 10 J1435+3012 20 53 53 11.7 -61.7 6.3 60.7 35 26 20 08 10 20 09 20 --- 20 55 03 11.5 -61.6 6.3 60.5 70 31 20 08 11 20 09 20 J1432+3014 20 55 03 10.9 -61.2 6.4 60.3 -5 31 No stop 20 17 05 --- 21 02 49 9.5 -60.4 6.5 59.4 460 61 20 09 21 20 17 45 J1435+3012 21 03 29 9.9 -60.6 6.5 59.7 35 61 20 17 45 20 19 35 --- 21 05 20 9.5 -60.4 6.5 59.5 110 68 20 17 46 20 19 35 J1432+3014 21 05 20 9.0 -60.1 6.5 59.2 -5 68 No stop 20 27 20 --- 21 13 06 7.6 -59.2 6.7 58.3 460 97 20 19 36 20 28 00 J1435+3012 21 13 46 8.0 -59.5 6.6 58.5 35 97 20 28 00 20 29 50 --- 21 15 36 7.6 -59.3 6.7 58.3 110 104 20 28 01 20 29 50 J1432+3014 21 15 36 7.1 -58.9 6.7 58.0 -5 104 No stop 20 37 35 --- 21 23 23 5.7 -58.0 6.8 57.2 460 134 20 29 51 20 38 15 J1435+3012 21 24 03 6.1 -58.3 6.8 57.4 35 134 20 38 15 20 40 05 --- 21 25 53 5.8 -58.1 6.8 57.2 110 141 20 38 16 20 41 25 J1635+3808 21 27 13 31.2 -61.5 4.9 73.0 33 141 20 41 25 20 43 25 --- 21 29 13 30.8 -61.3 4.9 72.7 120 149 20 41 26 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: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 1 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 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= 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 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: 5 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 18, 20, 6, 8, 22, 24, 10, 12, 26, 28, 14, 16, 30, 32 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