COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 15 27 09 75.9 467.8 -1.1 -60.8 0 0 20 00 00 20 03 20 --- 15 30 30 76.5 469.2 -1.1 -60.0 200 13 20 00 01 20 04 00 J1432+3014 15 31 10 72.2 584.9 1.0 36.1 -96 13 20 04 00 20 07 30 --- 15 34 40 71.8 586.9 1.0 37.5 114 26 20 04 01 20 08 10 J1435+3012 15 35 20 72.0 585.6 1.0 36.6 24 26 20 08 10 20 09 20 --- 15 36 31 71.9 586.2 1.0 37.1 70 31 20 08 11 20 09 20 J1432+3014 15 36 31 71.5 587.9 1.1 38.3 -17 31 No stop 20 17 05 --- 15 44 17 70.4 591.8 1.2 41.0 448 61 20 09 21 20 17 45 J1435+3012 15 44 57 70.7 590.7 1.1 40.2 24 61 20 17 45 20 19 35 --- 15 46 47 70.5 591.6 1.2 40.9 110 68 20 17 46 20 19 35 J1432+3014 15 46 47 70.1 593.0 1.2 41.9 -16 68 No stop 20 27 20 --- 15 54 34 68.9 596.5 1.4 44.2 449 97 20 19 36 20 28 00 J1435+3012 15 55 14 69.2 595.5 1.3 43.5 25 97 20 28 00 20 29 50 --- 15 57 04 69.0 596.3 1.3 44.0 110 104 20 28 01 20 29 50 J1432+3014 15 57 04 68.6 597.6 1.4 44.8 -15 104 No stop 20 37 35 --- 16 04 50 67.4 600.7 1.5 46.8 450 134 20 29 51 20 38 15 J1435+3012 16 05 30 67.7 599.8 1.5 46.2 26 134 20 38 15 20 40 05 --- 16 07 21 67.4 600.5 1.5 46.6 110 141 20 38 16 20 43 25 J1432+3014 16 10 41 66.4 602.9 1.6 48.0 185 141 20 43 25 20 51 10 --- 16 18 27 65.2 605.6 1.8 49.5 465 171 20 43 26 20 51 50 J1435+3012 16 19 08 65.5 604.8 1.7 49.1 26 171 20 51 50 20 53 40 --- 16 20 58 65.2 605.4 1.7 49.4 110 178 20 51 51 20 53 40 J1432+3014 16 20 58 64.7 606.4 1.8 49.9 -14 178 No stop 21 01 25 --- 16 28 44 63.5 608.9 1.9 51.2 451 208 20 53 41 21 02 05 J1435+3012 16 29 24 63.8 608.1 1.9 50.8 27 208 21 02 05 21 03 55 --- 16 31 15 63.5 608.7 1.9 51.1 110 215 21 02 06 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 03 55 J1432+3014 16 31 15 63.0 609.6 2.0 51.5 -14 215 No stop 21 11 40 --- 16 39 01 61.7 611.9 2.1 52.5 451 245 21 03 56 21 12 20 J1435+3012 16 39 41 62.1 611.2 2.1 52.2 27 245 21 12 20 21 14 10 --- 16 41 31 61.7 611.7 2.1 52.4 110 252 21 12 21 21 14 10 J1432+3014 16 41 31 61.3 612.5 2.1 52.8 -13 252 No stop 21 21 55 --- 16 49 18 59.9 614.6 2.3 53.6 452 282 21 14 11 21 22 35 J1435+3012 16 49 58 60.3 614.0 2.2 53.4 27 282 21 22 35 21 24 25 --- 16 51 48 60.0 614.4 2.3 53.5 110 289 21 22 36 21 24 25 J1432+3014 16 51 48 59.5 615.2 2.3 53.9 -13 289 No stop 21 32 10 --- 16 59 34 58.1 617.1 2.4 54.5 452 319 21 24 26 21 32 50 J1435+3012 17 00 14 58.5 616.6 2.4 54.3 27 319 21 32 50 21 34 40 --- 17 02 05 58.2 617.0 2.4 54.4 110 326 21 32 51 21 34 40 J1432+3014 17 02 05 57.7 617.7 2.5 54.7 -13 326 No stop 21 42 25 --- 17 09 51 56.3 619.5 2.6 55.2 452 355 21 34 41 21 43 05 J1435+3012 17 10 31 56.7 618.9 2.6 55.0 28 355 21 43 05 21 44 55 --- 17 12 21 56.4 619.4 2.6 55.1 110 362 21 43 06 21 44 55 J1432+3014 17 12 21 55.9 620.0 2.6 55.3 -13 362 No stop 21 52 40 --- 17 20 08 54.5 621.7 2.8 55.7 452 392 21 44 56 21 53 20 J1435+3012 17 20 48 54.9 621.2 2.7 55.6 28 392 21 53 20 21 55 10 --- 17 22 38 54.5 621.6 2.8 55.7 110 399 21 53 21 21 55 10 J1432+3014 17 22 38 54.0 622.2 2.8 55.8 -12 399 No stop 22 02 55 --- 17 30 24 52.6 623.8 3.0 56.1 453 429 21 55 11 22 03 35 J1435+3012 17 31 04 53.0 623.3 2.9 56.0 28 429 22 03 35 22 05 25 --- 17 32 55 52.7 623.7 2.9 56.1 110 436 22 03 36 22 05 25 J1432+3014 17 32 55 52.2 624.3 3.0 56.2 -12 436 No stop 22 13 10 --- 17 40 41 50.8 625.8 3.1 56.4 453 466 22 05 26 22 13 50 J1435+3012 17 41 21 51.2 625.3 3.1 56.3 28 466 22 13 50 22 15 40 --- 17 43 11 50.8 625.7 3.1 56.4 110 473 22 13 51 22 15 40 J1432+3014 17 43 11 50.3 626.3 3.2 56.4 -12 473 No stop 22 23 25 --- 17 50 58 48.9 627.7 3.3 56.6 453 503 22 15 41 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) 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 24 05 J1435+3012 17 51 38 49.3 627.3 3.3 56.5 28 503 22 24 05 22 25 55 --- 17 53 28 49.0 627.6 3.3 56.5 110 510 22 24 06 22 25 55 J1432+3014 17 53 28 48.5 628.1 3.3 56.6 -12 510 No stop 22 33 40 --- 18 01 14 47.1 629.5 3.5 56.6 453 540 22 25 56 22 34 20 J1435+3012 18 01 54 47.5 629.1 3.4 56.6 29 540 22 34 20 22 36 10 --- 18 03 45 47.1 629.4 3.5 56.6 110 547 22 34 21 22 36 10 J1432+3014 18 03 45 46.6 630.0 3.5 56.6 -12 547 No stop 22 43 55 --- 18 11 31 45.2 631.3 3.6 56.6 453 577 22 36 11 22 44 35 J1435+3012 18 12 11 45.6 630.9 3.6 56.6 29 577 22 44 35 22 46 25 --- 18 14 01 45.3 631.2 3.6 56.6 110 584 22 44 36 22 50 10 J1635+3808 18 17 47 70.0 622.3 1.7 65.4 162 584 22 50 10 22 52 10 --- 18 19 47 69.7 622.8 1.7 65.5 120 591 22 50 11 22 52 10 J1432+3014 18 19 47 43.7 632.7 3.8 56.5 -65 591 No stop 22 59 55 --- 18 27 34 42.3 633.9 3.9 56.4 400 621 22 52 11 23 00 35 J1435+3012 18 28 14 42.7 633.5 3.9 56.4 29 621 23 00 35 23 02 25 --- 18 30 04 42.4 633.8 3.9 56.4 110 628 23 00 36 23 02 25 J1432+3014 18 30 04 41.9 634.3 3.9 56.4 -11 628 No stop 23 10 10 --- 18 37 50 40.5 635.6 4.1 56.2 454 658 23 02 26 23 10 50 J1435+3012 18 38 30 40.9 635.2 4.0 56.2 29 658 23 10 50 23 12 40 --- 18 40 21 40.5 635.5 4.1 56.2 110 665 23 10 51 23 12 40 J1432+3014 18 40 21 40.0 636.0 4.1 56.2 -11 665 No stop 23 20 25 --- 18 48 07 38.7 637.2 4.2 56.0 454 695 23 12 41 23 21 05 J1435+3012 18 48 47 39.0 636.8 4.2 56.0 29 695 23 21 05 23 22 55 --- 18 50 37 38.7 637.1 4.2 55.9 110 702 23 21 06 23 22 55 J1432+3014 18 50 37 38.2 637.6 4.3 55.9 -11 702 No stop 23 30 40 --- 18 58 24 36.8 638.8 4.4 55.6 454 732 23 22 56 23 31 20 J1435+3012 18 59 04 37.2 638.4 4.4 55.7 29 732 23 31 20 23 33 10 --- 19 00 54 36.9 638.7 4.4 55.6 110 739 23 31 21 23 33 10 J1432+3014 19 00 54 36.4 639.1 4.5 55.5 -11 739 No stop 23 40 55 --- 19 08 40 35.0 640.3 4.6 55.2 454 769 23 33 11 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 5 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 --- 23 41 35 J1435+3012 19 09 20 35.4 640.0 4.6 55.3 29 769 23 41 35 23 43 25 --- 19 11 11 35.0 640.2 4.6 55.2 110 776 23 41 36 23 43 25 J1432+3014 19 11 11 34.5 640.7 4.6 55.1 -11 776 No stop 23 51 10 --- 19 18 57 33.2 641.9 4.8 54.8 454 805 23 43 26 23 51 50 J1435+3012 19 19 37 33.5 641.5 4.7 54.9 29 805 23 51 50 23 53 40 --- 19 21 27 33.2 641.8 4.8 54.8 110 812 23 51 51 --- Start: Sun 1 Jun 2014 Day 152 -- Stop: Mon 2 Jun 2014 Day 153 --- 23 53 40 J1432+3014 19 21 27 32.7 642.2 4.8 54.7 -11 812 No stop 00 01 25 --- 19 29 14 31.4 643.4 4.9 54.3 454 842 23 53 41 00 02 05 J1435+3012 19 29 54 31.7 643.0 4.9 54.4 29 842 00 02 05 00 03 55 --- 19 31 44 31.4 643.3 4.9 54.3 110 849 00 02 06 00 03 55 J1432+3014 19 31 44 30.9 643.8 5.0 54.2 -11 849 No stop 00 11 40 --- 19 39 30 29.6 644.9 5.1 53.8 454 879 00 03 56 00 12 20 J1435+3012 19 40 11 29.9 644.5 5.1 53.9 29 879 00 12 20 00 14 10 --- 19 42 01 29.6 644.8 5.1 53.8 110 886 00 12 21 00 14 10 J1432+3014 19 42 01 29.1 645.3 5.1 53.7 -11 886 No stop 00 21 55 --- 19 49 47 27.8 646.4 5.3 53.2 454 916 00 14 11 00 22 35 J1435+3012 19 50 27 28.1 646.0 5.2 53.3 29 916 00 22 35 00 24 25 --- 19 52 17 27.8 646.3 5.3 53.2 110 923 00 22 36 00 24 25 J1432+3014 19 52 17 27.3 646.8 5.3 53.1 -11 923 No stop 00 32 10 --- 20 00 04 26.0 647.9 5.4 52.6 454 953 00 24 26 00 32 50 J1435+3012 20 00 44 26.3 647.6 5.4 52.7 29 953 00 32 50 00 34 40 --- 20 02 34 26.0 647.8 5.4 52.6 110 960 00 32 51 00 34 40 J1432+3014 20 02 34 25.6 648.3 5.5 52.5 -11 960 No stop 00 42 25 --- 20 10 20 24.2 649.4 5.6 52.0 454 990 00 34 41 00 43 05 J1435+3012 20 11 01 24.6 649.1 5.6 52.1 29 990 00 43 05 00 44 55 --- 20 12 51 24.3 649.3 5.6 52.0 110 997 00 43 06 00 44 55 J1432+3014 20 12 51 23.8 649.8 5.7 51.8 -11 997 No stop 00 52 40 --- 20 20 37 22.5 650.9 5.8 51.3 454 1027 00 44 56 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 6 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 2 Jun 2014 Day 153 --- 00 53 20 J1435+3012 20 21 17 22.8 650.6 5.8 51.4 29 1027 00 53 20 00 55 10 --- 20 23 08 22.5 650.8 5.8 51.3 110 1034 00 53 21 00 56 30 J1635+3808 20 24 28 47.3 642.8 3.8 63.5 18 1034 00 56 30 00 58 30 --- 20 26 28 47.0 643.1 3.8 63.3 120 1041 00 56 31 00 58 30 J1432+3014 20 26 28 21.5 651.8 5.9 50.9 -64 1041 No stop 01 06 15 --- 20 34 14 20.2 652.9 6.0 50.3 401 1071 00 58 31 01 06 55 J1435+3012 20 34 54 20.6 652.6 6.0 50.4 29 1071 01 06 55 01 08 45 --- 20 36 45 20.3 652.8 6.0 50.3 110 1078 01 06 56 01 08 45 J1432+3014 20 36 45 19.8 653.3 6.1 50.1 -11 1078 No stop 01 16 30 --- 20 44 31 18.5 654.4 6.2 49.5 454 1108 01 08 46 01 17 10 J1435+3012 20 45 11 18.9 654.1 6.1 49.7 29 1108 01 17 10 01 19 00 --- 20 47 01 18.6 654.3 6.2 49.5 110 1115 01 17 11 01 19 00 J1432+3014 20 47 01 18.1 654.8 6.2 49.3 -11 1115 No stop 01 26 45 --- 20 54 48 16.8 655.9 6.4 48.7 454 1145 01 19 01 01 27 25 J1435+3012 20 55 28 17.2 655.6 6.3 48.8 29 1145 01 27 25 01 29 15 --- 20 57 18 16.9 655.9 6.4 48.7 110 1152 01 27 26 01 29 15 J1432+3014 20 57 18 16.4 656.3 6.4 48.5 -11 1152 No stop 01 37 00 --- 21 05 04 15.2 657.5 6.5 47.8 454 1182 01 29 16 01 37 40 J1435+3012 21 05 45 15.5 657.1 6.5 48.0 29 1182 01 37 40 01 39 30 --- 21 07 35 15.2 657.4 6.5 47.8 110 1189 01 37 41 01 39 30 J1432+3014 21 07 35 14.8 657.9 6.6 47.6 -11 1189 No stop 01 47 15 --- 21 15 21 13.5 659.0 6.7 46.9 454 1219 01 39 31 01 47 55 J1435+3012 21 16 01 13.9 658.7 6.7 47.1 29 1219 01 47 55 01 49 45 --- 21 17 52 13.6 659.0 6.7 46.9 110 1226 01 47 56 01 49 45 J1432+3014 21 17 52 13.2 659.4 6.7 46.7 -11 1226 No stop 01 57 30 --- 21 25 38 11.9 660.6 6.9 46.0 454 1255 01 49 46 01 58 10 J1435+3012 21 26 18 12.3 660.2 6.8 46.2 29 1255 01 58 10 02 00 00 --- 21 28 08 12.0 660.5 6.9 46.0 110 1262 01 58 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: 5 Station: ZELENCHK 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