COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: EVN + eMERLIN observation of M87 EH031 (Hada) Exp. Code: EH031 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.20 Release of Jan. 22, 2014 - update 1 PI: Kazuhiro Hada Address: INAF-IRA Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 051 6399414 EMAIL: hada@ira.inaf.it Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 EVN + eMERLIN observation of M87 EH031 (Hada) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Jun 2014 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: 100.49 100.49 100.49 100.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 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 14 00 00 M87 08 38 32 21.7 63.4 -3.9 0.0 0 0 14 00 00 14 05 00 --- 08 43 33 22.7 62.6 -3.8 0.0 300 38 14 00 01 14 05 40 M87 08 44 13 22.8 62.5 -3.8 0.0 19 38 14 05 40 14 20 00 --- 08 58 35 25.6 60.3 -3.5 0.0 860 149 14 05 41 14 20 40 M87 08 59 15 25.8 60.2 -3.5 0.0 19 149 14 20 40 14 35 00 --- 09 13 38 28.5 57.7 -3.3 0.0 860 259 14 20 41 14 36 00 M84 09 14 38 29.5 56.1 -3.2 0.0 31 259 14 36 00 14 40 00 --- 09 18 38 30.3 55.4 -3.1 0.0 240 290 14 36 01 14 42 00 3C286 09 20 39 7.7 50.7 -4.2 D 0.0 58 290 14 42 00 14 45 00 --- 09 23 39 8.2 50.3 -4.1 0.0 0 313 14 42 01 14 50 00 4C39.25 09 28 40 25.1 359.8 0.0 0.0 150 313 14 50 00 15 00 00 --- 09 38 42 25.1 357.7 0.2 0.0 600 390 14 50 01 15 03 00 M87 09 41 42 33.7 52.5 -2.8 0.0 62 390 15 03 00 15 06 00 --- 09 44 43 34.3 51.9 -2.8 0.0 180 413 15 03 01 15 06 40 M87 09 45 23 34.4 51.7 -2.8 0.0 19 413 15 06 40 15 13 00 --- 09 51 44 35.5 50.4 -2.7 0.0 380 462 15 06 41 15 13 40 M87 09 52 24 35.6 50.3 -2.7 0.0 19 462 15 13 40 15 27 00 --- 10 05 46 37.9 47.3 -2.4 0.0 800 564 15 13 41 15 27 40 M87 10 06 26 38.0 47.2 -2.4 0.0 19 564 15 27 40 15 41 00 --- 10 19 48 40.1 44.0 -2.2 0.0 800 667 15 27 41 15 41 40 M87 10 20 29 40.2 43.9 -2.2 0.0 19 667 15 41 40 15 55 00 --- 10 33 51 42.3 40.4 -2.0 0.0 800 769 15 41 41 15 56 00 M84 10 34 51 42.8 38.2 -1.8 0.0 31 769 15 56 00 16 00 00 --- 10 38 52 43.4 37.1 -1.8 0.0 240 800 15 56 01 16 01 00 M87 10 39 52 43.1 38.8 -1.9 0.0 31 800 16 01 00 16 10 00 --- 10 48 53 44.4 36.3 -1.7 0.0 540 869 16 01 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 EVN + eMERLIN observation of M87 EH031 (Hada) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Jun 2014 Day 154 --- 16 10 40 M87 10 49 33 44.4 36.1 -1.7 0.0 19 869 16 10 40 16 22 00 --- 11 00 55 45.9 32.7 -1.5 0.0 680 956 16 10 41 16 22 40 M87 11 01 35 46.0 32.5 -1.5 0.0 19 956 16 22 40 16 34 00 --- 11 12 57 47.3 29.0 -1.3 0.0 680 1044 16 22 41 16 34 40 M87 11 13 37 47.3 28.8 -1.3 0.0 19 1044 16 34 40 16 46 00 --- 11 24 59 48.5 25.0 -1.1 0.0 680 1131 16 34 41 16 47 00 M84 11 25 59 48.7 22.4 -1.0 0.0 31 1131 16 47 00 16 50 00 --- 11 29 00 48.9 21.3 -0.9 0.0 180 1154 16 47 01 16 52 30 3C286 11 31 30 26.7 28.9 -2.0 0.0 88 1154 16 52 30 16 55 30 --- 11 34 31 27.1 28.3 -2.0 0.0 180 1177 16 52 31 16 57 00 OQ208 11 36 01 24.6 36.5 -2.5 0.0 45 1177 16 57 00 17 00 00 --- 11 39 01 25.0 35.9 -2.5 0.0 180 1200 16 57 01 17 03 00 M87 11 42 02 49.9 19.0 -0.8 0.0 104 1200 17 03 00 17 13 00 --- 11 52 04 50.6 15.3 -0.7 0.0 600 1277 17 03 01 17 13 40 M87 11 52 44 50.6 15.1 -0.6 0.0 19 1277 17 13 40 17 25 00 --- 12 04 06 51.2 10.8 -0.5 0.0 680 1364 17 13 41 17 26 00 M84 12 05 06 51.0 8.0 -0.3 0.0 31 1364 17 26 00 17 30 00 --- 12 09 06 51.1 6.5 -0.3 0.0 240 1395 17 26 01 17 31 00 M87 12 10 07 51.4 8.4 -0.4 0.0 31 1395 17 31 00 17 40 00 --- 12 19 08 51.7 4.9 -0.2 0.0 540 1464 17 31 01 17 40 40 M87 12 19 48 51.7 4.6 -0.2 0.0 19 1464 17 40 40 17 52 00 --- 12 31 10 51.8 0.2 -0.0 0.0 680 1551 17 40 41 17 52 40 M87 12 31 50 51.8 359.9 0.0 0.0 19 1551 17 52 40 18 04 00 --- 12 43 12 51.7 355.4 0.2 0.0 680 1638 17 52 41 18 04 40 M87 12 43 52 51.7 355.2 0.2 0.0 19 1638 18 04 40 18 16 00 --- 12 55 14 51.4 350.7 0.4 0.0 680 1726 18 04 41 18 17 00 M84 12 56 14 50.6 348.3 0.5 0.0 31 1726 18 17 00 18 20 00 --- 12 59 15 50.5 347.1 0.6 0.0 180 1749 18 17 01 18 23 00 3C286 13 02 15 33.2 7.6 -0.5 0.0 118 1749 18 23 00 18 25 30 --- 13 04 45 33.3 7.0 -0.5 0.0 150 1768 18 23 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 EVN + eMERLIN observation of M87 EH031 (Hada) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Jun 2014 Day 154 --- 18 27 00 OQ208 13 06 16 33.8 16.3 -1.0 0.0 45 1768 18 27 00 18 30 00 --- 13 09 16 33.9 15.5 -1.0 0.0 180 1791 18 27 01 18 33 40 M87 13 12 57 50.5 344.0 0.7 0.0 144 1791 18 33 40 18 43 00 --- 13 22 18 49.9 340.6 0.8 0.0 560 1863 18 33 41 18 43 40 M87 13 22 58 49.8 340.3 0.9 0.0 19 1863 18 43 40 18 57 00 --- 13 36 21 48.7 335.6 1.1 0.0 800 1965 18 43 41 18 57 40 M87 13 37 01 48.6 335.4 1.1 0.0 19 1965 18 57 40 19 11 00 --- 13 50 23 47.3 331.0 1.3 0.0 800 2068 18 57 41 19 11 40 M87 13 51 03 47.2 330.8 1.3 0.0 19 2068 19 11 40 19 25 00 --- 14 04 25 45.6 326.6 1.5 0.0 800 2171 19 11 41 19 26 00 M84 14 05 25 44.3 325.0 1.7 0.0 31 2171 19 26 00 19 30 00 --- 14 09 26 43.8 323.8 1.7 0.0 240 2201 19 26 01 19 31 00 M87 14 10 26 44.9 324.8 1.6 0.0 31 2201 19 31 00 19 34 00 --- 14 13 27 44.5 323.9 1.7 0.0 180 2224 19 31 01 19 34 40 M87 14 14 07 44.4 323.7 1.7 0.0 19 2224 19 34 40 19 39 00 --- 14 18 28 43.8 322.5 1.8 0.0 260 2258 19 34 41 19 42 30 OQ208 14 21 58 35.6 356.1 0.2 0.0 135 2258 19 42 30 19 45 00 --- 14 24 29 35.6 355.5 0.3 0.0 150 2277 19 42 31 19 48 00 M87 14 27 29 42.5 320.0 1.9 0.0 104 2277 19 48 00 19 50 00 --- 14 29 29 42.2 319.5 2.0 0.0 120 2292 19 48 01 19 50 40 M87 14 30 09 42.1 319.3 2.0 0.0 19 2292 19 50 40 20 08 00 --- 14 47 32 39.5 315.0 2.3 0.0 1040 2426 19 50 41 20 08 40 M87 14 48 12 39.4 314.8 2.3 0.0 19 2426 20 08 40 20 26 00 --- 15 05 35 36.5 310.8 2.6 0.0 1040 2559 20 08 41 20 27 00 M84 15 06 35 35.0 309.8 2.7 0.0 31 2559 20 27 00 20 30 00 --- 15 09 36 34.5 309.2 2.7 0.0 180 2582 20 27 01 20 33 40 M87 15 13 17 35.2 309.2 2.7 0.0 191 2582 20 33 40 20 40 00 --- 15 19 38 34.1 307.9 2.8 0.0 380 2631 20 33 41 20 40 40 M87 15 20 18 33.9 307.7 2.8 0.0 19 2631 20 40 40 20 50 00 --- 15 29 39 32.2 305.9 3.0 0.0 560 2703 20 40 41 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 5 EVN + eMERLIN observation of M87 EH031 (Hada) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Jun 2014 Day 154 --- 20 50 40 M87 15 30 19 32.1 305.8 3.0 0.0 19 2703 20 50 40 21 00 00 --- 15 39 41 30.4 304.0 3.1 0.0 560 2774 20 50 41 21 03 00 3C286 15 42 41 25.6 328.9 2.2 0.0 117 2774 21 03 00 21 05 30 --- 15 45 12 25.3 328.4 2.2 0.0 150 2794 21 03 01 21 07 30 OQ208 15 47 12 30.7 334.5 1.7 0.0 75 2794 21 07 30 21 10 00 --- 15 49 43 30.4 333.9 1.7 0.0 150 2813 21 07 31 21 13 00 M87 15 52 43 27.9 301.7 3.4 0.0 104 2813 21 13 00 21 15 00 --- 15 54 43 27.6 301.4 3.4 0.0 120 2828 21 13 01 21 15 40 M87 15 55 23 27.4 301.3 3.4 0.0 19 2828 21 15 40 21 25 00 --- 16 04 45 25.6 299.7 3.6 0.0 560 2900 21 15 41 21 26 00 M84 16 05 45 24.0 299.1 3.7 0.0 31 2900 21 26 00 21 30 00 --- 16 09 46 23.2 298.4 3.7 0.0 240 2931 21 26 01 21 31 00 M87 16 10 46 24.4 298.7 3.7 0.0 31 2931 21 31 00 21 40 00 --- 16 19 47 22.6 297.3 3.8 0.0 540 3000 21 31 01 21 40 40 M87 16 20 28 22.5 297.2 3.8 0.0 19 3000 21 40 40 21 52 00 --- 16 31 49 20.2 295.5 4.0 0.0 680 3087 21 40 41 21 52 40 M87 16 32 30 20.1 295.5 4.0 0.0 19 3087 21 52 40 22 04 00 --- 16 43 51 17.8 293.8 4.2 0.0 680 3174 21 52 41 22 04 40 M87 16 44 31 17.6 293.8 4.2 0.0 19 3174 22 04 40 22 16 00 --- 16 55 53 15.3 292.2 4.4 0.0 680 3262 22 04 41 22 17 00 M84 16 56 54 13.6 291.8 4.5 0.0 31 3262 22 17 00 22 20 00 --- 16 59 54 13.0 291.4 4.6 0.0 180 3285 22 17 01 22 23 00 3C286 17 02 55 14.4 314.9 3.5 0.0 118 3285 22 23 00 22 25 30 --- 17 05 25 14.0 314.5 3.6 0.0 150 3304 22 23 01 22 27 30 OQ208 17 07 25 20.7 318.4 3.0 0.0 75 3304 22 27 30 22 30 00 --- 17 09 56 20.3 318.0 3.0 0.0 150 3323 22 27 31 22 33 40 M87 17 13 36 11.5 289.9 4.7 0.0 144 3323 22 33 40 22 43 00 --- 17 22 58 9.6 288.8 4.9 0.0 560 3395 22 33 41 22 43 40 M87 17 23 38 9.4 288.7 4.9 0.0 19 3395 22 43 40 22 55 00 --- 17 35 00 7.0 287.4 5.1 D 0.0 0 3482 22 43 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess214.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: 10 Station: HART 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= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 100.49 100.49 100.49 100.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 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: 8 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) J0927+3902 09 23 55.319217 * 09 27 03.013938 09 27 56.511984 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 58 35.66840 0.10 * 4C39.25 /Users/hada/sched_11.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 239566 observations * J1118+1234 11 16 20.775213 * 11 18 57.301435 11 19 42.864220 0.10 1116+128 12 51 06.68995 * 12 34 41.71795 12 29 54.85266 0.11 J1118+12 /Users/hada/sched_11.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 2556 observations J1225+1253 12 22 31.582012 * 12 25 03.743328 12 25 48.428473 0.11 * M84 13 09 49.76841 * 12 53 13.13902 12 48 25.80077 0.14 1222+131 /Users/hada/sched_11.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 924 observations J1230+1223 12 28 17.569280 * 12 30 49.423382 12 31 34.058089 0.10 3C274 12 40 01.74884 * 12 23 28.04366 12 18 41.62492 0.10 1228+126 /Users/hada/sched_11.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J1230+12 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 47163 observations * M87 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 49.282228 0.20 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 26 13.25960 0.19 1328+307 /Users/hada/sched_11.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 542 observations J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 40.484712 0.24 1404+286 28 41 29.23519 * 28 27 14.69022 28 23 15.61348 0.34 J1407+28 /Users/hada/sched_11.2/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 GSFC 2011B astro solution 66461 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 4C39.25 sess214.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.167 5.876 J1118+1234 sess214.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 0.100 1.699 M84 sess214.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.667 27.200 M87 sess214.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 7.844 312.906 3C286 sess214.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.275 11.526 OQ208 sess214.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.325 13.442 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) 4C39.25 61.2 J1118+1234 92.7 M84 107.0 M87 108.5 3C286 109.4 OQ208 116.4 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