COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Is GRB 150101B related to an AGN jet? Exp. Code: el052 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Version 11.3 update 1. April 14, 2014 PI: Andrew Levan; contact: Zsolt Paragi Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.eu Fax: +31 521 596 539 Phone during observation: +31 521 596 530 Observing mode: regular EVN continuum Notes: Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Is GRB 150101B related to an AGN jet? 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 16 Jun 2015 Day 167 --- 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: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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 15 00 3C286 14 42 04 65.0 578.0 1.2 26.2 0 0 14 15 00 14 25 00 --- 14 52 06 64.0 582.5 1.3 29.0 600 77 14 15 01 14 27 00 OQ208 14 54 06 65.1 564.8 0.8 17.2 77 77 14 27 00 14 30 00 --- 14 57 06 64.9 566.3 0.8 18.1 180 100 14 27 01 14 33 00 J1233-1025 15 00 07 20.2 578.6 2.4 23.1 76 100 14 33 00 14 36 00 =1230-101 15 03 07 19.9 579.3 2.5 23.5 180 123 14 33 01 14 36 00 2MASXJ1232 15 03 07 19.4 579.4 2.5 23.6 -12 123 No stop 14 39 30 --- 15 06 38 19.0 580.2 2.6 24.0 198 150 14 36 01 14 40 10 J1233-1025 15 07 18 19.5 580.3 2.6 24.0 28 150 14 40 10 14 41 30 =1230-101 15 08 38 19.4 580.6 2.6 24.2 80 160 14 40 11 14 41 30 2MASXJ1232 15 08 38 18.8 580.7 2.6 24.3 -12 160 No stop 14 45 00 --- 15 12 09 18.4 581.5 2.7 24.7 198 187 14 41 31 14 45 00 J1233-1025 15 12 09 19.0 581.5 2.6 24.6 -12 187 No stop 14 46 30 =1230-101 15 13 39 18.9 581.8 2.7 24.8 78 199 14 45 01 14 46 30 2MASXJ1232 15 13 39 18.3 581.8 2.7 24.9 -12 199 No stop 14 50 00 --- 15 17 10 17.9 582.7 2.7 25.3 198 226 14 46 31 14 50 40 J1233-1025 15 17 50 18.4 582.8 2.7 25.3 28 226 14 50 40 14 52 00 =1230-101 15 19 10 18.3 583.1 2.8 25.5 80 236 14 50 41 14 52 00 2MASXJ1232 15 19 10 17.7 583.1 2.8 25.5 -12 236 No stop 14 55 30 --- 15 22 41 17.3 583.9 2.8 25.9 198 263 14 52 01 14 55 30 J1233-1025 15 22 41 17.9 583.9 2.8 25.9 -12 263 No stop 14 57 00 =1230-101 15 24 11 17.8 584.3 2.8 26.1 78 274 14 55 31 14 57 00 J1232-1015 15 24 11 17.8 584.6 2.9 26.2 -10 274 No stop 14 58 30 =1229-099 15 25 41 17.6 584.9 2.9 26.4 80 286 14 57 01 14 59 10 J1233-1025 15 26 21 17.5 584.8 2.9 26.3 30 286 14 59 10 15 00 30 =1230-101 15 27 41 17.4 585.1 2.9 26.5 80 296 14 59 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Is GRB 150101B related to an AGN jet? 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 16 Jun 2015 Day 167 --- 15 00 30 2MASXJ1232 15 27 41 16.8 585.1 2.9 26.5 -12 296 No stop 15 04 00 --- 15 31 12 16.4 585.9 3.0 26.9 198 323 15 00 31 15 04 40 J1233-1025 15 31 52 16.9 586.0 3.0 26.9 28 323 15 04 40 15 06 00 =1230-101 15 33 12 16.8 586.3 3.0 27.1 80 333 15 04 41 15 06 00 2MASXJ1232 15 33 12 16.2 586.4 3.0 27.1 -12 333 No stop 15 09 30 --- 15 36 43 15.8 587.2 3.1 27.5 198 360 15 06 01 15 09 30 J1233-1025 15 36 43 16.4 587.1 3.0 27.5 -12 360 No stop 15 11 00 =1230-101 15 38 13 16.2 587.5 3.1 27.6 78 372 15 09 31 15 11 00 2MASXJ1232 15 38 13 15.6 587.5 3.1 27.7 -12 372 No stop 15 14 30 --- 15 41 44 15.2 588.3 3.1 28.1 198 399 15 11 01 15 15 10 J1233-1025 15 42 24 15.7 588.4 3.1 28.1 28 399 15 15 10 15 16 30 =1230-101 15 43 44 15.6 588.7 3.2 28.2 80 409 15 15 11 15 16 30 2MASXJ1232 15 43 44 15.0 588.7 3.2 28.3 -12 409 No stop 15 20 00 --- 15 47 15 14.6 589.5 3.2 28.7 198 436 15 16 31 15 20 00 J1233-1025 15 47 15 15.2 589.5 3.2 28.6 -12 436 No stop 15 21 30 =1230-101 15 48 45 15.0 589.9 3.2 28.8 78 447 15 20 01 15 21 30 J1232-1015 15 48 45 15.0 590.1 3.3 28.9 -10 447 No stop 15 23 00 =1229-099 15 50 15 14.8 590.5 3.3 29.0 80 459 15 21 31 15 23 40 J1233-1025 15 50 55 14.7 590.3 3.3 29.0 30 459 15 23 40 15 25 00 =1230-101 15 52 15 14.6 590.6 3.3 29.1 80 469 15 23 41 15 28 00 OQ208 15 55 16 59.2 591.0 1.8 33.1 75 469 15 28 00 15 35 00 --- 16 02 17 58.3 593.5 1.9 34.4 420 523 15 28 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess215.L1024 Matching groups in /aps3/opt/share/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: BADARY 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: 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= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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 9 10 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) * 2MASXJ1232 12 29 29.500102 * 12 32 04.970000 12 32 53.597225 0.00 -10 39 27.46279 *-10 56 00.60000 -11 01 10.94576 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1232-1015 12 29 40.489739 * 12 32 15.859812 12 33 04.446619 0.94 1229-099 -09 58 52.14292 *-10 15 25.16903 -10 20 35.24516 1.61 /aps3/opt/share/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2011B astro solution 22 Observations * J1233-1025 12 30 37.717913 * 12 33 13.164828 12 34 01.783719 0.23 1230-101 -10 08 45.98234 *-10 25 18.43860 -10 30 28.33918 0.49 /aps3/opt/share/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 81 observations J1331+3030 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 51.549815 0.20 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 25 59.24352 0.19 1328+307 /aps3/opt/share/sched_11.3U1/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 542 observations J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 42.723614 0.24 1404+286 28 41 29.23519 * 28 27 14.69022 28 23 03.27499 0.34 J1407+28 /aps3/opt/share/sched_11.3U1/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 2MASXJ1232 sess215.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 3.500 158.305 J1232-1015 sess215.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 0.283 12.331 J1233-1025 sess215.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 1.703 69.618 3C286 sess215.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 0.167 13.000 OQ208 sess215.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 0.350 21.458 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) 2MASXJ1232 106.5 J1232-1015 106.3 J1233-1025 106.6 3C286 99.9 OQ208 107.4 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