COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: GVLBI/JVLA 4cm Phase Referencing of Flares in AE Aqr Exp. Code: gl039 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Release of April 4, 2014 PI: Andrei Lobanov Address: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie Auf dem Huegel 69 53121 Bonn Germany Phone: +49 228 525 191 EMAIL: alobanov@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: +49 228 525 229 Phone during observation: Observing mode: Continuum Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 GVLBI/JVLA 4cm Phase Referencing of Flares in AE Aqr 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 2 Jun 2015 Day 153 --- ---------- Block 01: 23:15 -- 23:25. Fringe finder scan for EVN ---------- Next scan frequencies: 8367.25 8367.25 8367.25 8367.25 8399.25 8399.25 8399.25 8399.25 8431.25 8431.25 8431.25 8431.25 8463.25 8463.25 8463.25 8463.25 Next BBC frequencies: 732.75 732.75 732.75 732.75 700.75 700.75 700.75 700.75 668.75 668.75 668.75 668.75 636.75 636.75 636.75 636.75 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 23 15 00 3C345 00 04 13 5.9 -46.5 7.3 53.9 0 0 23 15 00 23 25 00 --- 00 14 14 4.4 -45.3 7.5 D 52.4 0 77 23 15 01 ---------- Block 02: 23:25 -- 01:26. Target/Phase reference scans for EVN ---------- 23 30 00 J2047-0236 00 19 15 29.6 246.3 3.5 51.7 4 77 23 30 00 23 31 00 =2044-027 00 20 15 29.4 246.4 3.5 51.8 60 85 23 30 01 23 31 40 AEAQR 00 20 55 28.9 249.4 3.7 53.3 33 85 23 31 40 23 34 30 --- 00 23 46 28.4 249.8 3.7 53.5 170 106 23 31 41 23 35 10 J2047-0236 00 24 26 28.6 247.2 3.6 52.2 33 106 23 35 10 23 36 00 =2044-027 00 25 16 28.4 247.3 3.6 52.3 50 113 23 35 11 23 36 40 AEAQR 00 25 56 27.9 250.2 3.7 53.7 33 113 23 36 40 23 39 30 --- 00 28 47 27.4 250.7 3.8 53.9 170 135 23 36 41 23 40 10 J2047-0236 00 29 27 27.6 248.0 3.7 52.7 33 135 23 40 10 23 41 00 =2044-027 00 30 17 27.4 248.2 3.7 52.7 50 141 23 40 11 23 41 40 AEAQR 00 30 57 26.9 251.0 3.8 54.1 33 141 23 41 40 23 44 30 --- 00 33 47 26.3 251.5 3.9 54.3 170 163 23 41 41 23 45 10 J2047-0236 00 34 28 26.6 248.9 3.8 53.1 33 163 23 45 10 23 46 00 =2044-027 00 35 18 26.4 249.0 3.8 53.2 50 169 23 45 11 23 46 40 AEAQR 00 35 58 25.9 251.9 3.9 54.5 33 169 23 46 40 23 49 30 --- 00 38 48 25.3 252.3 4.0 54.7 170 191 23 46 41 23 50 10 J2047-0236 00 39 28 25.6 249.7 3.9 53.5 33 191 23 50 10 23 51 00 =2044-027 00 40 19 25.4 249.9 3.9 53.6 50 197 23 50 11 23 51 40 AEAQR 00 40 59 24.9 252.7 4.0 54.8 33 197 23 51 40 23 54 30 --- 00 43 49 24.3 253.1 4.0 55.0 170 219 23 51 41 23 55 10 J2047-0236 00 44 29 24.6 250.5 3.9 53.9 33 219 23 55 10 23 56 00 =2044-027 00 45 19 24.4 250.7 4.0 54.0 50 226 23 55 11 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 GVLBI/JVLA 4cm Phase Referencing of Flares in AE Aqr 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 2 Jun 2015 Day 153 --- 23 56 40 AEAQR 00 45 59 23.9 253.5 4.1 55.2 33 226 23 56 40 23 59 30 --- 00 48 50 23.3 253.9 4.1 55.4 170 247 23 56 41 --- Wed 3 Jun 2015 Day 154 --- 00 00 10 J2047-0236 00 49 30 23.6 251.4 4.0 54.3 33 247 00 00 10 00 01 00 =2044-027 00 50 20 23.4 251.5 4.0 54.4 50 254 00 00 11 00 01 40 AEAQR 00 51 00 22.8 254.2 4.2 55.5 33 254 00 01 40 00 04 30 --- 00 53 51 22.2 254.7 4.2 55.7 170 276 00 01 41 00 05 10 J2047-0236 00 54 31 22.5 252.1 4.1 54.7 33 276 00 05 10 00 06 00 =2044-027 00 55 21 22.4 252.3 4.1 54.7 50 282 00 05 11 00 06 40 AEAQR 00 56 01 21.8 255.0 4.3 55.8 33 282 00 06 40 00 09 30 --- 00 58 52 21.2 255.4 4.3 56.0 170 304 00 06 41 00 10 10 J2047-0236 00 59 32 21.5 252.9 4.2 55.0 33 304 00 10 10 00 11 00 =2044-027 01 00 22 21.4 253.0 4.2 55.1 50 310 00 10 11 00 11 40 AEAQR 01 01 02 20.7 255.7 4.3 56.1 33 310 00 11 40 00 14 30 --- 01 03 52 20.2 256.2 4.4 56.3 170 332 00 11 41 00 15 10 J2047-0236 01 04 33 20.5 253.7 4.3 55.3 33 332 00 15 10 00 16 00 =2044-027 01 05 23 20.3 253.8 4.3 55.4 50 338 00 15 11 00 16 40 AEAQR 01 06 03 19.7 256.5 4.4 56.4 33 338 00 16 40 00 19 30 --- 01 08 53 19.1 256.9 4.5 56.5 170 360 00 16 41 00 20 10 J2047-0236 01 09 33 19.5 254.4 4.4 55.7 33 360 00 20 10 00 21 00 =2044-027 01 10 23 19.3 254.6 4.4 55.7 50 367 00 20 11 00 21 40 AEAQR 01 11 04 18.7 257.2 4.5 56.6 33 367 00 21 40 00 24 30 --- 01 13 54 18.1 257.6 4.5 56.8 170 388 00 21 41 00 25 10 J2047-0236 01 14 34 18.4 255.2 4.4 56.0 33 388 00 25 10 00 26 00 =2044-027 01 15 24 18.3 255.3 4.5 56.0 50 395 00 25 11 00 26 40 AEAQR 01 16 04 17.6 257.9 4.6 56.9 33 395 00 26 40 00 29 30 --- 01 18 55 17.0 258.3 4.6 57.0 170 417 00 26 41 00 30 10 J2047-0236 01 19 35 17.4 255.9 4.5 56.2 33 417 00 30 10 00 31 00 =2044-027 01 20 25 17.2 256.0 4.5 56.3 50 423 00 30 11 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 GVLBI/JVLA 4cm Phase Referencing of Flares in AE Aqr 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 3 Jun 2015 Day 154 --- 00 31 40 AEAQR 01 21 05 16.6 258.7 4.7 57.1 33 423 00 31 40 00 34 30 --- 01 23 56 16.0 259.1 4.7 57.2 170 445 00 31 41 00 35 10 J2047-0236 01 24 36 16.3 256.6 4.6 56.5 33 445 00 35 10 00 36 00 =2044-027 01 25 26 16.2 256.8 4.6 56.5 50 451 00 35 11 00 36 40 AEAQR 01 26 06 15.5 259.4 4.8 57.3 33 451 00 36 40 00 39 30 --- 01 28 57 14.9 259.8 4.8 57.4 170 473 00 36 41 00 40 10 J2047-0236 01 29 37 15.3 257.4 4.7 56.8 34 473 00 40 10 00 41 00 =2044-027 01 30 27 15.1 257.5 4.7 56.8 50 479 00 40 11 00 41 40 AEAQR 01 31 07 14.5 260.1 4.8 57.5 33 479 00 41 40 00 44 30 --- 01 33 57 13.9 260.5 4.9 57.6 170 501 00 41 41 00 45 10 J2047-0236 01 34 37 14.3 258.1 4.8 57.0 34 501 00 45 10 00 46 00 =2044-027 01 35 28 14.1 258.2 4.8 57.0 50 508 00 45 11 00 46 40 AEAQR 01 36 08 13.4 260.8 4.9 57.7 34 508 00 46 40 00 49 30 --- 01 38 58 12.8 261.1 5.0 57.8 170 529 00 46 41 00 50 10 J2047-0236 01 39 38 13.2 258.8 4.9 57.2 34 529 00 50 10 00 51 00 =2044-027 01 40 28 13.0 258.9 4.9 57.2 50 536 00 50 11 00 51 40 AEAQR 01 41 09 12.3 261.4 5.0 57.9 34 536 00 51 40 00 54 30 --- 01 43 59 11.7 261.8 5.1 58.0 170 558 00 51 41 00 55 10 J2047-0236 01 44 39 12.1 259.5 4.9 57.4 34 558 00 55 10 00 56 00 =2044-027 01 45 29 12.0 259.6 5.0 57.5 50 564 00 55 11 00 56 40 AEAQR 01 46 09 11.3 262.1 5.1 58.0 34 564 00 56 40 00 59 30 --- 01 49 00 10.7 262.5 5.1 58.1 170 586 00 56 41 01 00 10 J2047-0236 01 49 40 11.1 260.1 5.0 57.6 34 586 01 00 10 01 01 00 =2044-027 01 50 30 10.9 260.3 5.0 57.6 50 592 01 00 11 01 01 40 AEAQR 01 51 10 10.2 262.8 5.2 58.2 34 592 01 01 40 01 04 30 --- 01 54 01 9.6 263.2 5.2 58.2 170 614 01 01 41 01 05 10 J2047-0236 01 54 41 10.0 260.8 5.1 57.8 34 614 01 05 10 01 06 00 =2044-027 01 55 31 9.9 260.9 5.1 57.8 50 621 01 05 11 01 06 40 AEAQR 01 56 11 9.1 263.5 5.3 58.3 34 621 01 06 40 01 09 30 --- 01 59 01 8.5 263.8 5.3 58.4 170 642 01 06 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 5 GVLBI/JVLA 4cm Phase Referencing of Flares in AE Aqr 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 3 Jun 2015 Day 154 --- 01 10 10 J2047-0236 01 59 42 9.0 261.5 5.2 58.0 34 642 01 10 10 01 11 00 =2044-027 02 00 32 8.8 261.6 5.2 58.0 50 649 01 10 11 01 11 40 AEAQR 02 01 12 8.1 264.1 5.3 58.4 34 649 01 11 40 01 14 30 --- 02 04 02 7.5 264.5 5.4 58.5 170 671 01 11 41 01 15 10 J2047-0236 02 04 42 7.9 262.2 5.3 58.1 34 671 01 15 10 01 16 00 =2044-027 02 05 33 7.7 262.3 5.3 58.1 50 677 01 15 11 01 16 40 AEAQR 02 06 13 7.0 264.8 5.4 58.5 34 677 01 16 40 01 19 30 --- 02 09 03 6.4 265.2 5.5 58.6 170 699 01 16 41 01 20 10 J2047-0236 02 09 43 6.8 262.8 5.4 58.3 34 699 01 20 10 01 21 00 =2044-027 02 10 33 6.7 262.9 5.4 58.3 50 705 01 20 11 01 21 40 AEAQR 02 11 13 5.9 265.4 5.5 58.6 34 705 01 21 40 01 24 30 --- 02 14 04 5.3 265.8 5.6 58.7 170 727 01 21 41 01 25 10 J2047-0236 02 14 44 5.8 263.5 5.4 58.4 34 727 01 25 10 01 26 00 =2044-027 02 15 34 5.6 263.6 5.5 58.4 50 733 01 25 11 ---------- Block 03: 01:26 -- 01:36. Fringe finder scan for EVN ---------- 01 28 30 3C454.3 02 18 05 41.6 264.3 3.4 62.6 85 733 01 28 30 01 36 00 --- 02 25 36 40.0 265.4 3.5 62.7 450 791 01 28 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess215.X1024glob Matching groups in /afs/desy.de/user/a/alobanov/soft/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: shxd From An Tao 18May2006. Dummy dual pol - only RCP available Setup group: 16 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 9100.00 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 = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8367.25 8367.25 8367.25 8367.25 8399.25 8399.25 8399.25 8399.25 8431.25 8431.25 8431.25 8431.25 8463.25 8463.25 8463.25 8463.25 BBC fr= 732.75 732.75 732.75 732.75 700.75 700.75 700.75 700.75 668.75 668.75 668.75 668.75 636.75 636.75 636.75 636.75 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: 10 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) * AEAQR 20 37 34.587380 * 20 40 09.233634 20 40 57.668541 0.00 -01 02 55.24289 *-00 52 14.86240 -00 48 50.19134 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 31.621121 0.77 * 3C345 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 03.03515 0.52 1641+399 /afs/desy.de/user/a/alobanov/soft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2011B astro solution 52621 Observations * J2047-0236 20 44 34.222160 * 20 47 10.366577 20 47 59.213185 1.14 2044-027 -02 47 25.79546 *-02 36 22.14654 -02 32 49.99127 2.36 J2047-02 /afs/desy.de/user/a/alobanov/soft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2011B astro solution 12 Observations * J2050+0407 20 47 35.947689 * 20 50 06.240587 20 50 53.330079 0.20 2047+039 03 56 35.55388 * 04 07 48.89013 04 11 21.85463 0.38 J2050+04 /afs/desy.de/user/a/alobanov/soft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 121 observations J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 43.706646 0.68 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34810 * 16 08 53.56093 16 13 45.15014 0.72 2251+158 /afs/desy.de/user/a/alobanov/soft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2011B astro solution 39747 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 AEAQR sess215.X1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 6.306 330.350 3C345 sess215.X1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 0.367 28.250 J2047-0236 sess215.X1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 2.897 163.858 J2050+0407 sess215.X1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 13 1.003 66.853 3C454.3 sess215.X1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 0.292 14.792 POSITIONS OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES USED ONLY IN NON-RECORDING SCANS An unused dummy source of a scan that becomes a geodetic segment will show up here. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J1331+3030 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 51.696429 0.20 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 25 57.21816 0.19 1328+307 /afs/desy.de/user/a/alobanov/soft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 542 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 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) AEAQR 118.5 3C286 110.0 3C345 117.9 J2047-0236 117.7 J2050+0407 114.1 3C454.3 81.5 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