COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Experiment: The variable VLBI core of NGC 4151 Exp. Code: EP113F Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: F. Panessa Address: INAF-IAPS via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 00133 - Rome Italy Phone: +39 06 4548 8456 EMAIL: francesca.panessa@iaps.inaf.it Fax: --- Phone during observation: +39 06 4548 8456 Observing mode: Phase-referencing of a source at 3.6cm Notes: Target: NGC4151 Phase calibrator : J1209+4119 D-terms calibrator : -- Fringe finder : 3C286 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Page 2 The variable VLBI core of NGC 4151 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 12 Jun 2019 Day 163 --- Next scan frequencies: 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 Next BBC frequencies: 669.49 669.49 669.49 669.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 797.49 797.49 797.49 797.49 861.49 861.49 861.49 861.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 18 00 00 3C286 11 10 45 59.7 98.3 -2.4 -60.7 0 0 18 00 00 18 02 00 --- 11 12 45 60.1 98.7 -2.3 -60.6 120 31 18 00 01 18 03 55 J1209+4119 11 14 41 79.5 81.6 -0.9 -89.2 81 31 18 03 55 18 05 55 =1206+416 11 16 41 79.8 81.7 -0.9 -89.5 120 62 18 03 56 18 05 55 NGC4151 11 16 41 79.4 92.2 -0.9 -79.0 -26 62 No stop 18 11 55 --- 11 22 42 80.6 93.5 -0.8 -78.7 334 155 18 05 56 18 11 55 J1209+4119 11 22 42 81.0 81.7 -0.8 -90.5 -27 155 No stop 18 13 55 =1206+416 11 24 42 81.4 81.6 -0.8 -90.9 93 185 18 11 56 18 13 55 NGC4151 11 24 42 80.9 94.0 -0.8 -78.5 -27 185 No stop 18 19 55 --- 11 30 43 82.1 95.6 -0.7 -77.9 333 278 18 13 56 18 20 30 J1209+4119 11 31 18 82.6 81.4 -0.7 -92.2 6 278 18 20 30 18 22 30 =1206+416 11 33 19 83.0 81.3 -0.6 -92.7 120 309 18 20 31 18 22 30 NGC4151 11 33 19 82.6 96.4 -0.6 -77.5 -30 309 No stop 18 28 30 --- 11 39 20 83.7 98.6 -0.5 -76.2 330 402 18 22 31 18 28 30 J1209+4119 11 39 20 84.1 80.7 -0.5 -94.3 -33 402 No stop 18 30 30 =1206+416 11 41 20 84.5 80.4 -0.5 -94.9 87 433 18 28 31 18 30 30 NGC4151 11 41 20 84.1 99.5 -0.5 -75.7 -34 433 No stop 18 36 30 --- 11 47 21 85.2 102.8 -0.4 -73.3 326 526 18 30 31 18 37 05 J1209+4119 11 47 56 85.7 78.8 -0.4 -97.5 -4 526 18 37 05 18 39 05 =1206+416 11 49 56 86.1 78.0 -0.3 -98.6 116 556 18 37 06 18 39 05 NGC4151 11 49 56 85.7 104.7 -0.4 -71.8 -42 556 No stop 18 45 05 --- 11 55 57 86.8 111.0 -0.3 -66.5 318 649 18 39 06 18 45 05 J1209+4119 11 55 57 87.2 74.4 -0.2 -103.3 -52 649 No stop 18 47 05 =1206+416 11 57 58 87.6 72.3 -0.2 -105.6 68 680 18 45 06 18 47 05 NGC4151 11 57 58 87.1 114.1 -0.2 -63.7 -58 680 No stop 18 53 05 --- 12 03 59 88.1 129.6 -0.1 D -49.2 0 773 18 47 06 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Page 3 The variable VLBI core of NGC 4151 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 12 Jun 2019 Day 163 --- 19 03 40 NGC4151 12 14 36 88.6 206.1 0.1 D 25.6 615 773 19 03 40 19 09 40 --- 12 20 37 87.9 235.7 0.2 54.3 0 866 19 03 41 19 10 15 J1209+4119 12 21 12 87.8 289.7 0.2 108.0 -34 866 19 10 15 19 12 15 =1206+416 12 23 12 87.5 287.1 0.2 105.0 86 897 19 10 16 19 14 25 3C286 12 25 22 73.1 121.6 -1.1 -48.7 -50 897 19 14 25 19 16 35 --- 12 27 33 73.5 122.7 -1.1 -47.9 80 930 19 14 26 19 18 55 J1209+4119 12 29 53 86.2 282.3 0.3 99.1 -35 930 19 18 55 19 20 55 =1206+416 12 31 53 85.9 281.5 0.4 98.0 85 961 19 18 56 19 20 55 NGC4151 12 31 53 85.9 254.3 0.3 71.0 -42 961 No stop 19 26 55 --- 12 37 54 84.8 258.6 0.4 74.3 318 1054 19 20 56 19 26 55 J1209+4119 12 37 54 84.7 279.9 0.5 95.4 -36 1054 No stop 19 28 55 =1206+416 12 39 55 84.4 279.6 0.5 94.7 84 1085 19 26 56 19 28 55 NGC4151 12 39 55 84.4 259.7 0.5 75.1 -35 1085 No stop 19 34 55 --- 12 45 56 83.3 262.3 0.6 76.8 325 1177 19 28 56 19 35 30 J1209+4119 12 46 31 83.1 278.8 0.6 92.9 3 1177 19 35 30 19 37 30 =1206+416 12 48 31 82.8 278.7 0.6 92.4 120 1208 19 35 31 19 37 30 NGC4151 12 48 31 82.8 263.2 0.6 77.3 -30 1208 No stop 19 43 30 --- 12 54 32 81.7 265.1 0.7 78.1 330 1301 19 37 31 19 43 30 J1209+4119 12 54 32 81.6 278.4 0.7 91.2 -28 1301 No stop 19 45 30 =1206+416 12 56 32 81.2 278.4 0.8 90.8 92 1332 19 43 31 19 45 30 NGC4151 12 56 32 81.3 265.6 0.8 78.4 -28 1332 No stop 19 51 30 --- 13 02 33 80.1 267.0 0.9 78.8 332 1425 19 45 31 19 52 05 J1209+4119 13 03 08 80.0 278.3 0.9 89.7 9 1425 19 52 05 19 54 05 =1206+416 13 05 09 79.6 278.3 0.9 89.4 120 1456 19 52 06 19 54 05 NGC4151 13 05 09 79.7 267.6 0.9 78.9 -26 1456 No stop 19 58 00 --- 13 09 04 78.9 268.3 1.0 79.1 209 1516 19 54 06 19 58 00 J1209+4119 13 09 04 78.9 278.4 1.0 88.8 -25 1516 No stop 20 00 00 =1206+416 13 11 05 78.5 278.5 1.0 88.5 95 1547 19 58 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.X2048 --- 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: 8 Station: YEBES40M Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 BBC fr= 669.49 669.49 669.49 669.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 797.49 797.49 797.49 797.49 861.49 861.49 861.49 861.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 8 12 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * NGC4151 12 08 01.055801 * 12 10 32.583400 12 11 30.484050 0.00 39 41 02.10308 * 39 24 21.03100 39 18 10.21078 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1206+416 12 06 51.117947 * 12 09 22.788006 12 10 20.719005 0.17 * J1209+4119 41 36 22.62761 * 41 19 41.37011 41 13 30.98937 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 150 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 01.889576 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 24 49.12056 0.16 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 269 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 NGC4151 sess219.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 1.265 60.939 J1209+4119 sess219.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 0.500 23.308 3C286 sess219.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.069 3.547 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) NGC4151 84.2 J1209+4119 83.2 3C286 102.9 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