COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: RA003 Exp. Code: RA003 Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Pikky Atri Address: Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy Curtin University GPO Box U1987 Perth, WA 6845 Phone: +61-8-9266-4504 EMAIL: pikky.atri@postgrad.curtin.edu.au Fax: Phone during observation: +61-8-9266-4504 Observing mode: 2Gbps disk Notes: Target : Swift J1357.2-0933 (SJ1357.2) Phase cal: J1401-0916) Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 RA003 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 8 Jun 2019 Day 159 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 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 17 00 00 J1408-0752 16 56 06 20.5 584.5 2.8 26.0 0 0 17 00 00 17 06 00 =1406-076 17 02 07 19.8 585.9 2.9 26.7 360 92 17 00 01 17 06 30 J1401-0916 17 02 37 17.6 587.2 3.0 27.4 12 92 17 06 30 17 08 00 =1358-090 17 04 07 17.5 587.5 3.0 27.6 90 115 17 06 31 17 08 00 SJ1357.2 17 04 07 16.8 588.3 3.1 27.9 -13 115 No stop 17 10 30 --- 17 06 38 16.5 588.8 3.1 28.2 137 154 17 08 01 17 10 30 J1401-0916 17 06 38 17.2 588.1 3.1 27.8 -13 154 No stop 17 12 00 =1358-090 17 08 08 17.0 588.5 3.1 28.0 77 177 17 10 31 17 12 00 SJ1357.2 17 08 08 16.3 589.2 3.2 28.4 -13 177 No stop 17 14 30 --- 17 10 38 16.0 589.8 3.2 28.6 137 215 17 12 01 17 15 00 J1401-0916 17 11 08 16.7 589.1 3.2 28.3 18 215 17 15 00 17 16 00 =1358-090 17 12 09 16.5 589.4 3.2 28.4 60 231 17 15 01 17 16 00 SJ1357.2 17 12 09 15.8 590.1 3.2 28.8 -13 231 No stop 17 18 30 --- 17 14 39 15.5 590.7 3.3 29.0 137 269 17 16 01 17 18 30 J1401-0916 17 14 39 16.2 589.9 3.2 28.7 -12 269 No stop 17 20 00 =1358-090 17 16 09 16.1 590.3 3.2 28.8 78 292 17 18 31 17 20 00 J1400-1023 17 16 09 15.0 589.9 3.2 28.8 -14 292 No stop 17 22 30 --- 17 18 40 14.7 590.4 3.3 29.0 136 331 17 20 01 17 23 00 J1401-0916 17 19 10 15.7 590.9 3.3 29.1 16 331 17 23 00 17 24 00 =1358-090 17 20 10 15.6 591.2 3.3 29.2 60 346 17 23 01 17 24 00 SJ1357.2 17 20 10 14.9 591.9 3.4 29.6 -13 346 No stop 17 26 30 --- 17 22 40 14.6 592.4 3.4 29.8 137 385 17 24 01 17 26 30 J1401-0916 17 22 40 15.3 591.7 3.3 29.5 -12 385 No stop 17 28 00 =1358-090 17 24 11 15.1 592.1 3.4 29.6 78 408 17 26 31 17 28 00 SJ1357.2 17 24 11 14.4 592.8 3.4 30.0 -13 408 No stop 17 30 30 --- 17 26 41 14.1 593.3 3.5 30.2 137 446 17 28 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 RA003 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 8 Jun 2019 Day 159 --- 17 31 00 J1401-0916 17 27 11 14.7 592.7 3.4 29.9 18 446 17 31 00 17 32 00 =1358-090 17 28 11 14.6 593.0 3.4 30.0 60 462 17 31 01 17 32 00 SJ1357.2 17 28 11 13.9 593.6 3.5 30.4 -13 462 No stop 17 34 30 --- 17 30 42 13.6 594.2 3.5 30.6 137 500 17 32 01 17 34 30 J1401-0916 17 30 42 14.3 593.5 3.5 30.3 -12 500 No stop 17 36 00 =1358-090 17 32 12 14.1 593.8 3.5 30.4 78 523 17 34 31 17 36 00 J1400-1023 17 32 12 13.0 593.4 3.5 30.4 -14 523 No stop 17 38 30 --- 17 34 42 12.7 594.0 3.6 30.6 136 562 17 36 01 17 39 00 J1401-0916 17 35 12 13.7 594.5 3.6 30.7 16 562 17 39 00 17 40 00 =1358-090 17 36 13 13.6 594.7 3.6 30.8 60 577 17 39 01 17 40 30 J1401-0916 17 36 43 13.5 594.8 3.6 30.8 24 577 17 40 30 17 42 00 =1358-090 17 38 13 13.3 595.1 3.6 31.0 90 600 17 40 31 17 42 00 SJ1357.2 17 38 13 12.6 595.8 3.7 31.3 -13 600 No stop 17 44 30 --- 17 40 43 12.3 596.4 3.7 31.5 137 638 17 42 01 17 44 30 J1401-0916 17 40 43 13.0 595.7 3.6 31.2 -12 638 No stop 17 46 00 =1358-090 17 42 14 12.8 596.0 3.7 31.3 78 662 17 44 31 17 46 00 SJ1357.2 17 42 14 12.1 596.7 3.7 31.6 -13 662 No stop 17 48 30 --- 17 44 44 11.8 597.2 3.8 31.9 137 700 17 46 01 17 49 00 J1401-0916 17 45 14 12.4 596.7 3.7 31.6 17 700 17 49 00 17 50 00 =1358-090 17 46 14 12.3 596.9 3.7 31.7 60 715 17 49 01 17 50 00 SJ1357.2 17 46 14 11.6 597.6 3.8 32.0 -13 715 No stop 17 52 30 --- 17 48 45 11.3 598.1 3.8 32.2 137 754 17 50 01 17 52 30 J1401-0916 17 48 45 12.0 597.4 3.8 31.9 -13 754 No stop 17 54 00 =1358-090 17 50 15 11.8 597.7 3.8 32.0 77 777 17 52 31 17 54 00 J1400-1023 17 50 15 10.7 597.3 3.8 32.0 -14 777 No stop 17 56 30 --- 17 52 45 10.4 597.8 3.9 32.2 136 815 17 54 01 17 57 00 J1401-0916 17 53 15 11.4 598.4 3.9 32.3 16 815 17 57 00 17 58 00 =1358-090 17 54 16 11.3 598.6 3.9 32.4 60 831 17 57 01 17 58 00 SJ1357.2 17 54 16 10.5 599.3 3.9 32.6 -13 831 No stop 18 00 30 --- 17 56 46 10.2 599.8 4.0 32.8 137 869 17 58 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 RA003 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 8 Jun 2019 Day 159 --- 18 00 30 J1401-0916 17 56 46 10.9 599.1 3.9 32.6 -13 869 No stop 18 02 00 =1358-090 17 58 16 10.7 599.4 3.9 32.7 77 892 18 00 31 18 05 00 J1401-0916 18 01 17 10.3 600.1 4.0 32.9 174 892 18 05 00 18 06 00 =1358-090 18 02 17 10.2 600.3 4.0 33.0 60 908 18 05 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.C2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 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: 11 12 13 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) * SJ1357.2 13 54 37.689616 * 13 57 16.834900 13 58 18.625366 0.00 -09 18 01.94491 *-09 32 38.55000 -09 38 14.50668 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1400-1023 13 57 40.677413 * 14 00 20.459434 14 01 22.515203 0.00 -10 09 10.94931 *-10 23 41.00719 -10 29 14.56246 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1358-090 13 58 26.185613 * 14 01 05.331831 14 02 07.136907 0.21 * J1401-0916 -09 02 03.15960 *-09 16 31.57207 -09 22 04.20073 0.45 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/rfc_2015a_cat.key rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 73 observations 1406-076 14 06 17.898819 * 14 08 56.481197 14 09 58.091502 0.10 * J1408-0752 -07 38 15.91689 *-07 52 26.66662 -07 57 51.94684 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/rfc_2015a_cat.key rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 4070 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 SJ1357.2 sess219.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 3.500 191.208 J1400-1023 sess219.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 1.167 61.207 J1401-0916 sess219.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 2.397 135.153 J1408-0752 sess219.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 0.408 25.040 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) SJ1357.2 133.1 J1400-1023 134.1 J1401-0916 133.8 J1408-0752 135.0 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