COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 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 18 11 42 20.3 246.7 4.0 52.6 0 0 17 00 00 17 06 00 =1406-076 18 17 43 19.1 247.7 4.1 53.1 360 93 17 00 01 17 06 30 J1401-0916 18 18 14 16.6 247.8 4.3 53.5 18 93 17 06 30 17 08 00 =1358-090 18 19 44 16.3 248.0 4.3 53.6 90 116 17 06 31 17 08 00 SJ1357.2 18 19 44 15.4 248.4 4.4 53.8 -6 116 No stop 17 10 30 --- 18 22 14 14.9 248.7 4.4 54.0 144 155 17 08 01 17 10 30 J1401-0916 18 22 14 15.8 248.4 4.3 53.8 -6 155 No stop 17 12 00 =1358-090 18 23 44 15.5 248.6 4.4 53.9 84 178 17 10 31 17 12 00 SJ1357.2 18 23 44 14.6 249.0 4.4 54.2 -6 178 No stop 17 14 30 --- 18 26 15 14.1 249.3 4.5 54.4 144 216 17 12 01 17 15 00 J1401-0916 18 26 45 14.9 249.1 4.4 54.2 24 216 17 15 00 17 16 00 =1358-090 18 27 45 14.7 249.2 4.4 54.2 60 232 17 15 01 17 16 00 SJ1357.2 18 27 45 13.8 249.5 4.5 54.5 -6 232 No stop 17 18 30 --- 18 30 16 13.3 249.9 4.5 54.7 144 271 17 16 01 17 18 30 J1401-0916 18 30 16 14.2 249.6 4.5 54.4 -6 271 No stop 17 20 00 =1358-090 18 31 46 13.9 249.8 4.5 54.5 84 294 17 18 31 17 20 00 J1400-1023 18 31 46 13.1 249.0 4.5 54.4 -5 294 No stop 17 22 30 --- 18 34 16 12.6 249.3 4.5 54.6 145 332 17 20 01 17 23 00 J1401-0916 18 34 46 13.3 250.2 4.5 54.8 25 332 17 23 00 17 24 00 =1358-090 18 35 46 13.1 250.4 4.6 54.8 60 348 17 23 01 17 24 00 SJ1357.2 18 35 46 12.2 250.7 4.6 55.1 -6 348 No stop 17 26 30 --- 18 38 17 11.7 251.1 4.7 55.3 144 386 17 24 01 17 26 30 J1401-0916 18 38 17 12.6 250.8 4.6 55.0 -6 386 No stop 17 28 00 =1358-090 18 39 47 12.3 251.0 4.6 55.1 84 410 17 26 31 17 28 00 SJ1357.2 18 39 47 11.4 251.3 4.7 55.4 -6 410 No stop 17 30 30 --- 18 42 17 10.9 251.7 4.7 55.5 144 448 17 28 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 18 42 48 11.7 251.4 4.7 55.3 24 448 17 31 00 17 32 00 =1358-090 18 43 48 11.5 251.5 4.7 55.4 60 464 17 31 01 17 32 00 SJ1357.2 18 43 48 10.6 251.9 4.8 55.6 -6 464 No stop 17 34 30 --- 18 46 18 10.0 252.2 4.8 55.8 144 502 17 32 01 17 34 30 J1401-0916 18 46 18 11.0 251.9 4.7 55.6 -6 502 No stop 17 36 00 =1358-090 18 47 48 10.7 252.1 4.8 55.7 84 526 17 34 31 17 36 00 J1400-1023 18 47 48 9.9 251.3 4.8 55.6 -5 526 No stop 17 38 30 --- 18 50 19 9.4 251.6 4.8 55.7 145 564 17 36 01 17 39 00 J1401-0916 18 50 49 10.1 252.5 4.8 55.9 25 564 17 39 00 17 40 00 =1358-090 18 51 49 9.9 252.7 4.8 56.0 60 580 17 39 01 17 40 30 J1401-0916 18 52 19 9.7 252.8 4.8 56.0 28 580 17 40 30 17 42 00 =1358-090 18 53 49 9.4 253.0 4.9 56.1 90 603 17 40 31 17 42 00 SJ1357.2 18 53 49 8.5 253.3 4.9 56.3 -6 603 No stop 17 44 30 --- 18 56 20 8.0 253.6 5.0 56.4 144 642 17 42 01 17 44 30 J1401-0916 18 56 20 8.9 253.3 4.9 56.2 -6 642 No stop 17 46 00 =1358-090 18 57 50 8.6 253.5 4.9 56.3 84 665 17 44 31 17 46 00 SJ1357.2 18 57 50 7.7 253.8 5.0 56.5 -6 665 No stop 17 48 30 --- 19 00 20 7.2 254.2 5.0 56.7 144 703 17 46 01 17 49 00 J1401-0916 19 00 51 8.0 253.9 5.0 56.5 24 703 17 49 00 17 50 00 =1358-090 19 01 51 7.8 254.1 5.0 56.6 60 719 17 49 01 17 52 30 J1401-0916 19 04 21 7.3 254.4 5.0 56.7 148 719 17 52 30 17 54 00 =1358-090 19 05 51 7.0 254.6 5.1 D 56.8 0 742 17 52 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.C2048 --- 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: 15 Station: TIANMA65 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 15 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= 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 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: 15 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) * 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