COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: e-EVN ToO run RG002 (Giroletti) {akin to EG043C epochs} Exp. Code: rg002 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.10 Bug fixs and minor enhancements PI: Z. Paragi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 (0)521 596 500 Observing mode: Notes: ########################################################### ########## Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF. ############ ########################################################### Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 e-EVN ToO run RG002 (Giroletti) {akin to EG043C epochs} UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 2 Mar 2010 Day 61 --- ---------- Fringe-finder ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 Next BBC frequencies: 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 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 20 25 00 1156+295 15 11 52 48.8 280.1 3.2 74.9 0 1 1 0 20 25 00 20 39 20 --- 15 26 14 45.8 281.3 3.4 74.1 860 F 1 111 20 25 01 ---------- Fringe-finder ---------- 20 40 00 1156+295 15 26 54 45.7 281.4 3.4 74.0 37 1 1 111 20 40 00 20 54 20 --- 15 41 16 42.6 282.6 3.7 73.1 860 F 1 222 20 40 01 ---------- Fringe-finder ---------- 20 55 00 1156+295 15 41 56 42.5 282.7 3.7 73.1 37 1 1 222 20 55 00 21 09 20 --- 15 56 19 39.5 283.9 3.9 72.2 860 F 1 333 20 55 01 ---------- Fringe-finder ---------- 21 10 00 1156+295 15 56 59 39.4 284.0 3.9 72.1 37 1 1 333 21 10 00 21 24 20 --- 16 11 21 36.4 285.2 4.2 71.1 860 F 1 444 21 10 01 21 26 20 M87 16 13 22 35.7 262.7 3.7 60.4 93 1 1 444 21 26 20 21 39 20 --- 16 26 24 33.0 264.6 3.9 60.8 780 F 1 544 21 26 21 21 40 00 M87 16 27 04 32.8 264.7 3.9 60.8 37 1 1 544 21 40 00 21 54 20 --- 16 41 26 29.8 266.7 4.2 61.0 860 F 1 655 21 40 01 21 55 00 M87 16 42 06 29.6 266.8 4.2 61.1 37 1 1 655 21 55 00 22 09 20 --- 16 56 29 26.5 268.7 4.4 61.2 860 F 1 766 21 55 01 22 10 00 M87 16 57 09 26.4 268.8 4.4 61.2 37 1 1 766 22 10 00 22 24 20 --- 17 11 31 23.3 270.7 4.7 61.2 860 F 1 877 22 10 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 e-EVN ToO run RG002 (Giroletti) {akin to EG043C epochs} UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 2 Mar 2010 Day 61 --- 22 25 00 M87 17 12 11 23.2 270.7 4.7 61.2 37 1 1 877 22 25 00 22 39 20 --- 17 26 34 20.1 272.6 4.9 61.1 860 F 1 988 22 25 01 22 40 00 M87 17 27 14 20.0 272.6 4.9 61.1 37 1 1 988 22 40 00 22 54 20 --- 17 41 36 16.9 274.4 5.2 60.9 860 F 1 1099 22 40 01 22 55 00 M87 17 42 16 16.7 274.5 5.2 60.9 37 1 1 1099 22 55 00 23 09 20 --- 17 56 39 13.7 276.3 5.4 60.6 860 F 1 1210 22 55 01 23 10 00 M87 17 57 19 13.5 276.4 5.4 60.6 37 1 1 1210 23 10 00 23 24 20 --- 18 11 41 10.5 278.2 5.7 60.2 860 F 1 1321 23 10 01 ---------- D-term ---------- 23 26 20 OQ208 18 13 41 37.2 283.9 4.1 70.9 71 1 1 1321 23 26 20 23 37 20 --- 18 24 43 34.9 284.9 4.3 70.2 660 F 1 1406 23 26 21 ---------- polcal ---------- 23 39 20 J1310+3220 18 26 43 24.5 294.2 5.3 67.5 99 1 1 1406 23 39 20 23 49 20 =1308+326 18 36 45 22.6 295.1 5.4 66.5 600 F 1 1484 23 39 21 --- Start: Tue 2 Mar 2010 Day 61 -- Stop: Wed 3 Mar 2010 Day 62 --- ---------- WSRTcal ---------- 23 50 20 3C286 18 37 45 25.7 291.5 5.1 67.5 51 1 1 1484 23 50 20 00 00 20 --- 18 47 47 23.7 292.4 5.3 66.7 600 F 1 1561 23 50 21 ---------- Dummy Scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 Next BBC frequencies: 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 07 24 20 J1310+3220 02 13 00 -24.9 374.4-11.0 D -14.6 26554 1 1 1561 07 24 20 07 25 20 =1308+326 02 14 00 -24.9 374.7-10.9 D -14.8 0 F 1 1565 07 24 45 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 e-EVN ToO run RG002 (Giroletti) {akin to EG043C epochs} UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 3 Mar 2010 Day 62 --- ---------- Dummy Scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 Next BBC frequencies: 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 07 26 20 J1310+3220 02 15 00 -24.8 374.9-10.9 D -15.1 57 1 1 1565 07 26 20 07 27 20 =1308+326 02 16 00 -24.8 375.1-10.9 D -15.3 0 F 1 1567 07 26 45 ---------- Dummy Scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4956.49 4956.49 Next BBC frequencies: 756.49 756.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 07 28 20 J1310+3220 02 17 00 -24.7 375.3-10.9 D -15.5 57 1 1 1567 07 28 20 07 29 20 =1308+326 02 18 01 -24.7 375.6-10.9 D -15.8 0 F 1 1568 07 28 45 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: 1024Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 47 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 0.50 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 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= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5020.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 5052.49 BBC fr= 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 820.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 852.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 512Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 35 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 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 Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 23 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 2 LO sum= 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 4988.49 BBC fr= 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 788.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 2 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 13490 13510 13490 13510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 13490 13510 13490 13510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 256Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 23 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 BBC SB= L L U U IF = C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 35 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 3 LO sum= 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 4956.49 BBC fr= 756.49 756.49 756.49 756.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 3 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 490 510 13490 13510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 490 510 13490 13510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 128Mbps Matches group sh6cm in /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/freq.dat Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 11 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 2 Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 BBC SB= L L IF = C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 47 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 4 LO sum= 4956.49 4956.49 BBC fr= 756.49 756.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 4 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S1 S1 S2 S1 OFF OFF OFF PCALXB2= S2 S2 M1 M2 S2 OFF OFF OFF PCALFR1= 490 13490 0 0 1490 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 490 13490 0 0 1490 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- e-EVN ToO run RG002 (Giroletti) {akin to EG043C epochs} Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * M87 12 28 17.569280 * 12 30 49.423382 12 31 22.517131 0.00 12 40 01.74900 * 12 23 28.04382 12 19 49.41504 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 7.567 scan hours, 401.849 baseline hours above horizon. J1159+2914 11 56 57.786210 * 11 59 31.833911 12 00 05.649899 0.23 * 1156+295 29 31 25.73875 * 29 14 43.82685 29 11 03.24730 0.40 J1159+29 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.956 scan hours, 52.556 baseline hours above horizon. * J1310+3220 13 08 07.560131 * 13 10 28.663850 13 10 59.604877 0.24 1308+326 32 36 40.23883 * 32 20 43.78290 32 17 09.22709 0.40 J1310+32 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.717 scan hours, 37.750 baseline hours above horizon. J1331+3030 13 28 49.657764 * 13 31 08.288056 13 31 38.594297 0.36 * 3C286 30 45 58.64058 * 30 30 32.95922 30 27 04.20286 0.47 1328+307 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.333 scan hours, 16.667 baseline hours above horizon. J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 29.694481 0.23 1404+286 28 41 29.23519 * 28 27 14.69022 28 23 59.86445 0.40 J1407+28 /aps3/sched8.1/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.683 scan hours, 35.259 baseline hours above horizon. 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) M87 155.7 1156+295 153.0 J1310+3220 139.5 3C286 136.4 OQ208 129.8 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