COVER INFORMATION Station: ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Experiment: e-EVN runs EG051B and C (Giroletti) Exp. Code: eg051b Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.30 Release near March 23, 2010 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 ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 2 e-EVN runs EG051B and C (Giroletti) 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 9 Mar 2011 Day 68 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 807.51 807.51 807.51 807.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 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 17 30 00 J0121+1149 00 11 13 71.7 108.1 -1.2 -67.2 0 1 1 0 17 30 00 17 45 00 =0119+115 00 26 15 75.0 113.6 -0.9 -62.8 900 F 1 116 17 30 01 17 46 00 J0121+1149 00 27 15 75.2 114.0 -0.9 -62.4 46 1 1 116 17 46 00 18 00 00 =0119+115 00 41 18 78.2 121.7 -0.7 -55.6 840 F 1 225 17 46 01 18 01 00 J0121+1149 00 42 18 78.4 122.4 -0.7 -55.0 46 1 1 225 18 01 00 18 15 00 =0119+115 00 56 20 81.0 135.0 -0.4 -43.3 840 F 1 333 18 01 01 18 16 00 J0121+1149 00 57 20 81.2 136.1 -0.4 -42.2 46 1 1 333 18 16 00 18 30 00 =0119+115 01 11 23 83.0 157.4 -0.2 -21.8 840 F 1 441 18 16 01 18 31 00 J0121+1149 01 12 23 83.1 159.3 -0.2 -20.0 44 1 1 441 18 31 00 18 45 00 =0119+115 01 26 25 83.5 188.9 0.1 8.7 840 F 1 550 18 31 01 18 46 00 J0121+1149 01 27 25 83.4 191.0 0.1 10.7 44 1 1 550 18 46 00 19 00 00 =0119+115 01 41 28 82.1 216.3 0.3 35.0 840 F 1 658 18 46 01 19 01 00 J0121+1149 01 42 28 81.9 217.7 0.3 36.4 45 1 1 658 19 01 00 19 15 00 =0119+115 01 56 30 79.5 233.2 0.6 50.9 840 F 1 766 19 01 01 19 16 00 J0121+1149 01 57 30 79.3 234.0 0.6 51.7 47 1 1 766 19 16 00 19 30 00 =0119+115 02 11 33 76.5 243.2 0.8 60.0 840 F 1 875 19 16 01 --- Thu 10 Mar 2011 Day 69 --- 04 00 40 M87 10 43 36 63.3 99.2 -1.8 D -73.6 30283 1 1 875 04 00 40 04 15 00 --- 10 57 59 66.7 101.6 -1.6 D -72.1 0 F 1 986 04 00 41 04 15 40 M87 10 58 39 66.9 101.7 -1.5 D -72.0 31 1 1 986 04 15 40 04 30 00 --- 11 13 01 70.2 104.9 -1.3 D -69.9 0 F 1 1097 04 15 41 Schedule for ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 3 e-EVN runs EG051B and C (Giroletti) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 10 Mar 2011 Day 69 --- 04 30 40 M87 11 13 41 70.3 105.0 -1.3 -69.8 30 1 1 1097 04 30 40 04 45 00 --- 11 28 04 73.6 109.3 -1.1 -66.5 860 F 1 1208 04 30 41 04 45 40 M87 11 28 44 73.7 109.5 -1.0 -66.3 28 1 1 1208 04 45 40 05 00 00 --- 11 43 06 76.9 115.6 -0.8 -61.2 860 F 1 1319 04 45 41 05 00 40 M87 11 43 46 77.0 116.0 -0.8 -60.9 28 1 1 1319 05 00 40 05 15 00 --- 11 58 09 80.0 125.7 -0.6 -52.1 860 F 1 1430 05 00 41 05 15 40 M87 11 58 49 80.1 126.3 -0.5 -51.5 28 1 1 1430 05 15 40 05 30 00 --- 12 13 11 82.5 143.2 -0.3 -35.6 860 F 1 1541 05 15 41 05 30 40 M87 12 13 51 82.6 144.2 -0.3 -34.6 27 1 1 1541 05 30 40 05 45 00 --- 12 28 14 83.9 172.6 -0.1 -7.2 860 F 1 1652 05 30 41 05 45 40 M87 12 28 54 83.9 174.1 0.0 -5.7 25 1 1 1652 05 45 40 06 00 00 --- 12 43 16 83.3 205.8 0.2 25.0 860 F 1 1762 05 45 41 06 00 40 M87 12 43 56 83.3 207.0 0.2 26.2 26 1 1 1762 06 00 40 06 15 00 --- 12 58 18 81.2 228.1 0.4 46.3 860 F 1 1873 06 00 41 06 15 40 M87 12 58 59 81.0 228.8 0.5 47.0 28 1 1 1873 06 15 40 06 30 00 --- 13 13 21 78.2 240.7 0.7 57.9 860 F 1 1984 06 15 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: 1024Mbps Matching groups in /aps3/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: arcb4 Using up-down conversion unit + VLBIinp at 1.5 MHz Setup group: 11 Station: ARECIBO 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= 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 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= 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 this setup were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 807.51 807.51 807.51 807.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 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 = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- e-EVN runs EG051B and C (Giroletti) 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 25.653712 0.00 12 40 01.74900 * 12 23 28.04382 12 19 29.64473 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 9.377 scan hours, 309.282 baseline hours above horizon. * J0121+1149 01 19 03.080128 * 01 21 41.595044 01 22 17.115373 0.01 0119+115 11 34 09.31515 * 11 49 50.41313 11 53 21.41188 0.01 J0121+11 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 36991 Observations 1.883 scan hours, 62.950 baseline hours above horizon. J0555+3948 05 52 01.407172 * 05 55 30.805615 05 56 19.469698 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94585 * 39 48 49.16500 39 48 59.43764 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 348030 Observations 1.883 scan hours, 84.750 baseline hours above horizon. J0927+3902 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 27 47.693835 0.01 0923+392 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85184 38 59 18.10887 0.01 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 226075 Observations 0.867 scan hours, 33.653 baseline hours above horizon. J1331+3030 13 28 49.657776 * 13 31 08.288068 13 31 41.439151 0.21 * 3C286 30 45 58.64077 * 30 30 32.95941 30 26 47.17042 0.19 1328+307 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 GSFC Nov. 2009 Solution 2009a 243 Observations 0.217 scan hours, 6.067 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 160.5 J0121+1149 34.5 DA193 99.8 4C39.25 137.1 3C286 139.4 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