COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 Exp. Code: EG049D Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: M. Giroletti Address: INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 051 639 9394 EMAIL: giroletti@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 051 639 9431 Phone during observation: +39 347 906 6221 Observing mode: EVN, 6cm, 1Gb/s Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 13 Mar 2012 Day 73 --- 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: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 09 00 00 0229+200 04 30 23 61.7 254.7 1.9 61.8 0 0 09 00 00 09 14 00 --- 04 44 25 58.8 257.8 2.2 63.2 840 108 09 00 01 09 15 00 0229+200 04 45 26 58.5 258.0 2.2 63.3 58 108 09 15 00 09 29 00 --- 04 59 28 55.6 260.7 2.4 64.3 840 217 09 15 01 09 30 00 0239+175 05 00 28 56.2 254.9 2.3 60.2 50 217 09 30 00 09 33 00 --- 05 03 28 55.6 255.5 2.3 60.5 180 240 09 30 01 09 34 00 0229+200 05 04 29 54.5 261.5 2.5 64.6 50 240 09 34 00 09 48 00 --- 05 18 31 51.6 263.9 2.8 65.2 840 348 09 34 01 09 49 00 0229+200 05 19 31 51.3 264.0 2.8 65.3 58 348 09 49 00 10 03 00 --- 05 33 33 48.3 266.1 3.0 65.7 840 457 09 49 01 10 04 00 0234+285 05 34 34 52.1 278.2 2.9 75.4 44 457 10 04 00 10 11 00 --- 05 41 35 50.6 278.8 3.0 75.0 420 511 10 04 01 10 12 00 0229+200 05 42 35 46.4 267.4 3.2 65.8 44 511 10 12 00 10 26 00 --- 05 56 37 43.4 269.3 3.4 65.9 840 619 10 12 01 10 27 00 0239+175 05 57 37 44.1 264.9 3.2 63.6 51 619 10 27 00 10 30 00 --- 06 00 38 43.5 265.3 3.3 63.7 180 643 10 27 01 10 31 00 0229+200 06 01 38 42.3 270.0 3.5 66.0 51 643 10 31 00 10 45 00 --- 06 15 40 39.3 271.8 3.7 65.9 840 751 10 31 01 10 46 00 0229+200 06 16 40 39.1 271.9 3.7 65.9 58 751 10 46 00 11 00 00 --- 06 30 43 36.1 273.6 4.0 65.7 840 859 10 46 01 11 01 00 0229+200 06 31 43 35.9 273.7 4.0 65.7 58 859 11 01 00 11 15 00 --- 06 45 45 32.9 275.3 4.2 65.4 840 968 11 01 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 13 Mar 2012 Day 73 --- 11 16 00 0229+200 06 46 45 32.7 275.5 4.2 65.4 58 968 11 16 00 11 30 00 --- 07 00 48 29.7 277.1 4.5 65.0 840 1076 11 16 01 11 31 00 0239+175 07 01 48 30.4 273.4 4.3 63.8 52 1076 11 31 00 11 34 00 --- 07 04 48 29.8 273.7 4.4 63.8 180 1099 11 31 01 11 35 00 0229+200 07 05 49 28.6 277.6 4.5 64.8 52 1099 11 35 00 11 49 00 --- 07 19 51 25.7 279.2 4.8 64.3 840 1208 11 35 01 11 50 00 0234+285 07 20 51 29.9 287.6 4.7 68.7 48 1208 11 50 00 11 57 00 --- 07 27 52 28.5 288.3 4.8 68.2 420 1262 11 50 01 11 58 00 0229+200 07 28 52 23.8 280.3 4.9 64.0 48 1262 11 58 00 12 12 00 --- 07 42 55 20.8 281.8 5.2 63.4 840 1370 11 58 01 12 13 00 0229+200 07 43 55 20.6 281.9 5.2 63.3 58 1370 12 13 00 12 27 00 --- 07 57 57 17.7 283.5 5.4 62.6 840 1479 12 13 01 12 28 00 0239+175 07 58 57 18.3 280.1 5.3 62.3 53 1479 12 28 00 12 31 00 --- 08 01 58 17.6 280.5 5.3 62.1 180 1502 12 28 01 12 32 00 0229+200 08 02 58 16.6 284.1 5.5 62.3 53 1502 12 32 00 12 46 00 --- 08 17 00 13.7 285.7 5.7 61.5 840 1610 12 32 01 12 47 00 0229+200 08 18 00 13.5 285.8 5.7 61.5 58 1610 12 47 00 13 00 00 --- 08 31 02 10.8 287.3 6.0 60.7 780 1711 12 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess112.C1024 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 8 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: 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 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 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= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 Matching frequency sets: 12 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, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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) * 0229+200 02 29 59.796088 * 02 32 48.616000 02 33 30.103637 0.00 20 04 06.23334 * 20 17 17.45000 20 20 29.97849 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3.250 scan and 253.500 baseline hours in setup: sess112.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 J0237+2848 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 35.903550 0.01 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 51 20.47854 0.01 J0237+28 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 53368 Observations 0.233 scan and 18.200 baseline hours in setup: sess112.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 J0242+1742 02 39 36.812122 * 02 42 24.268275 02 43 05.454400 0.09 * 0239+175 17 30 14.07693 * 17 42 58.84921 17 46 04.06587 0.14 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 252 Observations 0.200 scan and 15.600 baseline hours in setup: sess112.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 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) 0229+200 49.4 0234+285 54.0 0239+175 50.6 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