COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12L1 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Yurii Pidopryhora Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596548 EMAIL: pidopryhora@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596548 Observing mode: Notes: Cheers Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 18cm NME on 05 March 2011 involving 12 antennas: Eb Wb Jb1 On Mc Tr Sv Zc Bd Ur Sh Hh In this session the main L-band ftp test is separate from the NME (F12L1), but in addition we schedule a couple of the ftp-tests here, just in case some additional checking is needed. The NME uses a standard setup and consists of long integrations on strong sources and a phase-referencing part, 0657+172 is a Jy-class source from VLBA RRFID database (1.23 Jy in S-band as of Oct 2009). It is definitely well resolved, so it could be weak for the long baselines. DA193 and 4C39.25 are standard fringe-finders. The phase-referencing part uses J0954+2639, a 100 mJy-class calibrator as a target and J0956+2515 as a phase-referencing source. J0956+2515 was successfully used as an ftp-fringe finder in N11C2. Its flux based on the pipelined data was ~0.45 Jy for June 2011. It is almost point-like. Two ftp tests are scheduled: ~16:14 UT (scan 2, 4 sec, 0657+172) ~17:18 UT (scan 8, 4 sec, DA193) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck with the session! Yurii Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2012 Day 65 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 16 00 00 0657+172 09 44 08 42.8 598.3 2.7 33.4 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 09 54 09 41.4 601.0 2.9 34.5 600 39 16 00 01 16 11 00 0657+172 09 55 10 41.3 601.3 2.9 34.6 54 39 16 11 00 16 16 00 --- 10 00 10 40.6 602.6 3.0 35.1 300 58 16 11 01 16 18 00 0657+172 10 02 11 40.3 603.1 3.0 35.3 114 58 16 18 00 16 30 00 --- 10 14 13 38.6 606.1 3.2 36.3 720 105 16 18 01 16 30 40 0657+172 10 14 53 38.5 606.3 3.2 36.4 34 105 16 30 40 16 40 00 --- 10 24 14 37.2 608.5 3.4 37.1 560 141 16 30 41 16 40 40 0657+172 10 24 55 37.1 608.7 3.4 37.1 34 141 16 40 40 16 50 00 --- 10 34 16 35.7 610.9 3.6 37.7 560 177 16 40 41 16 50 40 0657+172 10 34 56 35.7 611.1 3.6 37.8 34 177 16 50 40 17 00 00 --- 10 44 18 34.3 613.2 3.7 38.3 560 213 16 50 41 17 00 40 0657+172 10 44 58 34.2 613.4 3.7 38.3 34 213 17 00 40 17 10 00 --- 10 54 19 32.8 615.5 3.9 38.8 560 249 17 00 41 17 14 00 DA193 10 58 20 38.5 648.2 5.0 49.9 184 249 17 14 00 17 20 00 --- 11 04 21 37.6 649.2 5.1 49.5 360 272 17 14 01 17 24 00 0657+172 11 08 22 30.7 618.5 4.1 39.4 185 272 17 24 00 17 30 00 --- 11 14 23 29.7 619.8 4.2 39.6 360 295 17 24 01 17 30 40 0657+172 11 15 03 29.6 619.9 4.2 39.6 34 295 17 30 40 17 40 00 --- 11 24 24 28.2 621.9 4.4 39.9 560 332 17 30 41 17 43 40 J0954+2639 11 28 05 59.4 583.7 1.5 28.5 158 332 17 43 40 17 48 00 =0951+268 11 32 26 58.9 585.3 1.6 29.5 260 348 17 43 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2012 Day 65 --- 17 48 40 J0956+2515 11 33 06 57.8 583.5 1.6 28.1 22 348 17 48 40 17 50 00 =0953+254 11 34 26 57.7 584.0 1.6 28.3 80 354 17 48 41 17 50 00 J0954+2639 11 34 26 58.7 586.1 1.7 29.9 -18 354 No stop 17 53 00 =0951+268 11 37 26 58.3 587.2 1.7 30.5 162 365 17 50 01 17 53 40 J0956+2515 11 38 07 57.3 585.3 1.7 29.1 22 365 17 53 40 17 55 00 =0953+254 11 39 27 57.1 585.8 1.7 29.4 80 370 17 53 41 17 55 00 J0954+2639 11 39 27 58.1 587.9 1.7 30.9 -18 370 No stop 17 58 00 =0951+268 11 42 27 57.8 589.0 1.8 31.5 162 382 17 55 01 17 58 40 J0956+2515 11 43 07 56.7 587.1 1.8 30.1 22 382 17 58 40 18 00 00 =0953+254 11 44 28 56.6 587.6 1.8 30.3 80 387 17 58 41 18 00 00 J0954+2639 11 44 28 57.5 589.7 1.8 31.9 -18 387 No stop 18 03 00 =0951+268 11 47 28 57.2 590.8 1.9 32.4 162 399 18 00 01 18 03 40 J0956+2515 11 48 08 56.1 588.9 1.8 31.0 22 399 18 03 40 18 05 00 =0953+254 11 49 28 56.0 589.4 1.9 31.3 80 404 18 03 41 18 05 00 J0954+2639 11 49 28 56.9 591.5 1.9 32.8 -18 404 No stop 18 08 00 =0951+268 11 52 29 56.5 592.5 2.0 33.3 162 415 18 05 01 18 08 40 J0956+2515 11 53 09 55.5 590.6 1.9 31.9 22 415 18 08 40 18 10 00 =0953+254 11 54 29 55.4 591.1 1.9 32.1 80 421 18 08 41 18 10 00 J0954+2639 11 54 29 56.3 593.2 2.0 33.6 -18 421 No stop 18 13 00 =0951+268 11 57 30 55.9 594.2 2.0 34.1 162 432 18 10 01 18 13 40 J0956+2515 11 58 10 54.9 592.3 2.0 32.8 22 432 18 13 40 18 15 00 =0953+254 11 59 30 54.8 592.7 2.0 33.0 80 437 18 13 41 18 15 00 J0954+2639 11 59 30 55.7 594.8 2.1 34.4 -18 437 No stop 18 18 00 =0951+268 12 02 31 55.3 595.8 2.1 34.9 162 449 18 15 01 18 18 40 J0956+2515 12 03 11 54.3 593.9 2.1 33.6 22 449 18 18 40 18 20 00 =0953+254 12 04 31 54.2 594.4 2.1 33.8 80 454 18 18 41 18 20 00 J0954+2639 12 04 31 55.0 596.4 2.2 35.2 -18 454 No stop 18 23 00 =0951+268 12 07 31 54.6 597.4 2.2 35.7 162 466 18 20 01 18 23 40 J0956+2515 12 08 11 53.7 595.5 2.2 34.3 22 466 18 23 40 18 25 00 =0953+254 12 09 32 53.5 596.0 2.2 34.5 80 471 18 23 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 5 Mar 2012 Day 65 --- 18 25 00 J0954+2639 12 09 32 54.4 598.0 2.2 35.9 -18 471 No stop 18 28 00 =0951+268 12 12 32 54.0 598.9 2.3 36.4 162 483 18 25 01 18 28 40 J0956+2515 12 13 12 53.0 597.1 2.3 35.0 22 483 18 28 40 18 30 00 =0953+254 12 14 32 52.9 597.5 2.3 35.2 80 488 18 28 41 18 30 00 J0954+2639 12 14 32 53.7 599.6 2.3 36.6 -18 488 No stop 18 33 00 =0951+268 12 17 33 53.3 600.5 2.4 37.0 162 499 18 30 01 18 33 40 J0956+2515 12 18 13 52.4 598.6 2.3 35.7 22 499 18 33 40 18 35 00 =0953+254 12 19 33 52.2 599.0 2.4 35.9 80 504 18 33 41 18 35 00 J0954+2639 12 19 33 53.0 601.1 2.4 37.3 -18 504 No stop 18 38 00 =0951+268 12 22 34 52.6 601.9 2.5 37.6 162 516 18 35 01 18 38 40 J0956+2515 12 23 14 51.7 600.1 2.4 36.4 23 516 18 38 40 18 40 00 =0953+254 12 24 34 51.5 600.5 2.5 36.5 80 521 18 38 41 18 40 00 J0954+2639 12 24 34 52.4 602.5 2.5 37.9 -18 521 No stop 18 43 00 =0951+268 12 27 35 51.9 603.4 2.5 38.2 162 533 18 40 01 18 43 40 J0956+2515 12 28 15 51.0 601.6 2.5 37.0 23 533 18 43 40 18 45 00 =0953+254 12 29 35 50.9 602.0 2.5 37.1 80 538 18 43 41 18 45 00 J0954+2639 12 29 35 51.7 604.0 2.6 38.4 -18 538 No stop 18 48 00 =0951+268 12 32 35 51.2 604.8 2.6 38.8 162 550 18 45 01 18 48 40 J0956+2515 12 33 16 50.4 603.0 2.6 37.5 23 550 18 48 40 18 50 00 =0953+254 12 34 36 50.2 603.4 2.6 37.7 80 555 18 48 41 18 52 20 4C39.25 12 36 56 55.1 627.5 3.2 52.7 91 555 18 52 20 19 00 00 --- 12 44 37 54.0 629.0 3.3 52.7 460 584 18 52 21 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess112.L512 --- 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: 11 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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 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 this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 390.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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 -- Network Monitoring Experiment 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) J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 23.689765 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 56.64008 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.100 scan and 6.600 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 J0700+1709 06 57 07.785940 * 07 00 01.525538 07 00 45.688569 0.01 * 0657+172 17 13 35.02521 * 17 09 21.70140 17 08 11.02866 0.01 J0700+17 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 7182 Observations 1.328 scan and 87.633 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 51.286459 0.29 0923+392 39 15 23.56646 * 39 02 20.85186 38 59 00.13967 0.16 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 231732 Observations 0.128 scan and 7.028 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 * J0954+2639 09 51 48.338621 * 09 54 39.796526 09 55 23.940859 0.06 0951+268 26 53 37.10835 * 26 39 24.54343 26 35 43.75356 0.09 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 466 Observations 0.672 scan and 39.943 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 * J0956+2515 09 53 59.738480 * 09 56 49.875374 09 57 33.684456 0.40 0953+254 25 29 33.58582 * 25 15 16.04992 25 11 33.79717 0.38 J0956+25 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba OK290 GSFC 2010a astro solution 26204 Observations 0.289 scan and 17.600 baseline hours in setup: sess112.L512 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) DA193 103.2 0657+172 118.9 4C39.25 139.9 J0954+2639 153.0 J0956+2515 154.4 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