COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: eEVN+MERLIN-18CM-J1130+0058 Exp. Code: EM100A Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Mar Mezcua Address: C/ Via Lactea, s/n 38200 La Laguna, S/C de Tenerife Spain Phone: +34 922 605 751 EMAIL: mezcua@iac.es Fax: +34 922 605 751 Phone during observation: +34 922 605 751 Observing mode: Continuum Notes: fringe finder: J1058+0133 phase reference calibrator: J1133+0040 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 eEVN+MERLIN-18CM-J1130+0058 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 689.51 689.51 689.51 689.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 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 19 00 00 J1133+0040 14 23 11 39.7 241.0 2.8 48.5 0 0 19 00 00 19 04 00 =1130+009 14 27 12 39.0 241.8 2.9 49.0 240 31 19 00 01 19 04 30 J1130+0058 14 27 42 38.5 242.9 2.9 49.6 25 31 19 04 30 19 07 30 --- 14 30 42 37.9 243.5 3.0 50.0 180 54 19 04 31 19 08 00 J1133+0040 14 31 13 38.2 242.7 3.0 49.5 25 54 19 08 00 19 09 30 =1130+009 14 32 43 37.9 243.0 3.0 49.7 90 66 19 08 01 19 10 00 J1130+0058 14 33 13 37.4 244.0 3.0 50.3 25 66 19 10 00 19 13 00 --- 14 36 13 36.8 244.6 3.1 50.7 180 89 19 10 01 19 13 30 J1133+0040 14 36 43 37.1 243.8 3.0 50.2 25 89 19 13 30 19 15 00 =1130+009 14 38 14 36.9 244.1 3.1 50.4 90 101 19 13 31 19 15 30 J1130+0058 14 38 44 36.4 245.1 3.1 51.0 25 101 19 15 30 19 18 30 --- 14 41 44 35.8 245.7 3.2 51.3 180 124 19 15 31 19 19 00 J1133+0040 14 42 14 36.1 244.9 3.1 50.8 25 124 19 19 00 19 20 30 =1130+009 14 43 45 35.8 245.2 3.2 51.0 90 135 19 19 01 19 21 00 J1130+0058 14 44 15 35.3 246.1 3.2 51.6 25 135 19 21 00 19 24 00 --- 14 47 15 34.7 246.7 3.3 51.9 180 159 19 21 01 19 24 30 J1133+0040 14 47 45 35.0 246.0 3.2 51.4 25 159 19 24 30 19 26 00 =1130+009 14 49 15 34.7 246.2 3.3 51.6 90 170 19 24 31 19 26 30 J1130+0058 14 49 46 34.2 247.2 3.3 52.1 25 170 19 26 30 19 29 30 --- 14 52 46 33.6 247.7 3.4 52.4 180 194 19 26 31 19 30 00 J1133+0040 14 53 16 33.9 247.0 3.3 52.0 25 194 19 30 00 19 31 30 =1130+009 14 54 46 33.6 247.3 3.3 52.2 90 205 19 30 01 19 32 00 J1130+0058 14 55 16 33.1 248.2 3.4 52.7 25 205 19 32 00 19 35 00 --- 14 58 17 32.5 248.7 3.5 52.9 180 228 19 32 01 19 35 30 J1133+0040 14 58 47 32.8 248.0 3.4 52.6 25 228 19 35 30 19 37 00 =1130+009 15 00 17 32.5 248.3 3.4 52.7 90 240 19 35 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 eEVN+MERLIN-18CM-J1130+0058 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 19 37 30 J1130+0058 15 00 47 32.0 249.2 3.5 53.2 25 240 19 37 30 19 40 30 --- 15 03 48 31.4 249.7 3.5 53.4 180 263 19 37 31 19 41 00 J1133+0040 15 04 18 31.7 249.0 3.5 53.1 25 263 19 41 00 19 42 30 =1130+009 15 05 48 31.4 249.3 3.5 53.2 90 275 19 41 01 19 43 00 J1130+0058 15 06 18 30.9 250.1 3.6 53.7 25 275 19 43 00 19 46 00 --- 15 09 19 30.3 250.7 3.6 53.9 180 298 19 43 01 19 46 30 J1133+0040 15 09 49 30.6 250.0 3.6 53.6 26 298 19 46 30 19 48 00 =1130+009 15 11 19 30.3 250.2 3.6 53.7 90 310 19 46 31 19 48 30 J1130+0058 15 11 49 29.8 251.1 3.7 54.1 25 310 19 48 30 19 51 30 --- 15 14 50 29.2 251.6 3.7 54.3 180 333 19 48 31 19 52 00 J1133+0040 15 15 20 29.5 250.9 3.7 54.0 26 333 19 52 00 19 53 30 =1130+009 15 16 50 29.2 251.1 3.7 54.1 90 344 19 52 01 19 54 00 J1130+0058 15 17 20 28.7 252.0 3.8 54.5 25 344 19 54 00 19 57 00 --- 15 20 21 28.1 252.5 3.8 54.8 180 368 19 54 01 19 57 30 J1133+0040 15 20 51 28.4 251.8 3.8 54.4 26 368 19 57 30 19 59 00 =1130+009 15 22 21 28.1 252.1 3.8 54.6 90 379 19 57 31 19 59 30 J1130+0058 15 22 51 27.5 252.9 3.9 54.9 25 379 19 59 30 20 02 30 --- 15 25 51 26.9 253.4 3.9 55.1 180 403 19 59 31 20 03 00 J1133+0040 15 26 22 27.3 252.7 3.9 54.9 26 403 20 03 00 20 04 30 =1130+009 15 27 52 27.0 253.0 3.9 55.0 90 414 20 03 01 20 05 00 J1130+0058 15 28 22 26.4 253.8 4.0 55.3 25 414 20 05 00 20 08 00 --- 15 31 22 25.8 254.3 4.0 55.5 180 437 20 05 01 20 08 30 J1133+0040 15 31 52 26.1 253.6 4.0 55.2 25 437 20 08 30 20 10 00 =1130+009 15 33 23 25.8 253.8 4.0 55.3 90 449 20 08 31 20 10 30 J1130+0058 15 33 53 25.3 254.7 4.0 55.7 25 449 20 10 30 20 13 30 --- 15 36 53 24.7 255.1 4.1 55.9 180 472 20 10 31 20 14 00 J1133+0040 15 37 23 25.0 254.5 4.1 55.6 25 472 20 14 00 20 15 30 =1130+009 15 38 54 24.7 254.7 4.1 55.7 90 484 20 14 01 20 16 00 J1130+0058 15 39 24 24.1 255.5 4.1 56.0 25 484 20 16 00 20 19 00 --- 15 42 24 23.5 256.0 4.2 56.2 180 507 20 16 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 eEVN+MERLIN-18CM-J1130+0058 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 20 19 30 J1133+0040 15 42 54 23.9 255.3 4.1 55.9 25 507 20 19 30 20 21 00 =1130+009 15 44 25 23.6 255.6 4.2 56.0 90 519 20 19 31 20 21 30 J1130+0058 15 44 55 23.0 256.3 4.2 56.3 25 519 20 21 30 20 24 30 --- 15 47 55 22.4 256.8 4.3 56.5 180 542 20 21 31 20 25 00 J1133+0040 15 48 25 22.7 256.2 4.2 56.2 25 542 20 25 00 20 26 30 =1130+009 15 49 55 22.4 256.4 4.3 56.3 90 554 20 25 01 20 27 00 J1130+0058 15 50 26 21.8 257.2 4.3 56.6 25 554 20 27 00 20 30 00 --- 15 53 26 21.2 257.6 4.4 56.8 180 577 20 27 01 20 30 30 J1133+0040 15 53 56 21.6 257.0 4.3 56.5 25 577 20 30 30 20 32 00 =1130+009 15 55 26 21.3 257.2 4.4 56.6 90 588 20 30 31 20 32 30 J1130+0058 15 55 56 20.7 258.0 4.4 56.9 25 588 20 32 30 20 35 30 --- 15 58 57 20.1 258.4 4.5 57.0 180 612 20 32 31 20 36 00 J1133+0040 15 59 27 20.4 257.8 4.4 56.8 25 612 20 36 00 20 37 30 =1130+009 16 00 57 20.1 258.0 4.4 56.9 90 623 20 36 01 20 38 00 J1130+0058 16 01 27 19.5 258.8 4.5 57.1 25 623 20 38 00 20 41 00 --- 16 04 28 18.9 259.2 4.6 57.3 180 646 20 38 01 20 41 30 J1133+0040 16 04 58 19.3 258.6 4.5 57.1 25 646 20 41 30 20 43 00 =1130+009 16 06 28 18.9 258.8 4.5 57.1 90 658 20 41 31 20 43 30 J1130+0058 16 06 58 18.4 259.6 4.6 57.4 25 658 20 43 30 20 46 30 --- 16 09 59 17.7 260.0 4.6 57.5 180 681 20 43 31 20 47 00 J1133+0040 16 10 29 18.1 259.4 4.6 57.3 25 681 20 47 00 20 48 30 =1130+009 16 11 59 17.8 259.6 4.6 57.4 90 693 20 47 01 20 49 00 J1130+0058 16 12 29 17.2 260.3 4.7 57.6 25 693 20 49 00 20 52 00 --- 16 15 30 16.6 260.8 4.7 57.7 180 716 20 49 01 20 52 30 J1133+0040 16 16 00 16.9 260.2 4.7 57.5 25 716 20 52 30 20 54 00 =1130+009 16 17 30 16.6 260.4 4.7 57.6 90 728 20 52 31 20 55 00 J1058+0133 16 18 30 9.5 266.0 5.3 58.7 44 728 20 55 00 20 59 30 =1055+018 16 23 01 8.5 266.6 5.4 58.8 270 763 20 55 01 21 00 30 J1133+0040 16 24 01 15.2 261.3 4.8 57.8 44 763 21 00 30 21 02 00 =1130+009 16 25 31 14.9 261.5 4.9 57.9 90 774 21 00 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 5 eEVN+MERLIN-18CM-J1130+0058 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 11 Mar 2013 Day 70 --- 21 02 30 J1130+0058 16 26 01 14.3 262.2 4.9 58.0 25 774 21 02 30 21 05 30 --- 16 29 02 13.7 262.6 5.0 58.1 180 797 21 02 31 21 06 00 J1133+0040 16 29 32 14.1 262.0 4.9 58.0 25 797 21 06 00 21 07 30 =1130+009 16 31 02 13.8 262.2 4.9 58.0 90 809 21 06 01 21 08 00 J1130+0058 16 31 32 13.2 263.0 5.0 58.2 25 809 21 08 00 21 11 00 --- 16 34 33 12.5 263.4 5.1 58.3 180 832 21 08 01 21 11 30 J1133+0040 16 35 03 12.9 262.8 5.0 58.2 25 832 21 11 30 21 13 00 =1130+009 16 36 33 12.6 263.0 5.0 58.2 90 844 21 11 31 21 13 30 J1130+0058 16 37 03 12.0 263.7 5.1 58.3 25 844 21 13 30 21 16 30 --- 16 40 04 11.4 264.1 5.1 58.4 180 867 21 13 31 21 17 00 J1133+0040 16 40 34 11.7 263.5 5.1 58.3 25 867 21 17 00 21 18 30 =1130+009 16 42 04 11.4 263.7 5.1 58.3 90 879 21 17 01 21 19 00 J1130+0058 16 42 34 10.8 264.4 5.2 58.5 25 879 21 19 00 21 22 00 --- 16 45 35 10.2 264.8 5.2 58.5 180 902 21 19 01 21 22 30 J1133+0040 16 46 05 10.6 264.3 5.2 58.4 25 902 21 22 30 21 24 00 =1130+009 16 47 35 10.2 264.5 5.2 58.5 90 913 21 22 31 21 24 30 J1130+0058 16 48 05 9.7 265.2 5.3 58.6 25 913 21 24 30 21 27 30 --- 16 51 05 9.0 265.6 5.3 58.6 180 937 21 24 31 21 28 00 J1133+0040 16 51 36 9.4 265.0 5.3 58.5 25 937 21 28 00 21 29 30 =1130+009 16 53 06 9.1 265.2 5.3 58.6 90 948 21 28 01 21 30 00 J1130+0058 16 53 36 8.5 265.9 5.4 58.7 25 948 21 30 00 21 33 00 --- 16 56 36 7.8 266.3 5.4 58.7 180 972 21 30 01 21 33 30 J1133+0040 16 57 06 8.2 265.7 5.4 58.6 25 972 21 33 30 21 35 00 =1130+009 16 58 37 7.9 265.9 5.4 58.7 90 983 21 33 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess113.L1024 Matching groups in /homes/vlbsoft/sched10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 ****** Only 244.98 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 9 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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 = 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= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 689.51 689.51 689.51 689.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 Bandwd= 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 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 -- eEVN+MERLIN-18CM-J1130+0058 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) * J1130+0058 11 27 47.490914 * 11 30 21.423000 11 31 04.140596 0.00 01 14 56.03512 * 00 58 23.04998 00 53 46.51494 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3.100 scan and 187.800 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 * J1058+0133 10 55 55.313729 * 10 58 29.605207 10 59 12.406276 0.10 1055+018 01 50 03.53709 * 01 33 58.82359 01 29 28.98260 0.10 J1058+01 /homes/vlbsoft/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 7989 observations 0.150 scan and 7.500 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 * J1133+0040 11 30 46.181479 * 11 33 20.055793 11 34 02.759786 0.10 1130+009 00 57 27.49165 * 00 40 52.83713 00 36 15.94773 0.11 J1133+00 /homes/vlbsoft/sched10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 1396 observations 1.642 scan and 84.625 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 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) J1130+0058 177.5 J1058+0133 172.4 J1133+0040 176.9 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