COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: 5 GHz observation of 1ES 1101-232 Exp. Code: EA053E Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.00 Release of Feb. 15, 2013 PI: Kazunori Akiyama Address: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo Japan Phone: +81 422 34 3939 EMAIL: kazunori.akiyama@nao.ac.jp Fax: +81 422 34 3814 Phone during observation: +81 422 34 3939 Observing mode: VLBA/MKIV Notes: Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 5 GHz observation of 1ES 1101-232 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 8 Mar 2014 Day 67 --- 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: 342.49 342.49 342.49 342.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 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 22 00 00 1101-232 10 56 50 87.1 36.8 -0.1 0.0 0 0 22 00 00 22 05 30 --- 11 02 21 87.6 11.2 -0.0 0.0 330 42 22 00 01 22 06 00 1101-232 11 02 51 87.7 8.4 -0.0 0.0 9 42 22 06 00 22 11 30 --- 11 08 22 87.5 338.3 0.1 0.0 330 85 22 06 01 22 12 00 1101-232 11 08 52 87.5 335.9 0.1 0.0 9 85 22 12 00 22 17 30 --- 11 14 23 86.8 315.0 0.2 0.0 330 127 22 12 01 22 18 00 1101-232 11 14 53 86.7 313.5 0.2 0.0 9 127 22 18 00 22 23 30 --- 11 20 24 85.7 301.6 0.3 0.0 330 169 22 18 01 22 24 00 1101-232 11 20 54 85.6 300.8 0.3 0.0 9 169 22 24 00 22 29 30 --- 11 26 25 84.5 293.7 0.4 0.0 330 212 22 24 01 22 30 00 1101-232 11 26 55 84.4 293.1 0.4 0.0 9 212 22 30 00 22 35 30 --- 11 32 26 83.2 288.5 0.5 0.0 330 254 22 30 01 22 36 00 1101-232 11 32 56 83.1 288.1 0.5 0.0 9 254 22 36 00 22 41 30 --- 11 38 27 81.9 284.8 0.6 0.0 330 296 22 36 01 22 42 00 1101-232 11 38 57 81.8 284.6 0.6 0.0 9 296 22 42 00 22 47 30 --- 11 44 28 80.6 282.1 0.7 0.0 330 338 22 42 01 22 48 00 1101-232 11 44 58 80.5 281.9 0.7 0.0 9 338 22 48 00 22 53 30 --- 11 50 29 79.3 280.0 0.8 0.0 330 381 22 48 01 22 54 30 1045-188 11 51 29 74.1 291.5 1.0 0.0 24 381 22 54 30 22 59 30 --- 11 56 30 73.0 289.6 1.1 0.0 300 419 22 54 31 23 00 00 1101-232 11 57 00 77.8 278.2 0.9 0.0 -6 419 23 00 00 23 05 30 --- 12 02 31 76.6 276.8 1.0 0.0 324 462 23 00 01 23 06 00 1101-232 12 03 01 76.5 276.7 1.0 0.0 9 462 23 06 00 23 11 30 --- 12 08 32 75.3 275.6 1.1 0.0 330 504 23 06 01 23 12 00 1101-232 12 09 02 75.1 275.5 1.1 0.0 9 504 23 12 00 23 17 30 --- 12 14 33 73.9 274.5 1.2 0.0 330 546 23 12 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 5 GHz observation of 1ES 1101-232 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 8 Mar 2014 Day 67 --- 23 18 00 1101-232 12 15 03 73.8 274.4 1.2 0.0 9 546 23 18 00 23 23 30 --- 12 20 34 72.6 273.5 1.3 0.0 330 588 23 18 01 23 24 00 1101-232 12 21 04 72.4 273.5 1.3 0.0 9 588 23 24 00 23 29 30 --- 12 26 35 71.2 272.7 1.4 0.0 330 631 23 24 01 23 30 00 1101-232 12 27 05 71.1 272.6 1.4 0.0 9 631 23 30 00 23 35 30 --- 12 32 36 69.9 271.9 1.5 0.0 330 673 23 30 01 23 36 00 1101-232 12 33 06 69.7 271.8 1.5 0.0 9 673 23 36 00 23 41 30 --- 12 38 37 68.5 271.1 1.6 0.0 330 715 23 36 01 23 42 00 1101-232 12 39 07 68.4 271.0 1.6 0.0 9 715 23 42 00 23 47 30 --- 12 44 38 67.1 270.4 1.7 0.0 330 758 23 42 01 23 48 00 1101-232 12 45 08 67.0 270.3 1.7 0.0 9 758 23 48 00 23 53 30 --- 12 50 39 65.8 269.7 1.8 0.0 330 800 23 48 01 23 54 30 1045-188 12 51 39 61.0 276.9 2.0 0.0 24 800 23 54 30 23 59 30 --- 12 56 40 59.8 276.1 2.1 0.0 300 838 23 54 31 --- Sun 9 Mar 2014 Day 68 --- 00 00 30 1127-145 12 57 40 66.9 294.2 1.4 0.0 12 838 00 00 30 00 10 30 --- 13 07 42 64.9 291.2 1.6 0.0 600 915 00 00 31 00 12 30 1101-232 13 09 42 61.5 267.8 2.1 0.0 76 915 00 12 30 00 18 00 --- 13 15 13 60.3 267.3 2.2 0.0 330 958 00 12 31 00 18 30 1101-232 13 15 43 60.2 267.3 2.2 0.0 9 958 00 18 30 00 24 00 --- 13 21 14 58.9 266.8 2.3 0.0 330 1000 00 18 31 00 24 30 1101-232 13 21 44 58.8 266.8 2.3 0.0 9 1000 00 24 30 00 30 00 --- 13 27 15 57.6 266.3 2.4 0.0 330 1042 00 24 31 00 30 30 1101-232 13 27 45 57.5 266.2 2.4 0.0 9 1042 00 30 30 00 36 00 --- 13 33 16 56.2 265.8 2.5 0.0 330 1085 00 30 31 00 36 30 1101-232 13 33 46 56.1 265.7 2.5 0.0 9 1085 00 36 30 00 42 00 --- 13 39 17 54.9 265.3 2.6 0.0 330 1127 00 36 31 00 42 30 1101-232 13 39 47 54.8 265.2 2.6 0.0 9 1127 00 42 30 00 48 00 --- 13 45 18 53.5 264.8 2.7 0.0 330 1169 00 42 31 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 5 GHz observation of 1ES 1101-232 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 9 Mar 2014 Day 68 --- 00 48 30 1101-232 13 45 48 53.4 264.7 2.7 0.0 9 1169 00 48 30 00 54 00 --- 13 51 19 52.2 264.3 2.8 0.0 330 1212 00 48 31 00 55 00 1045-188 13 52 19 47.3 269.2 3.1 0.0 24 1212 00 55 00 01 00 00 --- 13 57 20 46.2 268.7 3.1 0.0 300 1250 00 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess114.C1024 --- 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: 6 Station: HART 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= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. 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= 342.49 342.49 342.49 342.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 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: 8 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 1101-232 11 01 11.034986 * 11 03 37.615000 11 04 21.392308 0.00 -23 13 20.45454 *-23 29 31.20200 -23 34 19.93230 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 1045-188 10 45 40.093260 * 10 48 06.620600 10 48 50.278696 0.11 -18 53 44.08737 *-19 09 35.72700 -19 14 20.22682 0.11 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 1127-145 11 27 35.667240 * 11 30 07.052600 11 30 52.040232 0.11 -14 32 54.44283 *-14 49 27.38800 -14 54 21.26633 0.11 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline 1101-232 sess114.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2.292 64.108 1045-188 sess114.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.250 7.000 1127-145 sess114.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0.167 4.667 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) 1101-232 151.6 1045-188 155.2 1127-145 160.2 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