COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Exploring the obscured nucleus of the Sy2 IRAS15480-0344 Exp. Code: EC047B Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Release of April 4, 2014 PI: Paola Castangia Address: INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari Via della Scienza 5 09047 - Selargius (CA) Italy Phone: +39 070 71180230 EMAIL: pcastang@oa-cagliari.inaf.it Fax: +39 070 71180222 Phone during observation: Observing mode: 6cm, continuum Notes: This is a PHASE REF experiment, DO NOT INTERRUPT SCAN SEQUENCE Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Exploring the obscured nucleus of the Sy2 IRAS15480-0344 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 11 Mar 2015 Day 70 --- 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: 442.49 442.49 442.49 442.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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 01 00 00 3C345 19 02 27 63.3 617.1 2.3 51.7 0 0 01 00 00 01 05 00 --- 19 07 28 62.5 618.4 2.4 52.1 300 38 01 00 01 01 05 30 J1555-0326 19 07 58 21.5 592.8 3.2 29.6 -67 38 01 05 30 01 09 00 =1552-033 19 11 29 21.0 593.6 3.3 29.9 143 65 01 05 31 01 09 00 IRAS15480 19 11 29 20.1 594.4 3.3 30.3 -14 65 No stop 01 12 00 --- 19 14 29 19.7 595.1 3.4 30.6 166 88 01 09 01 01 12 30 J1555-0326 19 15 00 20.6 594.4 3.3 30.3 16 88 01 12 30 01 14 30 =1552-033 19 17 00 20.4 594.8 3.3 30.5 120 104 01 12 31 01 14 30 IRAS15480 19 17 00 19.4 595.7 3.4 30.8 -14 104 No stop 01 17 30 --- 19 20 00 19.0 596.4 3.5 31.1 166 127 01 14 31 01 17 30 J1555-0326 19 20 00 20.0 595.5 3.4 30.7 -14 127 No stop 01 19 30 =1552-033 19 22 01 19.7 596.0 3.4 30.9 106 142 01 17 31 01 19 30 IRAS15480 19 22 01 18.7 596.8 3.5 31.3 -14 142 No stop 01 22 30 --- 19 25 01 18.3 597.5 3.6 31.5 166 165 01 19 31 01 23 00 J1555-0326 19 25 31 19.3 596.8 3.5 31.2 16 165 01 23 00 01 25 00 =1552-033 19 27 32 19.0 597.2 3.5 31.4 120 181 01 23 01 01 25 00 IRAS15480 19 27 32 18.0 598.1 3.6 31.8 -14 181 No stop 01 28 00 --- 19 30 32 17.6 598.7 3.7 32.0 166 204 01 25 01 01 28 00 J1555-0326 19 30 32 18.6 597.9 3.6 31.7 -14 204 No stop 01 30 00 =1552-033 19 32 32 18.3 598.4 3.6 31.9 106 219 01 28 01 01 30 00 IRAS15480 19 32 32 17.3 599.2 3.7 32.2 -14 219 No stop 01 33 00 --- 19 35 33 16.9 599.8 3.7 32.4 166 242 01 30 01 01 33 30 J1555-0326 19 36 03 17.9 599.1 3.7 32.2 16 242 01 33 30 01 35 30 =1552-033 19 38 03 17.6 599.6 3.7 32.3 120 258 01 33 31 01 35 30 IRAS15480 19 38 03 16.6 600.4 3.8 32.6 -14 258 No stop 01 38 30 --- 19 41 04 16.2 601.1 3.8 32.9 166 281 01 35 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Exploring the obscured nucleus of the Sy2 IRAS15480-0344 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 11 Mar 2015 Day 70 --- 01 38 30 J1555-0326 19 41 04 17.2 600.2 3.7 32.6 -14 281 No stop 01 40 30 =1552-033 19 43 04 16.9 600.7 3.8 32.7 106 296 01 38 31 01 40 30 IRAS15480 19 43 04 15.9 601.5 3.9 33.0 -14 296 No stop 01 43 30 --- 19 46 05 15.5 602.1 3.9 33.3 166 319 01 40 31 01 44 00 J1555-0326 19 46 35 16.5 601.5 3.8 33.0 16 319 01 44 00 01 46 00 =1552-033 19 48 35 16.2 601.9 3.9 33.2 120 335 01 44 01 01 46 00 IRAS15480 19 48 35 15.2 602.7 4.0 33.4 -14 335 No stop 01 49 00 --- 19 51 36 14.7 603.3 4.0 33.7 166 358 01 46 01 01 49 00 J1555-0326 19 51 36 15.8 602.5 3.9 33.4 -14 358 No stop 01 51 00 =1552-033 19 53 36 15.5 603.0 4.0 33.5 106 373 01 49 01 01 51 00 IRAS15480 19 53 36 14.5 603.8 4.0 33.8 -14 373 No stop 01 54 00 --- 19 56 36 14.1 604.4 4.1 34.0 166 396 01 51 01 01 54 30 J1555-0326 19 57 06 15.0 603.7 4.0 33.8 16 396 01 54 30 01 56 30 =1552-033 19 59 07 14.7 604.2 4.0 33.9 120 412 01 54 31 01 56 30 IRAS15480 19 59 07 13.7 604.9 4.1 34.2 -14 412 No stop 01 59 30 --- 20 02 07 13.3 605.6 4.2 34.4 166 435 01 56 31 01 59 30 J1555-0326 20 02 07 14.3 604.8 4.1 34.1 -14 435 No stop 02 01 30 =1552-033 20 04 08 14.0 605.2 4.1 34.3 106 450 01 59 31 02 01 30 IRAS15480 20 04 08 13.0 606.0 4.2 34.5 -14 450 No stop 02 04 30 --- 20 07 08 12.6 606.6 4.3 34.7 166 473 02 01 31 02 05 00 J1555-0326 20 07 38 13.5 606.0 4.2 34.5 16 473 02 05 00 02 07 00 =1552-033 20 09 38 13.3 606.4 4.2 34.6 120 488 02 05 01 02 07 00 IRAS15480 20 09 38 12.2 607.2 4.3 34.9 -14 488 No stop 02 10 00 --- 20 12 39 11.8 607.8 4.4 35.0 166 512 02 07 01 02 10 00 J1555-0326 20 12 39 12.8 607.0 4.3 34.8 -14 512 No stop 02 12 00 =1552-033 20 14 39 12.5 607.5 4.3 34.9 106 527 02 10 01 02 12 00 IRAS15480 20 14 39 11.5 608.2 4.4 35.2 -14 527 No stop 02 15 00 --- 20 17 40 11.1 608.8 4.4 35.3 166 550 02 12 01 02 15 30 J1555-0326 20 18 10 12.0 608.2 4.4 35.1 16 550 02 15 30 02 17 30 =1552-033 20 20 10 11.8 608.6 4.4 35.3 120 565 02 15 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Exploring the obscured nucleus of the Sy2 IRAS15480-0344 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 11 Mar 2015 Day 70 --- 02 17 30 IRAS15480 20 20 10 10.7 609.3 4.5 35.5 -14 565 No stop 02 20 30 --- 20 23 11 10.3 610.0 4.5 35.6 166 588 02 17 31 02 20 30 J1555-0326 20 23 11 11.3 609.2 4.4 35.4 -14 588 No stop 02 22 30 =1552-033 20 25 11 11.0 609.7 4.5 35.5 106 604 02 20 31 02 26 00 J1555-0326 20 28 42 10.5 610.4 4.5 35.7 204 604 02 26 00 02 28 00 =1552-033 20 30 42 10.2 610.8 4.6 35.8 120 619 02 26 01 03 20 00 J1751+0939 21 22 50 30.1 605.0 3.5 34.7 3052 619 03 20 00 03 25 00 =1749+096 21 27 51 29.4 606.1 3.6 35.0 300 658 03 20 01 05 32 30 J2005+7752 23 35 42 57.8 701.8 3.5 112.3 7521 658 05 32 30 05 39 00 =2007+777 23 42 13 57.5 701.5 3.6 110.5 390 708 05 32 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess115.C1024 Matching groups in /home/atarchi/sched11.3/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 6 Station: BADARY 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= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 442.49 442.49 442.49 442.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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: 6 9 11 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * IRAS15480 15 48 03.967267 * 15 50 41.498000 15 51 30.074602 0.00 -03 44 17.32904 *-03 53 18.05000 -03 56 00.72773 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Severgnini et al. (2012) * J1555-0326 15 52 53.605530 * 15 55 30.748133 15 56 19.176439 0.18 1552-033 -03 18 06.67875 *-03 26 49.51953 -03 29 26.75820 0.36 /home/atarchi/sched11.3/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 81 observations J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 29.755859 0.77 * 3C345 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 46 46.31309 0.52 1641+399 /home/atarchi/sched11.3/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2011B astro solution 52621 Observations * J1751+0939 17 49 10.387929 * 17 51 32.818572 17 52 16.066169 0.10 1749+096 09 39 42.82574 * 09 39 00.72829 09 38 47.42777 0.10 J1751+09 /home/atarchi/sched11.3/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 133560 observations * J2005+7752 20 07 20.430170 * 20 05 30.998498 20 04 53.919919 0.48 2007+777 77 43 58.12300 * 77 52 43.24753 77 55 14.26147 0.10 J2005+77 /home/atarchi/sched11.3/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 16337 observations 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 IRAS15480 sess115.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 3.100 149.375 J1555-0326 sess115.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 2.125 105.622 3C345 sess115.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 0.083 6.500 J1751+0939 sess115.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 0.083 6.429 J2005+7752 sess115.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 0.108 7.002 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) IRAS15480 112.8 J1555-0326 111.6 3C345 100.3 J1751+0939 83.7 J2005+7752 86.0 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