COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: S5 1803+78 jet monitoring Exp. Code: ec057c Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Cutini Address: ASDC Phone: +39 051 6399394 EMAIL: giroletti@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 051 6399431 Phone during observation: +39 051 6399394 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 S5 1803+78 jet monitoring 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 14 Mar 2018 Day 73 --- Next scan frequencies: 22235.49 22235.49 22235.49 22235.49 Next BBC frequencies: 271.49 271.49 271.49 271.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 17 00 00 1803+784 05 15 39 33.2 357.4 11.3 9.4 0 0 17 00 00 17 15 00 --- 05 30 41 33.1 358.3 11.5 6.2 900 14 17 00 01 17 16 00 0716+714 05 31 41 60.0 377.5 -1.9 -137.9 2 14 17 16 00 17 20 00 --- 05 35 42 60.2 377.1 -1.8 -139.3 240 18 17 16 01 17 22 00 J1955+5131 05 37 42 10.6 338.9 9.7 24.3 16 18 17 22 00 17 29 00 =1954+513 05 44 43 10.2 340.0 9.8 23.1 420 25 17 22 01 17 31 00 1803+784 05 46 44 33.0 359.2 11.8 2.8 70 25 17 31 00 17 46 00 --- 06 01 46 33.0 360.1-12.0 -0.4 900 40 17 31 01 17 46 20 1803+784 06 02 06 33.0 360.1-12.0 -0.5 17 40 17 46 20 18 01 20 --- 06 17 09 33.0 361.0-11.7 -3.7 900 54 17 46 21 18 01 40 1803+784 06 17 29 33.0 361.1-11.7 -3.8 17 54 18 01 40 18 16 40 --- 06 32 31 33.1 362.0-11.5 -7.0 900 69 18 01 41 18 17 40 0716+714 06 33 31 62.5 368.7 -0.8 -160.3 -3 69 18 17 40 18 21 40 --- 06 37 32 62.6 368.1 -0.8 -161.8 237 72 18 17 41 18 23 40 J1955+5131 06 39 32 7.5 348.1 10.7 13.7 5 72 18 23 40 18 30 40 =1954+513 06 46 34 7.3 349.2 10.8 12.4 420 79 18 23 41 18 32 40 1803+784 06 48 34 33.2 362.9-11.2 -10.4 64 79 18 32 40 18 47 40 --- 07 03 36 33.4 363.8-10.9 -13.6 900 94 18 32 41 18 48 00 1803+784 07 03 56 33.4 363.8-10.9 -13.7 17 94 18 48 00 19 03 00 --- 07 18 59 33.6 364.7-10.7 -16.9 900 108 18 48 01 19 03 20 1803+784 07 19 19 33.6 364.7-10.7 -16.9 17 108 19 03 20 19 18 20 --- 07 34 21 33.8 365.5-10.4 -20.1 900 123 19 03 21 19 19 20 0716+714 07 35 22 63.2 358.0 0.2 175.5 -3 123 19 19 20 19 23 20 --- 07 39 22 63.1 357.3 0.3 173.9 237 127 19 19 21 19 25 20 J1955+5131 07 41 23 6.1 357.7 11.8 2.7 1 127 19 25 20 19 32 20 =1954+513 07 48 24 6.1 358.8 11.9 1.4 420 133 19 25 21 19 34 20 1803+784 07 50 24 34.1 366.4-10.2 -23.6 59 133 19 34 20 19 49 20 --- 08 05 26 34.4 367.3 -9.9 -26.8 900 148 19 34 21 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 3 S5 1803+78 jet monitoring 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 14 Mar 2018 Day 73 --- 19 49 40 1803+784 08 05 47 34.4 367.3 -9.9 -26.9 17 148 19 49 40 20 04 40 --- 08 20 49 34.8 368.1 -9.6 -30.1 900 162 19 49 41 20 05 00 1803+784 08 21 09 34.8 368.1 -9.6 -30.2 17 162 20 05 00 20 20 00 --- 08 36 11 35.2 368.9 -9.4 -33.4 900 177 20 05 01 20 21 00 0716+714 08 37 12 61.8 347.7 1.2 151.7 2 177 20 21 00 20 25 00 --- 08 41 12 61.6 347.1 1.3 150.3 240 181 20 21 01 20 27 00 J1955+5131 08 43 13 6.6 367.3-11.2 -8.4 5 181 20 27 00 20 34 00 =1954+513 08 50 14 6.8 368.4-11.1 -9.7 420 187 20 27 01 20 36 00 1803+784 08 52 14 35.7 369.7 -9.1 -36.9 58 187 20 36 00 20 51 00 --- 09 07 17 36.1 370.4 -8.9 -40.1 900 202 20 36 01 20 51 20 1803+784 09 07 37 36.1 370.4 -8.9 -40.2 17 202 20 51 20 21 06 20 --- 09 22 39 36.6 371.1 -8.6 -43.5 900 216 20 51 21 21 06 40 1803+784 09 22 59 36.6 371.1 -8.6 -43.5 17 216 21 06 40 21 21 40 --- 09 38 02 37.2 371.8 -8.4 -46.8 900 231 21 06 41 21 22 40 0716+714 09 39 02 58.7 340.0 2.3 130.4 12 231 21 22 40 21 26 40 --- 09 43 02 58.4 339.6 2.3 129.1 240 235 21 22 41 21 28 40 J1955+5131 09 45 03 8.9 376.7-10.2 -19.3 16 235 21 28 40 21 35 40 =1954+513 09 52 04 9.3 377.8-10.1 -20.5 420 242 21 28 41 21 37 40 1803+784 09 54 04 37.8 372.5 -8.1 -50.4 59 242 21 37 40 21 52 40 --- 10 09 07 38.4 373.1 -7.8 -53.7 900 256 21 37 41 21 53 00 1803+784 10 09 27 38.4 373.1 -7.8 -53.7 17 256 21 53 00 22 08 00 --- 10 24 29 39.0 373.6 -7.6 -57.1 900 271 21 53 01 22 08 20 1803+784 10 24 49 39.0 373.6 -7.6 -57.2 17 271 22 08 20 22 23 20 --- 10 39 52 39.7 374.1 -7.3 -60.5 900 285 22 08 21 22 24 20 0716+714 10 40 52 54.4 335.3 3.3 111.8 4 285 22 24 20 22 28 20 --- 10 44 53 54.1 335.1 3.3 110.7 240 289 22 24 21 22 30 20 J1955+5131 10 46 53 12.9 385.6 -9.2 -29.7 33 289 22 30 20 22 37 20 =1954+513 10 53 54 13.5 386.6 -9.0 -30.9 420 296 22 30 21 22 39 20 1803+784 10 55 54 40.4 374.6 -7.1 -64.1 62 296 22 39 20 22 54 20 --- 11 10 57 41.1 375.0 -6.8 -67.6 900 310 22 39 21 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 4 S5 1803+78 jet monitoring 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 14 Mar 2018 Day 73 --- 22 54 40 1803+784 11 11 17 41.1 375.0 -6.8 -67.6 17 310 22 54 40 23 00 00 --- 11 16 38 41.3 375.2 -6.7 -68.9 320 315 22 54 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess118.K128 --- 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: 7 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 128 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 Net SB= L L U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 BBC SB= L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22235.49 22235.49 22235.49 22235.49 BBC fr= 271.49 271.49 271.49 271.49 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 0716+714 07 16 13.029731 * 07 21 53.448466 07 23 56.524349 0.01 J0721+7120 71 26 15.17408 * 71 20 36.36342 71 18 36.83922 0.00 J0721+71 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 63527 observations. * 1803+784 18 03 39.193541 * 18 00 45.683918 17 59 42.499082 0.01 J1800+7828 78 27 54.29750 * 78 28 04.01844 78 27 50.08063 0.00 J1800+78 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 223811 observations. 1954+513 19 54 22.470020 * 19 55 42.738250 19 56 10.540850 0.02 * J1955+5131 51 23 46.42518 * 51 31 48.54619 51 34 30.95767 0.01 J1955+51 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 4136 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 0716+714 sess118.K128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 0.400 42.598 1803+784 sess118.K128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 4.339 520.407 J1955+5131 sess118.K128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 0.700 57.455 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) 0716+714 100.4 1803+784 91.2 J1955+5131 71.4 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