COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Mrk1018 at 2 Gb/s - C band Exp. Code: EP106C Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Miguel A. Perez-Torres Address: IAA - CSIC Glorieta de la Astronomia s/n 18008 Granada, Spain Phone: +34-665252538 EMAIL: torres@iaa.es Fax: Phone during observation: +34-665252538 Observing mode: 1024 Mbps Notes: Phase-ref of Mrk1018 with the full EVN 1st epoch at 6 cm with the full EVN Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Mrk1018 at 2 Gb/s - C band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Mar 2018 Day 67 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 10 30 00 0149+218 04 23 16 48.7 598.7 2.5 34.8 0 0 10 30 00 10 33 40 --- 04 26 57 48.2 599.7 2.6 35.3 220 56 10 30 01 10 33 40 0205-010 04 26 57 30.0 580.7 2.3 23.8 -52 56 No stop 10 36 40 --- 04 29 57 29.7 581.5 2.3 24.2 128 103 10 33 41 10 36 40 MRK1018 04 29 57 30.0 582.3 2.4 24.6 -13 103 No stop 10 40 30 --- 04 33 48 29.6 583.3 2.4 25.1 217 162 10 36 41 10 41 00 0205-010 04 34 18 29.3 582.7 2.4 24.8 17 162 10 41 00 10 42 10 --- 04 35 28 29.2 583.0 2.4 25.0 70 179 10 41 01 10 42 10 MRK1018 04 35 28 29.4 583.8 2.5 25.4 -13 179 No stop 10 46 00 --- 04 39 19 29.0 584.8 2.5 25.8 217 238 10 42 11 10 46 00 0205-010 04 39 19 28.8 584.0 2.5 25.4 -13 238 No stop 10 47 10 --- 04 40 29 28.6 584.3 2.5 25.6 57 256 10 46 01 10 47 10 MRK1018 04 40 29 28.9 585.1 2.6 26.0 -13 256 No stop 10 51 00 --- 04 44 20 28.4 586.1 2.6 26.5 217 315 10 47 11 10 51 30 0205-010 04 44 50 28.2 585.4 2.6 26.1 17 315 10 51 30 10 52 40 --- 04 46 00 28.0 585.7 2.6 26.3 70 333 10 51 31 10 52 40 MRK1018 04 46 00 28.2 586.5 2.6 26.7 -13 333 No stop 10 56 30 --- 04 49 50 27.8 587.5 2.7 27.1 217 392 10 52 41 10 56 30 0205-010 04 49 50 27.6 586.7 2.7 26.7 -13 392 No stop 10 57 40 --- 04 51 01 27.5 586.9 2.7 26.9 57 410 10 56 31 10 57 40 MRK1018 04 51 01 27.7 587.7 2.7 27.3 -13 410 No stop 11 01 30 --- 04 54 51 27.2 588.7 2.8 27.7 217 469 10 57 41 11 02 00 0205-010 04 55 21 27.0 588.0 2.8 27.4 17 469 11 02 00 11 03 10 --- 04 56 32 26.8 588.3 2.8 27.5 70 487 11 02 01 11 03 10 MRK1018 04 56 32 27.0 589.1 2.8 27.9 -13 487 No stop 11 07 00 --- 05 00 22 26.6 590.1 2.9 28.3 217 546 11 03 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Mrk1018 at 2 Gb/s - C band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Mar 2018 Day 67 --- 11 07 00 0205-010 05 00 22 26.4 589.3 2.9 28.0 -13 546 No stop 11 08 10 --- 05 01 32 26.3 589.6 2.9 28.1 57 564 11 07 01 11 08 10 MRK1018 05 01 32 26.4 590.4 2.9 28.5 -13 564 No stop 11 12 00 --- 05 05 23 26.0 591.3 3.0 28.9 217 623 11 08 11 11 12 30 0205-010 05 05 53 25.7 590.6 2.9 28.6 17 623 11 12 30 11 13 40 --- 05 07 03 25.6 590.9 3.0 28.7 70 641 11 12 31 11 13 40 MRK1018 05 07 03 25.8 591.7 3.0 29.1 -13 641 No stop 11 17 30 --- 05 10 54 25.3 592.6 3.1 29.5 217 700 11 13 41 11 17 30 0205-010 05 10 54 25.1 591.8 3.0 29.1 -13 700 No stop 11 18 40 --- 05 12 04 25.0 592.1 3.0 29.2 57 718 11 17 31 11 18 40 MRK1018 05 12 04 25.2 592.9 3.1 29.6 -13 718 No stop 11 22 30 --- 05 15 55 24.7 593.8 3.1 30.0 217 777 11 18 41 11 23 00 0205-010 05 16 25 24.5 593.2 3.1 29.7 17 777 11 23 00 11 24 10 --- 05 17 35 24.3 593.4 3.1 29.8 70 795 11 23 01 11 24 10 MRK1018 05 17 35 24.5 594.2 3.2 30.1 -13 795 No stop 11 28 00 --- 05 21 26 24.0 595.1 3.2 30.5 217 854 11 24 11 11 28 00 0205-010 05 21 26 23.8 594.4 3.2 30.2 -13 854 No stop 11 29 10 --- 05 22 36 23.7 594.6 3.2 30.3 57 872 11 28 01 11 29 10 MRK1018 05 22 36 23.8 595.4 3.3 30.6 -13 872 No stop 11 33 00 --- 05 26 26 23.4 596.3 3.3 31.0 217 931 11 29 11 11 33 30 0205-010 05 26 57 23.1 595.6 3.3 30.7 17 931 11 33 30 11 34 40 --- 05 28 07 23.0 595.9 3.3 30.8 70 949 11 33 31 11 34 40 MRK1018 05 28 07 23.1 596.7 3.3 31.1 -13 949 No stop 11 38 30 --- 05 31 57 22.6 597.6 3.4 31.5 217 1008 11 34 41 11 38 30 0205-010 05 31 57 22.5 596.8 3.4 31.2 -13 1008 No stop 11 39 40 --- 05 33 08 22.3 597.1 3.4 31.3 57 1026 11 38 31 11 39 40 MRK1018 05 33 08 22.5 597.9 3.4 31.6 -13 1026 No stop 11 43 30 --- 05 36 58 22.0 598.8 3.5 31.9 217 1085 11 39 41 11 44 00 0205-010 05 37 28 21.8 598.1 3.5 31.7 17 1085 11 44 00 11 45 10 --- 05 38 38 21.6 598.4 3.5 31.8 70 1103 11 44 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Mrk1018 at 2 Gb/s - C band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Mar 2018 Day 67 --- 11 45 10 MRK1018 05 38 38 21.8 599.1 3.5 32.1 -13 1103 No stop 11 49 00 --- 05 42 29 21.2 600.0 3.6 32.4 217 1162 11 45 11 11 49 00 0205-010 05 42 29 21.1 599.2 3.6 32.1 -13 1162 No stop 11 50 10 --- 05 43 39 21.0 599.5 3.6 32.2 57 1179 11 49 01 11 50 10 MRK1018 05 43 39 21.1 600.3 3.6 32.5 -13 1179 No stop 11 54 00 --- 05 47 30 20.6 601.1 3.7 32.8 217 1238 11 50 11 11 54 30 0205-010 05 48 00 20.4 600.5 3.6 32.6 17 1238 11 54 30 11 55 40 --- 05 49 10 20.2 600.7 3.7 32.7 70 1256 11 54 31 11 55 40 MRK1018 05 49 10 20.3 601.5 3.7 32.9 -13 1256 No stop 11 59 30 --- 05 53 01 19.8 602.4 3.8 33.2 217 1315 11 55 41 11 59 30 0205-010 05 53 01 19.7 601.6 3.7 33.0 -13 1315 No stop 12 00 40 --- 05 54 11 19.5 601.9 3.7 33.1 57 1333 11 59 31 12 00 40 MRK1018 05 54 11 19.7 602.6 3.8 33.3 -13 1333 No stop 12 04 30 --- 05 58 02 19.1 603.5 3.8 33.6 217 1392 12 00 41 12 05 00 0205-010 05 58 32 18.9 602.8 3.8 33.4 17 1392 12 05 00 12 06 10 --- 05 59 42 18.8 603.1 3.8 33.5 70 1410 12 05 01 12 06 10 MRK1018 05 59 42 18.9 603.8 3.9 33.7 -13 1410 No stop 12 10 00 --- 06 03 33 18.4 604.7 3.9 34.0 217 1469 12 06 11 12 10 00 0205-010 06 03 33 18.2 603.9 3.9 33.8 -13 1469 No stop 12 11 10 --- 06 04 43 18.1 604.2 3.9 33.9 57 1487 12 10 01 12 11 10 MRK1018 06 04 43 18.2 604.9 4.0 34.1 -13 1487 No stop 12 15 00 --- 06 08 33 17.7 605.8 4.0 34.4 217 1546 12 11 11 12 15 30 0205-010 06 09 03 17.5 605.1 4.0 34.2 17 1546 12 15 30 12 16 40 --- 06 10 14 17.3 605.4 4.0 34.2 70 1564 12 15 31 12 16 40 MRK1018 06 10 14 17.4 606.1 4.1 34.5 -13 1564 No stop 12 20 30 --- 06 14 04 16.9 607.0 4.1 34.7 217 1623 12 16 41 12 20 30 0205-010 06 14 04 16.8 606.2 4.1 34.5 -13 1623 No stop 12 21 40 --- 06 15 14 16.6 606.5 4.1 34.6 57 1641 12 20 31 12 21 40 MRK1018 06 15 14 16.7 607.2 4.1 34.8 -13 1641 No stop 12 25 30 --- 06 19 05 16.2 608.0 4.2 35.0 217 1700 12 21 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 Mrk1018 at 2 Gb/s - C band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Mar 2018 Day 67 --- 12 26 00 0205-010 06 19 35 16.0 607.4 4.2 34.8 17 1700 12 26 00 12 27 10 --- 06 20 45 15.8 607.6 4.2 34.9 70 1718 12 26 01 12 27 10 MRK1018 06 20 45 15.9 608.4 4.2 35.1 -13 1718 No stop 12 31 00 --- 06 24 36 15.4 609.2 4.3 35.3 217 1777 12 27 11 12 31 00 0205-010 06 24 36 15.3 608.5 4.3 35.1 -13 1777 No stop 12 32 10 --- 06 25 46 15.1 608.7 4.3 35.2 57 1795 12 31 01 12 32 10 MRK1018 06 25 46 15.2 609.5 4.3 35.4 -13 1795 No stop 12 36 00 --- 06 29 37 14.6 610.3 4.4 35.6 217 1854 12 32 11 12 36 30 0205-010 06 30 07 14.5 609.6 4.3 35.5 17 1854 12 36 30 12 37 40 --- 06 31 17 14.3 609.9 4.4 35.5 70 1872 12 36 31 12 37 40 MRK1018 06 31 17 14.4 610.6 4.4 35.7 -13 1872 No stop 12 41 30 --- 06 35 08 13.8 611.4 4.5 35.9 217 1931 12 37 41 12 41 30 0205-010 06 35 08 13.7 610.7 4.4 35.7 -13 1931 No stop 12 42 40 --- 06 36 18 13.6 610.9 4.4 35.8 57 1949 12 41 31 12 42 40 MRK1018 06 36 18 13.7 611.7 4.5 36.0 -13 1949 No stop 12 46 30 --- 06 40 09 13.1 612.5 4.5 36.2 217 2008 12 42 41 12 47 00 0205-010 06 40 39 12.9 611.8 4.5 36.0 17 2008 12 47 00 12 48 10 --- 06 41 49 12.8 612.1 4.5 36.1 70 2026 12 47 01 12 48 10 MRK1018 06 41 49 12.8 612.8 4.6 36.2 -13 2026 No stop 12 52 00 --- 06 45 39 12.3 613.6 4.6 36.4 217 2085 12 48 11 12 52 00 0205-010 06 45 39 12.2 612.9 4.6 36.3 -13 2085 No stop 12 53 10 --- 06 46 50 12.0 613.1 4.6 36.3 57 2103 12 52 01 12 53 10 MRK1018 06 46 50 12.1 613.8 4.7 36.5 -13 2103 No stop 12 57 00 --- 06 50 40 11.5 614.6 4.7 36.6 217 2162 12 53 11 12 57 30 0205-010 06 51 10 11.4 614.0 4.7 36.5 17 2162 12 57 30 12 58 40 --- 06 52 21 11.2 614.2 4.7 36.6 70 2179 12 57 31 12 58 40 MRK1018 06 52 21 11.3 615.0 4.8 36.7 -13 2179 No stop 13 02 30 --- 06 56 11 10.7 615.8 4.8 36.9 217 2238 12 58 41 13 02 30 0205-010 06 56 11 10.6 615.0 4.8 36.7 -13 2238 No stop 13 03 40 --- 06 57 21 10.5 615.2 4.8 36.8 57 2256 13 02 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 6 Mrk1018 at 2 Gb/s - C band 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Mar 2018 Day 67 --- 13 03 40 MRK1018 06 57 21 10.5 616.0 4.8 36.9 -13 2256 No stop 13 07 30 --- 07 01 12 10.0 616.8 4.9 D 37.0 0 2315 13 03 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess118.C2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 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: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 11 12 13 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) * MRK1018 02 03 42.480768 * 02 06 15.990000 02 07 10.217015 0.00 -00 31 46.69524 *-00 17 29.90000 -00 12 35.05348 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 0149+218 01 49 31.744134 * 01 52 18.059045 01 53 16.966802 0.02 J0152+2207 21 52 20.74790 * 22 07 07.69977 22 12 19.26407 0.02 J0152+22 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 2091 observations. * 0154-000 01 54 36.737811 * 01 57 10.534893 01 58 04.832002 0.17 J0157+0011 -00 03 12.25373 * 00 11 24.48441 00 16 26.89007 0.34 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 161 observations. * 0205-010 02 05 53.149970 * 02 08 26.345906 02 09 20.465320 0.11 J0208-0047 -01 01 56.11936 *-00 47 44.29360 -00 42 51.41853 0.24 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 63 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 MRK1018 sess118.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 5.678 435.617 0149+218 sess118.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 0.061 7.333 0154-000 sess118.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 16 0.050 2.830 0205-010 sess118.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 + 1.828 132.603 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) MRK1018 43.0 0149+218 47.0 0154-000 40.8 0205-010 43.5 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