COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: EVN-18CM-CGCG-N Exp. Code: EM141B Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Mar Mezcua Address: Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC) Campus UAB, Carrer de Can Magrans s/n 08193 Bellaterra Spain Phone: +34937379788 EMAIL: marmezcua.astro@gmail.com Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Continuum Notes: Fringe finder: 4C39.25 Phase reference calibrator: J0945-0153 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 EVN-18CM-CGCG-N 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 10 Mar 2020 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: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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 18 30 00 4C39.25 12 34 30 55.6 626.8 3.1 52.6 0 0 18 30 00 18 34 00 --- 12 38 31 55.0 627.7 3.2 52.7 240 31 18 30 01 18 35 30 J0945-0153 12 40 01 25.0 589.2 2.9 27.9 15 31 18 35 30 18 38 30 =0943-016 12 43 01 24.7 589.9 2.9 28.3 180 54 18 35 31 18 38 30 CGCG-N 12 43 01 25.6 591.0 3.0 28.7 -14 54 No stop 18 43 30 --- 12 48 02 24.9 592.2 3.0 29.3 286 92 18 38 31 18 44 10 J0945-0153 12 48 42 24.0 591.3 3.0 28.9 26 92 18 44 10 18 46 10 =0943-016 12 50 43 23.7 591.7 3.1 29.1 120 108 18 44 11 18 46 10 CGCG-N 12 50 43 24.6 592.8 3.1 29.5 -14 108 No stop 18 51 10 --- 12 55 44 24.0 594.0 3.2 30.0 286 146 18 46 11 18 51 10 J0945-0153 12 55 44 23.1 592.9 3.1 29.6 -14 146 No stop 18 53 40 =0943-016 12 58 14 22.8 593.5 3.2 29.9 136 165 18 51 11 18 53 40 CGCG-N 12 58 14 23.7 594.6 3.2 30.3 -14 165 No stop 18 58 40 --- 13 03 15 23.0 595.8 3.3 30.8 286 204 18 53 41 18 59 20 J0945-0153 13 03 55 22.1 594.8 3.3 30.4 26 204 18 59 20 19 01 20 =0943-016 13 05 55 21.8 595.3 3.3 30.6 120 219 18 59 21 19 01 20 CGCG-N 13 05 55 22.7 596.4 3.3 31.0 -14 219 No stop 19 06 20 --- 13 10 56 22.0 597.6 3.4 31.5 286 258 19 01 21 19 06 20 J0945-0153 13 10 56 21.2 596.5 3.4 31.1 -14 258 No stop 19 08 50 =0943-016 13 13 26 20.9 597.0 3.4 31.3 136 277 19 06 21 19 08 50 CGCG-N 13 13 26 21.7 598.1 3.5 31.7 -14 277 No stop 19 13 50 --- 13 18 27 21.1 599.3 3.6 32.1 286 315 19 08 51 19 14 30 J0945-0153 13 19 07 20.1 598.3 3.5 31.8 26 315 19 14 30 19 16 30 =0943-016 13 21 08 19.9 598.8 3.6 32.0 120 331 19 14 31 19 16 30 CGCG-N 13 21 08 20.7 599.9 3.6 32.4 -14 331 No stop 19 21 30 --- 13 26 09 20.0 601.0 3.7 32.8 286 369 19 16 31 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 EVN-18CM-CGCG-N 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 10 Mar 2020 Day 70 --- 19 21 30 J0945-0153 13 26 09 19.2 599.9 3.7 32.4 -14 369 No stop 19 24 00 =0943-016 13 28 39 18.9 600.5 3.7 32.6 136 388 19 21 31 19 24 00 CGCG-N 13 28 39 19.7 601.6 3.7 33.0 -14 388 No stop 19 29 00 --- 13 33 40 19.0 602.7 3.8 33.4 286 427 19 24 01 19 29 40 J0945-0153 13 34 20 18.1 601.7 3.8 33.0 26 427 19 29 40 19 31 40 =0943-016 13 36 20 17.8 602.2 3.8 33.2 120 442 19 29 41 19 31 40 CGCG-N 13 36 20 18.6 603.3 3.9 33.6 -14 442 No stop 19 36 40 --- 13 41 21 17.9 604.4 3.9 33.9 286 481 19 31 41 19 36 40 J0945-0153 13 41 21 17.1 603.3 3.9 33.6 -14 481 No stop 19 39 10 =0943-016 13 43 51 16.8 603.8 4.0 33.8 136 500 19 36 41 19 39 10 CGCG-N 13 43 51 17.6 604.9 4.0 34.1 -15 500 No stop 19 44 10 --- 13 48 52 16.9 606.0 4.1 34.4 285 538 19 39 11 19 44 50 J0945-0153 13 49 32 16.0 605.0 4.0 34.1 26 538 19 44 50 19 46 50 =0943-016 13 51 33 15.7 605.5 4.1 34.3 120 554 19 44 51 19 46 50 CGCG-N 13 51 33 16.5 606.6 4.1 34.6 -15 554 No stop 19 51 50 --- 13 56 33 15.8 607.6 4.2 34.9 285 592 19 46 51 19 51 50 J0945-0153 13 56 33 15.0 606.5 4.2 34.6 -14 592 No stop 19 54 20 =0943-016 13 59 04 14.7 607.1 4.2 34.8 136 612 19 51 51 19 54 20 CGCG-N 13 59 04 15.4 608.2 4.2 35.1 -15 612 No stop 19 59 20 --- 14 04 05 14.7 609.2 4.3 35.4 285 650 19 54 21 20 00 00 J0945-0153 14 04 45 13.8 608.3 4.3 35.1 26 650 20 00 00 20 02 00 =0943-016 14 06 45 13.5 608.7 4.3 35.2 120 665 20 00 01 20 02 00 CGCG-N 14 06 45 14.3 609.8 4.4 35.5 -15 665 No stop 20 07 00 --- 14 11 46 13.6 610.8 4.4 35.8 285 704 20 02 01 20 07 00 J0945-0153 14 11 46 12.8 609.7 4.4 35.5 -14 704 No stop 20 09 30 =0943-016 14 14 16 12.5 610.3 4.5 35.6 136 723 20 07 01 20 12 30 4C39.25 14 17 17 39.8 645.3 4.8 50.1 110 723 20 12 30 20 16 00 --- 14 20 47 39.3 645.9 4.9 49.9 210 750 20 12 31 20 17 50 J0945-0153 14 22 38 11.2 612.0 4.6 36.1 39 750 20 17 50 20 20 50 =0943-016 14 25 38 10.8 612.6 4.6 36.2 180 773 20 17 51 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 EVN-18CM-CGCG-N 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 10 Mar 2020 Day 70 --- 20 20 50 CGCG-N 14 25 38 11.5 613.7 4.7 36.4 -15 773 No stop 20 25 50 --- 14 30 39 10.8 614.7 4.8 36.7 285 812 20 20 51 20 28 30 CGCG-N 14 33 20 10.4 615.3 4.8 36.8 154 812 20 28 30 20 33 30 --- 14 38 20 9.6 616.3 4.9 D 37.0 0 850 20 28 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess120.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 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= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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: 10 11 12 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) * CGCG-N 09 41 28.477609 * 09 44 01.880000 09 45 03.933630 0.00 -00 24 44.30465 *-00 38 32.02000 -00 44 10.65034 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 18.780232 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 57 06.68666 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. 0943-016 09 43 11.438534 * 09 45 44.037315 09 46 45.779832 0.08 * J0945-0153 -01 39 12.04502 *-01 53 03.95569 -01 58 44.37140 0.17 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 140 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 CGCG-N sess120.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 3.733 195.980 4C39.25 sess120.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 0.125 9.046 J0945-0153 sess120.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 1.792 83.394 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) CGCG-N 154.4 4C39.25 135.7 J0945-0153 154.5 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