COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 659.51 659.51 659.51 659.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 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 13 50 07 37.0 -62.3 4.4 77.1 0 0 18 30 00 18 34 00 --- 13 54 07 36.2 -62.1 4.4 76.6 240 31 18 30 01 18 35 30 J0945-0153 13 55 37 22.4 253.0 4.1 W 55.0 -545 31 18 35 30 18 38 30 =0943-016 13 58 38 21.8 253.5 4.2 W 55.2 0 54 18 35 31 18 38 30 CGCG-N 13 58 38 22.1 254.8 4.2 55.8 -5 54 No stop 18 43 30 --- 14 03 39 21.1 255.6 4.3 56.0 295 93 18 38 31 18 44 10 J0945-0153 14 04 19 20.6 254.3 4.3 55.6 35 93 18 44 10 18 46 10 =0943-016 14 06 19 20.2 254.6 4.3 55.7 120 108 18 44 11 18 46 10 CGCG-N 14 06 19 20.5 256.0 4.4 56.2 -5 108 No stop 18 51 10 --- 14 11 20 19.5 256.7 4.4 56.5 295 147 18 46 11 18 51 10 J0945-0153 14 11 20 19.2 255.4 4.4 56.0 -5 147 No stop 18 53 40 =0943-016 14 13 50 18.6 255.8 4.5 56.2 145 166 18 51 11 18 53 40 CGCG-N 14 13 50 19.0 257.1 4.5 56.6 -5 166 No stop 18 58 40 --- 14 18 51 17.9 257.8 4.6 56.8 295 205 18 53 41 18 59 20 J0945-0153 14 19 31 17.5 256.6 4.5 56.5 35 205 18 59 20 19 01 20 =0943-016 14 21 32 17.0 256.9 4.6 56.6 120 220 18 59 21 19 01 20 CGCG-N 14 21 32 17.4 258.2 4.6 57.0 -5 220 No stop 19 06 20 --- 14 26 33 16.3 258.9 4.7 57.2 295 259 19 01 21 19 06 20 J0945-0153 14 26 33 16.0 257.6 4.7 56.8 -5 259 No stop 19 08 50 =0943-016 14 29 03 15.5 257.9 4.7 56.9 145 278 19 06 21 19 08 50 CGCG-N 14 29 03 15.8 259.3 4.7 57.3 -5 278 No stop 19 13 50 --- 14 34 04 14.7 260.0 4.8 57.5 295 317 19 08 51 19 14 30 J0945-0153 14 34 44 14.3 258.7 4.8 57.2 35 317 19 14 30 19 16 30 =0943-016 14 36 44 13.9 259.0 4.8 57.3 120 332 19 14 31 19 16 30 CGCG-N 14 36 44 14.2 260.3 4.9 57.6 -5 332 No stop 19 21 30 --- 14 41 45 13.1 261.0 4.9 57.8 295 371 19 16 31 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 14 41 45 12.8 259.7 4.9 57.5 -5 371 No stop 19 24 00 =0943-016 14 44 15 12.3 260.1 5.0 57.6 145 390 19 21 31 19 24 00 CGCG-N 14 44 15 12.6 261.4 5.0 57.9 -5 390 No stop 19 29 00 --- 14 49 16 11.5 262.1 5.1 58.0 295 429 19 24 01 19 29 40 J0945-0153 14 49 56 11.1 260.8 5.1 57.8 35 429 19 29 40 19 31 40 =0943-016 14 51 57 10.7 261.1 5.1 57.8 120 444 19 29 41 19 31 40 CGCG-N 14 51 57 11.0 262.4 5.1 58.1 -5 444 No stop 19 36 40 --- 14 56 57 9.9 263.1 5.2 58.2 295 483 19 31 41 19 36 40 J0945-0153 14 56 57 9.6 261.8 5.2 58.0 -5 483 No stop 19 39 10 =0943-016 14 59 28 9.1 262.1 5.2 58.1 145 502 19 36 41 19 39 10 CGCG-N 14 59 28 9.4 263.4 5.2 58.3 -5 502 No stop 19 44 10 --- 15 04 29 8.3 264.1 5.3 58.4 295 541 19 39 11 19 44 50 J0945-0153 15 05 09 7.9 262.9 5.3 58.2 35 541 19 44 50 19 46 50 =0943-016 15 07 09 7.4 263.1 5.3 58.3 120 556 19 44 51 19 46 50 CGCG-N 15 07 09 7.7 264.4 5.4 58.5 -5 556 No stop 19 51 50 --- 15 12 10 6.7 265.1 5.5 D 58.6 0 595 19 46 51 20 12 30 4C39.25 15 32 53 18.1 305.1 6.1 64.3 1161 595 20 12 30 20 16 00 --- 15 36 24 17.5 305.4 6.1 63.8 210 622 20 12 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 --- 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: 13 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 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= 659.51 659.51 659.51 659.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 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: 9 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 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