COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Experiment: ET048C Exp. Code: ET048C Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Oleg Titov Address: Geoscience Australia Cnr Jerrabomberra Avenue and Hindmarsh Drive Symonston ACT 2609 GPO Box 378 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Phone: +61 2 6249 9064 EMAIL: Oleg.Titov@ga.gov.au Fax: Phone during observation: +61 2 6249 9064 Observing mode: Notes: Imaging extragalactic radio sources with extremely large radio-optical offsets Devided on 3 epochs: ET048A, ET048B, ET048C 6cm, 1024 Mbps, RCP & LCP, 2 bit sampling Prepared by Alexey Melnikov, aem@iaaras.ru Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 2 ET048C 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 14 Mar 2022 Day 73 --- Next scan frequencies: 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 858.49 858.49 858.49 858.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 21 30 00 J1327+2210 10 27 18 41.9-242.0 -3.0 -30.7 0 0 21 30 00 21 33 00 =1324+224 10 30 19 42.2-241.2 -3.0 -30.5 180 23 21 30 01 21 33 00 J1310+3220 10 30 19 52.8-244.7 -2.7 -35.0 -8 23 No stop 21 40 00 =1308+326 10 37 20 53.6-242.7 -2.6 -34.3 412 77 21 33 01 21 41 00 J1333+2725 10 38 20 46.9-244.5 -2.9 -33.0 54 77 21 41 00 21 46 00 =1330+276 10 43 21 47.5-243.2 -2.8 -32.6 300 116 21 41 01 21 46 00 J1333+2725 10 43 21 47.5-243.2 -2.8 -32.6 -3 116 No stop 21 47 30 =1330+276 10 44 51 47.7-242.7 -2.8 -32.5 87 128 21 46 01 21 47 30 1328+254 10 44 51 46.1-240.3 -2.8 -30.9 -4 128 No stop 21 51 00 --- 10 48 22 46.5-239.3 -2.7 -30.6 206 155 21 47 31 21 51 00 J1333+2725 10 48 22 48.1-241.8 -2.8 -32.1 -4 155 No stop 21 52 30 =1330+276 10 49 52 48.3-241.3 -2.7 -32.0 86 166 21 51 01 21 52 30 1328+254 10 49 52 46.6-238.9 -2.7 -30.5 -4 166 No stop 21 56 00 --- 10 53 23 47.0-237.9 -2.6 -30.1 206 193 21 52 31 21 56 40 J1333+2725 10 54 03 48.8-240.1 -2.7 -31.6 36 193 21 56 40 21 58 10 =1330+276 10 55 33 48.9-239.7 -2.6 -31.4 90 205 21 56 41 21 58 10 1328+254 10 55 33 47.3-237.3 -2.6 -29.9 -4 205 No stop 22 01 40 --- 10 59 04 47.7-236.2 -2.5 -29.5 206 232 21 58 11 22 01 40 J1333+2725 10 59 04 49.4-238.7 -2.6 -31.0 -4 232 No stop 22 03 10 =1330+276 11 00 34 49.5-238.2 -2.6 -30.9 86 243 22 01 41 22 03 10 1328+254 11 00 34 47.8-235.8 -2.5 -29.3 -4 243 No stop 22 06 40 --- 11 04 04 48.2-234.8 -2.5 -28.9 206 271 22 03 11 22 07 20 J1333+2725 11 04 45 50.0-237.0 -2.5 -30.4 36 271 22 07 20 22 08 50 =1330+276 11 06 15 50.2-236.6 -2.5 -30.2 90 282 22 07 21 22 08 50 1328+254 11 06 15 48.5-234.1 -2.4 -28.7 -4 282 No stop 22 12 20 --- 11 09 45 48.8-233.0 -2.4 -28.2 206 309 22 08 51 22 12 20 J1333+2725 11 09 45 50.6-235.5 -2.4 -29.8 -4 309 No stop 22 13 50 =1330+276 11 11 16 50.7-235.0 -2.4 -29.7 86 321 22 12 21 Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 3 ET048C 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 14 Mar 2022 Day 73 --- 22 13 50 1328+254 11 11 16 49.0-232.6 -2.3 -28.1 -4 321 No stop 22 17 20 --- 11 14 46 49.4-231.5 -2.3 -27.6 206 348 22 13 51 22 18 00 J1333+2725 11 15 26 51.2-233.8 -2.3 -29.1 36 348 22 18 00 22 19 30 =1330+276 11 16 57 51.3-233.3 -2.3 -28.9 90 359 22 18 01 22 19 30 1328+254 11 16 57 49.6-230.8 -2.2 -27.3 -4 359 No stop 22 23 00 --- 11 20 27 50.0-229.7 -2.2 -26.9 206 386 22 19 31 22 23 00 J1333+2725 11 20 27 51.7-232.2 -2.2 -28.5 -4 386 No stop 22 24 30 =1330+276 11 21 57 51.9-231.7 -2.2 -28.3 86 398 22 23 01 22 24 30 1328+254 11 21 57 50.1-229.3 -2.2 -26.7 -4 398 No stop 22 28 00 --- 11 25 28 50.5-228.2 -2.1 -26.2 206 425 22 24 31 22 28 40 J1333+2725 11 26 08 52.3-230.4 -2.1 -27.7 36 425 22 28 40 22 30 10 =1330+276 11 27 38 52.5-229.9 -2.1 -27.5 90 437 22 28 41 22 30 10 1328+254 11 27 38 50.7-227.5 -2.1 -25.9 -4 437 No stop 22 33 40 --- 11 31 09 51.0-226.3 -2.0 -25.4 206 464 22 30 11 22 33 40 J1333+2725 11 31 09 52.8-228.8 -2.1 -27.0 -4 464 No stop 22 35 10 =1330+276 11 32 39 53.0-228.3 -2.0 -26.8 86 475 22 33 41 22 35 10 1328+254 11 32 39 51.2-225.8 -2.0 -25.1 -4 475 No stop 22 38 40 --- 11 36 10 51.5-224.7 -1.9 -24.6 206 502 22 35 11 22 39 20 J1333+2725 11 36 50 53.4-226.9 -2.0 -26.1 36 502 22 39 20 22 40 50 =1330+276 11 38 20 53.5-226.4 -1.9 -25.9 90 514 22 39 21 22 40 50 1328+254 11 38 20 51.7-224.0 -1.9 -24.3 -4 514 No stop 22 44 20 --- 11 41 51 52.0-222.8 -1.8 -23.7 206 541 22 40 51 22 44 20 J1333+2725 11 41 51 53.9-225.2 -1.9 -25.4 -4 541 No stop 22 45 50 =1330+276 11 43 21 54.0-224.7 -1.8 -25.1 86 553 22 44 21 22 45 50 1328+254 11 43 21 52.2-222.3 -1.8 -23.5 -4 553 No stop 22 49 20 --- 11 46 51 52.5-221.1 -1.7 -22.9 206 580 22 45 51 22 50 00 J1333+2725 11 47 32 54.4-223.2 -1.8 -24.4 36 580 22 50 00 22 51 30 =1330+276 11 49 02 54.5-222.7 -1.8 -24.2 90 591 22 50 01 22 51 30 1328+254 11 49 02 52.7-220.3 -1.7 -22.5 -4 591 No stop 22 55 00 --- 11 52 32 53.0-219.1 -1.7 -21.9 206 618 22 51 31 Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 4 ET048C 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 14 Mar 2022 Day 73 --- 22 55 00 J1333+2725 11 52 32 54.9-221.5 -1.7 -23.6 -4 618 No stop 22 56 30 =1330+276 11 54 03 55.0-220.9 -1.7 -23.3 86 630 22 55 01 22 56 30 1328+254 11 54 03 53.1-218.6 -1.6 -21.7 -4 630 No stop 23 00 00 --- 11 57 33 53.4-217.3 -1.6 -21.1 206 657 22 56 31 23 00 40 J1333+2725 11 58 13 55.3-219.4 -1.6 -22.6 36 657 23 00 40 23 02 10 =1330+276 11 59 44 55.5-218.9 -1.6 -22.3 90 669 23 00 41 23 02 10 1328+254 11 59 44 53.6-216.6 -1.5 -20.7 -4 669 No stop 23 05 40 --- 12 03 14 53.8-215.3 -1.5 -20.0 206 696 23 02 11 23 05 40 J1333+2725 12 03 14 55.8-217.6 -1.5 -21.6 -4 696 No stop 23 07 10 =1330+276 12 04 44 55.9-217.1 -1.5 -21.3 86 707 23 05 41 23 07 10 1328+254 12 04 44 54.0-214.8 -1.4 -19.7 -4 707 No stop 23 10 40 --- 12 08 15 54.2-213.5 -1.4 -19.1 206 734 23 07 11 23 11 20 J1333+2725 12 08 55 56.2-215.5 -1.4 -20.5 36 734 23 11 20 23 12 50 =1330+276 12 10 25 56.3-215.0 -1.4 -20.2 90 746 23 11 21 23 12 50 1328+254 12 10 25 54.4-212.7 -1.4 -18.7 -4 746 No stop 23 16 20 --- 12 13 56 54.6-211.4 -1.3 -18.0 206 773 23 12 51 23 16 20 J1333+2725 12 13 56 56.6-213.6 -1.3 -19.5 -4 773 No stop 23 17 50 =1330+276 12 15 26 56.7-213.0 -1.3 -19.2 86 785 23 16 21 23 17 50 1328+254 12 15 26 54.7-210.8 -1.3 -17.7 -4 785 No stop 23 21 20 --- 12 18 57 55.0-209.5 -1.2 -17.0 206 812 23 17 51 23 22 00 J1333+2725 12 19 37 57.0-211.4 -1.2 -18.4 36 812 23 22 00 23 23 30 =1330+276 12 21 07 57.1-210.9 -1.2 -18.0 90 823 23 22 01 23 23 30 1328+254 12 21 07 55.1-208.7 -1.2 -16.5 -4 823 No stop 23 27 00 --- 12 24 38 55.3-207.4 -1.1 -15.8 206 850 23 23 31 23 27 00 J1333+2725 12 24 38 57.4-209.5 -1.2 -17.3 -4 850 No stop 23 30 00 =1330+276 12 27 38 57.5-208.3 -1.1 -16.6 176 873 23 27 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess122.C1024 --- 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: IRBENE16 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 15 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 858.49 858.49 858.49 858.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 922.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 15 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 1328+254 13 28 15.929959 * 13 30 37.695072 13 31 41.190061 0.00 J1330+2509 25 24 37.58506 * 25 09 10.98324 25 02 12.09646 0.00 3C287 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Titov,ET048C 1308+326 13 08 07.560130 * 13 10 28.663850 13 11 32.041704 0.22 * J1310+3220 32 36 40.23884 * 32 20 43.78291 32 13 32.21631 0.20 J1310+32 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 116159 observations. 1324+224 13 24 37.118627 * 13 27 00.861311 13 28 05.194029 0.00 * J1327+2210 22 26 22.70245 * 22 10 50.16289 22 03 49.11127 0.00 J1327+22 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 46958 observations. 1330+276 13 30 47.332194 * 13 33 07.490724 13 34 10.307850 0.08 * J1333+2725 27 40 40.74242 * 27 25 18.38262 27 18 21.03569 0.11 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 150 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 1328+254 sess122.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.108 204.668 J1310+3220 sess122.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.117 21.662 J1327+2210 sess122.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.050 10.500 J1333+2725 sess122.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.608 112.769 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) 1328+254 144.6 J1310+3220 143.0 J1327+2210 147.0 J1333+2725 142.8 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