COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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: 800.49 800.49 800.49 800.49 864.49 864.49 864.49 864.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 21 30 00 J1327+2210 08 47 34 28.9 84.7 -4.7 -54.8 0 0 21 30 00 21 33 00 =1324+224 08 50 35 29.5 85.2 -4.6 -54.8 180 23 21 30 01 21 33 00 J1310+3220 08 50 35 38.0 77.2 -4.3 -61.2 -24 23 No stop 21 40 00 =1308+326 08 57 36 39.3 78.1 -4.2 -61.5 396 77 21 33 01 21 41 00 J1333+2725 08 58 36 32.8 80.4 -4.6 -57.5 38 77 21 41 00 21 46 00 =1330+276 09 03 37 33.7 81.1 -4.5 -57.7 300 116 21 41 01 21 46 00 J1333+2725 09 03 37 33.7 81.1 -4.5 -57.7 -15 116 No stop 21 47 30 =1330+276 09 05 07 34.0 81.3 -4.5 -57.7 75 128 21 46 01 21 47 30 1328+254 09 05 07 33.2 83.9 -4.4 -56.5 -18 128 No stop 21 51 00 --- 09 08 38 33.9 84.5 -4.4 -56.6 192 155 21 47 31 21 51 00 J1333+2725 09 08 38 34.7 81.8 -4.4 -57.9 -18 155 No stop 21 52 30 =1330+276 09 10 08 34.9 82.0 -4.4 -57.9 72 166 21 51 01 21 52 30 1328+254 09 10 08 34.2 84.7 -4.4 -56.7 -18 166 No stop 21 56 00 --- 09 13 39 34.8 85.2 -4.3 -56.7 192 193 21 52 31 21 56 40 J1333+2725 09 14 19 35.7 82.6 -4.3 -58.0 22 193 21 56 40 21 58 10 =1330+276 09 15 49 36.0 82.8 -4.3 -58.1 90 205 21 56 41 21 58 10 1328+254 09 15 49 35.3 85.6 -4.3 -56.8 -18 205 No stop 22 01 40 --- 09 19 19 35.9 86.1 -4.2 -56.8 192 232 21 58 11 22 01 40 J1333+2725 09 19 19 36.7 83.3 -4.2 -58.2 -18 232 No stop 22 03 10 =1330+276 09 20 50 37.0 83.6 -4.2 -58.2 72 243 22 01 41 22 03 10 1328+254 09 20 50 36.2 86.3 -4.2 -56.8 -18 243 No stop 22 06 40 --- 09 24 20 36.9 86.9 -4.1 -56.9 192 271 22 03 11 22 07 20 J1333+2725 09 25 00 37.7 84.2 -4.2 -58.3 22 271 22 07 20 22 08 50 =1330+276 09 26 31 38.0 84.4 -4.1 -58.4 90 282 22 07 21 22 08 50 1328+254 09 26 31 37.3 87.2 -4.1 -56.9 -18 282 No stop 22 12 20 --- 09 30 01 38.0 87.7 -4.0 -57.0 192 309 22 08 51 22 12 20 J1333+2725 09 30 01 38.7 84.9 -4.1 -58.4 -18 309 No stop 22 13 50 =1330+276 09 31 31 39.0 85.1 -4.0 -58.5 72 321 22 12 21 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 09 31 31 38.2 88.0 -4.0 -57.0 -18 321 No stop 22 17 20 --- 09 35 02 38.9 88.5 -3.9 -57.0 192 348 22 13 51 22 18 00 J1333+2725 09 35 42 39.8 85.8 -4.0 -58.6 22 348 22 18 00 22 19 30 =1330+276 09 37 12 40.1 86.0 -3.9 -58.6 90 359 22 18 01 22 19 30 1328+254 09 37 12 39.3 88.9 -3.9 -57.0 -18 359 No stop 22 23 00 --- 09 40 43 40.0 89.4 -3.8 -57.0 192 386 22 19 31 22 23 00 J1333+2725 09 40 43 40.7 86.5 -3.9 -58.6 -18 386 No stop 22 24 30 =1330+276 09 42 13 41.0 86.8 -3.9 -58.7 72 398 22 23 01 22 24 30 1328+254 09 42 13 40.3 89.7 -3.8 -57.0 -18 398 No stop 22 28 00 --- 09 45 44 40.9 90.3 -3.8 -57.0 192 425 22 24 31 22 28 40 J1333+2725 09 46 24 41.8 87.4 -3.8 -58.7 22 425 22 28 40 22 30 10 =1330+276 09 47 54 42.1 87.6 -3.8 -58.7 90 437 22 28 41 22 30 10 1328+254 09 47 54 41.3 90.6 -3.7 -57.0 -18 437 No stop 22 33 40 --- 09 51 25 42.0 91.2 -3.7 -57.0 192 464 22 30 11 22 33 40 J1333+2725 09 51 25 42.7 88.2 -3.7 -58.8 -18 464 No stop 22 35 10 =1330+276 09 52 55 43.0 88.4 -3.7 -58.8 72 475 22 33 41 22 35 10 1328+254 09 52 55 42.3 91.4 -3.6 -57.0 -18 475 No stop 22 38 40 --- 09 56 26 43.0 92.0 -3.6 -57.0 192 502 22 35 11 22 39 20 J1333+2725 09 57 06 43.8 89.1 -3.6 -58.8 22 502 22 39 20 22 40 50 =1330+276 09 58 36 44.1 89.3 -3.6 -58.8 90 514 22 39 21 22 40 50 1328+254 09 58 36 43.4 92.4 -3.6 -57.0 -18 514 No stop 22 44 20 --- 10 02 06 44.0 93.0 -3.5 -56.9 192 541 22 40 51 22 44 20 J1333+2725 10 02 06 44.8 89.9 -3.5 -58.8 -18 541 No stop 22 45 50 =1330+276 10 03 37 45.1 90.1 -3.5 -58.8 72 553 22 44 21 22 45 50 1328+254 10 03 37 44.3 93.3 -3.5 -56.9 -18 553 No stop 22 49 20 --- 10 07 07 45.0 93.9 -3.4 -56.8 192 580 22 45 51 22 50 00 J1333+2725 10 07 47 45.9 90.8 -3.4 -58.8 22 580 22 50 00 22 51 30 =1330+276 10 09 18 46.1 91.1 -3.4 -58.8 90 591 22 50 01 22 51 30 1328+254 10 09 18 45.4 94.2 -3.4 -56.8 -18 591 No stop 22 55 00 --- 10 12 48 46.1 94.9 -3.3 -56.7 192 618 22 51 31 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 10 12 48 46.8 91.7 -3.4 -58.8 -18 618 No stop 22 56 30 =1330+276 10 14 18 47.1 91.9 -3.3 -58.8 72 630 22 55 01 22 56 30 1328+254 10 14 18 46.4 95.1 -3.3 -56.7 -18 630 No stop 23 00 00 --- 10 17 49 47.0 95.8 -3.2 -56.6 192 657 22 56 31 23 00 40 J1333+2725 10 18 29 47.9 92.6 -3.3 -58.7 22 657 23 00 40 23 02 10 =1330+276 10 19 59 48.2 92.9 -3.2 -58.7 90 669 23 00 41 23 02 10 1328+254 10 19 59 47.4 96.2 -3.2 -56.5 -18 669 No stop 23 05 40 --- 10 23 30 48.1 96.8 -3.1 -56.4 192 696 23 02 11 23 05 40 J1333+2725 10 23 30 48.8 93.5 -3.2 -58.6 -18 696 No stop 23 07 10 =1330+276 10 25 00 49.1 93.8 -3.2 -58.6 72 707 23 05 41 23 07 10 1328+254 10 25 00 48.4 97.1 -3.1 -56.4 -18 707 No stop 23 10 40 --- 10 28 31 49.0 97.8 -3.1 -56.2 192 734 23 07 11 23 11 20 J1333+2725 10 29 11 49.9 94.5 -3.1 -58.5 22 734 23 11 20 23 12 50 =1330+276 10 30 41 50.2 94.8 -3.1 -58.5 90 746 23 11 21 23 12 50 1328+254 10 30 41 49.5 98.2 -3.0 -56.1 -18 746 No stop 23 16 20 --- 10 34 12 50.1 98.9 -3.0 -56.0 192 773 23 12 51 23 16 20 J1333+2725 10 34 12 50.9 95.4 -3.0 -58.4 -18 773 No stop 23 17 50 =1330+276 10 35 42 51.2 95.7 -3.0 -58.3 72 785 23 16 21 23 17 50 1328+254 10 35 42 50.4 99.2 -2.9 -55.9 -19 785 No stop 23 21 20 --- 10 39 13 51.0 99.9 -2.9 -55.7 191 812 23 17 51 23 22 00 J1333+2725 10 39 53 51.9 96.5 -2.9 -58.2 21 812 23 22 00 23 23 30 =1330+276 10 41 23 52.2 96.8 -2.9 -58.2 90 823 23 22 01 23 23 30 1328+254 10 41 23 51.5 100.3 -2.8 -55.6 -19 823 No stop 23 27 00 --- 10 44 53 52.1 101.1 -2.8 -55.4 191 850 23 23 31 23 27 00 J1333+2725 10 44 53 52.9 97.4 -2.8 -58.0 -19 850 No stop 23 30 00 =1330+276 10 47 54 53.5 98.0 -2.8 -57.9 161 873 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: 10 Station: YEBES40M 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= 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 4158.00 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: 10 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= 800.49 800.49 800.49 800.49 864.49 864.49 864.49 864.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 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