COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: EVN+e-MERLIN -Growing black holes or supernova factories in extremely op Exp. Code: EB103B Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Ann Njeri Address: Newcastel University/Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Herschel Building NE1 7RU, United Kingdom Phone: +447459552429 EMAIL: ann.njeri@newcastle.ac.uk Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Notes: **** Phase-cal off please **** Single pointing with all telescopes Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 EVN+e-MERLIN -Growing black holes or supernova factories in extremely op 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 2 Mar 2024 Day 62 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 643.51 643.51 643.51 643.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 02 12 00 J1642+3948 20 58 01 38.6 -61.7 4.2 78.7 0 0 02 12 00 02 22 00 =3C345 21 08 02 36.7 -61.2 4.4 77.4 600 77 02 12 01 02 29 30 IRAS17578-04 21 15 34 32.0 241.7 3.2 49.1 -159 77 02 29 30 02 32 30 --- 21 18 34 31.5 242.3 3.3 49.5 21 100 02 29 31 02 32 30 J1805-0438 21 18 34 32.0 240.8 3.2 48.6 -5 100 No stop 02 34 30 --- 21 20 35 31.6 241.2 3.2 48.8 115 116 02 32 31 02 34 30 IRAS17578-04 21 20 35 31.1 242.7 3.3 49.7 -5 116 No stop 02 37 30 --- 21 23 35 30.5 243.2 3.4 50.0 175 139 02 34 31 02 37 50 J1805-0438 21 23 55 31.0 241.8 3.3 49.2 15 139 02 37 50 02 39 30 --- 21 25 35 30.7 242.1 3.3 49.4 100 152 02 37 51 02 39 30 IRAS17578-04 21 25 35 30.1 243.6 3.4 50.3 -5 152 No stop 02 42 30 --- 21 28 36 29.6 244.2 3.4 50.6 175 175 02 39 31 02 42 30 J1805-0438 21 28 36 30.1 242.7 3.4 49.8 -5 175 No stop 02 44 30 --- 21 30 36 29.7 243.1 3.4 50.0 115 191 02 42 31 02 44 30 IRAS17578-04 21 30 36 29.2 244.5 3.5 50.8 -5 191 No stop 02 47 30 --- 21 33 37 28.6 245.1 3.5 51.1 175 214 02 44 31 02 47 50 J1805-0438 21 33 57 29.1 243.7 3.5 50.4 15 214 02 47 50 02 49 30 --- 21 35 37 28.8 244.0 3.5 50.5 100 227 02 47 51 02 49 30 IRAS17578-04 21 35 37 28.2 245.4 3.6 51.3 -5 227 No stop 02 52 30 --- 21 38 37 27.6 245.9 3.6 51.6 175 250 02 49 31 02 52 30 J1805-0438 21 38 37 28.2 244.5 3.5 50.9 -5 250 No stop 02 54 30 --- 21 40 38 27.8 244.9 3.6 51.1 115 265 02 52 31 02 54 30 IRAS17578-04 21 40 38 27.2 246.3 3.6 51.8 -5 265 No stop 02 57 30 --- 21 43 38 26.6 246.8 3.7 52.1 175 289 02 54 31 02 57 50 J1805-0438 21 43 58 27.2 245.5 3.6 51.4 15 289 02 57 50 02 59 30 --- 21 45 39 26.8 245.7 3.6 51.6 100 301 02 57 51 02 59 30 IRAS17578-04 21 45 39 26.2 247.1 3.7 52.3 -5 301 No stop 03 02 30 --- 21 48 39 25.6 247.7 3.8 52.6 175 325 02 59 31 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 EVN+e-MERLIN -Growing black holes or supernova factories in extremely op 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 2 Mar 2024 Day 62 --- 03 02 30 J1805-0438 21 48 39 26.2 246.3 3.7 51.9 -5 325 No stop 03 04 30 --- 21 50 39 25.8 246.6 3.7 52.0 115 340 03 02 31 03 04 30 IRAS17578-04 21 50 39 25.2 248.0 3.8 52.7 -5 340 No stop 03 07 30 --- 21 53 40 24.6 248.5 3.9 53.0 175 363 03 04 31 03 07 50 J1805-0438 21 54 00 25.2 247.2 3.8 52.4 15 363 03 07 50 03 09 30 --- 21 55 40 24.9 247.5 3.8 52.5 100 376 03 07 51 03 09 30 IRAS17578-04 21 55 40 24.2 248.8 3.9 53.2 -5 376 No stop 03 12 30 --- 21 58 41 23.6 249.3 3.9 53.4 175 399 03 09 31 03 12 30 J1805-0438 21 58 41 24.3 248.0 3.9 52.8 -5 399 No stop 03 14 30 --- 22 00 41 23.9 248.3 3.9 53.0 115 415 03 12 31 03 14 30 IRAS17578-04 22 00 41 23.2 249.6 4.0 53.6 -5 415 No stop 03 17 30 --- 22 03 42 22.6 250.1 4.0 53.8 175 438 03 14 31 03 17 50 J1805-0438 22 04 02 23.2 248.8 4.0 53.2 15 438 03 17 50 03 19 30 --- 22 05 42 22.9 249.1 4.0 53.4 100 451 03 17 51 03 19 30 IRAS17578-04 22 05 42 22.2 250.4 4.1 54.0 -5 451 No stop 03 22 30 --- 22 08 42 21.6 250.9 4.1 54.2 175 474 03 19 31 03 22 30 J1805-0438 22 08 42 22.3 249.6 4.0 53.6 -5 474 No stop 03 24 30 --- 22 10 43 21.9 249.9 4.1 53.8 115 490 03 22 31 03 24 30 IRAS17578-04 22 10 43 21.2 251.2 4.1 54.4 -5 490 No stop 03 27 30 --- 22 13 43 20.6 251.7 4.2 54.6 175 513 03 24 31 03 27 50 J1805-0438 22 14 03 21.2 250.4 4.1 54.0 15 513 03 27 50 03 29 30 --- 22 15 44 20.8 250.7 4.1 54.2 100 526 03 27 51 03 29 30 IRAS17578-04 22 15 44 20.2 252.0 4.2 54.7 -5 526 No stop 03 32 30 --- 22 18 44 19.6 252.5 4.3 54.9 175 549 03 29 31 03 32 30 J1805-0438 22 18 44 20.2 251.2 4.2 54.4 -5 549 No stop 03 34 30 --- 22 20 44 19.8 251.5 4.2 54.5 115 564 03 32 31 03 34 30 IRAS17578-04 22 20 44 19.2 252.8 4.3 55.1 -5 564 No stop 03 37 30 --- 22 23 45 18.6 253.2 4.4 55.3 175 587 03 34 31 03 37 50 J1805-0438 22 24 05 19.2 252.0 4.3 54.8 15 587 03 37 50 03 39 30 --- 22 25 45 18.8 252.2 4.3 54.9 100 600 03 37 51 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 4 EVN+e-MERLIN -Growing black holes or supernova factories in extremely op 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 2 Mar 2024 Day 62 --- 03 39 30 IRAS17578-04 22 25 45 18.1 253.5 4.4 55.4 -5 600 No stop 03 42 30 --- 22 28 46 17.5 254.0 4.4 55.6 175 623 03 39 31 03 42 30 J1805-0438 22 28 46 18.2 252.7 4.4 55.1 -5 623 No stop 03 44 30 --- 22 30 46 17.8 253.0 4.4 55.2 115 639 03 42 31 03 44 30 IRAS17578-04 22 30 46 17.1 254.3 4.5 55.7 -5 639 No stop 03 47 30 --- 22 33 47 16.5 254.7 4.5 55.9 175 662 03 44 31 03 47 50 J1805-0438 22 34 07 17.1 253.5 4.5 55.5 15 662 03 47 50 03 49 30 --- 22 35 47 16.8 253.7 4.5 55.6 100 675 03 47 51 03 49 30 IRAS17578-04 22 35 47 16.1 255.0 4.6 56.0 -5 675 No stop 03 52 30 --- 22 38 47 15.5 255.4 4.6 56.2 175 698 03 49 31 03 52 30 J1805-0438 22 38 47 16.1 254.2 4.5 55.7 -5 698 No stop 03 54 30 --- 22 40 48 15.7 254.5 4.6 55.9 115 714 03 52 31 03 54 30 IRAS17578-04 22 40 48 15.0 255.7 4.6 56.3 -5 714 No stop 03 57 30 --- 22 43 48 14.4 256.1 4.7 56.5 175 737 03 54 31 03 57 50 J1805-0438 22 44 08 15.0 254.9 4.6 56.1 15 737 03 57 50 03 59 30 --- 22 45 48 14.7 255.2 4.7 56.2 100 750 03 57 51 03 59 30 IRAS17578-04 22 45 48 14.0 256.4 4.7 56.6 -5 750 No stop 04 02 30 --- 22 48 49 13.4 256.9 4.8 56.7 175 773 03 59 31 04 02 30 J1805-0438 22 48 49 14.1 255.6 4.7 56.3 -5 773 No stop 04 04 30 --- 22 50 49 13.7 255.9 4.7 56.4 115 788 04 02 31 04 04 30 IRAS17578-04 22 50 49 13.0 257.1 4.8 56.8 -5 788 No stop 04 07 30 --- 22 53 50 12.3 257.6 4.9 57.0 175 812 04 04 31 04 07 50 J1805-0438 22 54 10 13.0 256.4 4.8 56.6 15 812 04 07 50 04 09 30 --- 22 55 50 12.6 256.6 4.8 56.7 100 824 04 07 51 04 09 30 IRAS17578-04 22 55 50 11.9 257.8 4.9 57.1 -5 824 No stop 04 12 30 --- 22 58 51 11.3 258.2 5.0 57.2 175 848 04 09 31 04 12 30 J1805-0438 22 58 51 12.0 257.0 4.9 56.8 -5 848 No stop 04 14 30 --- 23 00 51 11.6 257.3 4.9 56.9 115 863 04 12 31 04 14 30 IRAS17578-04 23 00 51 10.9 258.5 5.0 57.3 -5 863 No stop 04 17 30 --- 23 03 51 10.2 258.9 5.0 57.4 175 886 04 14 31 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 5 EVN+e-MERLIN -Growing black holes or supernova factories in extremely op 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 2 Mar 2024 Day 62 --- 04 17 50 J1805-0438 23 04 12 10.9 257.8 5.0 57.1 15 886 04 17 50 04 19 30 --- 23 05 52 10.5 258.0 5.0 57.2 100 899 04 17 51 04 19 30 IRAS17578-04 23 05 52 9.8 259.2 5.1 57.5 -5 899 No stop 04 22 30 --- 23 08 52 9.2 259.6 5.1 57.6 175 922 04 19 31 04 22 30 J1805-0438 23 08 52 9.9 258.4 5.0 57.3 -5 922 No stop 04 24 30 --- 23 10 53 9.5 258.7 5.1 57.4 115 938 04 22 31 04 44 30 J1642+3948 23 30 56 11.3 309.9 6.8 58.7 1099 938 04 44 30 04 49 30 =3C345 23 35 57 10.5 310.4 6.9 58.0 300 976 04 44 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess124.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: 11 Station: TIANMA65 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= 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 IF SB = L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 16 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 BBC fr= 643.51 643.51 643.51 643.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 16 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) * IRAS17578-04 17 57 53.433877 * 18 00 31.910000 18 01 47.743090 0.00 -04 00 49.87462 *-04 00 53.30000 -04 01 06.47180 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Target * J1805-0438 18 02 51.908068 * 18 05 31.115500 18 06 47.272378 0.00 -04 38 28.07400 *-04 38 09.72200 -04 38 12.20041 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Phaseref approx 1.39 degrees from IRAS17578-0400 * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 16.357294 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 22 51.62154 0.16 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 269 observations. 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 47.661624 0.79 * J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 45 31.83567 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 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 IRAS17578-0sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 4.050 348.778 J1805-0438 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 2.644 207.108 3C286 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.117 12.250 J1642+3948 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 0.508 48.602 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) IRAS17578-04 72.8 J1805-0438 71.5 3C286 136.2 J1642+3948 96.5 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