COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Experiment: Spectropolarimetric study of the jet and its termination region in 3C205 Exp. Code: GL046 Schedule Version: 5.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Colin Lonsdale Address: MIT Haystack Observatory 99 Millstone Rd. Westford, MA 01886 USA Phone: +1 508 517 9106 EMAIL: cjl@mit.edu Fax: Phone during observation: +1 508 517 9106 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: # Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF # COVER LETTER: {Any additional remarks you may want to write down} Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 2 Spectropolarimetric study of the jet and its termination region in 3C205 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Mar 2024 Day 67 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.00 1626.00 1626.00 1626.00 1690.00 1690.00 1690.00 1690.00 Next BBC frequencies: 379.00 379.00 379.00 379.00 443.00 443.00 443.00 443.00 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 21 00 00 3C286 08 30 39 32.3 81.0 -5.0 0.0 0 0 21 00 00 21 04 00 --- 08 34 39 32.9 81.8 -5.0 0.0 240 31 21 00 01 21 06 00 J0834+5534 08 36 40 87.4 0.4 -0.0 0.0 -143 31 21 06 00 21 09 00 =0831+557 08 39 40 87.4 351.0 0.0 0.0 37 54 21 06 01 21 09 30 3C205 08 40 10 85.1 1.3 -0.0 0.0 9 54 21 09 30 21 18 30 --- 08 49 12 85.0 347.5 0.1 0.0 540 124 21 09 31 21 18 41 3C205 08 49 23 85.0 347.3 0.1 0.0 1 124 21 18 41 21 27 41 --- 08 58 24 84.5 335.1 0.3 0.0 540 193 21 18 42 21 27 52 3C205 08 58 35 84.5 334.8 0.3 0.0 1 193 21 27 52 21 29 11 --- 08 59 55 84.4 333.3 0.3 0.0 79 203 21 27 53 21 29 41 3C205 09 00 25 84.4 332.7 0.3 0.0 19 203 21 29 41 21 38 41 --- 09 09 26 83.7 323.4 0.5 0.0 540 273 21 29 42 21 38 52 3C205 09 09 37 83.6 323.3 0.5 0.0 1 273 21 38 52 21 47 52 --- 09 18 39 82.8 316.4 0.6 0.0 540 343 21 38 53 21 48 03 3C205 09 18 50 82.7 316.2 0.6 0.0 1 343 21 48 03 21 49 22 --- 09 20 09 82.6 315.4 0.7 0.0 79 353 21 48 04 21 50 22 J0818+4222 09 21 09 75.3 230.1 1.0 0.0 -5 353 21 50 22 21 53 22 =0814+425 09 24 10 74.9 231.8 1.1 0.0 175 376 21 50 23 21 54 22 J0834+5534 09 25 10 82.5 294.9 0.8 0.0 3 376 21 54 22 21 57 22 =0831+557 09 28 10 82.1 294.1 0.9 0.0 180 399 21 54 23 21 57 52 3C205 09 28 40 81.7 310.7 0.8 0.0 9 399 21 57 52 22 06 52 --- 09 37 42 80.6 307.1 0.9 0.0 540 469 21 57 53 22 07 03 3C205 09 37 53 80.6 307.0 0.9 0.0 1 469 22 07 03 22 16 03 --- 09 46 54 79.5 304.3 1.1 0.0 540 538 22 07 04 22 16 14 3C205 09 47 05 79.4 304.2 1.1 0.0 1 538 22 16 14 22 17 33 --- 09 48 25 79.3 303.9 1.1 0.0 79 548 22 16 15 22 18 03 3C205 09 48 55 79.2 303.8 1.1 0.0 19 548 22 18 03 22 27 03 --- 09 57 56 78.1 301.9 1.3 0.0 540 618 22 18 04 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 3 Spectropolarimetric study of the jet and its termination region in 3C205 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Mar 2024 Day 67 --- 22 27 14 3C205 09 58 07 78.1 301.9 1.3 0.0 1 618 22 27 14 22 36 14 --- 10 07 09 76.9 300.5 1.4 0.0 540 688 22 27 15 22 36 25 3C205 10 07 20 76.9 300.5 1.4 0.0 1 688 22 36 25 22 37 44 --- 10 08 39 76.7 300.3 1.5 0.0 79 698 22 36 26 22 38 14 3C205 10 09 09 76.6 300.3 1.5 0.0 19 698 22 38 14 22 47 14 --- 10 18 10 75.4 299.3 1.6 0.0 540 767 22 38 15 22 47 25 3C205 10 18 21 75.4 299.3 1.6 0.0 1 767 22 47 25 22 56 25 --- 10 27 23 74.2 298.7 1.8 0.0 540 837 22 47 26 22 56 36 3C205 10 27 34 74.2 298.7 1.8 0.0 1 837 22 56 36 22 57 55 --- 10 28 53 74.0 298.6 1.8 0.0 79 847 22 56 37 22 58 25 3C205 10 29 23 74.0 298.6 1.8 0.0 19 847 22 58 25 23 07 25 --- 10 38 25 72.8 298.2 2.0 0.0 540 917 22 58 26 23 07 36 3C205 10 38 36 72.7 298.2 2.0 0.0 1 917 23 07 36 23 16 36 --- 10 47 37 71.5 298.0 2.1 0.0 540 986 23 07 37 23 17 06 J0834+5534 10 48 07 70.8 290.9 2.2 0.0 9 986 23 17 06 23 18 06 =0831+557 10 49 07 70.7 290.9 2.2 0.0 60 994 23 17 07 23 18 36 3C205 10 49 38 71.3 298.0 2.1 0.0 9 994 23 18 36 23 27 36 --- 10 58 39 70.1 298.0 2.3 0.0 540 1063 23 18 37 23 27 47 3C205 10 58 50 70.1 298.0 2.3 0.0 1 1063 23 27 47 23 36 47 --- 11 07 52 68.9 298.1 2.4 0.0 540 1133 23 27 48 23 36 58 3C205 11 08 03 68.8 298.1 2.5 0.0 1 1133 23 36 58 23 38 17 --- 11 09 22 68.7 298.1 2.5 0.0 79 1143 23 36 59 23 38 47 3C205 11 09 52 68.6 298.1 2.5 0.0 19 1143 23 38 47 23 47 47 --- 11 18 53 67.4 298.3 2.6 0.0 540 1213 23 38 48 23 47 58 3C205 11 19 04 67.4 298.3 2.6 0.0 1 1213 23 47 58 23 56 58 --- 11 28 06 66.2 298.6 2.8 0.0 540 1282 23 47 59 23 57 09 3C205 11 28 17 66.1 298.6 2.8 0.0 1 1282 23 57 09 23 58 28 --- 11 29 36 66.0 298.7 2.8 0.0 79 1292 23 57 10 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 4 Spectropolarimetric study of the jet and its termination region in 3C205 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Start: Thu 7 Mar 2024 Day 67 -- Stop: Fri 8 Mar 2024 Day 68 --- 23 59 28 J0818+4222 11 30 36 56.9 270.9 3.2 0.0 -5 1292 23 59 28 00 02 28 =0814+425 11 33 37 56.4 271.5 3.2 0.0 175 1316 23 59 29 00 03 28 J0834+5534 11 34 37 64.3 293.7 3.0 0.0 3 1316 00 03 28 00 05 28 =0831+557 11 36 37 64.0 293.9 3.0 0.0 120 1331 00 03 29 00 05 58 3C205 11 37 07 65.0 299.0 2.9 0.0 9 1331 00 05 58 00 14 58 --- 11 46 09 63.8 299.4 3.1 0.0 540 1401 00 05 59 00 15 09 3C205 11 46 20 63.8 299.4 3.1 0.0 1 1401 00 15 09 00 24 09 --- 11 55 21 62.6 299.9 3.2 0.0 540 1470 00 15 10 00 24 20 3C205 11 55 32 62.6 299.9 3.2 0.0 1 1470 00 24 20 00 25 39 --- 11 56 52 62.4 299.9 3.3 0.0 79 1480 00 24 21 00 26 09 3C205 11 57 22 62.3 300.0 3.3 0.0 19 1480 00 26 09 00 35 09 --- 12 06 23 61.1 300.5 3.4 0.0 540 1550 00 26 10 00 35 20 3C205 12 06 34 61.1 300.5 3.4 0.0 1 1550 00 35 20 00 44 20 --- 12 15 36 60.0 301.1 3.6 0.0 540 1620 00 35 21 00 44 31 3C205 12 15 47 59.9 301.1 3.6 0.0 1 1620 00 44 31 00 45 50 --- 12 17 06 59.8 301.2 3.6 0.0 79 1630 00 44 32 00 46 20 3C205 12 17 36 59.7 301.2 3.6 0.0 19 1630 00 46 20 00 55 20 --- 12 26 37 58.5 301.8 3.8 0.0 540 1699 00 46 21 00 55 31 3C205 12 26 48 58.5 301.8 3.8 0.0 1 1699 00 55 31 01 04 31 --- 12 35 50 57.4 302.5 3.9 0.0 540 1769 00 55 32 01 04 42 3C205 12 36 01 57.3 302.5 3.9 0.0 1 1769 01 04 42 01 06 01 --- 12 37 20 57.2 302.6 3.9 0.0 79 1779 01 04 43 01 06 31 3C205 12 37 50 57.1 302.6 3.9 0.0 19 1779 01 06 31 01 15 31 --- 12 46 52 56.0 303.3 4.1 0.0 540 1849 01 06 32 01 15 42 3C205 12 47 03 55.9 303.3 4.1 0.0 1 1849 01 15 42 01 24 42 --- 12 56 04 54.8 304.0 4.3 0.0 540 1918 01 15 43 01 25 12 J0834+5534 12 56 34 53.3 300.8 4.3 0.0 9 1918 01 25 12 01 26 12 =0831+557 12 57 35 53.2 300.9 4.3 0.0 60 1926 01 25 13 01 26 42 3C205 12 58 05 54.6 304.2 4.3 0.0 9 1926 01 26 42 01 35 42 --- 13 07 06 53.4 304.9 4.4 0.0 540 1995 01 26 43 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 5 Spectropolarimetric study of the jet and its termination region in 3C205 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 8 Mar 2024 Day 68 --- 01 35 53 3C205 13 07 17 53.4 304.9 4.4 0.0 1 1995 01 35 53 01 44 53 --- 13 16 19 52.3 305.7 4.6 0.0 540 2065 01 35 54 01 45 04 3C205 13 16 30 52.3 305.7 4.6 0.0 1 2065 01 45 04 01 46 23 --- 13 17 49 52.1 305.8 4.6 0.0 79 2075 01 45 05 01 46 53 3C205 13 18 19 52.1 305.9 4.6 0.0 19 2075 01 46 53 01 55 53 --- 13 27 20 51.0 306.7 4.8 0.0 540 2145 01 46 54 01 56 04 3C205 13 27 31 50.9 306.7 4.8 0.0 1 2145 01 56 04 02 05 04 --- 13 36 33 49.9 307.5 4.9 0.0 540 2214 01 56 05 02 05 15 3C205 13 36 44 49.8 307.5 4.9 0.0 1 2214 02 05 15 02 06 34 --- 13 38 03 49.7 307.6 5.0 0.0 79 2224 02 05 16 02 08 34 3C286 13 40 03 67.4 184.4 0.1 0.0 -132 2224 02 08 34 02 12 34 --- 13 44 04 67.4 186.6 0.2 0.0 108 2255 02 08 35 02 17 04 J0834+5534 13 48 35 46.8 306.0 5.2 0.0 7 2255 02 17 04 02 19 04 =0831+557 13 50 35 46.5 306.2 5.2 0.0 120 2271 02 17 05 02 19 34 3C205 13 51 05 48.1 308.8 5.2 0.0 9 2271 02 19 34 02 28 34 --- 14 00 07 47.1 309.7 5.3 0.0 540 2340 02 19 35 02 28 45 3C205 14 00 18 47.1 309.7 5.3 0.0 1 2340 02 28 45 02 37 45 --- 14 09 19 46.0 310.6 5.5 0.0 540 2410 02 28 46 02 37 56 3C205 14 09 30 46.0 310.6 5.5 0.0 1 2410 02 37 56 02 39 15 --- 14 10 50 45.8 310.7 5.5 0.0 79 2420 02 37 57 02 39 45 3C205 14 11 20 45.8 310.8 5.5 0.0 19 2420 02 39 45 02 48 45 --- 14 20 21 44.8 311.7 5.7 0.0 540 2490 02 39 46 02 48 56 3C205 14 20 32 44.7 311.7 5.7 0.0 1 2490 02 48 56 02 57 56 --- 14 29 34 43.7 312.6 5.8 0.0 540 2559 02 48 57 02 58 07 3C205 14 29 45 43.7 312.6 5.8 0.0 1 2559 02 58 07 02 59 26 --- 14 31 04 43.6 312.8 5.8 0.0 79 2569 02 58 08 02 59 56 3C205 14 31 34 43.5 312.8 5.8 0.0 19 2569 02 59 56 03 08 56 --- 14 40 35 42.5 313.7 6.0 0.0 540 2639 02 59 57 07 37 49 3C286 19 10 13 27.0 285.5 5.6 0.0 15879 2639 07 37 49 07 41 49 --- 19 14 13 26.4 286.3 5.7 0.0 240 2670 07 37 50 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess124.HL2048glob --- 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: 19 Station: WSTRBORK 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= 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 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 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.00 1626.00 1626.00 1626.00 1690.00 1690.00 1690.00 1690.00 BBC fr= 379.00 379.00 379.00 379.00 443.00 443.00 443.00 443.00 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 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) * 3C205 08 35 09.955441 * 08 39 06.411500 08 41 02.339846 0.00 58 04 47.47266 * 57 54 13.10500 57 49 14.70621 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0814+425 08 14 51.669851 * 08 18 15.999611 08 19 55.826058 0.01 * J0818+4222 42 32 07.73243 * 42 22 45.41493 42 18 19.97743 0.01 J0818+42 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 13655 observations. 0831+557 08 31 04.379584 * 08 34 54.903976 08 36 47.843879 0.19 * J0834+5534 55 44 41.32199 * 55 34 21.07033 55 29 29.35118 0.09 J0834+55 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 621 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 16.524378 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 22 51.78002 0.16 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 269 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 3C205 sess124.HL2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13.957 2429.464 J0818+4222 sess124.HL2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.350 36.542 J0834+5534 sess124.HL2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1.000 61.326 3C286 sess124.HL2048glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.378 16.746 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) 3C205 118.9 J0818+4222 125.8 J0834+5534 120.0 3C286 139.0 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