COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: EVN observations of a new sample of faint blazars Exp. Code: EM077F Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Franco Mantovani Address: Istituto di Radioastronomia Via P. Gobetti, 101 I-40129 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 51 6399377 EMAIL: fmantovani@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 51 6399431 Phone during observation: Observing mode: Continuum Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 EVN observations of a new sample of faint blazars 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 31 May 2011 Day 151 --- Next scan frequencies: 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 Next BBC frequencies: 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 16 00 00 3C273 16 40 01 24.3 256.8 4.2 56.5 0 0 15 59 55 16 10 00 --- 16 50 02 22.2 258.3 4.3 57.0 600 39 15 59 56 16 11 00 J1204.2-0710 16 51 02 11.8 254.0 4.8 56.1 39 39 16 10 55 16 17 00 --- 16 57 03 10.5 254.8 4.9 56.4 360 63 16 10 56 16 18 30 J1223.9+0650 16 58 34 21.9 264.6 4.6 59.1 67 63 16 18 25 16 24 30 --- 17 04 35 20.6 265.4 4.7 59.3 360 86 16 18 26 16 24 55 J1225.5+0715 17 05 00 21.1 265.7 4.6 59.4 20 86 16 24 50 16 30 55 --- 17 11 01 19.8 266.5 4.7 59.5 360 110 16 24 51 16 33 15 J1311.3-0521 17 13 21 21.9 248.8 4.0 53.3 118 110 16 33 10 16 39 15 --- 17 19 22 20.7 249.8 4.1 53.8 360 133 16 33 11 16 40 02 J1320.4+0140 17 20 09 26.5 254.7 4.0 55.7 33 133 16 39 57 16 46 02 --- 17 26 10 25.2 255.7 4.1 56.1 360 157 16 39 58 16 50 02 J1224.5+2613 17 30 11 24.2 287.0 5.1 65.8 205 157 16 49 57 16 56 02 --- 17 36 12 23.0 287.7 5.2 65.4 360 180 16 49 58 16 56 33 J1229.5+2711 17 36 43 24.3 288.2 5.1 66.1 24 180 16 56 28 17 02 33 --- 17 42 44 23.1 288.8 5.2 65.6 360 204 16 56 29 17 03 03 J1231.7+2848 17 43 14 24.1 290.2 5.2 66.4 25 204 17 02 58 17 09 03 --- 17 49 15 22.9 290.8 5.3 65.9 360 227 17 02 59 17 10 13 J1315.1+2841 17 50 25 31.4 286.7 4.6 69.1 51 227 17 10 08 17 16 13 --- 17 56 26 30.2 287.2 4.7 68.7 360 251 17 10 09 17 18 19 J1213.2+1443 17 58 33 10.7 280.8 5.7 60.4 90 251 17 18 14 17 24 19 --- 18 04 34 9.5 281.5 5.8 60.2 360 274 17 18 15 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 EVN observations of a new sample of faint blazars 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 31 May 2011 Day 151 --- 17 34 35 J1223.9+0650 18 14 51 5.5 274.6 5.8 59.3 604 274 17 34 30 17 40 35 --- 18 20 52 4.3 275.3 5.9 D 59.2 0 298 17 34 31 17 49 20 J1311.3-0521 18 29 39 6.2 259.9 5.3 57.9 504 298 17 49 15 17 55 20 --- 18 35 40 4.9 260.6 5.4 D 58.1 0 322 17 49 16 17 56 12 J1320.4+0140 18 36 32 10.4 265.6 5.3 58.7 38 322 17 56 07 18 02 12 --- 18 42 33 9.1 266.4 5.4 58.8 360 345 17 56 08 18 06 12 J1224.5+2613 18 46 33 9.0 295.2 6.4 59.7 208 345 18 06 07 18 12 12 --- 18 52 34 7.8 295.9 6.5 59.1 360 369 18 06 08 18 12 45 J1229.5+2711 18 53 07 9.2 296.2 6.4 59.7 27 369 18 12 40 18 18 45 --- 18 59 08 8.0 296.9 6.5 59.1 360 392 18 12 41 18 19 16 J1231.7+2848 18 59 39 9.1 298.1 6.5 59.4 25 392 18 19 11 18 25 16 --- 19 05 40 8.0 298.8 6.6 58.8 360 416 18 19 12 18 26 36 J1315.1+2841 19 07 00 16.0 294.1 5.9 62.9 62 416 18 26 31 18 32 36 --- 19 13 01 14.9 294.8 6.0 62.4 360 439 18 26 32 18 43 49 J1400.7+0425 19 24 16 10.2 269.0 5.4 59.2 642 439 18 43 44 18 49 49 --- 19 30 17 8.9 269.7 5.5 59.2 360 463 18 43 45 18 50 41 J1416.4+1242 19 31 10 16.2 275.2 5.2 60.9 36 463 18 50 36 18 56 41 --- 19 37 11 14.9 276.0 5.3 60.8 360 486 18 50 37 18 57 51 J1419.1+0603 19 38 21 11.9 269.8 5.3 59.4 60 486 18 57 46 19 03 51 --- 19 44 22 10.7 270.6 5.4 59.4 360 510 18 57 47 19 04 18 J1420.6+0650 19 44 49 11.3 271.2 5.4 59.6 21 510 19 04 13 19 10 18 --- 19 50 50 10.0 271.9 5.5 59.5 360 534 19 04 14 20 48 26 J1543.6+1847 21 29 14 12.7 284.4 5.7 61.1 5845 534 20 48 21 20 54 26 --- 21 35 15 11.4 285.1 5.8 60.8 360 557 20 48 22 20 55 16 J1606.0+2031 21 36 05 16.7 284.2 5.5 62.4 37 557 20 55 11 21 01 16 --- 21 42 06 15.5 284.9 5.6 62.0 360 581 20 55 12 21 02 04 J1629.7+2117 21 42 55 20.6 283.1 5.2 63.5 35 581 21 01 59 21 08 04 --- 21 48 56 19.3 283.7 5.3 63.2 360 604 21 02 00 21 18 04 3C345 21 58 57 27.2 302.0 5.3 70.9 578 604 21 17 59 21 24 04 --- 22 04 58 26.1 302.4 5.4 70.1 360 628 21 18 00 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.C512 Matching groups in /irasoft/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 10 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4966.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4982.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 4998.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 5014.49 BBC fr= 766.49 766.49 766.49 766.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 782.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 798.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 814.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- EVN observations of a new sample of faint blazars Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J1204.2-0710 12 01 42.796323 * 12 04 16.665000 12 04 53.263862 0.00 -06 53 26.73304 *-07 10 08.79000 -07 14 09.05071 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 28.400 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1213.2+1443 12 10 41.961642 * 12 13 14.797000 12 13 51.141854 0.00 15 00 41.07847 * 14 44 00.43000 14 40 07.70049 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 27.899 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1223.9+0650 12 21 21.662720 * 12 23 54.620000 12 24 31.066577 0.00 07 06 39.91652 * 06 50 02.74000 06 46 08.35095 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 31.800 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1224.5+2613 12 22 04.021031 * 12 24 34.421000 12 25 10.262486 0.00 26 29 53.43014 * 26 13 16.66000 26 09 28.45668 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 35.100 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1225.5+0715 12 22 58.400584 * 12 25 31.247000 12 26 07.675481 0.00 07 32 30.02458 * 07 15 53.57000 07 11 59.50022 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 31.800 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1229.5+2711 12 27 04.760348 * 12 29 34.266000 12 30 09.930216 0.00 27 28 30.61441 * 27 11 56.31000 27 08 08.95575 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 35.100 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1231.7+2848 12 29 14.726915 * 12 31 43.592000 12 32 19.122986 0.00 29 04 22.79739 * 28 47 49.71000 28 44 03.10256 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 34.100 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1311.3-0521 13 08 42.241929 * 13 11 17.846000 13 11 55.197550 0.00 -05 05 24.28988 *-05 21 20.04000 -05 25 07.74430 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 30.000 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1315.1+2841 13 12 51.421408 * 13 15 13.523000 13 15 47.725472 0.00 28 56 43.67856 * 28 40 53.58000 28 37 16.55445 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 35.100 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1320.4+0140 13 17 53.715455 * 13 20 26.770000 13 21 03.540161 0.00 01 56 19.48932 * 01 40 36.60000 01 36 53.93876 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 33.100 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1400.7+0425 13 58 17.298374 * 14 00 48.424000 14 01 24.908765 0.00 04 39 59.85370 * 04 25 31.05000 04 22 06.78603 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 20.800 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1416.4+1242 14 14 03.338535 * 14 16 28.652000 14 17 03.833126 0.00 12 56 06.08530 * 12 42 13.59000 12 38 59.65452 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 23.000 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1419.1+0603 14 16 39.577962 * 14 19 09.262000 14 19 45.475130 0.00 06 17 14.76038 * 06 03 28.71000 06 00 14.90893 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.400 scan and 20.200 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1420.6+0650 14 18 11.782977 * 14 20 40.893000 14 21 16.976416 0.00 07 04 41.89586 * 06 50 59.66000 06 47 46.91843 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.400 scan and 20.200 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1539.1-0658 15 36 29.290851 * 15 39 09.648000 15 39 48.601904 0.00 -06 49 00.92288 *-06 58 43.49000 -07 01 01.23628 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.400 scan and 19.300 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1543.6+1847 15 41 28.887031 * 15 43 43.819000 15 44 16.829303 0.00 18 56 45.52225 * 18 47 20.20000 18 45 08.73594 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 26.500 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1606.0+2031 16 03 54.143619 * 16 06 05.908000 16 06 38.219250 0.00 20 40 11.01838 * 20 32 09.11000 20 30 16.83621 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 27.400 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 * J1629.7+2117 16 27 37.816457 * 16 29 47.541000 16 30 19.398708 0.00 21 23 46.72279 * 21 17 18.12000 21 15 47.14984 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 28.300 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 J1229+0203 12 26 33.245835 * 12 29 06.699731 12 29 43.303561 1.04 * 3C273 02 19 43.30577 * 02 03 08.59827 01 59 13.32982 1.33 3C273B /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba 1226+023 GSFC 2010a astro solution 32199 Observations J1229+02 0.267 scan and 21.767 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 24.270069 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 18.69526 0.54 1641+399 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 0.300 scan and 18.900 baseline hours in setup: sess211.C512 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) J1204.2-0710 113.8 J1213.2+1443 106.5 J1223.9+0650 112.5 J1224.5+2613 102.9 J1225.5+0715 112.7 J1229.5+2711 103.3 J1231.7+2848 102.8 J1311.3-0521 128.5 J1315.1+2841 110.4 J1320.4+0140 127.4 J1400.7+0425 134.3 J1416.4+1242 131.8 J1419.1+0603 136.9 J1420.6+0650 136.6 J1539.1-0658 160.2 J1543.6+1847 137.5 J1606.0+2031 137.0 J1629.7+2117 136.8 3C273 115.8 3C345 118.2 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