COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N11M2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 9.40 Release Jan. 13, 2011. PI: Stefanie Muehle Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: muehle@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 2/2011 (512 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 26 May 2011. The NME uses a setup typical for methanol spectral line experiments, but with 16 channels, i.e. using both sidebands of all BBCs, and 8 MHz filters. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C84, DA193 and 4C39.25 as well as phase-referencing parts with a methanol maser and a continuum source as targets, respectively. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:35 (scan 04, 4 sec, DA193) ~13:18 (scan 19, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~14:15 (scan 35, 4 sec, 4C39.25) ~14:54 (scan 43, 4 sec, 4C39.25) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Since this schedule includes a spectral line source (OMC-1S), please switch OFF the phase cal signal! Good luck with the session! Stefanie Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- Next scan frequencies: 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 Next BBC frequencies: 140.52 140.52 140.52 140.52 156.52 156.52 156.52 156.52 172.52 172.52 172.52 172.52 188.52 188.52 188.52 188.52 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 12 00 00 3C84 04 41 23 72.3 238.2 1.3 0.0 0 0 12 00 00 12 10 00 --- 04 51 24 71.0 242.4 1.5 0.0 600 39 12 00 04 12 11 00 3C84 04 52 24 70.8 242.9 1.5 0.0 49 39 12 11 00 12 21 00 --- 05 02 26 69.5 246.6 1.7 0.0 600 77 12 11 04 12 25 00 DA193 05 06 27 74.4 142.0 -0.8 0.0 99 77 12 25 00 12 30 00 --- 05 11 27 74.8 145.2 -0.7 0.0 300 97 12 25 04 12 31 00 DA193 05 12 28 74.9 145.9 -0.7 0.0 49 97 12 31 00 12 36 00 --- 05 17 28 75.3 149.3 -0.6 0.0 300 116 12 31 04 12 39 00 DA193 05 20 29 75.5 151.4 -0.6 0.0 169 116 12 39 00 12 49 00 --- 05 30 31 76.2 158.8 -0.4 0.0 600 155 12 39 04 12 53 00 4C39.25 05 34 31 48.4 85.4 -3.9 0.0 53 155 12 53 00 12 54 30 --- 05 36 01 48.7 85.6 -3.9 0.0 90 161 12 53 04 12 54 30 J0926+4029 05 36 01 49.7 84.1 -3.8 0.0 -18 161 No stop 12 56 00 =0922+407 05 37 32 49.9 84.4 -3.8 0.0 72 166 12 54 34 12 56 00 4C39.25 05 37 32 48.9 85.9 -3.8 0.0 -18 166 No stop 12 57 30 --- 05 39 02 49.1 86.2 -3.8 0.0 72 172 12 56 04 12 57 30 J0926+4029 05 39 02 50.2 84.6 -3.8 0.0 -18 172 No stop 12 59 00 =0922+407 05 40 32 50.4 84.9 -3.8 0.0 72 178 12 57 34 12 59 00 4C39.25 05 40 32 49.3 86.5 -3.8 0.0 -18 178 No stop 13 00 30 --- 05 42 02 49.6 86.8 -3.8 0.0 72 184 12 59 04 13 00 30 J0926+4029 05 42 02 50.6 85.2 -3.7 0.0 -18 184 No stop 13 02 00 =0922+407 05 43 33 50.8 85.5 -3.7 0.0 72 190 13 00 34 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- 13 03 00 4C39.25 05 44 33 49.9 87.2 -3.7 0.0 42 190 13 03 00 13 04 30 --- 05 46 03 50.2 87.5 -3.7 0.0 90 195 13 03 04 13 04 30 J0926+4029 05 46 03 51.2 85.9 -3.7 0.0 -18 195 No stop 13 06 00 =0922+407 05 47 33 51.5 86.2 -3.7 0.0 72 201 13 04 34 13 06 00 4C39.25 05 47 33 50.4 87.8 -3.7 0.0 -18 201 No stop 13 07 30 --- 05 49 04 50.6 88.1 -3.6 0.0 72 207 13 06 04 13 07 30 J0926+4029 05 49 04 51.7 86.5 -3.6 0.0 -18 207 No stop 13 09 00 =0922+407 05 50 34 51.9 86.8 -3.6 0.0 72 213 13 07 34 13 09 00 4C39.25 05 50 34 50.8 88.4 -3.6 0.0 -18 213 No stop 13 10 30 --- 05 52 04 51.1 88.7 -3.6 0.0 72 219 13 09 04 13 10 30 J0926+4029 05 52 04 52.1 87.1 -3.6 0.0 -18 219 No stop 13 12 00 =0922+407 05 53 34 52.4 87.3 -3.6 0.0 72 225 13 10 34 13 13 00 4C39.25 05 54 35 51.4 89.2 -3.6 0.0 42 225 13 13 00 13 15 00 --- 05 56 35 51.7 89.6 -3.5 0.0 120 232 13 13 04 13 16 00 4C39.25 05 57 35 51.9 89.8 -3.5 0.0 49 232 13 16 00 13 20 00 --- 06 01 36 52.5 90.6 -3.4 0.0 240 248 13 16 04 13 23 00 4C39.25 06 04 36 53.0 91.2 -3.4 0.0 169 248 13 23 00 13 24 30 --- 06 06 06 53.2 91.5 -3.4 0.0 90 254 13 23 04 13 24 30 J0926+4029 06 06 06 54.2 89.8 -3.3 0.0 -18 254 No stop 13 26 00 =0922+407 06 07 37 54.5 90.1 -3.3 0.0 72 259 13 24 34 13 26 00 4C39.25 06 07 37 53.4 91.8 -3.3 0.0 -18 259 No stop 13 27 30 --- 06 09 07 53.6 92.1 -3.3 0.0 72 265 13 26 04 13 27 30 J0926+4029 06 09 07 54.7 90.4 -3.3 0.0 -18 265 No stop 13 29 00 =0922+407 06 10 37 54.9 90.7 -3.3 0.0 72 271 13 27 34 13 29 00 4C39.25 06 10 37 53.9 92.4 -3.3 0.0 -18 271 No stop 13 30 30 --- 06 12 07 54.1 92.7 -3.3 0.0 72 277 13 29 04 13 30 30 J0926+4029 06 12 07 55.2 91.0 -3.2 0.0 -18 277 No stop 13 32 00 =0922+407 06 13 38 55.4 91.3 -3.2 0.0 72 283 13 30 34 13 32 00 4C39.25 06 13 38 54.3 93.1 -3.2 0.0 -18 283 No stop 13 33 30 --- 06 15 08 54.5 93.4 -3.2 0.0 72 288 13 32 04 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- 13 38 30 J0541-0541 06 20 09 30.8 191.0 0.6 0.0 96 288 13 38 30 13 40 30 =0539-057 06 22 09 30.8 191.6 0.7 0.0 120 296 13 38 34 13 40 30 OMC-1S 06 22 09 30.9 193.5 0.8 0.0 -18 296 No stop 13 45 30 --- 06 27 10 30.7 194.9 0.9 0.0 282 315 13 40 34 13 45 30 J0541-0541 06 27 10 30.6 193.0 0.7 0.0 -18 315 No stop 13 47 30 =0539-057 06 29 10 30.6 193.6 0.8 0.0 102 323 13 45 34 13 48 30 OMC-1S 06 30 10 30.6 195.8 0.9 0.0 42 323 13 48 30 13 53 30 --- 06 35 11 30.3 197.2 1.0 0.0 300 343 13 48 34 13 53 30 J0541-0541 06 35 11 30.3 195.3 0.9 0.0 -18 343 No stop 13 55 30 =0539-057 06 37 12 30.2 195.9 0.9 0.0 102 350 13 53 34 13 56 30 OMC-1S 06 38 12 30.2 198.0 1.0 0.0 42 350 13 56 30 14 01 30 --- 06 43 13 30.0 199.5 1.1 0.0 300 370 13 56 34 14 01 30 J0541-0541 06 43 13 30.0 197.6 1.0 0.0 -18 370 No stop 14 03 30 =0539-057 06 45 13 29.9 198.2 1.1 0.0 102 377 14 01 34 14 08 30 4C39.25 06 50 14 59.8 101.4 -2.6 0.0 102 377 14 08 30 14 10 30 --- 06 52 14 60.1 101.9 -2.6 0.0 120 385 14 08 34 14 11 30 4C39.25 06 53 14 60.2 102.2 -2.6 0.0 49 385 14 11 30 14 15 30 --- 06 57 15 60.8 103.2 -2.5 0.0 240 401 14 11 34 14 18 30 4C39.25 07 00 15 61.3 104.0 -2.5 0.0 169 401 14 18 30 14 20 30 --- 07 02 16 61.6 104.6 -2.4 0.0 120 408 14 18 34 14 20 30 J0926+4029 07 02 16 62.7 102.5 -2.4 0.0 -18 408 No stop 14 27 30 =0922+407 07 09 17 63.7 104.4 -2.3 0.0 402 435 14 20 34 14 28 30 4C39.25 07 10 17 62.7 106.8 -2.3 0.0 42 435 14 28 30 14 30 30 --- 07 12 17 63.0 107.4 -2.3 0.0 120 443 14 28 34 14 30 30 J0926+4029 07 12 17 64.1 105.2 -2.2 0.0 -18 443 No stop 14 37 30 =0922+407 07 19 18 65.1 107.2 -2.1 0.0 402 470 14 30 34 14 38 30 4C39.25 07 20 19 64.2 109.7 -2.1 0.0 42 470 14 38 30 14 40 30 --- 07 22 19 64.4 110.3 -2.1 0.0 120 478 14 38 34 14 40 30 J0926+4029 07 22 19 65.6 108.1 -2.1 0.0 -18 478 No stop 14 47 30 =0922+407 07 29 20 66.6 110.3 -2.0 0.0 402 505 14 40 34 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 5 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 26 May 2011 Day 146 --- 14 48 30 4C39.25 07 30 20 65.6 112.9 -2.0 0.0 42 505 14 48 30 14 50 30 --- 07 32 21 65.8 113.6 -1.9 0.0 120 513 14 48 34 14 51 30 4C39.25 07 33 21 66.0 113.9 -1.9 0.0 49 513 14 51 30 14 54 30 --- 07 36 21 66.4 114.9 -1.9 0.0 180 524 14 51 34 14 57 30 4C39.25 07 39 22 66.8 116.0 -1.8 0.0 169 524 14 57 30 15 00 00 --- 07 41 52 67.1 116.9 -1.8 0.0 150 534 14 57 34 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess211.M512 Matching groups in ./n11m2_freq.dat: wb5a Best estimates for now Setup group: 1 Station: WSTRBORK 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= 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 6500.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. LO sum= 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6640.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6656.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6672.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 6688.52 BBC fr= 140.52 140.52 140.52 140.52 156.52 156.52 156.52 156.52 172.52 172.52 172.52 172.52 188.52 188.52 188.52 188.52 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 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 -- Network Monitoring Experiment 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) * OMC-1S 05 32 46.481300 * 05 35 13.930000 05 35 47.232344 0.00 -05 25 58.77005 *-05 24 05.30000 -05 23 45.35473 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.250 scan and 5.112 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 J0319+4130 03 16 29.567258 * 03 19 48.160088 03 20 33.170779 1.66 0316+413 41 19 51.91695 * 41 30 42.10408 41 33 05.90758 2.78 * 3C84 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2010a astro solution 10264 Observations 0.333 scan and 7.000 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 * J0541-0541 05 39 10.994583 * 05 41 38.083371 05 42 11.311730 0.04 0539-057 -05 43 15.02830 *-05 41 49.42843 -05 41 36.10081 0.08 J0541-05 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 727 Observations 0.133 scan and 2.392 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 J0555+3948 05 52 01.407170 * 05 55 30.805612 05 56 18.312060 0.01 0552+398 39 48 21.94583 * 39 48 49.16498 39 48 54.59441 0.01 * DA193 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 355917 Observations 0.333 scan and 9.202 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 * J0926+4029 09 22 50.724317 * 09 26 00.426852 09 26 44.290203 0.12 0922+407 40 42 49.48289 * 40 29 49.67264 40 26 54.79752 0.19 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 90 Observations 0.575 scan and 14.025 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 46.432079 0.29 0923+392 39 15 23.56646 * 39 02 20.85186 38 59 24.89995 0.16 * 4C39.25 /aps3/sched9.4/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 231732 Observations 0.675 scan and 17.693 baseline hours in setup: sess211.M512 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) OMC-1S 33.5 3C84 23.1 J0541-0541 34.7 DA193 29.0 J0926+4029 68.1 4C39.25 68.5 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