COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: EVN observations of a new sample of faint blazars Exp. Code: EM097b Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 27 May 2013 Day 147 --- 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 02 45 00 J1840.9+5452 03 09 06 7.3 -27.6 8.5 43.6 0 0 02 45 00 03 00 00 --- 03 24 08 5.8 -26.0 8.7 40.7 900 58 02 45 01 03 23 37 J2239.7-0631 03 47 49 7.8 257.6 5.1 57.3 1132 58 03 23 37 03 29 37 --- 03 53 50 6.5 258.4 5.2 57.6 360 81 03 23 38 03 31 12 3C454.3 03 55 26 20.8 276.9 5.0 62.3 67 81 03 31 12 03 37 12 --- 04 01 27 19.5 277.6 5.1 62.1 360 105 03 31 13 03 37 54 J2322.0+2114 04 02 09 27.5 279.4 4.7 65.0 24 105 03 37 54 03 43 54 --- 04 08 10 26.3 280.1 4.8 64.8 360 128 03 37 55 03 44 58 J0015.5+3052 04 09 14 40.7 285.9 3.9 73.8 36 128 03 44 58 03 50 58 --- 04 15 15 39.5 286.3 4.0 73.4 360 151 03 44 59 03 52 39 J2329.0+0834 04 16 56 20.0 268.1 4.8 60.0 65 151 03 52 39 03 58 39 --- 04 22 57 18.7 268.9 4.9 60.0 360 174 03 52 40 03 59 12 J2347.6+0852 04 23 30 22.7 266.8 4.6 59.9 23 174 03 59 12 04 05 12 --- 04 29 31 21.4 267.6 4.7 60.0 360 197 03 59 13 04 51 08 J2322.0+2114 05 15 35 12.3 287.6 5.9 61.1 2737 197 04 51 08 04 57 08 --- 05 21 36 11.0 288.3 6.0 60.7 360 221 04 51 09 04 58 20 J0015.5+3052 05 22 48 25.8 292.0 5.1 67.7 43 221 04 58 20 05 04 20 --- 05 28 49 24.6 292.6 5.2 67.2 360 244 04 58 21 05 12 37 J2347.6+0852 05 37 07 7.0 276.3 5.8 59.5 466 244 05 12 37 05 18 37 --- 05 43 08 5.7 277.0 5.9 59.4 360 267 05 12 38 05 27 07 J0029.0+0509 05 51 39 10.8 269.6 5.4 59.3 494 267 05 27 07 05 33 07 --- 05 57 40 9.6 270.4 5.5 59.3 360 290 05 27 08 05 34 06 J0125.0+0146 05 58 39 19.5 260.0 4.5 57.5 38 290 05 34 06 05 40 06 --- 06 04 40 18.3 260.8 4.6 57.8 360 314 05 34 07 05 40 46 J0126.2-0500 06 05 21 14.6 254.8 4.6 56.0 31 314 05 40 46 05 46 46 --- 06 11 22 13.4 255.7 4.7 56.4 360 337 05 40 47 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 27 May 2013 Day 147 --- 05 48 08 J0204.8+1514 06 12 44 31.8 269.4 4.1 62.6 47 337 05 48 08 05 54 08 --- 06 18 45 30.5 270.1 4.2 62.6 360 360 05 48 09 05 54 55 J0245.2+1047 06 19 32 36.8 259.8 3.6 59.1 32 360 05 54 55 06 00 55 --- 06 25 33 35.5 260.8 3.7 59.4 360 383 05 54 56 06 02 14 J0227.5-0847 06 26 52 20.4 245.5 4.0 52.1 49 383 06 02 14 06 08 14 --- 06 32 53 19.2 246.5 4.1 52.6 360 406 06 02 15 07 52 07 J0204.8+1514 08 17 03 5.4 284.6 6.2 59.2 6204 406 07 52 07 07 58 07 --- 08 23 04 4.2 285.3 6.3 D 58.9 0 430 07 52 08 07 58 54 J0245.2+1047 08 23 52 10.3 276.5 5.6 60.0 34 430 07 58 54 08 04 54 --- 08 29 53 9.0 277.3 5.7 59.9 360 453 07 58 55 10 09 42 J1840.9+5452 10 35 01 9.5 389.8 -8.1 -47.7 7386 453 10 09 42 10 15 42 --- 10 41 02 10.1 390.4 -8.0 -48.8 360 476 10 09 43 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess213.C512 Matching groups in /home/marco/sched_10.2/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 12 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 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= 8.00 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 Matching frequency sets: 13 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, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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) * J0015.5+3052 00 12 59.883165 * 00 15 36.129000 00 16 18.386804 0.00 30 35 43.97660 * 30 52 24.01000 30 56 44.08454 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 36.104 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0029.0+0509 00 26 29.121291 * 00 29 03.598000 00 29 45.104890 0.00 04 52 59.28842 * 05 09 34.07000 05 13 59.27217 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 27.712 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0125.0+0146 01 22 31.037810 * 01 25 05.485000 01 25 46.705522 0.00 01 30 50.38358 * 01 46 26.28000 01 50 34.43280 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 30.732 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0126.2-0500 01 23 43.784395 * 01 26 15.363000 01 26 55.729167 0.00 -05 16 52.58532 *-05 01 18.52000 -04 57 09.20733 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 28.065 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0204.8+1514 02 02 07.381328 * 02 04 50.399000 02 05 33.896764 0.00 14 59 51.05522 * 15 14 11.16000 15 17 54.73583 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 33.506 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0227.5-0847 02 25 04.574679 * 02 27 32.085000 02 28 11.100137 0.00 -09 01 38.00271 *-08 48 13.15000 -08 44 40.76750 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 29.388 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0245.2+1047 02 42 33.038110 * 02 45 15.051000 02 45 58.122021 0.00 10 34 16.47234 * 10 46 53.05000 10 50 08.51924 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 35.130 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0421.5+1433 04 18 43.690142 * 04 21 33.110000 04 22 18.024431 0.00 14 27 00.05677 * 14 34 03.00000 14 35 46.66989 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 11.718 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 * J0427.2-0756 04 24 49.069927 * 04 27 14.210000 04 27 52.435746 0.00 -08 03 04.37716 *-07 56 24.83000 -07 54 47.23599 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 10.553 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J0435.1-0811 04 32 43.633428 * 04 35 08.384000 04 35 46.503802 0.00 -08 17 10.78020 *-08 11 03.17000 -08 09 34.48714 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 10.937 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J0447.9-0322 04 45 24.800110 * 04 47 54.753000 04 48 34.323902 0.00 -03 27 58.46152 *-03 22 43.19000 -03 21 29.04376 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 10.896 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J0502.5+1338 04 59 43.844691 * 05 02 33.223000 05 03 18.110769 0.00 13 33 56.76239 * 13 38 11.30000 13 39 09.39439 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 11.684 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 * J0513.8+0156 05 11 16.007420 * 05 13 51.944000 05 14 33.179051 0.00 01 53 30.16159 * 01 56 56.12000 01 57 40.37109 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 10.745 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J0518.2+0624 05 15 34.903975 * 05 18 15.987000 05 18 58.630658 0.00 06 21 15.24620 * 06 24 22.51000 06 25 01.93736 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 12.025 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 * J0535.1-0239 05 32 41.622211 * 05 35 12.273000 05 35 52.084491 0.00 -02 41 00.72101 *-02 39 07.02000 -02 38 48.38034 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.200 scan and 10.794 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J0724.3-0715 07 21 51.480645 * 07 24 17.325000 07 24 56.140907 0.00 -07 09 24.38665 *-07 15 19.71000 -07 17 09.81455 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.100 scan and 5.500 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J0816.0-0736 08 13 42.098096 * 08 16 08.485000 08 16 47.690838 0.00 -07 27 55.83361 *-07 37 12.29000 -07 39 56.79432 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.100 scan and 6.527 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 * J0927.7-0900 09 25 19.677026 * 09 27 46.934000 09 28 26.783855 0.00 -08 47 16.45068 *-09 00 22.24000 -09 04 08.21231 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.100 scan and 6.553 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 * J1804.7+1755 18 02 30.322854 * 18 04 42.496000 18 05 19.806231 0.00 17 55 42.94274 * 17 55 58.76000 17 56 05.91436 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 21.495 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 * J1840.9+5452 18 39 57.034997 * 18 40 57.444000 18 41 15.940112 0.00 54 49 18.12283 * 54 52 14.12000 54 52 58.78823 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.650 scan and 43.904 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 * J2239.7-0631 22 37 10.038408 * 22 39 46.534000 22 40 29.051268 0.00 -06 47 36.82093 *-06 31 57.37000 -06 27 39.29499 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 29.510 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J2322.0+2114 23 19 32.559647 * 23 22 01.946000 23 22 42.556677 0.00 20 57 22.75856 * 21 13 50.17000 21 18 10.69015 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 33.372 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J2329.0+0834 23 26 33.411921 * 23 29 05.799000 23 29 47.073605 0.00 08 17 42.96555 * 08 34 15.22000 08 38 40.74294 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 31.632 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J2347.6+0852 23 45 04.284498 * 23 47 37.444000 23 48 18.834214 0.00 08 36 16.24762 * 08 52 56.58000 08 57 23.57293 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan and 33.756 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 * J0449+1121 04 46 21.217284 * 04 49 07.671104 04 49 51.766288 0.10 0446+112 11 16 17.84557 * 11 21 28.59636 11 22 41.81589 0.10 J0449+11 /home/marco/sched_10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 7372 observations 0.200 scan and 10.745 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14 J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 38.151013 0.68 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34810 * 16 08 53.56093 16 13 08.84135 0.72 2251+158 /home/marco/sched_10.2/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2011A astro solution 39747 Observations 0.400 scan and 25.178 baseline hours in setup: sess213.C512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 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) J0015.5+3052 54.3 J0029.0+0509 57.4 J0125.0+0146 46.1 J0126.2-0500 49.4 J0204.8+1514 31.8 J0227.5-0847 40.3 J0245.2+1047 24.3 J0421.5+1433 6.8 J0427.2-0756 29.4 J0435.1-0811 29.8 J0447.9-0322 25.9 J0502.5+1338 13.4 J0513.8+0156 23.9 J0518.2+0624 21.1 J0535.1-0239 30.7 J0724.3-0715 54.2 J0816.0-0736 65.5 J0927.7-0900 82.1 J1804.7+1755 132.7 J1840.9+5452 97.8 J2239.7-0631 87.0 J2322.0+2114 67.9 J2329.0+0834 70.1 J2347.6+0852 65.7 J0449+1121 12.6 3C454.3 75.8 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