COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: First-epoch VLBI of HE0435 Exp. Code: EH036E Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Philippa Hartley Address: SKAO Jodrell Bank Macclesfield SK11 9DL U.K. Phone: +44 275 4080 EMAIL: p.hartley@skatelescope.org Fax: Phone during observation: +44 275 4080 Observing mode: MKIV Notes: Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 First-epoch VLBI of HE0435 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 30 May 2019 Day 150 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 08 00 00 J0555+3948 07 19 08 71.4 598.0 1.4 43.1 0 0 08 00 00 08 06 00 --- 07 25 09 70.6 600.6 1.5 44.6 360 46 08 00 01 08 08 00 J0319+4130 07 27 10 47.9 641.2 4.1 54.2 55 46 08 08 00 08 12 00 --- 07 31 10 47.3 641.9 4.2 54.0 240 77 08 08 01 08 17 00 0436-129 07 36 11 15.0 584.7 2.9 26.5 217 77 08 17 00 08 19 00 --- 07 38 11 14.8 585.2 3.0 26.7 120 92 08 17 01 08 19 00 HE0435-1223 07 38 11 15.2 585.5 3.0 26.8 -11 92 No stop 08 24 00 --- 07 43 12 14.7 586.6 3.1 27.4 289 131 08 19 01 08 24 45 0436-129 07 43 57 14.1 586.5 3.1 27.4 34 131 08 24 45 08 26 15 --- 07 45 28 14.0 586.8 3.1 27.6 90 142 08 24 46 08 26 15 HE0435-1223 07 45 28 14.4 587.1 3.1 27.7 -11 142 No stop 08 31 15 --- 07 50 28 13.8 588.2 3.2 28.2 289 181 08 26 16 08 31 15 0436-129 07 50 28 13.4 587.9 3.2 28.1 -11 181 No stop 08 32 45 --- 07 51 59 13.2 588.2 3.2 28.3 79 192 08 31 16 08 32 45 HE0435-1223 07 51 59 13.7 588.6 3.2 28.4 -11 192 No stop 08 37 45 --- 07 56 59 13.1 589.7 3.3 28.9 289 231 08 32 46 08 38 30 0436-129 07 57 45 12.5 589.5 3.3 28.9 34 231 08 38 30 08 40 00 --- 07 59 15 12.4 589.8 3.3 29.0 90 242 08 38 31 08 40 00 HE0435-1223 07 59 15 12.8 590.2 3.3 29.1 -11 242 No stop 08 45 00 --- 08 04 16 12.2 591.3 3.4 29.6 289 281 08 40 01 08 45 00 0436-129 08 04 16 11.8 590.9 3.4 29.5 -11 281 No stop 08 46 30 --- 08 05 46 11.6 591.2 3.4 29.7 79 292 08 45 01 08 46 30 HE0435-1223 08 05 46 12.0 591.6 3.4 29.8 -11 292 No stop 08 51 30 --- 08 10 47 11.4 592.7 3.5 30.2 289 331 08 46 31 08 52 15 0436-129 08 11 32 10.9 592.5 3.5 30.2 34 331 08 52 15 08 53 45 --- 08 13 02 10.7 592.8 3.6 30.4 90 342 08 52 16 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 First-epoch VLBI of HE0435 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 30 May 2019 Day 150 --- 08 53 45 HE0435-1223 08 13 02 11.1 593.2 3.6 30.5 -11 342 No stop 08 58 45 --- 08 18 03 10.5 594.2 3.6 30.9 289 381 08 53 46 08 58 45 0436-129 08 18 03 10.1 593.9 3.6 30.8 -11 381 No stop 09 00 15 --- 08 19 33 9.9 594.2 3.7 D 31.0 0 392 08 58 46 09 00 15 HE0435-1223 08 19 33 10.3 594.6 3.7 31.1 -11 392 No stop 09 05 15 --- 08 24 34 9.7 595.6 3.8 D 31.5 0 431 09 00 16 10 53 45 J0555+3948 10 13 22 45.3 640.9 4.3 52.3 6391 431 10 53 45 10 59 45 --- 10 19 23 44.3 641.9 4.4 52.0 360 477 10 53 46 13 53 55 J0555+3948 13 14 01 20.2 669.4 7.3 38.5 10441 477 13 53 55 13 59 55 --- 13 20 02 19.5 670.4 7.4 37.9 360 523 13 53 56 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 11 12 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * HE0435-1223 04 35 54.799933 * 04 38 14.880000 04 39 06.925047 0.00 -12 23 09.38540 *-12 17 14.60000 -12 15 08.00257 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 0436-129 04 36 15.594206 * 04 38 35.021012 04 39 26.812808 0.00 -12 56 56.75083 *-12 51 03.35928 -12 48 57.28514 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0319+4130 03 16 29.567269 * 03 19 48.160100 03 21 02.545444 0.00 41 19 51.91887 * 41 30 42.10600 41 34 37.88688 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0555+3948 05 52 01.407158 * 05 55 30.805600 05 56 49.023545 0.00 39 48 21.94585 * 39 48 49.16500 39 48 54.12463 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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 HE0435-1223sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 3.833 260.546 0436-129 sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 1.258 81.399 J0319+4130 sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 0.067 5.859 J0555+3948 sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 + 0.300 23.779 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) HE0435-1223 34.1 0436-129 34.7 J0319+4130 24.3 J0555+3948 26.1 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