COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 659.51 659.51 659.51 659.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 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 08 34 45 57.0 -63.6 2.6 92.8 0 0 08 00 00 08 06 00 --- 08 40 46 55.8 -63.7 2.7 91.8 360 46 08 00 01 08 08 00 J0319+4130 08 42 46 26.7 -55.7 5.4 70.9 2 46 08 08 00 08 12 00 --- 08 46 47 26.0 -55.4 5.4 70.4 240 77 08 08 01 08 19 00 HE0435-1223 08 53 48 15.2 245.2 4.2 52.7 -184 77 08 19 00 08 24 00 --- 08 58 49 14.2 245.9 4.3 53.1 116 116 08 19 01 08 24 45 0436-129 08 59 34 13.8 245.5 4.3 53.1 42 116 08 24 45 08 26 15 --- 09 01 04 13.5 245.7 4.4 53.2 90 128 08 24 46 08 26 15 HE0435-1223 09 01 04 13.7 246.3 4.4 53.3 -3 128 No stop 08 31 15 --- 09 06 05 12.8 247.0 4.4 53.8 297 166 08 26 16 08 31 15 0436-129 09 06 05 12.5 246.5 4.4 53.6 -3 166 No stop 08 32 45 --- 09 07 35 12.2 246.7 4.5 53.8 87 178 08 31 16 08 32 45 HE0435-1223 09 07 35 12.5 247.2 4.5 53.9 -3 178 No stop 08 37 45 --- 09 12 36 11.5 248.0 4.6 54.3 297 216 08 32 46 08 38 30 0436-129 09 13 21 11.1 247.6 4.6 54.3 42 216 08 38 30 08 40 00 --- 09 14 51 10.8 247.8 4.6 54.4 90 228 08 38 31 08 40 00 HE0435-1223 09 14 51 11.0 248.3 4.6 54.5 -3 228 No stop 08 45 00 --- 09 19 52 10.0 249.0 4.7 54.9 297 267 08 40 01 08 45 00 0436-129 09 19 52 9.8 248.5 4.7 54.8 -3 267 No stop 08 46 30 --- 09 21 22 9.5 248.7 4.7 54.9 87 278 08 45 01 08 46 30 HE0435-1223 09 21 22 9.7 249.2 4.7 55.0 -3 278 No stop 08 51 30 --- 09 26 23 8.7 249.9 4.8 55.4 297 317 08 46 31 08 52 15 0436-129 09 27 08 8.3 249.5 4.8 55.4 42 317 08 52 15 08 53 45 --- 09 28 39 8.0 249.7 4.8 55.5 90 328 08 52 16 08 53 45 HE0435-1223 09 28 39 8.3 250.2 4.8 55.6 -3 328 No stop 08 58 45 --- 09 33 39 7.2 250.9 4.9 55.9 297 367 08 53 46 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 --- 10 53 45 J0555+3948 11 28 58 24.2 303.3 5.5 68.8 6746 367 10 53 45 10 59 45 --- 11 34 59 23.2 303.7 5.6 68.0 360 414 10 53 46 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess219.L1024 --- 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: 15 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 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= 659.51 659.51 659.51 659.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 627.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 595.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 563.51 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: 6 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 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