COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: Ser_8N Exp. Code: ek040a Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Agata Karska Address: Torun Centre for Astronomy ul. Gagarina 11 Torun Poland Phone: +48 56 611 30 61 EMAIL: motylek@astro.uni.torun.pl Fax: +48 56 611 30 09 Phone during observation: +48 56 611 30 20 Observing mode: ar uma Notes: Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 Ser_8N 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 2019 Day 147 --- ---------- fringe finder ---------- 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 22 00 00 J1800+3848 22 25 13 36.5 -62.3 4.4 76.7 0 0 22 00 00 22 07 00 =1758+388 22 32 14 35.2 -61.9 4.5 75.9 420 54 22 00 01 22 10 00 J1826+0149 22 35 15 24.8 256.3 4.1 W 56.3 -461 54 22 10 00 22 12 30 =1823+017 22 37 45 24.2 256.7 4.2 W 56.5 0 73 22 10 01 22 12 30 SER8N 22 37 45 24.6 255.7 4.1 56.1 -4 73 No stop 22 17 30 --- 22 42 46 23.6 256.4 4.2 56.4 296 112 22 12 31 22 17 30 J1826+0149 22 42 46 23.2 257.4 4.3 56.7 -4 112 No stop 22 19 00 =1823+017 22 44 16 22.9 257.7 4.3 56.8 86 124 22 17 31 22 19 00 SER8N 22 44 16 23.3 256.6 4.2 56.5 -4 124 No stop 22 24 00 --- 22 49 17 22.2 257.4 4.3 56.7 296 162 22 19 01 22 24 40 J1826+0149 22 49 57 21.7 258.5 4.4 57.1 36 162 22 24 40 22 25 40 =1823+017 22 50 57 21.5 258.6 4.4 57.1 60 170 22 24 41 22 25 40 SER8N 22 50 57 21.9 257.6 4.3 56.8 -4 170 No stop 22 30 40 --- 22 55 58 20.8 258.4 4.4 57.0 296 209 22 25 41 22 30 40 J1826+0149 22 55 58 20.4 259.4 4.5 57.4 -4 209 No stop 22 32 10 =1823+017 22 57 28 20.1 259.6 4.5 57.4 86 220 22 30 41 22 32 10 SER8N 22 57 28 20.5 258.6 4.4 57.1 -4 220 No stop 22 37 10 --- 23 02 29 19.5 259.3 4.5 57.3 296 259 22 32 11 22 37 50 J1826+0149 23 03 09 18.9 260.4 4.6 57.6 36 259 22 37 50 22 38 50 =1823+017 23 04 09 18.7 260.5 4.6 57.7 60 267 22 37 51 22 38 50 SER8N 23 04 09 19.1 259.6 4.6 57.4 -4 267 No stop 22 43 50 --- 23 09 10 18.1 260.3 4.6 57.6 296 305 22 38 51 22 43 50 J1826+0149 23 09 10 17.6 261.2 4.7 57.9 -4 305 No stop 22 45 20 =1823+017 23 10 41 17.3 261.4 4.7 57.9 86 317 22 43 51 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 Ser_8N 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 2019 Day 147 --- 22 45 20 SER8N 23 10 41 17.8 260.5 4.7 57.6 -4 317 No stop 22 50 20 --- 23 15 41 16.7 261.2 4.7 57.8 296 356 22 45 21 22 51 00 J1826+0149 23 16 21 16.1 262.2 4.8 58.1 36 356 22 51 00 22 52 00 =1823+017 23 17 22 15.9 262.4 4.8 58.1 60 363 22 51 01 22 52 00 SER8N 23 17 22 16.3 261.4 4.8 57.9 -4 363 No stop 22 57 00 --- 23 22 22 15.3 262.1 4.9 58.0 296 402 22 52 01 22 57 00 J1826+0149 23 22 22 14.8 263.0 4.9 58.3 -4 402 No stop 22 58 30 =1823+017 23 23 53 14.5 263.3 4.9 58.3 86 414 22 57 01 22 58 30 SER8N 23 23 53 15.0 262.3 4.9 58.1 -4 414 No stop 23 03 30 --- 23 28 54 13.9 263.0 5.0 58.2 296 452 22 58 31 23 04 10 J1826+0149 23 29 34 13.3 264.0 5.0 58.4 36 452 23 04 10 23 05 10 =1823+017 23 30 34 13.1 264.2 5.1 58.5 60 460 23 04 11 23 05 10 SER8N 23 30 34 13.5 263.2 5.0 58.3 -4 460 No stop 23 10 10 --- 23 35 35 12.5 263.9 5.1 58.4 296 499 23 05 11 23 10 10 J1826+0149 23 35 35 12.0 264.8 5.1 58.6 -4 499 No stop 23 11 40 =1823+017 23 37 05 11.7 265.0 5.2 58.6 86 510 23 10 11 23 11 40 SER8N 23 37 05 12.2 264.1 5.1 58.4 -4 510 No stop 23 16 40 --- 23 42 06 11.1 264.8 5.2 58.5 296 549 23 11 41 23 17 20 J1826+0149 23 42 46 10.5 265.8 5.3 58.7 36 549 23 17 20 23 18 20 =1823+017 23 43 46 10.3 265.9 5.3 58.7 60 556 23 17 21 23 18 20 SER8N 23 43 46 10.7 265.0 5.2 58.6 -4 556 No stop 23 23 20 --- 23 48 47 9.7 265.6 5.3 58.7 296 595 23 18 21 23 23 20 J1826+0149 23 48 47 9.2 266.6 5.4 58.8 -4 595 No stop 23 24 50 =1823+017 23 50 17 8.9 266.8 5.4 58.8 86 607 23 23 21 23 24 50 SER8N 23 50 17 9.3 265.8 5.3 58.7 -4 607 No stop 23 29 50 --- 23 55 18 8.3 266.5 5.4 58.8 296 645 23 24 51 23 30 30 J1826+0149 23 55 58 7.7 267.5 5.5 58.9 36 645 23 30 30 23 31 30 =1823+017 23 56 58 7.5 267.6 5.5 58.9 60 653 23 30 31 23 31 30 SER8N 23 56 58 7.9 266.7 5.4 58.8 -4 653 No stop 23 36 30 --- 00 01 59 6.8 267.4 5.5 D 58.8 0 692 23 31 31 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: 13 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) * SER8N 18 27 16.894790 * 18 29 49.220000 18 30 48.412617 0.00 01 14 48.42067 * 01 16 52.97000 01 17 43.14394 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1749+096 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 28.362907 0.00 * J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 46.33000 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 192391 observations. 1758+388 17 58 44.703954 * 18 00 24.765363 18 01 04.467316 0.01 * J1800+3848 38 48 32.47350 * 38 48 30.69748 38 48 27.87590 0.01 J1800+38 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 5095 observations. 1823+017 18 23 53.374684 * 18 26 25.061156 18 27 24.021962 0.09 * J1826+0149 01 47 50.32304 * 01 49 40.11951 01 50 24.58279 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 161 observations. 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 SER8N sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 18 5.000 563.571 J1751+0939 sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 13 18 0.100 12.000 J1800+3848 sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 18 0.117 17.850 J1826+0149 sess219.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 18 1.342 141.510 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) SER8N 140.5 J1751+0939 141.3 J1800+3848 115.2 J1826+0149 140.9 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