COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: PSR gating Correlator Test Observation Exp. Code: FP003 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.00 2008 December Release PI: Bob Campbell Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo the Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 534 EMAIL: campbell@jive.nl Fax: +31 521 597 332 Phone during observation: Observing mode: 18cm MkIV 512 w/2MHz (ovrsmpld) & 8MHz SBs Notes: Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 PSR gating Correlator Test Observation UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 8 Nov 2009 Day 312 --- Next scan frequencies: 1354.49 1354.49 1354.49 1354.49 1364.49 1364.49 1364.49 1364.49 1380.49 1380.49 1380.49 1380.49 1396.49 1396.49 1396.49 1396.49 Next BBC frequencies: 318.49 318.49 318.49 318.49 328.49 328.49 328.49 328.49 344.49 344.49 344.49 344.49 360.49 360.49 360.49 360.49 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 00 00 00 J0557+2413 03 55 50 58.0 479.2 -2.0 -43.0 0 1 1 0 00 00 00 00 04 40 =0554+242 04 00 31 58.7 480.7 -2.0 -42.2 280 F 1 18 00 00 04 00 05 33 PSR0531 04 01 24 60.4 491.7 -1.6 -35.0 34 1 1 18 00 05 33 00 18 28 --- 04 14 21 62.0 496.9 -1.3 -31.7 775 F 1 68 00 05 37 00 18 48 PSR0531 04 14 42 62.1 497.1 -1.3 -31.6 16 1 1 68 00 18 48 00 31 43 --- 04 27 39 63.6 502.8 -1.1 -27.7 775 F 1 118 00 18 52 00 32 03 PSR0531 04 27 59 63.6 503.0 -1.1 -27.6 16 1 1 118 00 32 03 00 44 58 --- 04 40 56 64.9 509.2 -0.9 -23.2 775 F 1 168 00 32 07 00 45 18 PSR0531 04 41 16 64.9 509.4 -0.9 -23.1 16 1 1 168 00 45 18 00 58 13 --- 04 54 13 66.0 516.1 -0.7 -18.1 775 F 1 218 00 45 22 00 58 33 PSR0531 04 54 33 66.0 516.3 -0.7 -18.0 16 1 1 218 00 58 33 01 11 28 --- 05 07 30 66.8 523.5 -0.5 -12.6 775 F 1 268 00 58 37 01 11 48 PSR0531 05 07 50 66.8 523.7 -0.5 -12.4 16 1 1 268 01 11 48 01 24 43 --- 05 20 47 67.3 531.3 -0.2 -6.7 775 F 1 318 01 11 52 01 25 03 PSR0531 05 21 07 67.3 531.5 -0.2 -6.5 16 1 1 318 01 25 03 01 37 58 --- 05 34 05 67.5 539.3 0.0 -0.5 775 F 1 368 01 25 07 01 38 18 PSR0531 05 34 25 67.5 539.5 0.0 -0.4 16 1 1 368 01 38 18 01 51 13 --- 05 47 22 67.4 547.4 0.2 5.7 775 F 1 418 01 38 22 01 52 13 J0557+2413 05 48 22 69.6 533.9 -0.2 -4.8 38 1 1 418 01 52 13 01 55 58 =0554+242 05 52 08 69.7 536.3 -0.1 -2.9 225 F 1 433 01 52 17 02 03 43 NRAO150 05 59 53 69.0 658.7 2.0 96.3 297 1 1 433 02 03 43 02 07 28 --- 06 03 39 68.5 658.5 2.1 95.4 225 F 1 447 02 03 47 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 3 PSR gating Correlator Test Observation UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 8 Nov 2009 Day 312 --- 02 09 10 PSR0329 06 05 22 63.8 666.3 2.5 96.9 88 1 1 447 02 09 10 02 22 05 --- 06 18 19 62.0 665.9 2.7 93.9 775 F 1 497 02 09 14 02 22 25 PSR0329 06 18 39 61.9 665.9 2.7 93.8 16 1 1 497 02 22 25 02 35 20 --- 06 31 36 60.0 665.7 3.0 91.0 775 F 1 547 02 22 29 02 35 40 PSR0329 06 31 56 60.0 665.7 3.0 91.0 16 1 1 547 02 35 40 02 48 35 --- 06 44 53 58.1 665.7 3.2 88.3 775 F 1 597 02 35 44 02 48 55 PSR0329 06 45 13 58.1 665.7 3.2 88.3 16 1 1 597 02 48 55 03 01 50 --- 06 58 10 56.2 665.9 3.4 85.8 775 F 1 647 02 48 59 03 02 10 PSR0329 06 58 30 56.1 665.9 3.4 85.7 16 1 1 647 03 02 10 03 15 05 --- 07 11 27 54.3 666.2 3.6 83.3 775 F 1 697 03 02 14 03 15 25 PSR0329 07 11 47 54.2 666.2 3.6 83.3 16 1 1 697 03 15 25 03 28 20 --- 07 24 45 52.4 666.7 3.8 81.0 775 F 1 747 03 15 29 03 28 40 PSR0329 07 25 05 52.3 666.7 3.9 80.9 16 1 1 747 03 28 40 03 41 35 --- 07 38 02 50.5 667.2 4.1 78.7 775 F 1 797 03 28 44 03 41 55 PSR0329 07 38 22 50.4 667.2 4.1 78.6 16 1 1 797 03 41 55 03 54 50 --- 07 51 19 48.6 667.8 4.3 76.5 775 F 1 847 03 41 59 03 55 50 NRAO150 07 52 19 51.5 661.0 3.9 76.3 47 1 1 847 03 55 50 03 59 35 --- 07 56 05 50.9 661.2 3.9 75.7 225 F 1 862 03 55 54 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: psrgat.mxd Matches group mcFP3 in ./freqFP3.dat updated from Maccaferri (CR 30Jan01) Setup group: 3 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 1036.00 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: 3 Setup file default. LO sum= 1354.49 1354.49 1354.49 1354.49 1364.49 1364.49 1364.49 1364.49 1380.49 1380.49 1380.49 1380.49 1396.49 1396.49 1396.49 1396.49 BBC fr= 318.49 318.49 318.49 318.49 328.49 328.49 328.49 328.49 344.49 344.49 344.49 344.49 360.49 360.49 360.49 360.49 Bandwd= 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 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 SOURCE LIST -- PSR gating Correlator Test Observation 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) * PSR0329 03 29 11.148388 * 03 32 59.450300 03 33 47.973579 0.00 54 24 37.32374 * 54 34 43.41200 54 36 49.74889 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Brisken VLBA posn + prop.mo. 1.722 scan hours, 25.833 baseline hours above horizon. * PSR0531 05 31 31.385711 * 05 34 31.931100 05 35 09.705653 0.00 21 58 54.73566 * 22 00 52.39200 22 01 19.41663 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. TML + prop.mo. 1.722 scan hours, 25.833 baseline hours above horizon. J0359+5057 03 55 45.261371 * 03 59 29.747272 04 00 17.293542 0.32 0355+508 50 49 20.28585 * 50 57 50.16180 50 59 35.70512 0.40 J0359+50 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba * NRAO150 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.125 scan hours, 1.875 baseline hours above horizon. * J0557+2413 05 54 00.912114 * 05 57 04.713582 05 57 43.081877 0.23 0554+242 24 13 35.83082 * 24 13 55.29866 24 14 01.27652 0.41 /aps3/sched8.0/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 0.140 scan hours, 2.104 baseline hours above horizon. 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) PSR0329 141.2 PSR0531 141.5 NRAO150 143.1 J0557+2413 136.3 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