COVER INFORMATION Station: TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 TORUN (Code Tr ) 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: 945.51 945.51 945.51 945.51 935.51 935.51 935.51 935.51 919.51 919.51 919.51 919.51 903.51 903.51 903.51 903.51 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 04 23 30 56.1 139.2 -1.6 -25.5 0 1 1 0 00 00 00 00 04 40 =0554+242 04 28 11 56.6 140.9 -1.5 -24.5 280 F 1 18 00 00 01 00 05 33 PSR0531 04 29 04 56.5 151.5 -1.1 -18.0 17 1 1 18 00 05 33 00 18 28 --- 04 42 02 57.3 156.8 -0.9 -14.8 775 F 1 68 00 05 34 00 18 48 PSR0531 04 42 22 57.3 156.9 -0.9 -14.7 12 1 1 68 00 18 48 00 31 43 --- 04 55 19 58.0 162.4 -0.7 -11.3 775 F 1 118 00 18 49 00 32 03 PSR0531 04 55 39 58.0 162.5 -0.7 -11.2 12 1 1 118 00 32 03 00 44 58 --- 05 08 36 58.5 168.2 -0.4 -7.6 775 F 1 168 00 32 04 00 45 18 PSR0531 05 08 56 58.5 168.3 -0.4 -7.5 12 1 1 168 00 45 18 00 58 13 --- 05 21 53 58.8 174.0 -0.2 -3.9 775 F 1 218 00 45 19 00 58 33 PSR0531 05 22 13 58.8 174.2 -0.2 -3.8 12 1 1 218 00 58 33 01 11 28 --- 05 35 10 58.9 180.0 0.0 0.0 775 F 1 268 00 58 34 01 11 48 PSR0531 05 35 30 58.9 180.2 0.0 0.1 12 1 1 268 01 11 48 01 24 43 --- 05 48 27 58.8 186.0 0.2 3.9 775 F 1 318 01 11 49 01 25 03 PSR0531 05 48 48 58.8 186.1 0.2 4.0 12 1 1 318 01 25 03 01 37 58 --- 06 01 45 58.5 191.9 0.4 7.6 775 F 1 368 01 25 04 01 38 18 PSR0531 06 02 05 58.5 192.0 0.4 7.7 12 1 1 368 01 38 18 01 51 13 --- 06 15 02 58.0 197.6 0.7 11.3 775 F 1 418 01 38 19 01 52 13 J0557+2413 06 16 02 60.9 188.6 0.3 5.7 27 1 1 418 01 52 13 01 55 58 =0554+242 06 19 48 60.8 190.4 0.4 6.8 225 F 1 433 01 52 14 02 03 43 NRAO150 06 27 33 67.5 279.6 2.5 70.2 271 1 1 433 02 03 43 02 07 28 --- 06 31 19 67.0 280.1 2.5 69.9 225 F 1 447 02 03 44 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 33 02 64.0 291.5 3.0 74.7 64 1 1 447 02 09 10 02 22 05 --- 06 45 59 62.2 292.7 3.2 73.1 775 F 1 497 02 09 11 02 22 25 PSR0329 06 46 19 62.1 292.7 3.2 73.0 13 1 1 497 02 22 25 02 35 20 --- 06 59 16 60.3 293.9 3.4 71.4 775 F 1 547 02 22 26 02 35 40 PSR0329 06 59 36 60.3 293.9 3.4 71.4 13 1 1 547 02 35 40 02 48 35 --- 07 12 33 58.5 295.2 3.6 69.8 775 F 1 597 02 35 41 02 48 55 PSR0329 07 12 53 58.5 295.2 3.7 69.8 13 1 1 597 02 48 55 03 01 50 --- 07 25 50 56.7 296.4 3.9 68.2 775 F 1 647 02 48 56 03 02 10 PSR0329 07 26 10 56.7 296.5 3.9 68.2 13 1 1 647 03 02 10 03 15 05 --- 07 39 07 55.0 297.8 4.1 66.6 775 F 1 697 03 02 11 03 15 25 PSR0329 07 39 28 54.9 297.8 4.1 66.5 13 1 1 697 03 15 25 03 28 20 --- 07 52 25 53.2 299.1 4.3 65.0 775 F 1 747 03 15 26 03 28 40 PSR0329 07 52 45 53.2 299.1 4.3 64.9 13 1 1 747 03 28 40 03 41 35 --- 08 05 42 51.5 300.5 4.5 63.3 775 F 1 797 03 28 41 03 41 55 PSR0329 08 06 02 51.4 300.5 4.5 63.3 13 1 1 797 03 41 55 03 54 50 --- 08 18 59 49.8 301.9 4.8 61.7 775 F 1 847 03 41 56 03 55 50 NRAO150 08 19 59 51.4 294.0 4.3 60.7 29 1 1 847 03 55 50 03 59 35 --- 08 23 45 50.9 294.4 4.4 60.3 225 F 1 862 03 55 51 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 tr18cm in ./freqFP3.dat E-mail Borkowski 12Mar98, preferred alternative Setup group: 5 Station: TORUN 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= 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 2300.00 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= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 945.51 945.51 945.51 945.51 935.51 935.51 935.51 935.51 919.51 919.51 919.51 919.51 903.51 903.51 903.51 903.51 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 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, 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