COVER INFORMATION Station: ONSALA60 (Code On ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N09Q2 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 8.10 Bug fixs and minor enhancements PI: Stefanie Muehle Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: muehle@jive.nl Fax: +31-521-596539 Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: Notes: Please do NOT use the phase cal signal. Thanks. Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: NOTE: This is version 2 of N09Q2! This is the schedule for the Q-band NME of session 3/2009, to be observed on 12 November 2009, 02:00 - 07:000 UT. Since many of the usual VLBA fringe finders are rather weak at 7mm, the sources are selected from the latest catalog of CARMA calibrator sources (3mm flux, September 2009). Phase-referencing will NOT be tested, because the switching time would be prohibitively small (VLBA Scientific Memorandum 24). Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Good luck for the session! Stefanie Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code On ) Page 2 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Nov 2009 Day 316 --- Next scan frequencies: 43118.49 43118.49 43186.49 43186.49 43202.49 43202.49 43218.49 43218.49 Next BBC frequencies: 318.49 318.49 386.49 386.49 402.49 402.49 418.49 418.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 02 00 00 3C84 06 13 03 58.5 618.7 2.9 44.9 0 1 1 0 02 00 00 02 05 00 --- 06 18 04 57.9 619.9 3.0 45.1 300 F 1 10 02 00 04 02 06 00 3C84 06 19 04 57.7 620.2 3.0 45.2 58 1 1 10 02 06 00 02 16 00 --- 06 29 06 56.4 622.6 3.1 45.6 600 F 1 29 02 06 04 02 17 00 3C84 06 30 06 56.3 622.8 3.2 45.6 58 1 1 29 02 17 00 02 27 00 --- 06 40 08 54.9 625.1 3.3 45.8 600 F 1 48 02 17 04 02 28 00 3C84 06 41 08 54.8 625.4 3.3 45.9 58 1 1 48 02 28 00 02 38 00 --- 06 51 10 53.4 627.6 3.5 46.0 600 F 1 68 02 28 04 02 39 00 3C84 06 52 10 53.3 627.8 3.5 46.0 58 1 1 68 02 39 00 02 49 00 --- 07 02 11 52.0 630.0 3.7 46.1 600 F 1 87 02 39 04 02 50 00 3C84 07 03 12 51.8 630.2 3.7 46.1 58 1 1 87 02 50 00 03 00 00 --- 07 13 13 50.5 632.2 3.9 46.0 600 F 1 106 02 50 04 03 01 00 3C84 07 14 13 50.3 632.5 3.9 46.0 58 1 1 106 03 01 00 03 11 00 --- 07 24 15 49.0 634.5 4.1 45.9 600 F 1 126 03 01 04 03 12 00 3C84 07 25 15 48.9 634.7 4.1 45.9 58 1 1 126 03 12 00 03 22 00 --- 07 35 17 47.5 636.6 4.2 45.7 600 F 1 145 03 12 04 03 23 00 3C84 07 36 17 47.4 636.8 4.3 45.6 58 1 1 145 03 23 00 03 33 00 --- 07 46 19 46.0 638.7 4.4 45.4 600 F 1 165 03 23 04 03 34 00 3C84 07 47 19 45.9 638.9 4.4 45.3 58 1 1 165 03 34 00 03 44 00 --- 07 57 20 44.6 640.8 4.6 45.0 600 F 1 184 03 34 04 03 45 00 3C84 07 58 21 44.4 641.0 4.6 45.0 58 1 1 184 03 45 00 03 55 00 --- 08 08 22 43.1 642.8 4.8 44.6 600 F 1 203 03 45 04 03 56 00 3C84 08 09 22 43.0 643.0 4.8 44.5 58 1 1 203 03 56 00 04 06 00 --- 08 19 24 41.7 644.8 5.0 44.1 600 F 1 223 03 56 04 Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code On ) Page 3 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Nov 2009 Day 316 --- 04 07 00 3C84 08 20 24 41.6 645.0 5.0 44.1 58 1 1 223 04 07 00 04 17 00 --- 08 30 26 40.3 646.8 5.2 43.6 600 F 1 242 04 07 04 04 18 00 3C84 08 31 26 40.1 647.0 5.2 43.5 58 1 1 242 04 18 00 04 28 00 --- 08 41 28 38.8 648.8 5.3 43.0 600 F 1 261 04 18 04 04 29 00 3C84 08 42 28 38.7 648.9 5.4 42.9 58 1 1 261 04 29 00 04 39 00 --- 08 52 29 37.4 650.7 5.5 42.3 600 F 1 281 04 29 04 04 40 00 3C84 08 53 30 37.3 650.9 5.5 42.3 58 1 1 281 04 40 00 04 50 00 --- 09 03 31 36.1 652.6 5.7 41.7 600 F 1 300 04 40 04 04 52 00 TXCAM 09 05 32 57.7 654.4 4.1 61.9 96 1 1 300 04 52 00 04 57 00 --- 09 10 32 57.1 655.0 4.1 61.4 300 F 1 310 04 52 04 04 58 00 TXCAM 09 11 33 57.0 655.1 4.2 61.3 58 1 1 310 04 58 00 05 08 00 --- 09 21 34 55.8 656.3 4.3 60.2 600 F 1 329 04 58 04 05 09 00 TXCAM 09 22 34 55.7 656.4 4.3 60.1 58 1 1 329 05 09 00 05 19 00 --- 09 32 36 54.5 657.7 4.5 59.1 600 F 1 348 05 09 04 05 27 00 3C273 09 40 37 25.3 492.0 -2.8 -23.6 409 1 1 348 05 27 00 05 32 00 --- 09 45 38 25.8 493.2 -2.7 -23.1 300 F 1 358 05 27 04 05 33 00 3C273 09 46 38 25.9 493.5 -2.7 -23.0 58 1 1 358 05 33 00 05 43 00 --- 09 56 40 26.9 496.1 -2.5 -22.0 600 F 1 377 05 33 04 05 44 00 3C273 09 57 40 27.0 496.3 -2.5 -21.8 58 1 1 377 05 44 00 05 54 00 --- 10 07 42 27.9 499.0 -2.4 -20.7 600 F 1 397 05 44 04 05 55 00 3C273 10 08 42 28.0 499.2 -2.3 -20.6 58 1 1 397 05 55 00 06 05 00 --- 10 18 44 28.8 501.9 -2.2 -19.4 600 F 1 416 05 55 04 06 06 00 3C273 10 19 44 28.9 502.2 -2.2 -19.3 58 1 1 416 06 06 00 06 16 00 --- 10 29 45 29.7 504.9 -2.0 -18.1 600 F 1 435 06 06 04 06 17 00 3C273 10 30 46 29.8 505.2 -2.0 -17.9 58 1 1 435 06 17 00 06 27 00 --- 10 40 47 30.5 508.0 -1.8 -16.6 600 F 1 455 06 17 04 06 28 00 3C273 10 41 47 30.6 508.2 -1.8 -16.5 58 1 1 455 06 28 00 06 38 00 --- 10 51 49 31.3 511.0 -1.6 -15.1 600 F 1 474 06 28 04 06 39 00 3C273 10 52 49 31.4 511.3 -1.6 -15.0 58 1 1 474 06 39 00 06 49 00 --- 11 02 51 32.0 514.2 -1.4 -13.6 600 F 1 494 06 39 04 Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code On ) Page 4 Network Monitoring Experiment 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 12 Nov 2009 Day 316 --- 06 50 00 3C273 11 03 51 32.0 514.5 -1.4 -13.4 58 1 1 494 06 50 00 07 00 00 --- 11 13 53 32.6 517.4 -1.3 -12.0 600 F 1 513 06 50 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: NMElcp.7mm Matches group 7mm_onsa in ./7mmfreq.dat 7mm RX Setup group: 2 Station: ONSALA60 Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 42800.00 Net SB= L U L U L U L U Pol. = LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 BBC SB= L U L U L U L U IF = 1N 1N 2A 2A 1N 1N 2A 2A The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. LO sum= 43118.49 43118.49 43186.49 43186.49 43202.49 43202.49 43218.49 43218.49 BBC fr= 318.49 318.49 386.49 386.49 402.49 402.49 418.49 418.49 Bandwd= 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 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Network Monitoring Experiment 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) * TXCAM 04 56 41.340435 * 05 00 51.127000 05 01 44.026524 0.00 56 06 29.52902 * 56 10 53.98000 56 11 45.79599 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.417 scan hours, 1.250 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567310 * 03 19 48.160141 03 20 30.195884 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91765 * 41 30 42.10477 41 33 00.24346 0.41 * 3C84 /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro 2.583 scan hours, 7.750 baseline hours above horizon. J1229+0203 12 26 33.245836 * 12 29 06.699732 12 29 36.909485 0.30 * 3C273 02 19 43.30564 * 02 03 08.59814 01 59 51.17011 0.20 3C273B /aps3/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba 1226+023 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2008a_astro J1229+02 1.417 scan hours, 4.250 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) TXCAM 136.1 3C84 156.1 3C273 44.1 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