COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Snapshot observations of high Rotation Measure (RM) sources - 3 sources Exp. Code: EP099C Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: A. Pasetto Address: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie Auf dem Huegel 69 Bonn Germany Phone: 0049-228-525-531 EMAIL: apasetto@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: 0049-2257-301-106 Phone during observation: 0049-15732747191 Observing mode: Snapshot observations of sources at 3.6cm (256 Mb/s) Notes: 3 Sources to be observed at 3.6cm: 3 hours on source plus 1.5h overhead 4.50h Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Snapshot observations of high Rotation Measure (RM) sources - 3 sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 8 Nov 2016 Day 313 --- Next scan frequencies: 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8463.49 8463.49 8463.49 8463.49 Next BBC frequencies: 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 383.49 383.49 383.49 383.49 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 01 00 00 J0920+4441 10 59 33 72.4 615.8 1.6 57.4 0 0 01 00 00 01 01 00 =0917+449 11 00 33 72.2 616.1 1.6 57.5 60 8 01 00 01 01 01 10 J0920+4441 11 00 43 72.2 616.1 1.6 57.6 4 8 01 01 10 01 02 40 =0917+449 11 02 14 72.0 616.6 1.7 57.7 90 19 01 01 11 01 24 20 3C84 11 23 57 16.5 677.9 8.1 33.7 1178 19 01 24 20 01 25 20 --- 11 24 57 16.4 678.0 8.1 33.6 60 27 01 24 21 01 25 42 3C84 11 25 19 16.4 678.1 8.1 33.5 16 27 01 25 42 01 27 00 --- 11 26 38 16.3 678.3 8.1 33.4 78 37 01 25 43 01 41 30 0958+32 11 41 10 63.1 593.5 1.7 36.1 755 37 01 41 30 01 51 30 --- 11 51 12 61.9 597.2 1.9 38.0 600 114 01 41 31 02 26 50 J0920+4441 12 26 37 59.0 635.3 3.1 60.0 2063 114 02 26 50 02 27 50 =0917+449 12 27 38 58.8 635.4 3.1 59.9 60 122 02 26 51 02 28 12 J0920+4441 12 28 00 58.8 635.5 3.1 59.9 16 122 02 28 12 02 29 20 =0917+449 12 29 08 58.6 635.7 3.1 59.9 68 130 02 28 13 02 30 31 0958+32 12 30 19 56.5 609.4 2.5 43.3 20 130 02 30 31 02 40 20 --- 12 40 10 55.0 612.1 2.7 44.2 589 206 02 30 32 03 03 30 0958+32 13 03 23 51.5 617.9 3.1 45.7 1382 206 03 03 30 03 13 30 --- 13 13 25 50.0 620.2 3.2 46.2 600 283 03 03 31 03 13 52 0958+32 13 13 47 50.0 620.3 3.2 46.2 16 283 03 13 52 03 23 40 --- 13 23 37 48.5 622.5 3.4 46.6 588 358 03 13 53 03 26 10 1146+53 13 26 07 75.0 647.7 1.6 88.0 81 358 03 26 10 03 36 10 --- 13 36 09 73.6 648.0 1.8 86.2 600 435 03 26 11 03 38 40 0958+32 13 38 39 46.1 625.7 3.7 46.9 81 435 03 38 40 03 48 40 --- 13 48 41 44.6 627.8 3.8 47.0 600 512 03 38 41 03 51 10 1146+53 13 51 11 71.4 648.6 2.1 83.8 81 512 03 51 10 04 01 10 --- 14 01 13 69.9 649.2 2.2 82.3 600 589 03 51 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Snapshot observations of high Rotation Measure (RM) sources - 3 sources 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 8 Nov 2016 Day 313 --- 04 03 10 0958+32 14 03 13 42.4 630.7 4.1 47.1 50 589 04 03 10 04 13 10 --- 14 13 15 40.8 632.6 4.2 47.0 600 666 04 03 11 04 15 10 1146+53 14 15 15 67.8 650.0 2.5 80.2 51 666 04 15 10 04 25 10 --- 14 25 17 66.4 650.7 2.6 78.9 600 743 04 15 11 04 27 50 0958+32 14 27 57 38.5 635.4 4.5 46.8 90 743 04 27 50 04 33 20 --- 14 33 28 37.7 636.4 4.6 46.7 330 785 04 27 51 04 35 20 1146+53 14 35 28 64.9 651.5 2.8 77.5 50 785 04 35 20 04 40 50 --- 14 40 59 64.1 651.9 2.9 76.7 330 827 04 35 21 04 41 12 1146+53 14 41 21 64.1 651.9 2.9 76.7 16 827 04 41 12 04 51 00 --- 14 51 11 62.7 652.7 3.1 75.4 588 903 04 41 13 04 53 00 J1310+3220 14 53 11 63.1 593.5 1.7 36.0 36 903 04 53 00 04 54 00 =1308+326 14 54 12 63.0 593.9 1.7 36.2 60 910 04 53 01 04 54 10 J1310+3220 14 54 22 62.9 593.9 1.7 36.3 4 910 04 54 10 04 55 10 =1308+326 14 55 22 62.8 594.3 1.7 36.5 60 918 04 54 11 04 57 10 1146+53 14 57 22 61.8 653.2 3.2 74.6 36 918 04 57 10 05 07 10 --- 15 07 24 60.4 654.0 3.3 73.3 600 995 04 57 11 05 07 32 1146+53 15 07 46 60.3 654.1 3.3 73.3 16 995 05 07 32 05 17 20 --- 15 17 35 58.9 654.9 3.5 72.0 588 1070 05 07 33 05 19 50 J1407+2827 15 20 06 63.0 577.0 1.2 25.0 47 1070 05 19 50 05 20 50 =OQ208 15 21 06 62.9 577.4 1.2 25.3 60 1078 05 19 51 05 21 00 J1407+2827 15 21 16 62.9 577.5 1.2 25.3 4 1078 05 21 00 05 22 30 =OQ208 15 22 46 62.7 578.1 1.3 25.7 90 1090 05 21 01 05 23 30 3C286 15 23 46 60.3 594.8 1.9 35.9 19 1090 05 23 30 05 24 30 --- 15 24 47 60.2 595.2 1.9 36.1 60 1097 05 23 31 05 24 40 3C286 15 24 57 60.2 595.3 1.9 36.1 4 1097 05 24 40 05 26 10 --- 15 26 27 60.0 595.8 1.9 36.4 90 1109 05 24 41 05 27 10 J1407+2827 15 27 27 62.3 580.1 1.3 27.0 19 1109 05 27 10 05 28 10 =OQ208 15 28 27 62.2 580.6 1.3 27.2 60 1117 05 27 11 05 28 20 J1407+2827 15 28 37 62.2 580.6 1.3 27.3 4 1117 05 28 20 05 29 50 =OQ208 15 30 07 62.0 581.3 1.4 27.6 90 1128 05 28 21 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: evn_pol.3.6cm Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_x Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 4 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8367.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8399.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8431.49 8463.49 8463.49 8463.49 8463.49 BBC fr= 287.49 287.49 287.49 287.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 319.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 351.49 383.49 383.49 383.49 383.49 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: 9 10 11 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 0243-05 02 40 43.234532 * 02 43 12.464000 02 44 03.603728 0.00 -06 03 37.54967 *-05 50 55.36000 -05 46 42.79988 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 0958+32 09 55 25.395126 * 09 58 20.939000 09 59 18.817881 0.00 32 38 22.98256 * 32 24 02.16000 32 19 03.07769 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 1146+53 11 44 04.561185 * 11 46 44.186000 11 47 35.082893 0.00 54 13 23.17562 * 53 56 43.36000 53 50 59.29935 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 3C84 03 16 29.567263 * 03 19 48.160094 03 20 56.778861 1.30 J0319+4130 41 19 51.91701 * 41 30 42.10413 41 34 14.15486 2.69 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 10208 observations. * 3C138 05 18 16.514083 * 05 21 09.885965 05 22 09.029391 0.05 J0521+1638 16 35 26.83418 * 16 38 22.05165 16 39 11.65358 0.06 0518+165 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0521+16 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 352 observations. 0917+449 09 17 41.919218 * 09 20 58.458481 09 22 03.391223 0.02 * J0920+4441 44 54 39.62460 * 44 41 53.98511 44 37 20.66419 0.02 J0920+44 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 2190 observations. 1308+326 13 08 07.560130 * 13 10 28.663849 13 11 14.035434 0.21 * J1310+3220 32 36 40.23886 * 32 20 43.78293 32 15 26.83509 0.20 J1310+32 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 114443 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657758 * 13 31 08.288051 13 31 52.842750 0.18 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64059 * 30 30 32.95924 30 25 28.37972 0.17 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 225 observations. OQ208 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 43.670637 0.24 * J1407+2827 28 41 29.23518 * 28 27 14.69022 28 22 37.10885 0.34 1404+286 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1407+28 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 67871 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 0243-05 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 12 13 0.909 23.213 0958+32 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 1.085 90.666 1146+53 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 1.085 97.571 3C84 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 0.038 2.530 3C138 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 0.035 1.940 J0920+4441 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.077 6.545 J1310+3220 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.033 3.013 3C286 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.042 3.771 J1407+2827 evn_pol.3.6cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 0.083 7.293 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) 0243-05 157.4 0958+32 85.9 1146+53 81.1 3C84 154.5 3C138 144.8 J0920+4441 96.9 J1310+3220 54.8 3C286 51.1 J1407+2827 46.5 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