COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 04 57 12 44.2 425.3 -4.4 -65.5 0 0 01 00 00 01 01 00 =0917+449 04 58 12 44.4 425.4 -4.4 -65.6 60 8 01 00 01 01 01 10 J0920+4441 04 58 22 44.4 425.4 -4.4 -65.6 7 8 01 01 10 01 02 40 =0917+449 04 59 53 44.6 425.6 -4.4 -65.8 90 19 01 01 11 01 09 10 0243-05 05 06 24 30.4 582.2 2.4 28.8 178 19 01 09 10 01 14 10 --- 05 11 25 29.8 583.4 2.5 29.5 300 58 01 09 11 01 14 20 0243-05 05 11 35 29.8 583.5 2.5 29.5 7 58 01 14 20 01 19 20 --- 05 16 35 29.2 584.7 2.5 30.3 300 97 01 14 21 01 24 20 3C84 05 21 36 67.9 633.0 2.0 72.1 217 97 01 24 20 01 25 20 --- 05 22 36 67.7 633.1 2.0 72.1 60 104 01 24 21 01 25 42 3C84 05 22 58 67.6 633.2 2.0 72.1 19 104 01 25 42 01 27 00 --- 05 24 17 67.4 633.4 2.1 72.1 78 114 01 25 43 01 29 00 0243-05 05 26 17 27.9 587.1 2.7 31.6 37 114 01 29 00 01 39 00 --- 05 36 19 26.6 589.4 2.9 33.0 600 192 01 29 01 01 41 30 0958+32 05 38 49 38.9 440.2 -4.3 -56.3 -53 192 01 41 30 01 51 30 --- 05 48 51 40.7 441.8 -4.2 -56.6 547 269 01 41 31 01 54 00 0243-05 05 51 21 24.5 592.9 3.1 34.8 -56 269 01 54 00 02 04 00 --- 06 01 23 23.1 595.1 3.3 36.0 544 346 01 54 01 02 04 26 0243-05 06 01 49 23.0 595.2 3.3 36.0 23 346 02 04 26 02 14 10 --- 06 11 34 21.6 597.3 3.5 37.1 584 421 02 04 27 02 17 50 3C138 06 15 15 60.0 566.1 0.9 19.1 138 421 02 17 50 02 18 50 --- 06 16 15 59.9 566.5 0.9 19.4 60 429 02 17 51 02 19 13 3C138 06 16 38 59.9 566.7 0.9 19.5 20 429 02 19 13 02 20 20 --- 06 17 45 59.8 567.2 0.9 19.9 67 438 02 19 14 02 26 50 J0920+4441 06 24 17 58.7 433.8 -3.0 -74.2 208 438 02 26 50 02 27 50 =0917+449 06 25 17 58.9 433.9 -2.9 -74.3 60 446 02 26 51 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 --- 02 28 12 J0920+4441 06 25 39 59.0 434.0 -2.9 -74.3 19 446 02 28 12 02 29 20 =0917+449 06 26 47 59.2 434.1 -2.9 -74.4 68 454 02 28 13 02 30 31 0958+32 06 27 58 47.6 448.0 -3.5 -57.5 43 454 02 30 31 02 40 20 --- 06 37 49 49.4 449.7 -3.4 -57.5 589 530 02 30 32 02 46 20 0243-05 06 43 50 16.5 603.9 4.0 40.1 151 530 02 46 20 02 56 20 --- 06 53 51 14.9 605.9 4.2 40.9 600 608 02 46 21 02 56 42 0243-05 06 54 13 14.9 606.0 4.2 40.9 19 608 02 56 42 03 01 30 --- 06 59 02 14.1 606.9 4.2 41.2 288 645 02 56 43 03 03 30 0958+32 07 01 03 53.5 454.0 -3.0 -57.3 -87 645 03 03 30 03 13 30 --- 07 11 04 55.3 455.9 -2.8 -57.1 513 722 03 03 31 03 13 52 0958+32 07 11 26 55.4 456.0 -2.8 -57.0 19 722 03 13 52 03 23 40 --- 07 21 16 57.1 458.0 -2.6 -56.7 588 798 03 13 53 03 26 10 1146+53 07 23 46 47.5 412.9 -4.4 -74.6 86 798 03 26 10 03 36 10 --- 07 33 48 49.0 413.5 -4.2 -76.2 600 875 03 26 11 03 38 40 0958+32 07 36 18 59.8 461.4 -2.4 -55.8 83 875 03 38 40 03 48 40 --- 07 46 20 61.5 463.9 -2.2 -55.0 600 952 03 38 41 03 51 10 1146+53 07 48 50 51.1 414.2 -4.0 -78.7 80 952 03 51 10 04 01 10 --- 07 58 52 52.6 414.7 -3.8 -80.4 600 1030 03 51 11 04 03 10 0958+32 08 00 52 64.0 467.8 -2.0 -53.5 46 1030 04 03 10 04 13 10 --- 08 10 54 65.7 470.8 -1.8 -52.1 600 1107 04 03 11 04 15 10 1146+53 08 12 54 54.6 415.2 -3.6 -82.8 42 1107 04 15 10 04 25 10 --- 08 22 56 56.1 415.5 -3.4 -84.6 600 1184 04 15 11 04 27 50 0958+32 08 25 36 68.1 475.8 -1.6 -49.4 76 1184 04 27 50 04 33 20 --- 08 31 07 69.0 477.9 -1.5 -48.2 330 1227 04 27 51 04 35 20 1146+53 08 33 08 57.6 415.7 -3.2 -86.5 33 1227 04 35 20 04 40 50 --- 08 38 39 58.4 415.7 -3.1 -87.5 330 1269 04 35 21 04 41 12 1146+53 08 39 01 58.5 415.8 -3.1 -87.6 19 1269 04 41 12 04 51 00 --- 08 48 50 59.9 415.8 -3.0 -89.5 588 1345 04 41 13 04 53 00 J1310+3220 08 50 51 38.9 440.3 -4.3 -56.2 73 1345 04 53 00 04 54 00 =1308+326 08 51 51 39.1 440.5 -4.3 -56.3 60 1353 04 53 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 4 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 54 10 J1310+3220 08 52 01 39.1 440.5 -4.3 -56.3 7 1353 04 54 10 04 55 10 =1308+326 08 53 01 39.3 440.6 -4.3 -56.3 60 1360 04 54 11 04 57 10 1146+53 08 55 01 60.8 415.8 -2.9 -90.8 73 1360 04 57 10 05 07 10 --- 09 05 03 62.3 415.7 -2.7 -92.9 600 1438 04 57 11 05 07 32 1146+53 09 05 25 62.3 415.7 -2.7 -93.0 19 1438 05 07 32 05 17 20 --- 09 15 15 63.8 415.5 -2.5 -95.1 588 1513 05 07 33 05 19 50 J1407+2827 09 17 45 31.5 439.6 -4.8 -52.9 80 1513 05 19 50 05 20 50 =OQ208 09 18 45 31.6 439.8 -4.8 -52.9 60 1521 05 19 51 05 21 00 J1407+2827 09 18 55 31.7 439.8 -4.8 -52.9 7 1521 05 21 00 05 22 30 =OQ208 09 20 25 31.9 440.1 -4.8 -53.0 90 1533 05 21 01 05 23 30 3C286 09 21 26 39.6 443.8 -4.2 -55.3 40 1533 05 23 30 05 24 30 --- 09 22 26 39.8 444.0 -4.2 -55.3 60 1540 05 23 31 05 24 40 3C286 09 22 36 39.8 444.0 -4.2 -55.3 7 1540 05 24 40 05 26 10 --- 09 24 06 40.1 444.2 -4.1 -55.4 90 1552 05 24 41 05 27 10 J1407+2827 09 25 06 32.8 440.8 -4.7 -53.1 40 1552 05 27 10 05 28 10 =OQ208 09 26 06 32.9 441.0 -4.7 -53.2 60 1560 05 27 11 05 28 20 J1407+2827 09 26 16 33.0 441.0 -4.7 -53.2 7 1560 05 28 20 05 29 50 =OQ208 09 27 47 33.2 441.2 -4.7 -53.2 90 1571 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 --- 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: 10 Station: MEDICINA 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= 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 = 9 1 9 1 11 3 11 3 13 5 13 5 15 7 15 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 D1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 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: 3 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) * 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