COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies Exp. Code: EB092C Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Anne-Kathrin Baczko Address: MPIfR Auf dem Huegel 69 Bonn, 53121 Germany Phone: 0049 228 525 366 EMAIL: baczko@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: Phone during observation: 0049 228 525 366 Observing mode: evn Notes: Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 6 Nov 2022 Day 310 --- ---------- Fringe-finder-CTA102 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 Next BBC frequencies: 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 14 30 00 CTA102 19 23 54 30.4 56.7 -3.2 0.0 0 0 14 30 00 14 35 00 --- 19 28 55 31.3 55.8 -3.1 0.0 300 77 14 30 01 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 14 37 14 BLLAC 19 31 09 13.2 27.9 -2.5 0.0 46 77 14 37 14 14 42 14 --- 19 36 10 13.7 27.1 -2.5 0.0 300 155 14 37 15 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 15 27 15 BLLAC 20 21 19 17.8 19.6 -1.7 0.0 2679 155 15 27 15 15 32 15 --- 20 26 20 18.1 18.7 -1.6 0.0 300 232 15 27 16 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 16 21 53 BLLAC 21 16 06 20.8 9.4 -0.8 0.0 2955 232 16 21 53 16 26 53 --- 21 21 07 21.0 8.4 -0.7 0.0 300 309 16 21 54 ---------- Target 5 - J0119+3210 ---------- 17 00 57 J0119 21 55 16 13.9 42.9 -3.4 0.0 1918 309 17 00 57 17 03 57 --- 21 58 16 14.4 42.4 -3.4 0.0 180 356 17 00 58 17 04 27 J0119 21 58 46 14.5 42.4 -3.4 0.0 9 356 17 04 27 17 09 27 --- 22 03 47 15.2 41.6 -3.3 0.0 300 433 17 04 28 17 09 57 J0119 22 04 17 15.3 41.5 -3.3 0.0 9 433 17 09 57 17 14 57 --- 22 09 18 16.1 40.7 -3.2 0.0 300 510 17 09 58 ---------- Fringe-finder ---------- 17 27 30 CTA102 22 21 54 52.2 4.7 -0.2 0.0 642 510 17 27 30 17 32 30 --- 22 26 55 52.2 2.7 -0.1 0.0 300 587 17 27 31 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 6 Nov 2022 Day 310 --- ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 17 35 06 BLLAC 22 29 30 21.5 354.9 0.4 0.0 67 587 17 35 06 17 40 06 --- 22 34 31 21.3 353.9 0.5 0.0 300 665 17 35 07 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 18 43 33 BLLAC 23 38 09 18.3 341.8 1.6 0.0 3784 665 18 43 33 18 48 33 --- 23 43 10 18.0 340.9 1.7 0.0 300 742 18 43 34 ---------- Target 5 - J0119+3210 ---------- 19 26 17 J0119 00 21 00 30.1 14.6 -1.0 0.0 2139 742 19 26 17 19 29 17 --- 00 24 00 30.3 13.9 -0.9 0.0 180 788 19 26 18 19 29 47 J0119 00 24 30 30.3 13.8 -0.9 0.0 9 788 19 29 47 19 34 47 --- 00 29 31 30.5 12.6 -0.9 0.0 300 866 19 29 48 19 35 17 J0119 00 30 01 30.6 12.5 -0.8 0.0 9 866 19 35 17 19 40 17 --- 00 35 02 30.8 11.3 -0.8 0.0 300 943 19 35 18 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 19 46 06 BLLAC 00 40 52 12.7 331.3 2.6 0.0 222 943 19 46 06 19 51 06 --- 00 45 53 12.1 330.6 2.7 0.0 300 1020 19 46 07 ---------- Target 6 - J0405+3803 ---------- 20 27 40 J0405 01 22 33 15.2 32.5 -2.7 0.0 1987 1020 20 27 40 20 30 40 --- 01 25 34 15.6 32.0 -2.7 0.0 180 1067 20 27 41 20 31 10 J0405 01 26 04 15.7 31.9 -2.7 0.0 9 1067 20 31 10 20 36 10 --- 01 31 05 16.3 31.1 -2.6 0.0 300 1144 20 31 11 20 36 40 J0405 01 31 35 16.3 31.0 -2.6 0.0 9 1144 20 36 40 20 41 40 --- 01 36 36 16.9 30.2 -2.5 0.0 300 1221 20 36 41 20 42 10 J0405 01 37 06 16.9 30.1 -2.5 0.0 9 1221 20 42 10 20 47 10 --- 01 42 07 17.5 29.2 -2.4 0.0 300 1298 20 42 11 ---------- Target 5 - J0119+3210 ---------- 21 15 37 J0119 02 10 38 30.6 347.8 0.8 0.0 1595 1298 21 15 37 21 18 37 --- 02 13 38 30.5 347.1 0.9 0.0 180 1345 21 15 38 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 6 Nov 2022 Day 310 --- 21 19 07 J0119 02 14 08 30.4 346.9 0.9 0.0 9 1345 21 19 07 21 24 07 --- 02 19 09 30.2 345.8 1.0 0.0 300 1422 21 19 08 21 24 37 J0119 02 19 39 30.1 345.6 1.0 0.0 9 1422 21 24 37 21 29 37 --- 02 24 40 29.9 344.5 1.1 0.0 300 1499 21 24 38 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess322.X2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hhsx Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 256.00 of 512.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 Station: HART Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 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 = 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8319.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8383.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8447.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 8511.49 BBC fr= 239.49 239.49 239.49 239.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 303.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 367.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 431.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 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) * J1945 19 46 12.027461 * 19 45 53.524714 19 45 42.655923 0.00 70 48 21.44221 * 70 55 48.70680 70 59 23.64796 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0119 01 16 47.226159 * 01 19 34.981647 01 20 52.080633 0.00 31 55 05.89348 * 32 10 50.11948 32 18 07.44670 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0405 04 02 29.863336 * 04 05 49.262759 04 07 20.988107 0.00 37 55 27.11229 * 38 03 32.23437 38 07 14.76695 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * NRAO150 03 55 45.261365 * 03 59 29.747266 04 01 13.265349 0.03 J0359+5057 50 49 20.28574 * 50 57 50.16169 51 01 42.04929 0.02 0355+508 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0359+50 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 22807 observations. VR422201 22 00 39.362504 * 22 02 43.291371 22 03 39.384590 0.01 J2202+4216 42 02 08.59075 * 42 16 39.97988 42 23 29.08062 0.00 * BLLAC /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc 2200+420 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 52189 observations. J2202+42 * CTA102 22 30 07.803946 * 22 32 36.408904 22 33 43.925844 0.01 J2232+1143 11 28 22.81076 * 11 43 50.90404 11 50 58.44079 0.02 2230+114 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2232+11 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 9403 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 J1945 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 1.117 58.417 J0119 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 1.167 58.750 J0405 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 1.117 53.050 NRAO150 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.083 4.583 BLLAC sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 0.583 33.332 CTA102 sess322.X2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 0.167 10.083 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) J1945 100.3 J0119 154.6 J0405 151.9 NRAO150 142.1 BLLAC 114.8 CTA102 118.5 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