COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Observations of the core of the giant radio galaxy J145049+100649 Exp. Code: EH032A Schedule Version: 4.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: G.H. Heald Address: ASTRON Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 595 774 EMAIL: heald@astron.nl Fax: +31 521 595 101 Phone during observation: +31 521 595 774 Observing mode: Phase-referencing of a source at 18cm (512 Mb/s) Notes: Place additional information here (note2-4 available) Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Observations of the core of the giant radio galaxy J145049+100649 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 17 Oct 2015 Day 290 --- Next scan frequencies: 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 Next BBC frequencies: 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 08 12 53 J1450+0910 17 59 46 41.1 253.7 3.1 56.3 0 0 08 12 53 08 14 43 =1448+093 18 01 46 40.7 254.1 3.2 56.5 110 7 08 12 54 08 14 43 UGC09555 18 01 36 41.3 255.0 3.2 57.2 -5 7 No stop 08 23 43 --- 18 10 38 39.4 256.6 3.3 57.8 535 42 08 14 44 08 24 18 J1450+0910 18 11 13 38.7 255.7 3.3 57.2 30 42 08 24 18 08 26 18 =1448+093 18 13 13 38.3 256.1 3.4 57.3 120 49 08 24 19 08 26 18 UGC09555 18 13 13 38.9 257.0 3.4 57.9 -5 49 No stop 08 35 18 --- 18 22 15 37.0 258.5 3.5 58.5 535 84 08 26 19 08 38 19 OQ208 18 25 15 34.8 284.9 4.3 70.2 150 84 08 38 19 08 43 09 --- 18 30 16 33.8 285.3 4.4 69.8 290 103 08 38 20 08 46 08 J1450+0910 18 33 06 34.1 259.3 3.7 58.4 149 103 08 46 08 08 47 58 =1448+093 18 35 07 33.7 259.6 3.7 58.5 110 110 08 46 09 08 47 58 UGC09555 18 34 57 34.3 260.5 3.7 59.1 -5 110 No stop 08 56 58 --- 18 43 58 32.4 261.9 3.9 59.4 535 144 08 47 59 08 57 33 J1450+0910 18 44 33 31.7 261.1 3.9 58.9 30 144 08 57 33 08 59 33 =1448+093 18 46 33 31.3 261.4 3.9 59.0 120 152 08 57 34 08 59 33 UGC09555 18 46 33 31.8 262.3 3.9 59.5 -5 152 No stop 09 08 33 --- 18 55 35 29.9 263.6 4.1 59.8 535 187 08 59 34 09 09 08 J1450+0910 18 56 10 29.3 262.8 4.1 59.4 30 187 09 09 08 09 11 08 =1448+093 18 58 10 28.8 263.1 4.1 59.4 120 194 09 09 09 09 11 08 UGC09555 18 58 10 29.4 263.9 4.1 59.9 -5 194 No stop 09 20 08 --- 19 07 12 27.5 265.2 4.3 60.1 535 229 09 11 09 09 20 43 J1450+0910 19 07 47 26.8 264.4 4.3 59.7 30 229 09 20 43 09 22 43 =1448+093 19 09 47 26.4 264.7 4.3 59.7 120 237 09 20 44 09 22 43 UGC09555 19 09 47 26.9 265.6 4.3 60.1 -5 237 No stop 09 31 43 --- 19 18 49 25.0 266.8 4.5 60.3 535 271 09 22 44 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Observations of the core of the giant radio galaxy J145049+100649 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 17 Oct 2015 Day 290 --- 09 35 34 3C286 19 22 40 16.9 295.8 5.8 63.4 198 271 09 35 34 09 40 24 --- 19 27 41 16.0 296.3 5.9 62.9 290 290 09 35 35 09 44 13 J1450+0910 19 31 21 21.8 267.6 4.7 60.1 196 290 09 44 13 09 46 03 =1448+093 19 33 21 21.3 267.9 4.7 60.1 110 297 09 44 14 09 46 03 UGC09555 19 33 11 21.9 268.7 4.7 60.4 -5 297 No stop 09 55 03 --- 19 42 12 20.0 269.9 4.8 60.4 535 331 09 46 04 09 55 38 J1450+0910 19 42 47 19.3 269.1 4.9 60.1 30 331 09 55 38 09 57 38 =1448+093 19 44 48 18.9 269.4 4.9 60.1 120 339 09 55 39 09 57 38 UGC09555 19 44 48 19.4 270.2 4.9 60.4 -5 339 No stop 10 06 38 --- 19 53 49 17.5 271.4 5.0 60.4 535 374 09 57 39 10 07 15 J1450+0910 19 54 27 16.8 270.6 5.1 60.1 32 374 10 07 15 10 09 05 =1448+093 19 56 27 16.4 270.9 5.1 60.1 110 381 10 07 16 10 09 05 UGC09555 19 56 17 17.0 271.7 5.1 60.4 -5 381 No stop 10 18 05 --- 20 05 18 15.0 272.8 5.2 60.3 535 415 10 09 06 10 18 40 J1450+0910 20 05 54 14.4 272.1 5.2 60.1 30 415 10 18 40 10 20 40 =1448+093 20 07 54 13.9 272.3 5.3 60.1 120 423 10 18 41 10 20 40 UGC09555 20 07 54 14.5 273.1 5.3 60.3 -5 423 No stop 10 29 40 --- 20 16 55 12.5 274.3 5.4 60.1 535 458 10 20 41 10 32 42 OQ208 20 19 58 11.8 296.2 6.2 60.9 156 458 10 32 42 10 37 32 --- 20 24 59 10.9 296.7 6.3 60.4 290 476 10 32 43 10 40 35 J1450+0910 20 27 52 9.7 274.9 5.6 59.8 157 476 10 40 35 10 42 25 =1448+093 20 29 52 9.2 275.1 5.6 59.7 110 483 10 40 36 10 42 25 UGC09555 20 29 42 9.8 275.9 5.6 59.9 -5 483 No stop 10 51 25 --- 20 38 44 7.9 277.0 5.8 59.7 535 518 10 42 26 10 52 00 J1450+0910 20 39 19 7.2 276.3 5.8 59.5 30 518 10 52 00 10 54 00 =1448+093 20 41 19 6.8 276.6 5.8 59.5 120 526 10 52 01 10 54 00 UGC09555 20 41 19 7.3 277.3 5.8 59.6 -5 526 No stop 11 03 00 --- 20 50 21 5.4 278.5 6.0 59.3 535 560 10 54 01 13 57 44 3C345 23 45 33 8.9 311.5 7.0 56.6 10423 560 13 57 44 14 02 34 --- 23 50 34 8.1 312.0 7.1 55.9 290 579 13 57 45 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess315.L512 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq.dat: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 Setup group: 1 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: 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 IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L 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 these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1634.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1650.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1666.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 1682.49 BBC fr= 665.51 665.51 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 649.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 633.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 617.51 Bandwd= 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 Matching frequency sets: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 18, 20, 6, 8, 22, 24, 10, 12, 26, 28, 14, 16, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * UGC09555 14 48 23.739225 * 14 50 49.397000 14 51 33.998406 0.00 10 19 09.23120 * 10 06 49.31000 10 03 11.91829 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 28 00.920337 0.30 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 58 01.68818 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 245753 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657758 * 13 31 08.288051 13 31 50.136426 0.18 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64059 * 30 30 32.95924 30 25 51.23204 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 41.130297 0.24 J1407+2827 28 41 29.23518 * 28 27 14.69022 28 22 58.48911 0.34 1404+286 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1407+28 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 67871 observations. 1448+093 14 48 04.740055 * 14 50 31.168932 14 51 16.025239 0.13 * J1450+0910 09 22 48.79490 * 09 10 27.95504 09 06 50.20130 0.27 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 138 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809966 16 43 29.356876 0.76 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 15.94486 0.52 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 53430 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 UGC09555 sess315.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 4.800 365.796 4C39.25 sess315.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 0.083 6.500 3C286 sess315.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 0.322 23.683 OQ208 sess315.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 0.322 27.631 J1450+0910 sess315.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 1.067 83.114 3C345 sess315.L512 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 14 15 0.081 7.331 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) UGC09555 28.3 4C39.25 73.6 3C286 39.7 OQ208 38.8 J1450+0910 27.7 3C345 66.6 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