COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Observations of the core of the giant radio galaxy J145049+100649 Exp. Code: EH032B Schedule Version: 2.00 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 6cm (1024 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 29 Oct 2015 Day 302 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 07 10 08 J1450+0910 17 44 09 44.3 250.8 2.9 55.0 0 0 07 10 08 07 11 58 =1448+093 17 46 09 43.9 251.2 2.9 55.2 110 14 07 10 09 07 11 58 UGC09555 17 45 59 44.5 252.1 2.9 55.9 -5 14 No stop 07 20 58 --- 17 55 00 42.6 253.8 3.1 56.6 535 83 07 11 59 07 21 33 J1450+0910 17 55 35 41.9 252.9 3.1 56.0 30 83 07 21 33 07 23 33 =1448+093 17 57 36 41.5 253.3 3.1 56.2 120 99 07 21 34 07 23 33 UGC09555 17 57 36 42.1 254.3 3.1 56.9 -5 99 No stop 07 32 33 --- 18 06 37 40.2 255.9 3.3 57.5 535 168 07 23 34 07 34 27 OQ208 18 08 32 38.3 283.4 4.0 71.3 83 168 07 34 27 07 39 17 --- 18 13 33 37.3 283.8 4.1 70.9 290 205 07 34 28 07 41 13 J1450+0910 18 15 19 37.9 256.4 3.4 57.5 84 205 07 41 13 07 43 03 =1448+093 18 17 19 37.4 256.8 3.4 57.6 110 219 07 41 14 07 43 03 UGC09555 18 17 09 38.0 257.7 3.4 58.2 -5 219 No stop 07 52 03 --- 18 26 11 36.1 259.2 3.6 58.7 535 288 07 43 04 07 52 38 J1450+0910 18 26 46 35.5 258.3 3.6 58.1 30 288 07 52 38 07 54 38 =1448+093 18 28 46 35.0 258.6 3.6 58.2 120 304 07 52 39 07 54 38 UGC09555 18 28 46 35.6 259.6 3.6 58.8 -5 304 No stop 08 03 38 --- 18 37 47 33.7 261.0 3.8 59.2 535 373 07 54 39 08 04 13 J1450+0910 18 38 23 33.0 260.1 3.8 58.7 30 373 08 04 13 08 06 13 =1448+093 18 40 23 32.6 260.4 3.8 58.8 120 388 08 04 14 08 06 13 UGC09555 18 40 23 33.2 261.3 3.8 59.3 -5 388 No stop 08 15 13 --- 18 49 24 31.2 262.7 4.0 59.6 535 458 08 06 14 08 15 48 J1450+0910 18 49 59 30.6 261.9 4.0 59.1 30 458 08 15 48 08 17 48 =1448+093 18 52 00 30.1 262.2 4.0 59.2 120 473 08 15 49 08 17 48 UGC09555 18 52 00 30.7 263.1 4.0 59.7 -5 473 No stop 08 26 48 --- 19 01 01 28.8 264.3 4.2 59.9 535 542 08 17 49 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 29 Oct 2015 Day 302 --- 08 29 10 3C286 19 03 24 20.7 293.9 5.5 65.3 109 542 08 29 10 08 34 00 --- 19 08 25 19.7 294.4 5.6 64.8 290 579 08 29 11 08 36 23 J1450+0910 19 10 38 26.2 264.8 4.3 59.7 109 579 08 36 23 08 38 13 =1448+093 19 12 39 25.8 265.1 4.4 59.8 110 594 08 36 24 08 38 13 UGC09555 19 12 29 26.3 265.9 4.3 60.2 -5 594 No stop 08 47 13 --- 19 21 30 24.4 267.1 4.5 60.3 535 663 08 38 14 08 47 48 J1450+0910 19 22 05 23.7 266.4 4.5 59.9 30 663 08 47 48 08 49 48 =1448+093 19 24 06 23.3 266.6 4.5 60.0 120 678 08 47 49 08 49 48 UGC09555 19 24 06 23.8 267.5 4.5 60.3 -5 678 No stop 08 58 48 --- 19 33 07 21.9 268.7 4.7 60.4 535 747 08 49 49 08 59 26 J1450+0910 19 33 45 21.2 267.9 4.7 60.1 32 747 08 59 26 09 01 16 =1448+093 19 35 45 20.8 268.2 4.7 60.1 110 762 08 59 27 09 01 16 UGC09555 19 35 35 21.4 269.0 4.7 60.4 -5 762 No stop 09 10 16 --- 19 44 36 19.5 270.2 4.9 60.4 535 831 09 01 17 09 10 51 J1450+0910 19 45 11 18.8 269.4 4.9 60.1 30 831 09 10 51 09 12 51 =1448+093 19 47 12 18.4 269.7 4.9 60.1 120 846 09 10 52 09 12 51 UGC09555 19 47 12 18.9 270.5 4.9 60.4 -5 846 No stop 09 21 51 --- 19 56 13 17.0 271.7 5.1 60.4 535 915 09 12 52 09 23 47 OQ208 19 58 10 16.1 293.8 5.8 62.9 90 915 09 23 47 09 28 37 --- 20 03 11 15.1 294.3 5.9 62.5 290 953 09 23 48 09 30 35 J1450+0910 20 04 59 14.6 272.0 5.2 60.1 91 953 09 30 35 09 32 25 =1448+093 20 06 59 14.1 272.2 5.3 60.1 110 967 09 30 36 09 32 25 UGC09555 20 06 49 14.7 273.0 5.3 60.3 -5 967 No stop 09 41 25 --- 20 15 51 12.8 274.1 5.4 60.2 535 1036 09 32 26 09 42 00 J1450+0910 20 16 26 12.1 273.4 5.4 60.0 30 1036 09 42 00 09 44 00 =1448+093 20 18 26 11.7 273.7 5.5 59.9 120 1051 09 42 01 09 44 00 UGC09555 20 18 26 12.2 274.5 5.4 60.1 -5 1051 No stop 09 53 00 --- 20 27 28 10.3 275.6 5.6 59.9 535 1121 09 44 01 09 53 35 J1450+0910 20 28 03 9.6 274.9 5.6 59.8 30 1121 09 53 35 09 55 35 =1448+093 20 30 03 9.2 275.1 5.6 59.7 120 1136 09 53 36 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 29 Oct 2015 Day 302 --- 09 55 35 UGC09555 20 30 03 9.7 275.9 5.6 59.9 -5 1136 No stop 10 04 35 --- 20 39 04 7.8 277.1 5.8 59.7 535 1205 09 55 36 10 05 10 J1450+0910 20 39 40 7.2 276.4 5.8 59.5 30 1205 10 05 10 10 07 10 =1448+093 20 41 40 6.7 276.6 5.8 59.5 120 1221 10 05 11 10 07 10 UGC09555 20 41 40 7.3 277.4 5.8 59.6 -5 1221 No stop 10 16 10 --- 20 50 41 5.4 278.5 6.0 59.3 535 1290 10 07 11 12 40 53 3C345 23 15 48 13.8 308.4 6.5 60.8 8621 1290 12 40 53 12 45 43 --- 23 20 49 12.9 308.9 6.6 60.1 290 1327 12 40 54 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess315.C1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 1 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U 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: 15 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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: 15 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 20, 2, 4, 22, 24, 6, 8, 26, 28, 10, 12, 30, 32, 14, 16 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 33.992817 0.00 10 19 09.23120 * 10 06 49.31000 10 03 10.17262 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 28 01.327347 0.30 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 57 59.46665 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 50.222714 0.18 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64059 * 30 30 32.95924 30 25 48.03854 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 41.165979 0.24 J1407+2827 28 41 29.23518 * 28 27 14.69022 28 22 55.47023 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 16.020728 0.13 * J1450+0910 09 22 48.79490 * 09 10 27.95504 09 06 48.51791 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 29.155393 0.76 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 47 13.37989 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.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 5.033 426.039 4C39.25 sess315.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 13 0.083 6.500 3C286 sess315.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 0.322 26.503 OQ208 sess315.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 0.322 29.564 J1450+0910 sess315.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 1.133 97.986 3C345 sess315.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 0.081 8.458 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 25.3 4C39.25 84.5 3C286 45.0 OQ208 41.8 J1450+0910 24.4 3C345 63.6 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