COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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: 322.49 322.49 322.49 322.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 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 00 00 4C39.25 15 17 54 27.2 -60.9 5.8 54.6 0 0 07 00 00 07 05 00 --- 15 22 55 26.4 -60.2 5.9 54.1 300 38 07 00 04 07 10 08 J1450+0910 15 28 03 54.7 195.9 0.6 11.6 48 38 07 10 08 07 11 58 =1448+093 15 30 04 54.6 196.7 0.6 12.2 110 53 07 10 12 07 11 58 UGC09555 15 29 54 55.6 196.8 0.6 12.3 -5 53 No stop 07 20 58 --- 15 38 55 55.0 200.6 0.8 15.1 535 122 07 12 02 07 21 33 J1450+0910 15 39 30 54.1 200.6 0.8 15.0 30 122 07 21 33 07 23 33 =1448+093 15 41 31 53.9 201.4 0.8 15.6 120 137 07 21 37 07 23 33 UGC09555 15 41 31 54.9 201.7 0.8 15.8 -5 137 No stop 07 32 33 --- 15 50 32 54.2 205.4 1.0 18.4 535 206 07 23 37 07 34 27 OQ208 15 52 27 64.2 243.0 1.7 47.3 73 206 07 34 27 07 39 17 --- 15 57 28 63.3 244.6 1.8 48.2 290 244 07 34 31 07 41 13 J1450+0910 15 59 14 52.6 208.4 1.1 20.4 75 244 07 41 13 07 43 03 =1448+093 16 01 14 52.4 209.1 1.2 21.0 110 258 07 41 17 07 43 03 UGC09555 16 01 04 53.3 209.5 1.2 21.3 -5 258 No stop 07 52 03 --- 16 10 05 52.5 212.9 1.3 23.6 535 327 07 43 07 07 52 38 J1450+0910 16 10 40 51.5 212.6 1.3 23.3 30 327 07 52 38 07 54 38 =1448+093 16 12 41 51.3 213.3 1.4 23.8 120 342 07 52 42 07 54 38 UGC09555 16 12 41 52.2 213.9 1.4 24.2 -5 342 No stop 08 03 38 --- 16 21 42 51.3 217.1 1.5 26.4 535 412 07 54 42 08 04 13 J1450+0910 16 22 17 50.3 216.7 1.5 26.1 30 412 08 04 13 08 06 13 =1448+093 16 24 18 50.1 217.4 1.6 26.5 120 427 08 04 17 08 06 13 UGC09555 16 24 18 51.0 218.0 1.5 27.0 -5 427 No stop 08 15 13 --- 16 33 19 49.9 221.1 1.7 29.0 535 496 08 06 17 08 15 48 J1450+0910 16 33 54 49.0 220.7 1.7 28.6 30 496 08 15 48 08 17 48 =1448+093 16 35 55 48.8 221.3 1.7 29.0 120 512 08 15 52 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 17 48 UGC09555 16 35 55 49.6 221.9 1.7 29.5 -5 512 No stop 08 26 48 --- 16 44 56 48.5 224.9 1.9 31.3 535 581 08 17 52 08 29 10 3C286 16 47 19 49.5 268.0 3.3 57.3 96 581 08 29 10 08 34 00 --- 16 52 20 48.6 268.9 3.3 57.3 290 618 08 29 14 08 36 23 J1450+0910 16 54 33 46.4 227.2 2.1 32.6 97 618 08 36 23 08 38 13 =1448+093 16 56 34 46.1 227.8 2.1 33.0 110 632 08 36 27 08 38 13 UGC09555 16 56 24 47.0 228.4 2.1 33.5 -5 632 No stop 08 47 13 --- 17 05 25 45.7 231.1 2.2 35.0 535 701 08 38 17 08 47 48 J1450+0910 17 06 00 44.8 230.6 2.2 34.6 30 701 08 47 48 08 49 48 =1448+093 17 08 00 44.6 231.1 2.3 34.9 120 717 08 47 52 08 49 48 UGC09555 17 08 00 45.4 231.8 2.3 35.4 -5 717 No stop 08 58 48 --- 17 17 02 44.1 234.3 2.4 36.8 535 786 08 49 52 08 59 26 J1450+0910 17 17 39 43.2 233.8 2.4 36.4 33 786 08 59 26 09 01 16 =1448+093 17 19 40 42.9 234.4 2.5 36.7 110 800 08 59 30 09 01 16 UGC09555 17 19 30 43.7 235.0 2.5 37.1 -5 800 No stop 09 10 16 --- 17 28 31 42.3 237.4 2.6 38.4 535 869 09 01 20 09 10 51 J1450+0910 17 29 06 41.5 236.9 2.6 38.0 30 869 09 10 51 09 12 51 =1448+093 17 31 07 41.2 237.4 2.7 38.3 120 885 09 10 55 09 12 51 UGC09555 17 31 07 41.9 238.1 2.7 38.7 -5 885 No stop 09 21 51 --- 17 40 08 40.5 240.4 2.8 39.8 535 954 09 12 55 09 23 47 OQ208 17 42 05 44.9 268.8 3.6 55.6 84 954 09 23 47 09 28 37 --- 17 47 05 44.0 269.7 3.7 55.6 290 991 09 23 51 09 30 35 J1450+0910 17 48 54 38.4 241.8 3.0 40.4 86 991 09 30 35 09 32 25 =1448+093 17 50 54 38.1 242.3 3.0 40.6 110 1005 09 30 39 09 32 25 UGC09555 17 50 44 38.8 243.0 3.0 41.0 -5 1005 No stop 09 41 25 --- 17 59 46 37.4 245.1 3.1 41.9 535 1074 09 32 29 09 42 00 J1450+0910 18 00 21 36.5 244.5 3.2 41.6 30 1074 09 42 00 09 44 00 =1448+093 18 02 21 36.2 245.0 3.2 41.8 120 1090 09 42 04 09 44 00 UGC09555 18 02 21 36.9 245.7 3.2 42.2 -4 1090 No stop 09 53 00 --- 18 11 22 35.4 247.7 3.3 43.0 536 1159 09 44 04 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 53 35 J1450+0910 18 11 58 34.6 247.1 3.3 42.6 31 1159 09 53 35 09 55 35 =1448+093 18 13 58 34.3 247.6 3.4 42.8 120 1174 09 53 39 09 55 35 UGC09555 18 13 58 35.0 248.3 3.4 43.2 -4 1174 No stop 10 04 35 --- 18 22 59 33.5 250.2 3.5 43.9 536 1244 09 55 39 10 05 10 J1450+0910 18 23 34 32.6 249.6 3.5 43.6 31 1244 10 05 10 10 07 10 =1448+093 18 25 35 32.3 250.1 3.6 43.7 120 1259 10 05 14 10 07 10 UGC09555 18 25 35 33.0 250.8 3.6 44.1 -4 1259 No stop 10 16 10 --- 18 34 36 31.5 252.6 3.7 44.7 536 1328 10 07 14 10 18 21 3C286 18 36 48 29.8 285.1 5.1 54.3 95 1328 10 18 21 10 23 11 --- 18 41 49 28.9 285.9 5.2 54.1 290 1365 10 18 25 10 25 23 J1450+0910 18 43 51 29.2 253.8 3.9 44.9 96 1365 10 25 23 10 27 13 =1448+093 18 45 51 28.8 254.2 3.9 45.0 110 1379 10 25 27 10 27 13 UGC09555 18 45 41 29.5 254.9 3.9 45.4 -4 1379 No stop 10 36 13 --- 18 54 43 28.0 256.6 4.1 45.8 536 1449 10 27 17 10 36 48 J1450+0910 18 55 18 27.1 256.1 4.1 45.5 31 1449 10 36 48 10 38 48 =1448+093 18 57 18 26.8 256.5 4.1 45.6 120 1464 10 36 52 10 38 48 UGC09555 18 57 18 27.5 257.2 4.1 45.9 -4 1464 No stop 10 47 48 --- 19 06 19 25.9 258.9 4.2 46.3 536 1533 10 38 52 10 48 25 J1450+0910 19 06 57 25.1 258.3 4.3 46.0 33 1533 10 48 25 10 50 15 =1448+093 19 08 57 24.7 258.7 4.3 46.1 110 1547 10 48 29 10 50 15 UGC09555 19 08 47 25.5 259.3 4.3 46.4 -4 1547 No stop 10 59 15 --- 19 17 49 23.8 261.0 4.4 46.7 536 1617 10 50 19 10 59 50 J1450+0910 19 18 24 23.0 260.4 4.5 46.5 31 1617 10 59 50 11 01 50 =1448+093 19 20 24 22.7 260.8 4.5 46.5 120 1632 10 59 54 11 01 50 UGC09555 19 20 24 23.4 261.5 4.5 46.8 -4 1632 No stop 11 10 50 --- 19 29 25 21.8 263.1 4.6 47.0 536 1701 11 01 54 11 12 39 OQ208 19 31 14 25.3 286.0 5.4 52.5 82 1701 11 12 39 11 17 29 --- 19 36 15 24.5 286.7 5.5 52.2 290 1738 11 12 43 11 19 20 J1450+0910 19 37 56 19.5 264.0 4.8 47.0 84 1738 11 19 20 11 21 10 =1448+093 19 39 57 19.2 264.3 4.8 47.0 110 1753 11 19 24 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 5 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 --- 11 21 10 UGC09555 19 39 47 19.9 265.0 4.8 47.2 -4 1753 No stop 11 30 10 --- 19 48 48 18.3 266.6 5.0 47.4 536 1822 11 21 14 11 30 45 J1450+0910 19 49 23 17.5 266.0 5.0 47.2 31 1822 11 30 45 11 32 45 =1448+093 19 51 24 17.1 266.4 5.0 47.2 120 1837 11 30 49 11 32 45 UGC09555 19 51 24 17.8 267.0 5.0 47.4 -4 1837 No stop 11 41 45 --- 20 00 25 16.2 268.6 5.1 47.5 536 1906 11 32 49 11 42 20 J1450+0910 20 01 00 15.4 268.0 5.2 47.3 31 1906 11 42 20 11 44 20 =1448+093 20 03 01 15.0 268.4 5.2 47.3 120 1922 11 42 24 11 44 20 UGC09555 20 03 01 15.7 269.1 5.2 47.5 -4 1922 No stop 11 53 20 --- 20 12 02 14.0 270.6 5.3 47.5 536 1991 11 44 24 11 53 55 J1450+0910 20 12 37 13.3 270.1 5.4 47.3 31 1991 11 53 55 11 55 55 =1448+093 20 14 37 12.9 270.4 5.4 47.3 120 2006 11 53 59 11 55 55 UGC09555 20 14 37 13.6 271.1 5.4 47.5 -4 2006 No stop 12 04 55 --- 20 23 39 11.9 272.6 5.5 47.4 536 2076 11 55 59 12 07 24 3C286 20 26 09 11.6 301.2 6.9 46.1 117 2076 12 07 24 12 12 14 --- 20 31 10 10.9 301.9 7.0 45.6 290 2113 12 07 28 12 14 41 J1450+0910 20 33 26 9.5 273.6 5.7 47.2 114 2113 12 14 41 12 16 31 =1448+093 20 35 27 9.1 274.0 5.7 47.2 110 2127 12 14 45 12 16 31 UGC09555 20 35 17 9.8 274.6 5.7 47.3 -4 2127 No stop 12 25 31 --- 20 44 18 8.2 276.1 5.9 47.1 536 2196 12 16 35 12 26 06 J1450+0910 20 44 53 7.4 275.6 5.9 47.0 31 2196 12 26 06 12 28 06 =1448+093 20 46 54 7.0 275.9 5.9 47.0 120 2212 12 26 10 12 28 06 UGC09555 20 46 54 7.7 276.5 5.9 47.1 -4 2212 No stop 12 37 06 --- 20 55 55 6.1 278.1 6.1 46.9 536 2281 12 28 10 12 40 53 3C345 20 59 43 43.2 288.6 4.3 63.5 149 2281 12 40 53 12 45 43 --- 21 04 44 42.3 289.2 4.4 63.1 290 2318 12 40 57 13 13 58 OQ208 21 32 54 5.5 304.6 7.4 42.8 1627 2318 13 13 58 13 18 48 --- 21 37 54 4.7 305.4 7.5 D 42.3 0 2355 13 14 02 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: ur6cm Setup group: 2 Station: URUMQI 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= 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 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= 322.49 322.49 322.49 322.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 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: 8 Track assignments are: track1= 20, 18, 4, 2, 24, 22, 8, 6, 28, 26, 12, 10, 32, 30, 16, 14 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