COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Binary SMBH candidate J2216+0124 Exp. Code: RSF08 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Sandor Frey Address: FOMI Satellite Geodetic Observatory P.O. Box 585 H-1592 Budapest Hungary Phone: +36 27 200802 EMAIL: frey.sandor@fomi.hu Fax: +36 27 200933 Phone during observation: +36 27 200802 Observing mode: 18 cm 1 Gb/s Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 Binary SMBH candidate J2216+0124 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 18 Oct 2015 Day 291 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 689.51 689.51 689.51 689.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 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 16 00 00 J2148+0657 01 52 06 28.5 260.5 4.1 58.3 0 0 16 00 00 16 12 00 =2145+067 02 04 08 26.0 262.2 4.3 58.7 720 92 16 00 01 16 13 30 J2217+0220 02 05 38 29.4 253.5 3.8 55.3 77 92 16 13 30 16 16 40 =2215+020 02 08 49 28.7 254.1 3.8 55.5 190 117 16 13 31 16 16 40 J2216+0124 02 08 49 28.0 253.4 3.9 55.2 -5 117 No stop 16 20 10 --- 02 12 19 27.3 253.9 3.9 55.4 205 144 16 16 41 16 20 50 J2217+0220 02 12 59 27.9 254.7 3.9 55.8 35 144 16 20 50 16 22 20 =2215+020 02 14 29 27.6 255.0 3.9 55.9 90 155 16 20 51 16 22 20 J2216+0124 02 14 29 26.8 254.3 3.9 55.5 -5 155 No stop 16 25 50 --- 02 18 00 26.1 254.8 4.0 55.8 205 182 16 22 21 16 25 50 J2217+0220 02 18 00 26.8 255.5 4.0 56.1 -5 182 No stop 16 27 20 =2215+020 02 19 30 26.5 255.8 4.0 56.2 85 194 16 25 51 16 27 20 J2216+0124 02 19 30 25.8 255.1 4.0 55.9 -5 194 No stop 16 30 50 --- 02 23 01 25.1 255.6 4.1 56.1 205 221 16 27 21 16 31 30 J2217+0220 02 23 41 25.7 256.4 4.1 56.4 35 221 16 31 30 16 33 00 =2215+020 02 25 11 25.4 256.6 4.1 56.5 90 232 16 31 31 16 33 00 J2216+0124 02 25 11 24.6 255.9 4.1 56.2 -5 232 No stop 16 36 30 --- 02 28 42 23.9 256.5 4.2 56.4 205 259 16 33 01 16 36 30 J2217+0220 02 28 42 24.6 257.2 4.2 56.7 -5 259 No stop 16 38 00 =2215+020 02 30 12 24.3 257.4 4.2 56.8 85 271 16 36 31 16 38 00 J2216+0124 02 30 12 23.6 256.7 4.2 56.5 -5 271 No stop 16 41 30 --- 02 33 43 22.9 257.2 4.3 56.7 205 297 16 38 01 16 42 10 J2217+0220 02 34 23 23.4 258.0 4.3 57.0 35 297 16 42 10 16 43 40 =2215+020 02 35 53 23.1 258.2 4.3 57.0 90 309 16 42 11 16 43 40 J2216+0124 02 35 53 22.4 257.5 4.3 56.8 -5 309 No stop 16 47 10 --- 02 39 24 21.7 258.1 4.4 56.9 205 336 16 43 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 Binary SMBH candidate J2216+0124 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 18 Oct 2015 Day 291 --- 16 47 10 J2217+0220 02 39 24 22.4 258.8 4.3 57.2 -5 336 No stop 16 48 40 =2215+020 02 40 54 22.1 259.0 4.4 57.3 85 347 16 47 11 16 48 40 J2216+0124 02 40 54 21.4 258.3 4.4 57.0 -5 347 No stop 16 52 10 --- 02 44 24 20.6 258.8 4.4 57.2 205 374 16 48 41 16 52 50 J2217+0220 02 45 04 21.2 259.6 4.4 57.4 35 374 16 52 50 16 54 20 =2215+020 02 46 35 20.9 259.8 4.5 57.5 90 386 16 52 51 16 54 20 J2216+0124 02 46 35 20.2 259.1 4.5 57.3 -5 386 No stop 16 57 50 --- 02 50 05 19.4 259.6 4.5 57.4 205 413 16 54 21 16 57 50 J2217+0220 02 50 05 20.1 260.3 4.5 57.6 -5 413 No stop 16 59 20 =2215+020 02 51 36 19.8 260.5 4.5 57.7 85 424 16 57 51 16 59 20 J2216+0124 02 51 36 19.1 259.8 4.6 57.5 -5 424 No stop 17 02 50 --- 02 55 06 18.4 260.3 4.6 57.6 205 451 16 59 21 17 03 30 J2217+0220 02 55 46 18.9 261.1 4.6 57.9 35 451 17 03 30 17 05 00 =2215+020 02 57 16 18.6 261.3 4.6 57.9 90 463 17 03 31 17 05 00 J2216+0124 02 57 16 17.9 260.6 4.7 57.7 -5 463 No stop 17 08 30 --- 03 00 47 17.2 261.1 4.7 57.8 205 490 17 05 01 17 08 30 J2217+0220 03 00 47 17.9 261.8 4.7 58.0 -5 490 No stop 17 10 00 =2215+020 03 02 17 17.5 262.0 4.7 58.1 85 501 17 08 31 17 10 00 J2216+0124 03 02 17 16.8 261.3 4.7 57.9 -5 501 No stop 17 13 30 --- 03 05 48 16.1 261.8 4.8 58.0 205 528 17 10 01 17 14 10 J2217+0220 03 06 28 16.7 262.6 4.8 58.2 35 528 17 14 10 17 15 40 =2215+020 03 07 58 16.3 262.8 4.8 58.2 90 540 17 14 11 17 15 40 J2216+0124 03 07 58 15.6 262.1 4.8 58.0 -5 540 No stop 17 19 10 --- 03 11 29 14.9 262.6 4.9 58.1 205 567 17 15 41 17 19 10 J2217+0220 03 11 29 15.6 263.3 4.9 58.3 -5 567 No stop 17 20 40 =2215+020 03 12 59 15.3 263.5 4.9 58.4 85 578 17 19 11 17 20 40 J2216+0124 03 12 59 14.6 262.8 4.9 58.2 -5 578 No stop 17 24 10 --- 03 16 30 13.8 263.3 5.0 58.3 205 605 17 20 41 17 24 50 J2217+0220 03 17 10 14.4 264.0 5.0 58.5 35 605 17 24 50 17 26 20 =2215+020 03 18 40 14.1 264.2 5.0 58.5 90 617 17 24 51 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 Binary SMBH candidate J2216+0124 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 18 Oct 2015 Day 291 --- 17 26 20 J2216+0124 03 18 40 13.4 263.6 5.0 58.3 -5 617 No stop 17 29 50 --- 03 22 11 12.6 264.0 5.1 58.4 205 644 17 26 21 17 29 50 J2217+0220 03 22 11 13.3 264.7 5.1 58.6 -5 644 No stop 17 31 20 =2215+020 03 23 41 13.0 264.9 5.1 58.6 85 655 17 29 51 17 31 20 J2216+0124 03 23 41 12.3 264.2 5.1 58.5 -5 655 No stop 17 34 50 --- 03 27 11 11.6 264.7 5.2 58.5 205 682 17 31 21 17 35 30 J2217+0220 03 27 52 12.1 265.5 5.2 58.7 35 682 17 35 30 17 37 00 =2215+020 03 29 22 11.8 265.7 5.2 58.7 90 694 17 35 31 17 37 00 J2216+0124 03 29 22 11.1 265.0 5.2 58.6 -5 694 No stop 17 40 30 --- 03 32 52 10.3 265.5 5.3 58.6 205 721 17 37 01 17 40 30 J2217+0220 03 32 52 11.0 266.1 5.2 58.8 -5 721 No stop 17 42 00 =2215+020 03 34 23 10.7 266.3 5.3 58.8 85 732 17 40 31 17 42 00 J2216+0124 03 34 23 10.0 265.7 5.3 58.7 -5 732 No stop 17 45 30 --- 03 37 53 9.3 266.1 5.3 58.7 205 759 17 42 01 17 46 10 J2217+0220 03 38 33 9.8 266.9 5.3 58.8 35 759 17 46 10 17 47 40 =2215+020 03 40 04 9.5 267.1 5.4 58.9 90 771 17 46 11 17 47 40 J2216+0124 03 40 04 8.8 266.4 5.4 58.7 -5 771 No stop 17 51 10 --- 03 43 34 8.1 266.9 5.4 58.8 205 797 17 47 41 17 51 10 J2217+0220 03 43 34 8.8 267.5 5.4 58.9 -5 797 No stop 17 52 40 =2215+020 03 45 04 8.4 267.7 5.4 58.9 85 809 17 51 11 17 52 40 J2216+0124 03 45 04 7.7 267.1 5.5 58.8 -5 809 No stop 17 56 10 --- 03 48 35 7.0 267.5 5.5 58.8 205 836 17 52 41 17 56 50 J2217+0220 03 49 15 7.5 268.3 5.5 58.9 35 836 17 56 50 18 00 00 =2215+020 03 52 26 6.9 268.7 5.6 59.0 190 860 17 56 51 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess315.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq.dat: sh18cm Huang Xinyong 27Sept05 ****** Only 244.98 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. 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= 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: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 689.51 689.51 689.51 689.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 657.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 625.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 593.51 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: 6 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) * J2216+0124 22 14 15.505263 * 22 16 48.626000 22 17 37.653057 0.00 01 09 27.49159 * 01 24 27.33000 01 29 23.71500 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 2145+067 21 45 36.078475 * 21 48 05.458673 21 48 53.230814 0.26 * J2148+0657 06 43 40.90460 * 06 57 38.60421 07 02 18.20795 0.25 J2148+06 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 103488 observations. 2215+020 22 15 15.584192 * 22 17 48.237934 22 18 37.133872 0.05 * J2217+0220 02 05 08.96689 * 02 20 10.71220 02 25 07.89669 0.12 J2217+02 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 340 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 J2216+0124 sess315.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 1.108 67.136 J2148+0657 sess315.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.200 13.200 J2217+0220 sess315.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 0.556 31.800 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) J2216+0124 130.8 J2148+0657 124.6 J2217+0220 131.3 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