COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: EW025A Exp. Code: EW025A Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Di Wen Address: Kapteyn Astronomical Institute Landleven 12 9747 AD Groningen the Netherlands Phone: +31 503 638 324 EMAIL: wen@astro.rug.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 685 842 225 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 EW025A 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Oct 2021 Day 298 --- Next scan frequencies: 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 Next BBC frequencies: 624.00 624.00 624.00 624.00 688.00 688.00 688.00 688.00 752.00 752.00 752.00 752.00 816.00 816.00 816.00 816.00 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 06 30 00 J1402+1559 16 50 17 49.2 257.9 2.8 60.5 0 0 06 30 00 06 31 30 =1400+162 16 51 48 48.9 258.2 2.8 60.6 90 23 06 30 01 06 31 30 B1359+154 16 51 48 48.3 257.4 2.8 59.9 -5 23 No stop 06 35 00 --- 16 55 18 47.5 258.0 2.9 60.2 205 77 06 31 31 06 35 30 J1402+1559 16 55 48 48.0 258.9 2.9 60.9 25 77 06 35 30 06 37 00 =1400+162 16 57 19 47.7 259.2 2.9 61.0 90 100 06 35 31 06 37 00 B1359+154 16 57 19 47.1 258.4 2.9 60.3 -5 100 No stop 06 40 30 --- 17 00 49 46.4 259.0 3.0 60.5 205 154 06 37 01 06 40 30 J1402+1559 17 00 49 47.0 259.8 3.0 61.2 -5 154 No stop 06 42 00 =1400+162 17 02 19 46.7 260.0 3.0 61.3 85 177 06 40 31 06 42 00 B1359+154 17 02 19 46.1 259.2 3.0 60.6 -5 177 No stop 06 45 30 --- 17 05 50 45.3 259.8 3.1 60.8 205 231 06 42 01 06 46 00 J1402+1559 17 06 20 45.8 260.7 3.0 61.5 25 231 06 46 00 06 47 30 =1400+162 17 07 50 45.5 260.9 3.1 61.5 90 254 06 46 01 06 47 30 B1359+154 17 07 50 44.9 260.2 3.1 60.9 -5 254 No stop 06 51 00 --- 17 11 21 44.2 260.7 3.1 61.1 205 308 06 47 31 06 51 00 J1402+1559 17 11 21 44.8 261.5 3.1 61.7 -5 308 No stop 06 52 30 =1400+162 17 12 51 44.4 261.7 3.2 61.8 85 331 06 51 01 06 52 30 B1359+154 17 12 51 43.8 261.0 3.2 61.2 -5 331 No stop 06 56 00 --- 17 16 22 43.1 261.5 3.2 61.3 205 385 06 52 31 06 56 30 J1402+1559 17 16 52 43.6 262.4 3.2 61.9 25 385 06 56 30 06 58 00 =1400+162 17 18 22 43.3 262.6 3.2 62.0 90 408 06 56 31 06 58 00 B1359+154 17 18 22 42.7 261.9 3.3 61.4 -5 408 No stop 07 01 30 --- 17 21 53 41.9 262.4 3.3 61.5 205 462 06 58 01 07 01 30 J1402+1559 17 21 53 42.5 263.2 3.3 62.1 -5 462 No stop 07 03 00 =1400+162 17 23 23 42.2 263.4 3.3 62.2 85 485 07 01 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 EW025A 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Oct 2021 Day 298 --- 07 03 00 B1359+154 17 23 23 41.6 262.6 3.3 61.6 -5 485 No stop 07 06 30 --- 17 26 53 40.9 263.2 3.4 61.7 205 538 07 03 01 07 07 00 J1402+1559 17 27 24 41.4 264.0 3.4 62.3 25 538 07 07 00 07 08 30 =1400+162 17 28 54 41.0 264.2 3.4 62.3 90 562 07 07 01 07 08 30 B1359+154 17 28 54 40.4 263.5 3.4 61.8 -5 562 No stop 07 12 00 --- 17 32 24 39.7 264.0 3.5 61.9 205 615 07 08 31 07 12 00 J1402+1559 17 32 24 40.3 264.7 3.5 62.4 -5 615 No stop 07 13 30 =1400+162 17 33 55 40.0 264.9 3.5 62.5 85 638 07 12 01 07 13 30 B1359+154 17 33 55 39.4 264.2 3.5 61.9 -5 638 No stop 07 17 00 --- 17 37 25 38.6 264.7 3.6 62.0 205 692 07 13 31 07 17 30 J1402+1559 17 37 55 39.1 265.5 3.6 62.6 25 692 07 17 30 07 19 00 =1400+162 17 39 25 38.8 265.7 3.6 62.6 90 715 07 17 31 07 19 00 B1359+154 17 39 25 38.2 265.0 3.6 62.1 -5 715 No stop 07 22 30 --- 17 42 56 37.4 265.5 3.7 62.2 205 769 07 19 01 07 22 30 J1402+1559 17 42 56 38.0 266.2 3.7 62.7 -5 769 No stop 07 24 00 =1400+162 17 44 26 37.7 266.4 3.7 62.7 85 792 07 22 31 07 24 00 B1359+154 17 44 26 37.1 265.7 3.7 62.2 -5 792 No stop 07 27 30 --- 17 47 57 36.4 266.2 3.8 62.3 205 846 07 24 01 07 28 00 J1402+1559 17 48 27 36.9 267.0 3.7 62.8 25 846 07 28 00 07 29 30 =1400+162 17 49 57 36.5 267.2 3.8 62.8 90 869 07 28 01 07 29 30 B1359+154 17 49 57 35.9 266.5 3.8 62.3 -5 869 No stop 07 33 00 --- 17 53 28 35.2 267.0 3.8 62.3 205 923 07 29 31 07 33 00 J1402+1559 17 53 28 35.8 267.7 3.8 62.8 -5 923 No stop 07 34 30 =1400+162 17 54 58 35.5 267.9 3.9 62.8 85 946 07 33 01 07 34 30 B1359+154 17 54 58 34.9 267.2 3.9 62.4 -5 946 No stop 07 38 00 --- 17 58 29 34.1 267.7 3.9 62.4 205 1000 07 34 31 07 38 30 J1402+1559 17 58 59 34.6 268.4 3.9 62.9 25 1000 07 38 30 07 40 00 =1400+162 18 00 29 34.3 268.6 3.9 62.9 90 1023 07 38 31 07 40 00 B1359+154 18 00 29 33.7 267.9 4.0 62.4 -5 1023 No stop 07 43 30 --- 18 04 00 32.9 268.4 4.0 62.5 205 1077 07 40 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 EW025A 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Oct 2021 Day 298 --- 07 43 30 J1402+1559 18 04 00 33.5 269.1 4.0 62.9 -5 1077 No stop 07 45 00 =1400+162 18 05 30 33.2 269.3 4.0 62.9 85 1100 07 43 31 07 45 00 B1359+154 18 05 30 32.6 268.6 4.0 62.5 -5 1100 No stop 07 48 30 --- 18 09 00 31.9 269.1 4.1 62.5 205 1154 07 45 01 07 49 00 J1402+1559 18 09 30 32.4 269.8 4.1 62.9 25 1154 07 49 00 07 50 30 =1400+162 18 11 01 32.0 270.0 4.1 62.9 90 1177 07 49 01 07 50 30 B1359+154 18 11 01 31.4 269.3 4.1 62.5 -5 1177 No stop 07 54 00 --- 18 14 31 30.7 269.8 4.2 62.5 205 1231 07 50 31 07 54 00 J1402+1559 18 14 31 31.3 270.4 4.2 62.9 -5 1231 No stop 07 55 30 =1400+162 18 16 01 31.0 270.6 4.2 62.9 85 1254 07 54 01 07 55 30 B1359+154 18 16 01 30.4 270.0 4.2 62.5 -5 1254 No stop 07 59 00 --- 18 19 32 29.6 270.4 4.3 62.5 205 1308 07 55 31 07 59 30 J1402+1559 18 20 02 30.1 271.1 4.3 62.9 25 1308 07 59 30 08 01 00 =1400+162 18 21 32 29.8 271.3 4.3 62.9 90 1331 07 59 31 08 01 00 B1359+154 18 21 32 29.2 270.7 4.3 62.5 -5 1331 No stop 08 04 30 --- 18 25 03 28.4 271.1 4.4 62.5 205 1385 08 01 01 08 04 30 J1402+1559 18 25 03 29.0 271.8 4.4 62.9 -5 1385 No stop 08 06 00 =1400+162 18 26 33 28.7 272.0 4.4 62.8 85 1408 08 04 31 08 06 00 B1359+154 18 26 33 28.1 271.3 4.4 62.5 -5 1408 No stop 08 09 30 --- 18 30 04 27.4 271.8 4.5 62.4 205 1462 08 06 01 08 10 00 J1402+1559 18 30 34 27.9 272.5 4.4 62.8 25 1462 08 10 00 08 11 30 =1400+162 18 32 04 27.5 272.7 4.5 62.8 90 1485 08 10 01 08 11 30 B1359+154 18 32 04 26.9 272.0 4.5 62.4 -5 1485 No stop 08 15 00 --- 18 35 35 26.2 272.5 4.5 62.4 205 1538 08 11 31 08 15 00 J1402+1559 18 35 35 26.8 273.1 4.5 62.8 -5 1538 No stop 08 16 30 =1400+162 18 37 05 26.5 273.3 4.6 62.7 85 1562 08 15 01 08 16 30 B1359+154 18 37 05 25.9 272.6 4.6 62.4 -5 1562 No stop 08 20 00 --- 18 40 36 25.1 273.1 4.6 62.3 205 1615 08 16 31 08 20 30 J1402+1559 18 41 06 25.6 273.8 4.6 62.7 25 1615 08 20 30 08 22 00 =1400+162 18 42 36 25.3 274.0 4.6 62.6 90 1638 08 20 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 5 EW025A 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Oct 2021 Day 298 --- 08 22 00 B1359+154 18 42 36 24.7 273.3 4.7 62.3 -5 1638 No stop 08 25 30 --- 18 46 06 23.9 273.8 4.7 62.3 205 1692 08 22 01 08 25 30 J1402+1559 18 46 06 24.5 274.4 4.7 62.6 -5 1692 No stop 08 27 00 =1400+162 18 47 37 24.2 274.6 4.7 62.6 85 1715 08 25 31 08 27 00 B1359+154 18 47 37 23.6 273.9 4.7 62.2 -5 1715 No stop 08 30 30 --- 18 51 07 22.9 274.4 4.8 62.2 205 1769 08 27 01 08 31 00 J1402+1559 18 51 37 23.4 275.0 4.8 62.5 25 1769 08 31 00 08 32 30 =1400+162 18 53 08 23.0 275.2 4.8 62.5 90 1792 08 31 01 08 32 30 B1359+154 18 53 08 22.4 274.6 4.8 62.1 -5 1792 No stop 08 36 00 --- 18 56 38 21.7 275.1 4.9 62.1 205 1846 08 32 31 08 36 00 J1402+1559 18 56 38 22.3 275.7 4.9 62.4 -5 1846 No stop 08 37 30 =1400+162 18 58 08 22.0 275.8 4.9 62.3 85 1869 08 36 01 08 37 30 B1359+154 18 58 08 21.4 275.2 4.9 62.0 -5 1869 No stop 08 41 00 --- 19 01 39 20.6 275.7 5.0 62.0 205 1923 08 37 31 08 41 30 J1402+1559 19 02 09 21.1 276.3 5.0 62.2 25 1923 08 41 30 08 43 00 =1400+162 19 03 39 20.8 276.5 5.0 62.2 90 1946 08 41 31 08 43 00 B1359+154 19 03 39 20.2 275.9 5.0 61.9 -5 1946 No stop 08 46 30 --- 19 07 10 19.4 276.3 5.1 61.8 205 2000 08 43 01 08 46 30 J1402+1559 19 07 10 20.0 276.9 5.1 62.1 -5 2000 No stop 08 48 00 =1400+162 19 08 40 19.7 277.1 5.1 62.1 85 2023 08 46 31 08 48 00 B1359+154 19 08 40 19.1 276.5 5.1 61.8 -5 2023 No stop 08 51 30 --- 19 12 11 18.4 276.9 5.2 61.7 205 2077 08 48 01 08 52 00 J1402+1559 19 12 41 18.9 277.6 5.1 62.0 25 2077 08 52 00 08 53 30 =1400+162 19 14 11 18.6 277.8 5.2 61.9 90 2100 08 52 01 08 53 30 B1359+154 19 14 11 17.9 277.2 5.2 61.6 -5 2100 No stop 08 57 00 --- 19 17 42 17.2 277.6 5.3 61.5 205 2154 08 53 31 08 57 00 J1402+1559 19 17 42 17.8 278.2 5.2 61.8 -5 2154 No stop 08 58 30 =1400+162 19 19 12 17.5 278.4 5.3 61.7 85 2177 08 57 01 08 58 30 B1359+154 19 19 12 16.9 277.8 5.3 61.5 -5 2177 No stop 09 02 00 --- 19 22 42 16.1 278.2 5.3 61.4 205 2231 08 58 31 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 6 EW025A 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 25 Oct 2021 Day 298 --- 09 02 30 J1402+1559 19 23 12 16.6 278.8 5.3 61.6 25 2231 09 02 30 09 04 00 =1400+162 19 24 43 16.3 279.0 5.3 61.6 90 2254 09 02 31 09 04 00 B1359+154 19 24 43 15.7 278.4 5.4 61.3 -5 2254 No stop 09 07 30 --- 19 28 13 15.0 278.9 5.4 61.2 205 2308 09 04 01 09 07 30 J1402+1559 19 28 13 15.6 279.4 5.4 61.4 -5 2308 No stop 09 09 00 =1400+162 19 29 44 15.3 279.6 5.4 61.4 85 2331 09 07 31 09 17 00 3C345 19 37 45 53.9 296.2 2.9 90.0 409 2331 09 17 00 09 28 00 --- 19 48 47 51.8 296.2 3.1 88.3 660 2500 09 17 01 09 28 30 3C345 19 49 17 51.7 296.2 3.1 88.2 28 2500 09 28 30 09 36 00 --- 19 56 48 50.2 296.3 3.2 87.1 450 2615 09 28 31 09 38 00 J1402+1559 19 58 48 9.2 283.1 5.9 60.1 48 2615 09 38 00 09 41 00 =1400+162 20 01 49 8.5 283.5 6.0 60.0 180 2662 09 38 01 09 41 00 B1359+154 20 01 49 7.9 282.9 6.0 59.8 -5 2662 No stop 09 44 30 --- 20 05 19 7.2 283.4 6.0 59.7 205 2715 09 41 01 09 45 00 J1402+1559 20 05 49 7.7 284.0 6.0 59.8 25 2715 09 45 00 09 46 30 =1400+162 20 07 20 7.4 284.1 6.1 59.7 90 2738 09 45 01 09 46 30 B1359+154 20 07 20 6.8 283.6 6.1 59.6 -5 2738 No stop 09 50 00 --- 20 10 50 6.0 284.0 6.1 59.4 205 2792 09 46 31 09 50 00 J1402+1559 20 10 50 6.7 284.6 6.1 59.5 -5 2792 No stop 09 51 30 =1400+162 20 12 21 6.4 284.8 6.1 59.4 85 2815 09 50 01 09 51 30 B1359+154 20 12 21 5.7 284.2 6.2 59.3 -5 2815 No stop 09 55 00 --- 20 15 51 5.0 284.7 6.2 D 59.1 0 2869 09 51 31 09 55 30 J1402+1559 20 16 21 5.5 285.3 6.2 59.2 25 2869 09 55 30 09 57 00 =1400+162 20 17 51 5.2 285.4 6.2 59.1 90 2892 09 55 31 12 58 00 3C345 23 19 21 13.2 308.7 6.6 60.3 10788 2892 12 58 00 13 09 00 --- 23 30 23 11.4 309.8 6.8 58.8 660 3062 12 58 01 13 09 30 3C345 23 30 53 11.3 309.9 6.8 58.7 28 3062 13 09 30 13 17 00 --- 23 38 24 10.1 310.7 6.9 57.7 450 3177 13 09 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess321.C4096 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 15 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B 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= 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4824.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4888.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 4952.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 5016.00 BBC fr= 624.00 624.00 624.00 624.00 688.00 688.00 688.00 688.00 752.00 752.00 752.00 752.00 816.00 816.00 816.00 816.00 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: 7 16 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * B1359+154 13 59 11.390249 * 14 01 35.969800 14 02 36.806013 0.00 15 27 51.57542 * 15 13 24.68200 15 07 17.84267 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1400+162 14 00 20.506621 * 14 02 44.513545 14 03 45.099831 0.14 * J1402+1559 16 14 21.02875 * 15 59 56.66566 15 53 50.88117 0.19 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 74 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 40.998026 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 24.06695 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 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 B1359+154 sess321.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 17 5.958 890.802 J1402+1559 sess321.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 17 2.650 391.810 3C345 sess321.C4096 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 17 0.617 123.333 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) B1359+154 27.4 J1402+1559 28.2 3C345 64.4 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