COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: EVN obserations of recurrent nova RS Oph at 5 GHz Exp. Code: RG012I Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Marcello Giroletti Address: Contact: Jun Yang Onsala Space Observatory SE-439 92 Onsala Sweden Phone: +46 31 7725531 EMAIL: jun.yang@chalmers.se Fax: +46 31 7725590 Phone during observation: +46 31 7725531 Observing mode: 2048-16-2 Notes: 2048 Mbps, 16x32 MHz, RCP & LCP, 2 bit sampling C Band/5 GHz; e-VLBI C2G setini Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 EVN obserations of recurrent nova RS Oph at 5 GHz 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 11 Oct 2021 Day 284 --- ---------- CLOCK-SEARCH ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 08 30 00 J1310+3220 17 55 25 30.8 -68.5 4.7 70.4 0 0 08 30 00 08 35 00 =1308+326 18 00 26 29.8 -68.1 4.8 69.9 300 38 08 30 01 08 36 00 J1310+3220 18 01 26 29.6 -68.0 4.8 69.9 58 38 08 36 00 08 50 00 =1308+326 18 15 29 26.8 -66.8 5.1 68.5 840 146 08 36 01 08 51 00 J1310+3220 18 16 29 26.6 -66.8 5.1 68.5 58 146 08 51 00 09 05 00 =1308+326 18 30 31 23.8 -65.5 5.3 67.1 840 254 08 51 01 09 06 00 J1310+3220 18 31 31 23.6 -65.4 5.3 67.0 58 254 09 06 00 09 20 00 =1308+326 18 45 34 20.9 -64.1 5.6 65.6 840 362 09 06 01 09 21 00 J1310+3220 18 46 34 20.7 -64.0 5.6 65.5 58 362 09 21 00 09 35 00 =1308+326 19 00 36 18.0 -62.7 5.8 64.1 840 469 09 21 01 09 36 00 J1310+3220 19 01 36 17.9 -62.6 5.8 64.0 58 469 09 36 00 09 50 00 =1308+326 19 15 39 15.2 -61.2 6.1 62.5 840 577 09 36 01 09 51 00 J1310+3220 19 16 39 15.0 -61.1 6.1 62.4 58 577 09 51 00 10 05 00 =1308+326 19 30 41 12.4 -59.7 6.3 60.9 840 685 09 51 01 10 06 00 J1310+3220 19 31 41 12.2 -59.6 6.3 60.8 58 685 10 06 00 10 20 00 =1308+326 19 45 43 9.6 -58.0 6.6 59.2 840 792 10 06 01 10 30 00 J1608+1029 19 55 45 33.9 261.3 3.8 59.4 277 792 10 30 00 10 35 00 =1606+106 20 00 46 32.9 262.1 3.8 59.6 300 831 10 30 01 10 36 00 J1608+1029 20 01 46 32.7 262.2 3.9 59.6 58 831 10 36 00 10 50 00 =1606+106 20 15 48 29.7 264.2 4.1 60.0 840 938 10 36 01 10 51 00 J1608+1029 20 16 49 29.5 264.4 4.1 60.1 58 938 10 51 00 11 05 00 =1606+106 20 30 51 26.5 266.3 4.4 60.3 840 1046 10 51 01 11 06 00 J1608+1029 20 31 51 26.3 266.5 4.4 60.3 58 1046 11 06 00 11 20 00 =1606+106 20 45 53 23.3 268.3 4.6 60.5 840 1154 11 06 01 11 21 00 J1608+1029 20 46 53 23.0 268.5 4.6 60.5 58 1154 11 21 00 11 35 00 =1606+106 21 00 56 20.0 270.3 4.9 60.5 840 1262 11 21 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 EVN obserations of recurrent nova RS Oph at 5 GHz 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 11 Oct 2021 Day 284 --- 11 36 00 J1608+1029 21 01 56 19.8 270.4 4.9 60.5 58 1262 11 36 00 11 50 00 =1606+106 21 15 58 16.8 272.2 5.1 60.5 840 1369 11 36 01 11 51 00 J1608+1029 21 16 58 16.6 272.3 5.1 60.5 58 1369 11 51 00 12 05 00 =1606+106 21 31 01 13.6 274.1 5.4 60.3 840 1477 11 51 01 12 06 00 J1608+1029 21 32 01 13.4 274.2 5.4 60.3 58 1477 12 06 00 12 20 00 =1606+106 21 46 03 10.4 276.0 5.6 60.0 840 1585 12 06 01 ---------- RG012E ---------- 12 30 00 1749+096 21 56 05 29.8 263.1 4.1 59.6 560 1585 12 30 00 12 34 00 --- 22 00 05 29.0 263.7 4.1 59.7 240 1615 12 30 01 12 36 00 J1745-0753 22 02 06 17.6 248.9 4.3 53.8 97 1615 12 36 00 12 38 00 =1742-078 22 04 06 17.2 249.2 4.3 53.9 120 1631 12 36 01 12 38 40 J1745-0753 22 04 46 17.1 249.3 4.3 54.0 38 1631 12 38 40 12 39 20 =1742-078 22 05 26 16.9 249.4 4.3 54.0 40 1636 12 38 41 12 39 40 VLASS1 22 05 46 18.3 249.3 4.2 53.8 13 1636 12 39 40 12 43 50 --- 22 09 57 17.5 249.9 4.3 54.2 250 1668 12 39 41 12 44 10 J1745-0753 22 10 17 16.0 250.2 4.4 54.4 13 1668 12 44 10 12 45 00 =1742-078 22 11 07 15.8 250.3 4.4 54.5 50 1674 12 44 11 12 45 20 RSOPH 22 11 27 17.4 250.6 4.3 54.4 13 1674 12 45 20 12 49 30 --- 22 15 38 16.5 251.2 4.4 54.7 250 1706 12 45 21 12 50 10 J1745-0753 22 16 18 14.8 251.1 4.5 54.8 33 1706 12 50 10 12 50 50 =1742-078 22 16 58 14.6 251.2 4.5 54.9 40 1712 12 50 11 12 51 10 RSOPH 22 17 18 16.2 251.5 4.4 54.8 13 1712 12 51 10 12 55 20 --- 22 21 29 15.3 252.1 4.5 55.1 250 1744 12 51 11 12 55 40 J1745-0753 22 21 49 13.6 251.9 4.6 55.2 13 1744 12 55 40 12 56 30 =1742-078 22 22 39 13.5 252.0 4.6 55.3 50 1750 12 55 41 12 56 50 RSOPH 22 22 59 15.0 252.3 4.5 55.2 13 1750 12 56 50 13 01 00 --- 22 27 10 14.2 252.9 4.6 55.5 250 1782 12 56 51 13 01 40 J1745-0753 22 27 50 12.4 252.7 4.7 55.6 33 1782 13 01 40 13 02 20 =1742-078 22 28 30 12.3 252.8 4.7 55.7 40 1787 13 01 41 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 EVN obserations of recurrent nova RS Oph at 5 GHz 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 11 Oct 2021 Day 284 --- 13 02 40 RSOPH 22 28 50 13.8 253.2 4.6 55.6 13 1787 13 02 40 13 06 50 --- 22 33 01 13.0 253.8 4.7 55.9 250 1819 13 02 41 13 07 10 J1745-0753 22 33 21 11.3 253.5 4.8 56.0 13 1819 13 07 10 13 08 00 =1742-078 22 34 11 11.1 253.6 4.8 56.0 50 1826 13 07 11 13 08 20 RSOPH 22 34 31 12.7 254.0 4.7 56.0 13 1826 13 08 20 13 12 30 --- 22 38 42 11.8 254.6 4.8 56.2 250 1858 13 08 21 13 13 10 J1745-0753 22 39 22 10.0 254.4 4.9 56.3 33 1858 13 13 10 13 13 50 =1742-078 22 40 02 9.9 254.4 4.9 56.4 40 1863 13 13 11 13 14 10 RSOPH 22 40 22 11.5 254.8 4.8 56.3 13 1863 13 14 10 13 18 20 --- 22 44 33 10.6 255.4 4.9 56.6 250 1895 13 14 11 13 18 40 J1745-0753 22 44 53 8.9 255.1 5.0 56.7 13 1895 13 18 40 13 19 30 =1742-078 22 45 43 8.7 255.2 5.0 56.7 50 1901 13 18 41 13 19 50 RSOPH 22 46 03 10.3 255.6 4.9 56.6 13 1901 13 19 50 13 24 00 --- 22 50 14 9.4 256.2 5.0 56.9 250 1933 13 19 51 13 24 40 J1745-0753 22 50 54 7.7 255.9 5.1 57.0 33 1933 13 24 40 13 25 20 =1742-078 22 51 34 7.5 256.0 5.1 57.0 40 1938 13 24 41 13 25 40 RSOPH 22 51 54 9.1 256.4 5.0 56.9 13 1938 13 25 40 13 29 20 --- 22 55 35 8.3 256.9 5.1 57.1 220 1967 13 25 41 13 29 40 J1745-0753 22 55 55 6.6 256.6 5.2 57.2 13 1967 13 29 40 13 30 30 =1742-078 22 56 45 6.4 256.7 5.2 57.3 50 1973 13 29 41 13 30 50 VLASS1 22 57 05 7.8 256.7 5.1 57.1 13 1973 13 30 50 13 34 30 --- 23 00 45 7.1 257.2 5.1 57.3 220 2001 13 30 51 13 35 10 J1745-0753 23 01 26 5.5 257.4 5.2 57.5 33 2001 13 35 10 13 35 50 =1742-078 23 02 06 5.3 257.5 5.3 57.5 40 2006 13 35 11 13 36 10 RSOPH 23 02 26 6.9 257.9 5.2 57.4 13 2006 13 36 10 13 40 20 --- 23 06 36 6.0 258.4 5.3 57.6 250 2038 13 36 11 13 41 50 RSOPH 23 08 07 5.7 258.6 5.3 57.7 88 2038 13 41 50 13 46 00 --- 23 12 17 4.8 259.2 5.3 D 57.9 0 2071 13 41 51 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess221.C2048e --- 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: 14 Station: SHANGHAI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 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 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = 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= 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * RSOPH 17 47 31.533117 * 17 50 13.161010 17 51 21.994482 0.00 -06 41 39.98884 *-06 42 28.60775 -06 42 44.70193 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * VLASS1 17 47 56.965126 * 17 50 39.126000 17 51 48.189715 0.00 -07 08 42.05120 *-07 09 28.80000 -07 09 44.22530 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1308+326 13 08 07.560130 * 13 10 28.663850 13 11 27.788183 0.22 * J1310+3220 32 36 40.23884 * 32 20 43.78291 32 13 58.95136 0.20 J1310+32 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 116159 observations. 1606+106 16 06 23.396623 * 16 08 46.203186 16 09 46.543687 0.00 * J1608+1029 10 36 59.80107 * 10 29 07.77577 10 25 53.98862 0.00 J1608+10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 125619 observations. 1742-078 17 42 44.099242 * 17 45 27.104947 17 46 36.505857 0.07 * J1745-0753 -07 51 54.46574 *-07 53 03.94782 -07 53 29.31625 0.16 J1745-07 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 202 observations. * 1749+096 17 49 10.387930 * 17 51 32.818574 17 52 33.418266 0.00 J1751+0939 09 39 42.82586 * 09 39 00.72841 09 38 51.92539 0.00 J1751+09 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 192391 observations. * 3C454.3 22 51 29.519739 * 22 53 57.747939 22 55 02.333861 0.65 J2253+1608 15 52 54.34808 * 16 08 53.56091 16 15 55.41406 0.73 2251+158 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2253+16 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 41272 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 RSOPH sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 4.847 626.609 VLASS1 sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 0.681 87.276 J1310+3220 sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 1.717 293.550 J1608+1029 sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 1.717 293.550 J1745-0753 sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 1.069 133.064 1749+096 sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 0.067 11.400 3C454.3 sess221.C2048e 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 14 15 0.075 11.348 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) RSOPH 70.2 VLASS1 70.2 J1310+3220 39.5 J1608+1029 48.5 J1745-0753 68.9 1749+096 72.8 3C454.3 146.2 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