COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Ross867 Exp. Code: EB070 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Paul Boven Address: JIVE Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596547 EMAIL: boven@jive.eu Fax: Phone during observation: +31 521 595623 Observing mode: Notes: L-band schedule for EB070 on 2019-03-10 02:00 to 07:00 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 Ross867 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 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 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: 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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 02 00 00 J1722+2458 19 58 48 50.2 602.6 2.6 37.3 0 0 02 00 00 02 02 00 =1720+250 20 00 48 50.0 603.2 2.6 37.5 120 15 02 00 01 02 02 00 ROSS867 20 00 48 50.7 605.5 2.7 39.0 -19 15 No stop 02 10 00 --- 20 08 50 49.6 607.7 2.8 39.8 461 77 02 02 01 02 10 40 J1722+2458 20 09 30 48.8 605.6 2.8 38.4 22 77 02 10 40 02 12 00 =1720+250 20 10 50 48.6 605.9 2.8 38.6 80 87 02 10 41 02 12 00 ROSS867 20 10 50 49.3 608.2 2.8 39.9 -19 87 No stop 02 20 00 --- 20 18 51 48.2 610.3 3.0 40.6 461 149 02 12 01 02 20 00 J1722+2458 20 18 51 47.4 608.0 2.9 39.3 -18 149 No stop 02 22 00 =1720+250 20 20 52 47.1 608.6 3.0 39.4 102 164 02 20 01 02 22 00 ROSS867 20 20 52 47.9 610.8 3.0 40.8 -19 164 No stop 02 30 00 --- 20 28 53 46.7 612.8 3.1 41.3 461 226 02 22 01 02 30 40 J1722+2458 20 29 33 45.9 610.8 3.1 40.1 22 226 02 30 40 02 32 00 =1720+250 20 30 53 45.7 611.1 3.1 40.2 80 236 02 30 41 02 32 00 ROSS867 20 30 53 46.4 613.3 3.2 41.5 -18 236 No stop 02 40 00 --- 20 38 55 45.2 615.2 3.3 41.9 462 297 02 32 01 02 40 00 J1722+2458 20 38 55 44.5 613.1 3.3 40.8 -18 297 No stop 02 42 00 =1720+250 20 40 55 44.2 613.5 3.3 40.9 102 313 02 40 01 02 42 00 ROSS867 20 40 55 44.9 615.7 3.3 42.1 -18 313 No stop 02 50 00 --- 20 48 56 43.7 617.5 3.5 42.5 462 374 02 42 01 02 50 40 J1722+2458 20 49 36 42.9 615.6 3.4 41.4 22 374 02 50 40 02 52 00 =1720+250 20 50 57 42.7 615.9 3.5 41.4 80 385 02 50 41 02 52 00 ROSS867 20 50 57 43.4 618.0 3.5 42.5 -18 385 No stop 03 00 00 --- 20 58 58 42.2 619.8 3.6 42.9 462 446 02 52 01 03 00 00 J1722+2458 20 58 58 41.5 617.7 3.6 41.8 -18 446 No stop 03 02 00 =1720+250 21 00 58 41.2 618.2 3.6 41.9 102 462 03 00 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 Ross867 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 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 03 02 00 ROSS867 21 00 58 41.9 620.2 3.7 42.9 -18 462 No stop 03 10 00 --- 21 09 00 40.6 622.0 3.8 43.2 462 523 03 02 01 03 10 40 J1722+2458 21 09 40 39.9 620.1 3.8 42.3 22 523 03 10 40 03 12 00 =1720+250 21 11 00 39.7 620.4 3.8 42.3 80 533 03 10 41 03 12 00 ROSS867 21 11 00 40.3 622.4 3.8 43.3 -18 533 No stop 03 20 00 --- 21 19 01 39.1 624.1 4.0 43.4 462 595 03 12 01 03 20 00 J1722+2458 21 19 01 38.4 622.1 3.9 42.5 -17 595 No stop 03 22 00 =1720+250 21 21 02 38.1 622.5 4.0 42.6 103 610 03 20 01 03 22 00 ROSS867 21 21 02 38.8 624.5 4.0 43.5 -18 610 No stop 03 30 00 --- 21 29 03 37.5 626.2 4.1 43.6 462 672 03 22 01 03 30 40 J1722+2458 21 29 43 36.8 624.4 4.1 42.8 23 672 03 30 40 03 32 00 =1720+250 21 31 03 36.6 624.6 4.1 42.8 80 682 03 30 41 03 32 00 ROSS867 21 31 03 37.2 626.6 4.2 43.6 -18 682 No stop 03 40 00 --- 21 39 05 36.0 628.2 4.3 43.7 462 744 03 32 01 03 40 00 J1722+2458 21 39 05 35.4 626.3 4.3 42.9 -17 744 No stop 03 42 00 =1720+250 21 41 05 35.0 626.7 4.3 43.0 103 759 03 40 01 03 42 00 ROSS867 21 41 05 35.7 628.6 4.3 43.7 -17 759 No stop 03 50 00 --- 21 49 06 34.4 630.2 4.5 43.7 463 821 03 42 01 03 50 40 J1722+2458 21 49 46 33.7 628.4 4.4 43.0 23 821 03 50 40 03 52 00 =1720+250 21 51 07 33.5 628.7 4.5 43.0 80 831 03 50 41 03 52 00 3C345 21 51 07 37.6 649.1 5.1 49.5 -45 831 No stop 04 00 00 --- 21 59 08 36.5 650.3 5.3 49.0 435 892 03 52 01 04 00 30 J1722+2458 21 59 38 32.2 630.4 4.6 43.0 -15 892 04 00 30 04 02 00 =1720+250 22 01 08 31.9 630.7 4.6 43.0 75 904 04 00 31 04 02 00 ROSS867 22 01 08 32.6 632.5 4.7 43.7 -17 904 No stop 04 10 00 --- 22 09 10 31.3 634.0 4.8 43.6 463 965 04 02 01 04 10 40 J1722+2458 22 09 50 30.6 632.4 4.8 43.0 23 965 04 10 40 04 12 00 =1720+250 22 11 10 30.4 632.6 4.8 43.0 80 976 04 10 41 04 12 00 ROSS867 22 11 10 31.0 634.4 4.8 43.6 -17 976 No stop 04 20 00 --- 22 19 11 29.8 635.9 5.0 43.4 463 1037 04 12 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 Ross867 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 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 04 20 00 J1722+2458 22 19 11 29.2 634.2 4.9 42.9 -17 1037 No stop 04 22 00 =1720+250 22 21 11 28.8 634.5 5.0 42.9 103 1053 04 20 01 04 22 00 ROSS867 22 21 11 29.5 636.3 5.0 43.4 -17 1053 No stop 04 30 00 --- 22 29 13 28.3 637.8 5.1 43.2 463 1114 04 22 01 04 30 40 J1722+2458 22 29 53 27.5 636.2 5.1 42.7 23 1114 04 30 40 04 32 00 =1720+250 22 31 13 27.3 636.4 5.1 42.7 80 1124 04 30 41 04 32 00 ROSS867 22 31 13 28.0 638.2 5.2 43.2 -17 1124 No stop 04 40 00 --- 22 39 14 26.7 639.6 5.3 43.0 463 1186 04 32 01 04 40 00 J1722+2458 22 39 14 26.1 637.9 5.3 42.5 -17 1186 No stop 04 42 00 =1720+250 22 41 15 25.8 638.3 5.3 42.5 103 1201 04 40 01 04 42 00 ROSS867 22 41 15 26.4 640.0 5.3 42.9 -17 1201 No stop 04 50 00 --- 22 49 16 25.2 641.5 5.5 42.7 463 1263 04 42 01 04 50 40 J1722+2458 22 49 56 24.4 639.9 5.4 42.2 24 1263 04 50 40 04 52 00 =1720+250 22 51 16 24.2 640.2 5.5 42.2 80 1273 04 50 41 04 52 00 ROSS867 22 51 16 24.9 641.8 5.5 42.6 -17 1273 No stop 05 00 00 --- 22 59 18 23.7 643.3 5.6 42.3 463 1335 04 52 01 05 00 00 J1722+2458 22 59 18 23.0 641.6 5.6 42.0 -16 1335 No stop 05 02 00 =1720+250 23 01 18 22.7 642.0 5.6 41.9 104 1350 05 00 01 05 02 00 ROSS867 23 01 18 23.4 643.7 5.7 42.2 -17 1350 No stop 05 10 00 --- 23 09 19 22.2 645.1 5.8 41.9 463 1412 05 02 01 05 10 40 J1722+2458 23 09 59 21.4 643.6 5.8 41.6 24 1412 05 10 40 05 12 00 =1720+250 23 11 20 21.2 643.8 5.8 41.5 80 1422 05 10 41 05 12 00 ROSS867 23 11 20 21.9 645.5 5.8 41.8 -17 1422 No stop 05 20 00 --- 23 19 21 20.7 646.9 6.0 41.4 463 1483 05 12 01 05 20 00 J1722+2458 23 19 21 20.0 645.3 5.9 41.2 -16 1483 No stop 05 22 00 =1720+250 23 21 21 19.7 645.6 6.0 41.1 104 1499 05 20 01 05 22 00 ROSS867 23 21 21 20.4 647.3 6.0 41.3 -16 1499 No stop 05 30 00 --- 23 29 23 19.2 648.7 6.1 40.9 464 1560 05 22 01 05 30 40 J1722+2458 23 30 03 18.4 647.2 6.1 40.7 24 1560 05 30 40 05 32 00 =1720+250 23 31 23 18.2 647.5 6.1 40.6 80 1571 05 30 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 Ross867 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 10 Mar 2019 Day 69 --- 05 32 00 ROSS867 23 31 23 18.9 649.1 6.2 40.8 -16 1571 No stop 05 40 00 --- 23 39 24 17.8 650.5 6.3 40.4 464 1632 05 32 01 05 40 00 J1722+2458 23 39 24 17.0 648.9 6.3 40.2 -16 1632 No stop 05 42 00 =1720+250 23 41 25 16.7 649.3 6.3 40.1 104 1647 05 40 01 05 42 00 ROSS867 23 41 25 17.5 650.9 6.3 40.2 -16 1647 No stop 05 50 00 --- 23 49 26 16.3 652.3 6.5 39.8 464 1709 05 42 01 05 50 40 J1722+2458 23 50 06 15.5 650.9 6.4 39.6 24 1709 05 50 40 05 52 00 =1720+250 23 51 26 15.3 651.1 6.5 39.6 80 1719 05 50 41 05 52 00 ROSS867 23 51 26 16.0 652.6 6.5 39.6 -16 1719 No stop 06 00 00 --- 23 59 28 14.9 654.1 6.6 39.1 464 1781 05 52 01 06 00 00 J1722+2458 23 59 28 14.1 652.6 6.6 39.1 -16 1781 No stop 06 02 00 =1720+250 00 01 28 13.8 652.9 6.6 39.0 104 1796 06 00 01 06 02 00 ROSS867 00 01 28 14.6 654.4 6.7 39.0 -16 1796 No stop 06 10 00 --- 00 09 29 13.5 655.9 6.8 38.5 464 1858 06 02 01 06 10 40 J1722+2458 00 10 09 12.6 654.5 6.8 38.4 24 1858 06 10 40 06 12 00 =1720+250 00 11 30 12.4 654.7 6.8 38.3 80 1868 06 10 41 06 12 00 ROSS867 00 11 30 13.2 656.3 6.8 38.3 -16 1868 No stop 06 20 00 --- 00 19 31 12.1 657.7 7.0 37.7 464 1929 06 12 01 06 20 00 J1722+2458 00 19 31 11.3 656.2 6.9 37.8 -16 1929 No stop 06 22 00 =1720+250 00 21 31 11.0 656.6 7.0 37.6 104 1945 06 20 01 06 22 00 ROSS867 00 21 31 11.8 658.1 7.0 37.6 -16 1945 No stop 06 30 00 --- 00 29 33 10.7 659.5 7.1 37.0 464 2006 06 22 01 06 32 00 ROSS867 00 31 33 10.5 659.9 7.2 36.8 114 2006 06 32 00 06 40 00 --- 00 39 34 9.4 661.4 7.3 D 36.2 0 2068 06 32 01 06 52 00 3C345 00 51 36 14.5 677.7 8.1 32.8 681 2068 06 52 00 07 00 00 --- 00 59 37 13.7 679.0 8.3 31.9 480 2129 06 52 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess119.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_l passed by Alexey Melnikov, Mar2014 ****** Only 251.02 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY 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= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 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: 9 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= 350.49 350.49 350.49 350.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 382.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 414.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 446.49 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: 9 10 11 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) * ROSS867 17 17 51.729053 * 17 19 52.704417 17 20 38.279841 0.00 26 33 06.96932 * 26 30 08.17019 26 28 50.26698 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 37.140850 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 17.37126 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 observations. 1720+250 17 20 49.923363 * 17 22 52.989968 17 23 39.339745 0.12 * J1722+2458 25 01 20.62720 * 24 58 34.69119 24 57 22.06506 0.21 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 109 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 ROSS867 sess119.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 3.733 345.900 3C345 sess119.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.267 21.510 J1722+2458 sess119.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 + 0.825 66.533 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) ROSS867 91.9 3C345 99.8 J1722+2458 91.1 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