COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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: 260.49 260.49 260.49 260.49 292.49 292.49 292.49 292.49 324.49 324.49 324.49 324.49 356.49 356.49 356.49 356.49 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 14 37 17 46.0-240.1 -2.8 -30.9 0 0 02 00 00 02 02 00 =1720+250 14 39 17 46.3-239.6 -2.7 -30.7 120 15 02 00 01 02 02 00 ROSS867 14 39 17 47.9-239.8 -2.7 -31.2 -4 15 No stop 02 10 00 --- 14 47 19 48.9-237.5 -2.6 -30.4 476 77 02 02 01 02 10 40 J1722+2458 14 47 59 47.3-237.1 -2.6 -29.8 36 77 02 10 40 02 12 00 =1720+250 14 49 19 47.4-236.7 -2.6 -29.6 80 88 02 10 41 02 12 00 ROSS867 14 49 19 49.1-236.9 -2.5 -30.2 -4 88 No stop 02 20 00 --- 14 57 20 50.0-234.5 -2.4 -29.2 476 149 02 12 01 02 20 00 J1722+2458 14 57 20 48.3-234.3 -2.4 -28.7 -4 149 No stop 02 22 00 =1720+250 14 59 21 48.5-233.7 -2.4 -28.5 116 165 02 20 01 02 22 00 ROSS867 14 59 21 50.2-233.9 -2.4 -29.0 -4 165 No stop 02 30 00 --- 15 07 22 51.0-231.4 -2.2 -27.9 476 227 02 22 01 02 30 40 J1722+2458 15 08 02 49.4-231.1 -2.3 -27.4 36 227 02 30 40 02 32 00 =1720+250 15 09 22 49.6-230.6 -2.2 -27.2 80 237 02 30 41 02 32 00 ROSS867 15 09 22 51.2-230.8 -2.2 -27.7 -4 237 No stop 02 40 00 --- 15 17 24 52.1-228.2 -2.1 -26.6 476 299 02 32 01 02 40 00 J1722+2458 15 17 24 50.4-228.1 -2.1 -26.1 -4 299 No stop 02 42 00 =1720+250 15 19 24 50.6-227.5 -2.1 -25.9 116 314 02 40 01 02 42 00 ROSS867 15 19 24 52.3-227.6 -2.0 -26.3 -4 314 No stop 02 50 00 --- 15 27 25 53.0-224.9 -1.9 -25.0 476 376 02 42 01 02 50 40 J1722+2458 15 28 05 51.4-224.6 -1.9 -24.6 36 376 02 50 40 02 52 00 =1720+250 15 29 26 51.6-224.2 -1.9 -24.4 80 386 02 50 41 02 52 00 ROSS867 15 29 26 53.2-224.2 -1.9 -24.7 -4 386 No stop 03 00 00 --- 15 37 27 54.0-221.5 -1.7 -23.4 476 448 02 52 01 03 00 00 J1722+2458 15 37 27 52.3-221.5 -1.8 -23.1 -4 448 No stop 03 02 00 =1720+250 15 39 27 52.5-220.8 -1.7 -22.8 116 464 03 00 01 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 15 39 27 54.1-220.8 -1.7 -23.0 -4 464 No stop 03 10 00 --- 15 47 29 54.8-217.9 -1.6 -21.6 476 526 03 02 01 03 10 40 J1722+2458 15 48 09 53.2-217.8 -1.6 -21.3 36 526 03 10 40 03 12 00 =1720+250 15 49 29 53.3-217.3 -1.6 -21.0 80 536 03 10 41 03 12 00 ROSS867 15 49 29 55.0-217.2 -1.5 -21.2 -4 536 No stop 03 20 00 --- 15 57 30 55.6-214.2 -1.4 -19.7 476 598 03 12 01 03 20 00 J1722+2458 15 57 30 54.0-214.4 -1.4 -19.6 -4 598 No stop 03 22 00 =1720+250 15 59 31 54.1-213.7 -1.4 -19.2 116 613 03 20 01 03 22 00 ROSS867 15 59 31 55.8-213.5 -1.4 -19.3 -4 613 No stop 03 30 00 --- 16 07 32 56.3-210.4 -1.2 -17.7 476 675 03 22 01 03 30 40 J1722+2458 16 08 12 54.7-210.5 -1.3 -17.5 36 675 03 30 40 03 32 00 =1720+250 16 09 32 54.8-210.0 -1.2 -17.2 80 685 03 30 41 03 32 00 ROSS867 16 09 32 56.5-209.6 -1.2 -17.2 -4 685 No stop 03 40 00 --- 16 17 34 57.0-206.5 -1.1 -15.5 476 747 03 32 01 03 40 00 J1722+2458 16 17 34 55.3-207.0 -1.1 -15.6 -4 747 No stop 03 42 00 =1720+250 16 19 34 55.4-206.2 -1.1 -15.1 116 763 03 40 01 03 42 00 ROSS867 16 19 34 57.1-205.7 -1.0 -15.1 -4 763 No stop 03 50 00 --- 16 27 35 57.5-202.5 -0.9 -13.3 476 824 03 42 01 03 50 40 J1722+2458 16 28 15 55.9-202.8 -0.9 -13.3 36 824 03 50 40 03 52 00 =1720+250 16 29 36 56.0-202.3 -0.9 -13.0 80 835 03 50 41 03 52 00 3C345 16 29 36 72.1-188.8 -0.2 -6.1 -11 835 No stop 04 00 00 --- 16 37 37 72.2-183.8 -0.1 -2.6 469 897 03 52 01 04 00 30 J1722+2458 16 38 07 56.4-198.9 -0.8 -11.0 19 897 04 00 30 04 02 00 =1720+250 16 39 37 56.5-198.3 -0.7 -10.7 90 908 04 00 31 04 02 00 ROSS867 16 39 37 58.1-197.5 -0.7 -10.4 -4 908 No stop 04 10 00 --- 16 47 39 58.4-194.2 -0.5 -8.4 476 970 04 02 01 04 10 40 J1722+2458 16 48 19 56.8-194.7 -0.6 -8.7 36 970 04 10 40 04 12 00 =1720+250 16 49 39 56.8-194.2 -0.6 -8.3 80 980 04 10 41 04 12 00 ROSS867 16 49 39 58.4-193.3 -0.5 -7.9 -4 980 No stop 04 20 00 --- 16 57 40 58.7-189.9 -0.4 -5.9 476 1042 04 12 01 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 16 57 40 57.1-190.9 -0.4 -6.4 -4 1042 No stop 04 22 00 =1720+250 16 59 40 57.1-190.0 -0.4 -5.9 116 1058 04 20 01 04 22 00 ROSS867 16 59 40 58.7-189.1 -0.3 -5.4 -4 1058 No stop 04 30 00 --- 17 07 42 58.8-185.6 -0.2 -3.4 476 1119 04 22 01 04 30 40 J1722+2458 17 08 22 57.3-186.4 -0.3 -3.8 36 1119 04 30 40 04 32 00 =1720+250 17 09 42 57.3-185.9 -0.2 -3.5 80 1130 04 30 41 04 32 00 ROSS867 17 09 42 58.9-184.7 -0.2 -2.8 -4 1130 No stop 04 40 00 --- 17 17 43 58.9-181.3 -0.0 -0.8 476 1192 04 32 01 04 40 00 J1722+2458 17 17 43 57.4-182.5 -0.1 -1.5 -4 1192 No stop 04 42 00 =1720+250 17 19 44 57.4-181.7 -0.1 -1.0 116 1207 04 40 01 04 42 00 ROSS867 17 19 44 58.9-180.4 -0.0 -0.2 -4 1207 No stop 04 50 00 --- 17 27 45 58.9-176.9 0.1 1.8 476 1269 04 42 01 04 50 40 J1722+2458 17 28 25 57.4-178.0 0.1 1.2 36 1269 04 50 40 04 52 00 =1720+250 17 29 45 57.4-177.4 0.1 1.5 80 1279 04 50 41 04 52 00 ROSS867 17 29 45 58.9-176.0 0.2 2.4 -4 1279 No stop 05 00 00 --- 17 37 47 58.8-172.6 0.3 4.4 476 1341 04 52 01 05 00 00 J1722+2458 17 37 47 57.3-174.1 0.2 3.5 -4 1341 No stop 05 02 00 =1720+250 17 39 47 57.3-173.2 0.3 4.0 116 1356 05 00 01 05 02 00 ROSS867 17 39 47 58.7-171.7 0.3 4.9 -4 1356 No stop 05 10 00 --- 17 47 48 58.6-168.3 0.5 7.0 476 1418 05 02 01 05 10 40 J1722+2458 17 48 28 57.1-169.6 0.4 6.1 36 1418 05 10 40 05 12 00 =1720+250 17 49 49 57.1-169.1 0.4 6.5 80 1429 05 10 41 05 12 00 ROSS867 17 49 49 58.5-167.4 0.5 7.5 -4 1429 No stop 05 20 00 --- 17 57 50 58.2-164.1 0.6 9.5 476 1490 05 12 01 05 20 00 J1722+2458 17 57 50 56.8-165.7 0.6 8.4 -4 1490 No stop 05 22 00 =1720+250 17 59 50 56.8-164.9 0.6 8.9 116 1506 05 20 01 05 22 00 ROSS867 17 59 50 58.2-163.2 0.7 10.0 -4 1506 No stop 05 30 00 --- 18 07 52 57.8-159.9 0.8 11.9 476 1568 05 22 01 05 30 40 J1722+2458 18 08 32 56.4-161.4 0.7 10.9 36 1568 05 30 40 05 32 00 =1720+250 18 09 52 56.4-160.9 0.8 11.2 80 1578 05 30 41 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 18 09 52 57.7-159.1 0.8 12.4 -4 1578 No stop 05 40 00 --- 18 17 53 57.3-155.8 1.0 14.2 476 1640 05 32 01 05 40 00 J1722+2458 18 17 53 56.0-157.7 0.9 13.0 -4 1640 No stop 05 42 00 =1720+250 18 19 54 55.9-156.9 0.9 13.4 116 1655 05 40 01 05 42 00 ROSS867 18 19 54 57.2-155.0 1.0 14.7 -4 1655 No stop 05 50 00 --- 18 27 55 56.7-151.8 1.1 16.4 476 1717 05 42 01 05 50 40 J1722+2458 18 28 35 55.4-153.5 1.1 15.3 36 1717 05 50 40 05 52 00 =1720+250 18 29 55 55.3-153.0 1.1 15.6 80 1727 05 50 41 05 52 00 ROSS867 18 29 55 56.6-151.1 1.2 16.9 -4 1727 No stop 06 00 00 --- 18 37 57 56.0-148.0 1.3 18.5 476 1789 05 52 01 06 00 00 J1722+2458 18 37 57 54.8-149.9 1.2 17.2 -4 1789 No stop 06 02 00 =1720+250 18 39 57 54.7-149.2 1.3 17.6 116 1805 06 00 01 06 02 00 ROSS867 18 39 57 55.9-147.2 1.3 18.9 -4 1805 No stop 06 10 00 --- 18 47 58 55.3-144.2 1.5 20.5 476 1867 06 02 01 06 10 40 J1722+2458 18 48 38 54.0-146.0 1.4 19.3 36 1867 06 10 40 06 12 00 =1720+250 18 49 59 53.9-145.5 1.4 19.6 80 1877 06 10 41 06 12 00 ROSS867 18 49 59 55.1-143.5 1.5 20.9 -4 1877 No stop 06 20 00 --- 18 58 00 54.5-140.6 1.6 22.4 476 1939 06 12 01 06 20 00 J1722+2458 18 58 00 53.3-142.6 1.6 21.1 -4 1939 No stop 06 22 00 =1720+250 19 00 00 53.1-141.9 1.6 21.4 116 1954 06 20 01 06 22 00 ROSS867 19 00 00 54.3-139.9 1.7 22.7 -4 1954 No stop 06 30 00 --- 19 08 02 53.6-137.1 1.8 24.1 476 2016 06 22 01 06 30 40 J1722+2458 19 08 42 52.4-138.9 1.8 22.9 36 2016 06 30 40 06 32 00 =1720+250 19 10 02 52.3-138.4 1.8 23.1 80 2026 06 30 41 06 32 00 ROSS867 19 10 02 53.4-136.4 1.8 24.4 -4 2026 No stop 06 40 00 --- 19 18 03 52.6-133.7 2.0 25.7 476 2088 06 32 01 06 40 00 J1722+2458 19 18 03 51.5-135.7 1.9 24.4 -4 2088 No stop 06 42 00 =1720+250 19 20 03 51.4-135.1 1.9 24.7 116 2104 06 40 01 06 42 00 ROSS867 19 20 03 52.4-133.0 2.0 26.0 -4 2104 No stop 06 50 00 --- 19 28 05 51.6-130.4 2.1 27.2 476 2165 06 42 01 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) Page 6 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 --- 06 50 40 J1722+2458 19 28 45 50.5-132.3 2.1 26.0 36 2165 06 50 40 06 52 00 =1720+250 19 30 05 50.4-131.8 2.1 26.2 80 2176 06 50 41 06 52 00 3C345 19 30 05 58.0-105.5 2.8 42.3 -16 2176 No stop 07 00 00 --- 19 38 06 57.0-103.4 2.9 42.8 464 2238 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 --- 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: 11 Station: IRBENE Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 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 = A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 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= 260.49 260.49 260.49 260.49 292.49 292.49 292.49 292.49 324.49 324.49 324.49 324.49 356.49 356.49 356.49 356.49 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: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 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