COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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: 315.49 315.49 315.49 315.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 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 13 56 27 44.1 457.4 -3.5 -51.3 0 0 02 00 00 02 02 00 =1720+250 13 58 28 44.4 457.8 -3.4 -51.2 120 15 02 00 01 02 02 00 ROSS867 13 58 28 45.9 456.7 -3.4 -52.3 -8 15 No stop 02 10 00 --- 14 06 29 47.3 458.3 -3.2 -52.0 472 77 02 02 01 02 10 40 J1722+2458 14 07 09 46.0 459.5 -3.3 -50.9 32 77 02 10 40 02 12 00 =1720+250 14 08 29 46.2 459.8 -3.3 -50.8 80 88 02 10 41 02 12 00 ROSS867 14 08 29 47.7 458.7 -3.2 -51.9 -8 88 No stop 02 20 00 --- 14 16 31 49.1 460.4 -3.1 -51.6 472 149 02 12 01 02 20 00 J1722+2458 14 16 31 47.6 461.5 -3.1 -50.4 -8 149 No stop 02 22 00 =1720+250 14 18 31 48.0 461.9 -3.1 -50.3 112 165 02 20 01 02 22 00 ROSS867 14 18 31 49.4 460.8 -3.0 -51.5 -8 165 No stop 02 30 00 --- 14 26 32 50.8 462.5 -2.9 -51.0 472 227 02 22 01 02 30 40 J1722+2458 14 27 12 49.5 463.8 -2.9 -49.8 32 227 02 30 40 02 32 00 =1720+250 14 28 33 49.7 464.2 -2.9 -49.7 80 237 02 30 41 02 32 00 ROSS867 14 28 33 51.2 463.0 -2.9 -50.9 -8 237 No stop 02 40 00 --- 14 36 34 52.6 464.8 -2.7 -50.4 472 299 02 32 01 02 40 00 J1722+2458 14 36 34 51.1 466.0 -2.8 -49.1 -8 299 No stop 02 42 00 =1720+250 14 38 34 51.4 466.5 -2.8 -48.9 112 314 02 40 01 02 42 00 ROSS867 14 38 34 52.9 465.3 -2.7 -50.2 -8 314 No stop 02 50 00 --- 14 46 35 54.3 467.3 -2.6 -49.5 472 376 02 42 01 02 50 40 J1722+2458 14 47 16 52.9 468.6 -2.6 -48.2 32 376 02 50 40 02 52 00 =1720+250 14 48 36 53.1 468.9 -2.6 -48.1 80 386 02 50 41 02 52 00 ROSS867 14 48 36 54.6 467.8 -2.5 -49.3 -8 386 No stop 03 00 00 --- 14 56 37 56.0 469.8 -2.4 -48.5 472 448 02 52 01 03 00 00 J1722+2458 14 56 37 54.5 471.0 -2.5 -47.2 -8 448 No stop 03 02 00 =1720+250 14 58 37 54.8 471.6 -2.4 -47.0 112 464 03 00 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 14 58 37 56.3 470.4 -2.4 -48.3 -8 464 No stop 03 10 00 --- 15 06 39 57.7 472.6 -2.2 -47.4 472 526 03 02 01 03 10 40 J1722+2458 15 07 19 56.2 473.9 -2.3 -46.0 32 526 03 10 40 03 12 00 =1720+250 15 08 39 56.4 474.3 -2.3 -45.8 80 536 03 10 41 03 12 00 ROSS867 15 08 39 58.0 473.2 -2.2 -47.1 -8 536 No stop 03 20 00 --- 15 16 40 59.3 475.5 -2.1 -46.0 472 598 03 12 01 03 20 00 J1722+2458 15 16 40 57.7 476.7 -2.1 -44.6 -8 598 No stop 03 22 00 =1720+250 15 18 41 58.1 477.3 -2.1 -44.3 112 613 03 20 01 03 22 00 ROSS867 15 18 41 59.6 476.1 -2.0 -45.7 -8 613 No stop 03 30 00 --- 15 26 42 60.9 478.7 -1.9 -44.3 472 675 03 22 01 03 30 40 J1722+2458 15 27 22 59.4 480.0 -1.9 -42.9 32 675 03 30 40 03 32 00 =1720+250 15 28 42 59.6 480.5 -1.9 -42.7 80 685 03 30 41 03 32 00 ROSS867 15 28 42 61.2 479.4 -1.9 -44.0 -8 685 No stop 03 40 00 --- 15 36 44 62.4 482.1 -1.7 -42.4 472 747 03 32 01 03 40 00 J1722+2458 15 36 44 60.8 483.2 -1.8 -41.1 -8 747 No stop 03 42 00 =1720+250 15 38 44 61.1 483.9 -1.7 -40.7 112 763 03 40 01 03 42 00 ROSS867 15 38 44 62.7 482.9 -1.7 -42.0 -8 763 No stop 03 50 00 --- 15 46 45 63.9 485.9 -1.6 -40.2 472 824 03 42 01 03 50 40 J1722+2458 15 47 25 62.4 487.1 -1.6 -38.8 32 824 03 50 40 03 52 00 =1720+250 15 48 46 62.6 487.6 -1.6 -38.5 80 835 03 50 41 03 52 00 3C345 15 48 46 78.8 470.3 -0.9 -60.5 -37 835 No stop 04 00 00 --- 15 56 47 80.1 474.6 -0.8 -57.5 443 897 03 52 01 04 00 30 J1722+2458 15 57 17 63.8 491.0 -1.4 -36.4 -7 897 04 00 30 04 02 00 =1720+250 15 58 47 64.0 491.6 -1.4 -36.0 83 908 04 00 31 04 02 00 ROSS867 15 58 47 65.6 490.8 -1.4 -37.1 -8 908 No stop 04 10 00 --- 16 06 49 66.6 494.4 -1.2 -34.7 472 970 04 02 01 04 10 40 J1722+2458 16 07 29 65.1 495.4 -1.3 -33.5 32 970 04 10 40 04 12 00 =1720+250 16 08 49 65.2 496.0 -1.2 -33.1 80 980 04 10 41 04 12 00 ROSS867 16 08 49 66.9 495.3 -1.2 -34.1 -8 980 No stop 04 20 00 --- 16 16 50 67.9 499.3 -1.1 -31.3 472 1042 04 12 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 16 50 66.2 499.8 -1.1 -30.5 -8 1042 No stop 04 22 00 =1720+250 16 18 51 66.4 500.7 -1.1 -29.8 112 1058 04 20 01 04 22 00 ROSS867 16 18 51 68.1 500.3 -1.0 -30.6 -8 1058 No stop 04 30 00 --- 16 26 52 69.0 504.6 -0.9 -27.5 472 1119 04 22 01 04 30 40 J1722+2458 16 27 32 67.4 505.2 -0.9 -26.7 32 1119 04 30 40 04 32 00 =1720+250 16 28 52 67.5 505.9 -0.9 -26.2 80 1130 04 30 41 04 32 00 ROSS867 16 28 52 69.2 505.7 -0.9 -26.7 -8 1130 No stop 04 40 00 --- 16 36 54 69.9 510.3 -0.7 -23.2 472 1192 04 32 01 04 40 00 J1722+2458 16 36 54 68.3 510.3 -0.8 -23.0 -8 1192 No stop 04 42 00 =1720+250 16 38 54 68.4 511.4 -0.7 -22.1 112 1207 04 40 01 04 42 00 ROSS867 16 38 54 70.1 511.6 -0.7 -22.3 -8 1207 No stop 04 50 00 --- 16 46 55 70.7 516.6 -0.6 -18.5 472 1269 04 42 01 04 50 40 J1722+2458 16 47 35 69.1 516.5 -0.6 -18.3 32 1269 04 50 40 04 52 00 =1720+250 16 48 56 69.2 517.3 -0.6 -17.6 80 1279 04 50 41 04 52 00 ROSS867 16 48 56 70.9 517.9 -0.5 -17.5 -8 1279 No stop 05 00 00 --- 16 56 57 71.3 523.2 -0.4 -13.3 472 1341 04 52 01 05 00 00 J1722+2458 16 56 57 69.7 522.3 -0.4 -13.8 -8 1341 No stop 05 02 00 =1720+250 16 58 57 69.8 523.6 -0.4 -12.8 112 1356 05 00 01 05 02 00 ROSS867 16 58 57 71.4 524.6 -0.4 -12.2 -8 1356 No stop 05 10 00 --- 17 06 58 71.8 530.2 -0.2 -7.8 472 1418 05 02 01 05 10 40 J1722+2458 17 07 39 70.2 529.2 -0.3 -8.4 32 1418 05 10 40 05 12 00 =1720+250 17 08 59 70.2 530.1 -0.2 -7.7 80 1429 05 10 41 05 12 00 ROSS867 17 08 59 71.8 531.6 -0.2 -6.7 -8 1429 No stop 05 20 00 --- 17 17 00 71.9 537.4 -0.1 -2.1 472 1490 05 12 01 05 20 00 J1722+2458 17 17 00 70.4 535.5 -0.1 -3.5 -8 1490 No stop 05 22 00 =1720+250 17 19 00 70.4 536.9 -0.1 -2.5 112 1506 05 20 01 05 22 00 ROSS867 17 19 00 72.0 538.8 -0.0 -0.9 -8 1506 No stop 05 30 00 --- 17 27 02 71.9 544.6 0.1 3.7 472 1568 05 22 01 05 30 40 J1722+2458 17 27 42 70.4 542.7 0.1 2.2 32 1568 05 30 40 05 32 00 =1720+250 17 29 02 70.4 543.6 0.1 2.9 80 1578 05 30 41 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 17 29 02 71.9 546.1 0.1 4.8 -8 1578 No stop 05 40 00 --- 17 37 03 71.7 551.7 0.3 9.3 472 1640 05 32 01 05 40 00 J1722+2458 17 37 03 70.2 549.0 0.2 7.1 -7 1640 No stop 05 42 00 =1720+250 17 39 04 70.2 550.4 0.3 8.1 113 1655 05 40 01 05 42 00 ROSS867 17 39 04 71.6 553.2 0.3 10.4 -8 1655 No stop 05 50 00 --- 17 47 05 71.2 558.6 0.4 14.8 472 1717 05 42 01 05 50 40 J1722+2458 17 47 45 69.8 556.0 0.4 12.5 32 1717 05 50 40 05 52 00 =1720+250 17 49 05 69.8 556.9 0.4 13.2 80 1727 05 50 41 05 52 00 ROSS867 17 49 05 71.1 560.0 0.5 15.8 -8 1727 No stop 06 00 00 --- 17 57 07 70.5 565.2 0.6 19.8 472 1789 05 52 01 06 00 00 J1722+2458 17 57 07 69.3 561.9 0.6 17.1 -8 1789 No stop 06 02 00 =1720+250 17 59 07 69.2 563.1 0.6 18.0 112 1805 06 00 01 06 02 00 ROSS867 17 59 07 70.4 566.4 0.6 20.8 -8 1805 No stop 06 10 00 --- 18 07 08 69.7 571.3 0.8 24.4 472 1867 06 02 01 06 10 40 J1722+2458 18 07 48 68.5 568.2 0.7 21.9 32 1867 06 10 40 06 12 00 =1720+250 18 09 09 68.4 569.0 0.8 22.4 80 1877 06 10 41 06 12 00 ROSS867 18 09 09 69.5 572.5 0.8 25.3 -9 1877 No stop 06 20 00 --- 18 17 10 68.7 576.9 0.9 28.6 471 1939 06 12 01 06 20 00 J1722+2458 18 17 10 67.6 573.4 0.9 25.7 -9 1939 No stop 06 22 00 =1720+250 18 19 10 67.4 574.5 0.9 26.5 111 1954 06 20 01 06 22 00 ROSS867 18 19 10 68.5 578.0 1.0 29.4 -9 1954 No stop 06 30 00 --- 18 27 12 67.5 582.1 1.1 32.3 471 2016 06 22 01 06 30 40 J1722+2458 18 27 52 66.5 579.0 1.1 29.6 31 2016 06 30 40 06 32 00 =1720+250 18 29 12 66.3 579.6 1.1 30.1 80 2026 06 30 41 06 32 00 ROSS867 18 29 12 67.3 583.1 1.1 33.0 -9 2026 No stop 06 40 00 --- 18 37 13 66.3 586.9 1.3 35.5 471 2088 06 32 01 06 40 00 J1722+2458 18 37 13 65.4 583.4 1.2 32.7 -8 2088 No stop 06 42 00 =1720+250 18 39 14 65.2 584.3 1.3 33.3 112 2104 06 40 01 06 42 00 ROSS867 18 39 14 66.0 587.8 1.3 36.1 -9 2104 No stop 06 50 00 --- 18 47 15 64.9 591.2 1.4 38.4 471 2165 06 42 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 18 47 55 64.0 588.1 1.4 35.8 32 2165 06 50 40 06 52 00 =1720+250 18 49 15 63.9 588.7 1.4 36.2 80 2176 06 50 41 06 52 00 3C345 18 49 15 66.4 629.5 2.1 68.1 -59 2176 No stop 07 00 00 --- 18 57 17 65.0 630.9 2.2 68.1 421 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: 9 Station: MEDICINA 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= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 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= 315.49 315.49 315.49 315.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 379.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 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: 3 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