COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) Experiment: Dual Frequency Observation of 8 FR 0 Galaxies Exp. Code: EC063D Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Xiaopeng Cheng Address: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Nandan Road 80 Shanghai 200030 China Phone: +86-18317079386 EMAIL: xcheng@shao.ac.cn Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: Notes: 5 GHz, dual polarisation, 1024 Mbps Drafted by Xiaopeng Cheng Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 2 Dual Frequency Observation of 8 FR 0 Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Mar 2019 Day 66 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 322.49 322.49 322.49 322.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 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 20 30 00 4C39.25 13 19 47 47.1 -75.4 3.9 64.6 0 0 20 30 00 20 30 30 --- 13 20 18 47.0 -75.3 3.9 64.5 30 4 20 30 01 20 31 30 4C39.25 13 21 18 46.8 -75.2 3.9 64.5 58 4 20 31 30 20 34 30 --- 13 24 18 46.3 -74.8 3.9 64.2 180 27 20 31 31 20 35 18 J0906+4124 13 25 06 43.7 -69.4 4.3 64.7 38 27 20 35 18 20 45 18 --- 13 35 08 42.0 -68.2 4.5 63.8 600 104 20 35 19 20 51 26 J0909+1928 13 41 17 29.3 269.6 4.5 50.3 26 104 20 51 26 21 01 26 --- 13 51 19 27.4 271.3 4.7 50.3 600 181 20 51 27 21 02 59 J1025+1022 13 52 52 34.5 249.3 3.4 43.6 67 181 21 02 59 21 12 59 --- 14 02 54 32.8 251.4 3.6 44.3 600 258 21 03 00 21 15 24 J1037+4335 14 05 19 53.1 288.5 3.4 71.6 101 258 21 15 24 21 25 24 --- 14 15 21 51.4 289.4 3.6 70.6 600 335 21 15 25 21 28 41 J0906+4124 14 18 38 34.8 296.7 5.2 59.7 161 335 21 28 41 21 38 41 --- 14 28 40 33.2 297.8 5.3 58.7 600 412 21 28 42 21 44 43 J0909+1928 14 34 42 19.6 278.5 5.4 49.5 333 412 21 44 43 21 54 43 --- 14 44 44 17.8 280.1 5.6 49.2 600 488 21 44 44 21 56 31 J1025+1022 14 46 32 25.2 260.0 4.3 46.6 84 488 21 56 31 22 06 31 --- 14 56 34 23.4 261.9 4.5 46.9 600 565 21 56 32 22 09 39 J1037+4335 14 59 42 43.9 293.8 4.4 66.2 143 565 22 09 39 22 19 39 --- 15 09 44 42.2 294.8 4.5 65.2 600 642 22 09 40 22 23 23 4C39.25 15 13 29 28.0 298.5 5.8 55.1 194 642 22 23 23 22 26 23 --- 15 16 30 27.5 298.9 5.8 54.8 180 665 22 23 24 22 27 55 J0906+4124 15 18 02 25.5 303.8 6.2 53.5 83 665 22 27 55 22 37 55 --- 15 28 04 24.0 305.0 6.3 52.3 600 742 22 27 56 22 45 03 J0909+1928 15 35 13 8.9 288.3 6.4 46.9 397 742 22 45 03 22 55 03 --- 15 45 14 7.2 289.9 6.6 46.3 600 819 22 45 04 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 3 Dual Frequency Observation of 8 FR 0 Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Mar 2019 Day 66 --- 22 56 59 J1025+1022 15 47 11 14.2 270.8 5.3 47.5 93 819 22 56 59 23 06 59 --- 15 57 13 12.4 272.5 5.5 47.5 600 896 22 57 00 23 09 45 J1037+4335 15 59 58 34.2 300.2 5.4 59.8 118 896 23 09 45 23 19 45 --- 16 10 00 32.6 301.3 5.5 58.7 600 973 23 09 46 23 24 00 J0906+4124 16 14 16 17.4 311.0 7.1 46.8 223 973 23 24 00 23 34 00 --- 16 24 17 16.1 312.4 7.3 45.5 600 1050 23 24 01 23 47 44 J1025+1022 16 38 04 5.0 279.4 6.2 46.7 785 1050 23 47 44 23 57 44 --- 16 48 06 3.2 281.1 6.4 D 46.4 0 1127 23 47 45 --- Fri 8 Mar 2019 Day 67 --- 00 00 18 J1037+4335 16 50 40 26.5 306.0 6.2 54.0 107 1127 00 00 18 00 10 18 --- 17 00 42 25.0 307.2 6.4 52.8 600 1204 00 00 19 00 12 58 J0906+4124 17 03 22 11.1 317.9 7.9 40.4 130 1204 00 12 58 00 17 13 --- 17 07 38 10.5 318.5 8.0 39.8 255 1237 00 12 59 00 26 44 3C345 17 17 11 82.7 242.3 0.6 56.7 421 1237 00 26 44 00 29 59 --- 17 20 26 82.2 244.8 0.6 58.7 195 1262 00 26 45 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess119.C1024 --- 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: URUMQI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B 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= 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 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 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 322.49 322.49 322.49 322.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 354.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 386.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 418.49 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: 7 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) * J0906+4124 09 03 38.214851 * 09 06 52.793400 09 08 07.388462 0.00 41 36 34.18271 * 41 24 29.64900 41 19 51.31275 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0909+1928 09 06 47.515268 * 09 09 37.443466 09 10 42.640605 0.00 19 40 21.72915 * 19 28 08.29122 19 23 22.46509 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1025+1022 10 23 05.443442 * 10 25 44.212390 10 26 45.331151 0.00 10 37 46.62320 * 10 22 30.47649 10 16 34.77852 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1037+4335 10 34 22.661119 * 10 37 19.342127 10 38 27.354921 0.00 43 50 50.41904 * 43 35 15.30447 43 29 15.34514 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 15.033955 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 57 19.63356 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 37.072282 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 17.35787 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/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 J0906+4124 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.738 64.189 J0909+1928 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.667 54.333 J1025+1022 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.667 54.333 J1037+4335 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.667 62.999 4C39.25 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.108 10.674 3C345 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.054 5.687 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) J0906+4124 134.4 J0909+1928 147.1 J1025+1022 167.6 J1037+4335 140.9 4C39.25 138.8 3C345 98.8 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