COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment Exp. Code: N12X2 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Gabriele SURCIS Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596508 EMAIL: surcis@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596508 Observing mode: 512-8-2 Notes: 8 x 16 MHz, 2 bit sampling Check antenna pointing, Please Three FTP-FT scan scheduled. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 3.6 NME and ftp fringe-test on 24 May 2012 involving 10 antennas: Eb Wb On20 Mc Nt Ys Sv Zc Bd Ur. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 0528+134 and DA193 as well as phase-referencing parts with a continuum source as target. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:06 (scan 1, 2 sec, J0927+3902) ~12:52 (scan 7, 2 sec, J0927+3902) ~14:50 (scan 58, 2 sec, DA193) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Good luck with the session! Gabriele Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 2 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment 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 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- Next scan frequencies: 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 Next BBC frequencies: 691.49 691.49 691.49 691.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 00 00 J0927+3902 04 37 29 39.3 73.4 -4.8 -51.6 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 04 42 30 40.1 74.2 -4.8 -51.9 300 19 12 00 01 12 06 00 J0927+3902 04 43 30 40.2 74.4 -4.7 -52.0 49 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 04 48 31 41.0 75.2 -4.7 -52.2 300 39 12 06 01 12 12 00 J0927+3902 04 49 31 41.2 75.3 -4.6 -52.3 49 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 04 58 32 42.5 76.8 -4.5 -52.8 540 74 12 12 01 12 22 00 J0927+3902 04 59 32 42.7 76.9 -4.5 -52.8 49 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 05 08 34 44.1 78.4 -4.3 -53.2 540 108 12 22 01 12 32 00 J0927+3902 05 09 34 44.3 78.5 -4.3 -53.3 49 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 05 18 36 45.7 80.0 -4.2 -53.7 540 143 12 32 01 12 42 00 J0927+3902 05 19 36 45.8 80.2 -4.1 -53.7 49 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 05 28 37 47.2 81.7 -4.0 -54.0 540 178 12 42 01 12 52 00 J0927+3902 05 29 37 47.4 81.9 -4.0 -54.1 49 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 05 39 39 49.0 83.6 -3.8 -54.4 600 217 12 52 01 13 06 00 J0557+2413 05 43 40 63.6 172.7 -0.2 -5.1 -4 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 05 45 40 63.6 173.8 -0.2 -4.4 116 225 13 06 01 13 08 00 J0557+2413 05 45 40 63.6 173.8 -0.2 -4.4 -9 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 05 47 00 63.6 174.4 -0.2 -3.9 71 230 13 08 01 13 10 20 J0604+2429 05 48 00 63.7 170.9 -0.3 -6.4 23 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 05 49 21 63.8 171.6 -0.3 -5.9 80 235 13 10 21 13 11 40 J0557+2413 05 49 21 63.7 175.6 -0.1 -3.0 -38 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 05 50 41 63.7 176.3 -0.1 -2.6 42 240 13 11 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 3 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment 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 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 13 14 00 J0604+2429 05 51 41 63.8 172.8 -0.2 -5.0 23 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 05 53 01 63.9 173.5 -0.2 -4.6 80 245 13 14 01 13 15 20 J0557+2413 05 53 01 63.7 177.5 -0.1 -1.7 -38 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 05 54 21 63.7 178.2 -0.1 -1.2 42 250 13 15 21 13 17 40 J0604+2429 05 55 22 63.9 174.7 -0.2 -3.7 23 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 05 56 42 63.9 175.4 -0.1 -3.2 80 255 13 17 41 13 19 00 J0557+2413 05 56 42 63.7 179.4 -0.0 -0.4 -38 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 05 58 02 63.7 180.1 0.0 0.1 42 261 13 19 01 13 21 20 J0604+2429 05 59 02 63.9 176.6 -0.1 -2.4 23 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 06 00 22 64.0 177.3 -0.1 -1.9 80 266 13 21 21 13 22 40 J0557+2413 06 00 22 63.7 181.3 0.0 0.9 -38 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 06 01 43 63.7 182.0 0.1 1.4 42 271 13 22 41 13 25 00 J0604+2429 06 02 43 64.0 178.5 -0.0 -1.1 23 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 06 04 03 64.0 179.2 -0.0 -0.6 80 276 13 25 01 13 26 20 J0557+2413 06 04 03 63.7 183.2 0.1 2.2 -38 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 06 05 23 63.7 183.9 0.1 2.7 42 281 13 26 21 13 28 40 J0604+2429 06 06 23 64.0 180.4 0.0 0.3 23 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 06 07 44 64.0 181.1 0.0 0.7 80 286 13 28 41 13 30 00 J0557+2413 06 07 44 63.6 185.1 0.2 3.5 -38 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 06 09 04 63.6 185.8 0.2 4.0 42 292 13 30 01 13 32 20 J0604+2429 06 10 04 64.0 182.3 0.1 1.6 23 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 06 11 24 63.9 183.0 0.1 2.1 80 297 13 32 21 13 33 40 J0557+2413 06 11 24 63.6 187.0 0.2 4.8 -38 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 06 12 44 63.5 187.6 0.2 5.3 42 302 13 33 41 13 36 00 J0604+2429 06 13 45 63.9 184.2 0.1 2.9 24 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 06 15 05 63.9 184.9 0.2 3.4 80 307 13 36 01 13 37 20 J0557+2413 06 15 05 63.5 188.8 0.3 6.1 -38 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 06 16 25 63.5 189.5 0.3 6.6 42 312 13 37 21 13 39 40 J0604+2429 06 17 25 63.9 186.1 0.2 4.2 24 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 06 18 45 63.8 186.8 0.2 4.7 80 317 13 39 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 4 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment 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 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 13 41 00 J0557+2413 06 18 45 63.4 190.7 0.3 7.4 -38 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 06 20 06 63.4 191.4 0.4 7.9 42 323 13 41 01 13 43 20 J0604+2429 06 21 06 63.8 188.0 0.3 5.6 24 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 06 22 26 63.8 188.7 0.3 6.0 80 328 13 43 21 13 44 40 J0557+2413 06 22 26 63.3 192.5 0.4 8.7 -38 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 06 23 46 63.2 193.2 0.4 9.2 42 333 13 44 41 13 47 00 J0604+2429 06 24 46 63.7 189.8 0.3 6.9 24 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 06 26 07 63.7 190.5 0.3 7.3 80 338 13 47 01 13 48 20 J0557+2413 06 26 07 63.1 194.4 0.5 10.0 -38 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 06 27 27 63.1 195.0 0.5 10.4 42 343 13 48 21 13 50 40 J0604+2429 06 28 27 63.6 191.7 0.4 8.2 24 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 06 29 47 63.6 192.4 0.4 8.6 80 348 13 50 41 13 52 00 J0557+2413 06 29 47 63.0 196.2 0.5 11.2 -37 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 06 31 07 62.9 196.9 0.6 11.7 43 354 13 52 01 13 54 20 J0604+2429 06 32 08 63.5 193.6 0.4 9.4 24 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 06 33 28 63.4 194.2 0.5 9.9 80 359 13 54 21 13 55 40 J0557+2413 06 33 28 62.8 198.0 0.6 12.4 -37 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 06 34 48 62.7 198.7 0.6 12.9 43 364 13 55 41 13 58 00 J0604+2429 06 35 48 63.3 195.4 0.5 10.7 24 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 06 37 08 63.3 196.1 0.5 11.2 80 369 13 58 01 13 59 20 J0557+2413 06 37 08 62.6 199.8 0.7 13.6 -37 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 06 38 29 62.6 200.4 0.7 14.1 43 374 13 59 21 14 01 40 J0604+2429 06 39 29 63.2 197.2 0.6 11.9 25 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 06 40 49 63.1 197.9 0.6 12.4 80 379 14 01 41 14 03 00 J0557+2413 06 40 49 62.4 201.5 0.7 14.8 -37 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 06 42 09 62.3 202.2 0.7 15.3 43 384 14 03 01 14 05 20 J0604+2429 06 43 09 63.0 199.0 0.6 13.2 25 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 06 44 30 62.9 199.7 0.6 13.6 80 390 14 05 21 14 06 40 J0557+2413 06 44 30 62.2 203.3 0.8 16.0 -37 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 06 45 50 62.1 203.9 0.8 16.4 43 395 14 06 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 5 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment 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 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 14 09 00 J0604+2429 06 46 50 62.8 200.8 0.7 14.4 25 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 06 48 10 62.7 201.5 0.7 14.8 80 400 14 09 01 14 10 20 J0557+2413 06 48 10 62.0 205.0 0.8 17.1 -36 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 06 49 30 61.9 205.6 0.9 17.5 44 405 14 10 21 14 12 40 J0604+2429 06 50 31 62.6 202.6 0.7 15.6 25 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 06 51 51 62.5 203.2 0.8 16.0 80 410 14 12 41 14 14 00 J0557+2413 06 51 51 61.7 206.7 0.9 18.2 -36 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 06 53 11 61.6 207.3 0.9 18.6 44 415 14 14 01 14 16 20 J0604+2429 06 54 11 62.3 204.3 0.8 16.7 25 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 06 55 31 62.2 204.9 0.8 17.1 80 421 14 16 21 14 17 40 J0557+2413 06 55 31 61.4 208.4 1.0 19.3 -36 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 06 56 52 61.3 209.0 1.0 19.7 44 426 14 17 41 14 20 00 J0604+2429 06 57 52 62.1 206.0 0.9 17.9 26 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 06 59 12 62.0 206.6 0.9 18.3 80 431 14 20 01 14 21 20 J0557+2413 06 59 12 61.1 210.0 1.0 20.4 -36 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 07 00 32 61.0 210.6 1.0 20.8 44 436 14 21 21 14 23 40 J0604+2429 07 01 32 61.8 207.7 0.9 19.0 26 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 07 02 53 61.7 208.3 1.0 19.4 80 441 14 23 41 14 25 00 J0557+2413 07 02 53 60.9 211.6 1.1 21.4 -35 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 07 04 13 60.7 212.2 1.1 21.8 45 446 14 25 01 14 27 20 J0604+2429 07 05 13 61.5 209.4 1.0 20.0 26 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 07 06 33 61.4 210.0 1.0 20.4 80 452 14 27 21 14 28 40 J0557+2413 07 06 33 60.5 213.2 1.1 22.4 -35 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 07 07 53 60.4 213.8 1.2 22.8 45 457 14 28 41 14 31 00 J0604+2429 07 08 54 61.2 211.0 1.1 21.1 26 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 07 10 14 61.1 211.6 1.1 21.5 80 462 14 31 01 14 32 20 J0557+2413 07 10 14 60.2 214.8 1.2 23.4 -35 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 07 11 34 60.1 215.3 1.2 23.8 45 467 14 32 21 14 34 40 J0604+2429 07 12 34 60.9 212.6 1.1 22.1 27 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 07 13 54 60.8 213.2 1.1 22.5 80 472 14 34 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 6 X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment 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 24 May 2012 Day 145 --- 14 38 00 DA193 07 15 55 72.5 240.1 1.3 45.8 26 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 07 25 56 71.0 244.2 1.5 48.2 600 511 14 38 01 14 49 00 DA193 07 26 57 70.9 244.6 1.5 48.4 48 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 07 36 58 69.4 248.3 1.7 50.3 600 550 14 49 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.X512 --- 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: 10 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 7700.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. LO sum= 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8391.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8407.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8423.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 8439.49 BBC fr= 691.49 691.49 691.49 691.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 707.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 739.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- X band NME+FTP-FT Experiment Catalog positions marked with *. Precession of date coordinates is based on stop time of first scan. Names used in schedule marked with *. Short names used in VLA and SNAP files marked with +. Observation date used in B1950/J2000 coordinate conversion (PRECDATE): 1979.900 No adjustments are made for rates (DRA, DDEC). Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) J0555+3948 05 52 01.407174 * 05 55 30.805616 05 56 22.388233 0.13 0552+398 39 48 21.94578 * 39 48 49.16493 39 48 51.87431 0.10 * DA193 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 368422 observations 0.333 scan and 22.000 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 * J0557+2413 05 54 00.912117 * 05 57 04.713585 05 57 50.045857 0.12 0554+242 24 13 35.83074 * 24 13 55.29858 24 13 53.98312 0.11 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 733 observations 0.567 scan and 26.536 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 * J0604+2429 06 01 50.936475 * 06 04 55.121380 06 05 40.560901 0.12 0601+245 24 30 09.83043 * 24 29 55.03636 24 29 45.31768 0.11 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 267 observations 0.533 scan and 33.244 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 * J0927+3902 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 27 49.956865 0.13 0923+392 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 59 07.60378 0.10 4C39.25 /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 820 observations 0.933 scan and 61.600 baseline hours in setup: sess212.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 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) DA193 30.0 J0557+2413 25.7 J0604+2429 27.5 J0927+3902 69.6 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