COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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: 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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 56 32 40.6 431.4 -4.5 -60.4 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 05 01 33 41.4 432.0 -4.4 -60.7 300 19 12 00 04 12 06 00 J0927+3902 05 02 33 41.6 432.1 -4.4 -60.8 57 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 05 07 34 42.4 432.8 -4.3 -61.2 300 39 12 06 04 12 12 00 J0927+3902 05 08 34 42.6 432.9 -4.3 -61.2 57 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 05 17 35 44.1 434.0 -4.2 -61.9 540 74 12 12 04 12 22 00 J0927+3902 05 18 36 44.3 434.2 -4.2 -61.9 57 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 05 27 37 45.9 435.3 -4.0 -62.5 540 108 12 22 04 12 32 00 J0927+3902 05 28 37 46.0 435.4 -4.0 -62.6 57 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 05 37 39 47.6 436.6 -3.8 -63.2 540 143 12 32 04 12 42 00 J0927+3902 05 38 39 47.8 436.7 -3.8 -63.2 57 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 05 47 40 49.3 437.9 -3.7 -63.8 540 178 12 42 04 12 52 00 J0927+3902 05 48 41 49.5 438.1 -3.7 -63.8 57 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 05 58 42 51.3 439.4 -3.5 -64.4 600 217 12 52 04 13 06 00 J0557+2413 06 02 43 69.7 543.2 0.1 2.5 99 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 06 04 43 69.7 544.5 0.1 3.5 120 225 13 06 04 13 08 00 J0557+2413 06 04 43 69.7 544.5 0.1 3.5 -3 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 06 06 03 69.6 545.4 0.1 4.2 77 230 13 08 04 13 10 20 J0604+2429 06 07 04 70.0 540.9 0.0 0.7 49 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 06 08 24 70.0 541.8 0.0 1.4 80 235 13 10 24 13 11 40 J0557+2413 06 08 24 69.6 546.9 0.2 5.4 -11 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 06 09 44 69.6 547.8 0.2 6.1 69 240 13 11 44 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 06 10 44 69.9 543.4 0.1 2.6 49 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 06 12 04 69.9 544.2 0.1 3.3 80 245 13 14 04 13 15 20 J0557+2413 06 12 04 69.5 549.3 0.2 7.3 -11 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 06 13 25 69.5 550.2 0.3 7.9 69 250 13 15 24 13 17 40 J0604+2429 06 14 25 69.9 545.8 0.1 4.5 49 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 06 15 45 69.9 546.7 0.2 5.2 80 255 13 17 44 13 19 00 J0557+2413 06 15 45 69.4 551.7 0.3 9.1 -11 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 06 17 05 69.3 552.5 0.3 9.8 69 261 13 19 04 13 21 20 J0604+2429 06 18 05 69.8 548.2 0.2 6.4 50 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 06 19 26 69.8 549.1 0.2 7.1 80 266 13 21 24 13 22 40 J0557+2413 06 19 26 69.2 554.0 0.4 10.9 -11 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 06 20 46 69.2 554.8 0.4 11.6 69 271 13 22 44 13 25 00 J0604+2429 06 21 46 69.7 550.6 0.3 8.3 50 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 06 23 06 69.7 551.5 0.3 9.0 80 276 13 25 04 13 26 20 J0557+2413 06 23 06 69.1 556.3 0.4 12.7 -10 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 06 24 26 69.0 557.1 0.4 13.3 70 281 13 26 24 13 28 40 J0604+2429 06 25 27 69.6 553.0 0.3 10.1 50 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 06 26 47 69.5 553.8 0.4 10.8 80 286 13 28 44 13 30 00 J0557+2413 06 26 47 68.9 558.6 0.5 14.4 -10 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 06 28 07 68.8 559.4 0.5 15.1 70 292 13 30 04 13 32 20 J0604+2429 06 29 07 69.4 555.3 0.4 12.0 50 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 06 30 27 69.4 556.2 0.4 12.6 80 297 13 32 24 13 33 40 J0557+2413 06 30 27 68.7 560.8 0.5 16.1 -10 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 06 31 48 68.6 561.6 0.6 16.7 70 302 13 33 44 13 36 00 J0604+2429 06 32 48 69.2 557.6 0.5 13.7 50 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 06 34 08 69.2 558.5 0.5 14.4 80 307 13 36 04 13 37 20 J0557+2413 06 34 08 68.4 563.0 0.6 17.8 -10 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 06 35 28 68.3 563.8 0.6 18.4 70 312 13 37 24 13 39 40 J0604+2429 06 36 28 69.0 559.9 0.5 15.5 50 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 06 37 49 68.9 560.7 0.5 16.1 80 317 13 39 44 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 37 49 68.1 565.2 0.7 19.4 -10 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 06 39 09 68.0 565.9 0.7 20.0 70 323 13 41 04 13 43 20 J0604+2429 06 40 09 68.8 562.1 0.6 17.2 50 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 06 41 29 68.7 562.9 0.6 17.8 80 328 13 43 24 13 44 40 J0557+2413 06 41 29 67.8 567.3 0.7 21.0 -10 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 06 42 49 67.7 568.0 0.7 21.5 70 333 13 44 44 13 47 00 J0604+2429 06 43 50 68.5 564.3 0.6 18.8 50 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 06 45 10 68.4 565.1 0.7 19.4 80 338 13 47 04 13 48 20 J0557+2413 06 45 10 67.5 569.3 0.8 22.5 -10 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 06 46 30 67.4 570.0 0.8 23.0 70 343 13 48 24 13 50 40 J0604+2429 06 47 30 68.2 566.5 0.7 20.4 51 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 06 48 50 68.1 567.2 0.7 21.0 80 348 13 50 44 13 52 00 J0557+2413 06 48 50 67.2 571.3 0.9 24.0 -9 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 06 50 11 67.1 572.0 0.9 24.5 71 354 13 52 04 13 54 20 J0604+2429 06 51 11 67.9 568.6 0.8 22.0 51 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 06 52 31 67.8 569.3 0.8 22.5 80 359 13 54 24 13 55 40 J0557+2413 06 52 31 66.9 573.3 0.9 25.4 -9 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 06 53 51 66.7 574.0 0.9 25.9 71 364 13 55 44 13 58 00 J0604+2429 06 54 51 67.6 570.6 0.8 23.5 51 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 06 56 12 67.5 571.3 0.8 24.0 80 369 13 58 04 13 59 20 J0557+2413 06 56 12 66.5 575.2 1.0 26.8 -9 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 06 57 32 66.4 575.8 1.0 27.2 71 374 13 59 24 14 01 40 J0604+2429 06 58 32 67.3 572.6 0.9 25.0 51 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 06 59 52 67.1 573.3 0.9 25.5 80 379 14 01 44 14 03 00 J0557+2413 06 59 52 66.1 577.0 1.0 28.1 -9 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 07 01 12 66.0 577.7 1.1 28.5 71 384 14 03 04 14 05 20 J0604+2429 07 02 13 66.9 574.5 0.9 26.4 51 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 07 03 33 66.8 575.2 1.0 26.9 80 390 14 05 24 14 06 40 J0557+2413 07 03 33 65.7 578.8 1.1 29.3 -9 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 07 04 53 65.6 579.5 1.1 29.8 71 395 14 06 44 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 07 05 53 66.5 576.4 1.0 27.7 51 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 07 07 13 66.4 577.1 1.0 28.2 80 400 14 09 04 14 10 20 J0557+2413 07 07 13 65.3 580.6 1.2 30.6 -9 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 07 08 34 65.1 581.2 1.2 31.0 71 405 14 10 24 14 12 40 J0604+2429 07 09 34 66.1 578.2 1.1 29.0 52 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 07 10 54 66.0 578.9 1.1 29.5 80 410 14 12 44 14 14 00 J0557+2413 07 10 54 64.8 582.3 1.2 31.7 -8 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 07 12 14 64.7 582.9 1.2 32.1 72 415 14 14 04 14 16 20 J0604+2429 07 13 14 65.7 580.0 1.1 30.3 52 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 07 14 35 65.6 580.7 1.1 30.7 80 421 14 16 24 14 17 40 J0557+2413 07 14 35 64.4 583.9 1.3 32.8 -8 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 07 15 55 64.2 584.5 1.3 33.2 72 426 14 17 44 14 20 00 J0604+2429 07 16 55 65.3 581.7 1.2 31.4 52 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 07 18 15 65.1 582.4 1.2 31.9 80 431 14 20 04 14 21 20 J0557+2413 07 18 15 63.9 585.5 1.3 33.9 -8 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 07 19 35 63.8 586.1 1.4 34.3 72 436 14 21 24 14 23 40 J0604+2429 07 20 36 64.8 583.4 1.2 32.6 52 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 07 21 56 64.7 584.0 1.3 33.0 80 441 14 23 44 14 25 00 J0557+2413 07 21 56 63.5 587.1 1.4 34.9 -8 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 07 23 16 63.3 587.6 1.4 35.3 72 446 14 25 04 14 27 20 J0604+2429 07 24 16 64.4 585.1 1.3 33.7 52 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 07 25 36 64.2 585.6 1.3 34.1 80 452 14 27 24 14 28 40 J0557+2413 07 25 36 63.0 588.6 1.5 35.9 -8 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 07 26 57 62.8 589.1 1.5 36.3 72 457 14 28 44 14 31 00 J0604+2429 07 27 57 63.9 586.7 1.4 34.7 52 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 07 29 17 63.7 587.2 1.4 35.1 80 462 14 31 04 14 32 20 J0557+2413 07 29 17 62.5 590.1 1.5 36.8 -8 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 07 30 37 62.3 590.6 1.5 37.2 72 467 14 32 24 14 34 40 J0604+2429 07 31 37 63.4 588.2 1.4 35.7 52 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 07 32 58 63.3 588.7 1.5 36.1 80 472 14 34 44 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 34 58 71.2 624.1 1.6 67.4 69 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 07 45 00 69.4 626.3 1.8 67.9 600 511 14 38 04 14 49 00 DA193 07 46 00 69.3 626.5 1.8 67.9 57 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 07 56 01 67.5 628.5 2.0 68.1 600 550 14 49 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess212.X512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/freq.dat: mc_x changed Maccaferri (CR 30Jan01) Setup group: 2 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:2 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= 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 8080.00 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 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 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= 311.49 311.49 311.49 311.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 327.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 343.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 359.49 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: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 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