COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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: 741.49 741.49 741.49 741.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 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 03 57 36 29.0 61.8 -5.5 -59.5 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 =0923+392 04 02 37 29.9 62.4 -5.4 -60.1 300 19 12 00 01 12 06 00 J0927+3902 04 03 37 30.0 62.5 -5.4 -60.2 45 19 12 06 00 12 11 00 =0923+392 04 08 38 30.9 63.1 -5.3 -60.7 300 39 12 06 01 12 12 00 J0927+3902 04 09 38 31.1 63.2 -5.3 -60.8 45 39 12 12 00 12 21 00 =0923+392 04 18 39 32.6 64.2 -5.2 -61.7 540 74 12 12 01 12 22 00 J0927+3902 04 19 39 32.8 64.3 -5.1 -61.8 45 74 12 22 00 12 31 00 =0923+392 04 28 41 34.3 65.3 -5.0 -62.6 540 108 12 22 01 12 32 00 J0927+3902 04 29 41 34.5 65.4 -5.0 -62.7 45 108 12 32 00 12 41 00 =0923+392 04 38 43 36.1 66.3 -4.8 -63.6 540 143 12 32 01 12 42 00 J0927+3902 04 39 43 36.2 66.4 -4.8 -63.7 45 143 12 42 00 12 51 00 =0923+392 04 48 44 37.8 67.4 -4.7 -64.5 540 178 12 42 01 12 52 00 J0927+3902 04 49 44 38.0 67.5 -4.6 -64.6 45 178 12 52 00 13 02 00 =0923+392 04 59 46 39.8 68.6 -4.5 -65.5 600 217 12 52 01 13 06 00 J0557+2413 05 03 47 70.2 141.1 -0.9 -31.6 154 217 13 06 00 13 08 00 =0554+242 05 05 47 70.4 142.3 -0.9 -30.7 120 225 13 06 01 13 08 00 J0557+2413 05 05 47 70.4 142.3 -0.9 -30.7 -15 225 No stop 13 09 20 =0554+242 05 07 07 70.6 143.1 -0.8 -30.1 65 230 13 08 01 13 10 20 J0604+2429 05 08 07 70.0 138.7 -1.0 -33.4 40 230 13 10 20 13 11 40 =0601+245 05 09 28 70.1 139.5 -0.9 -32.9 80 235 13 10 21 13 11 40 J0557+2413 05 09 28 70.8 144.5 -0.8 -29.0 -20 235 No stop 13 13 00 =0554+242 05 10 48 71.0 145.3 -0.8 -28.4 60 240 13 11 41 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 11 48 70.4 140.8 -0.9 -31.9 40 240 13 14 00 13 15 20 =0601+245 05 13 08 70.6 141.6 -0.9 -31.3 80 245 13 14 01 13 15 20 J0557+2413 05 13 08 71.2 146.7 -0.7 -27.2 -20 245 No stop 13 16 40 =0554+242 05 14 28 71.3 147.6 -0.7 -26.5 60 250 13 15 21 13 17 40 J0604+2429 05 15 29 70.8 143.0 -0.8 -30.2 40 250 13 17 40 13 19 00 =0601+245 05 16 49 71.0 143.8 -0.8 -29.6 80 255 13 17 41 13 19 00 J0557+2413 05 16 49 71.6 149.1 -0.7 -25.4 -20 255 No stop 13 20 20 =0554+242 05 18 09 71.7 150.0 -0.7 -24.7 60 261 13 19 01 13 21 20 J0604+2429 05 19 09 71.2 145.2 -0.8 -28.5 40 261 13 21 20 13 22 40 =0601+245 05 20 29 71.4 146.0 -0.8 -27.8 80 266 13 21 21 13 22 40 J0557+2413 05 20 29 71.9 151.5 -0.6 -23.4 -21 266 No stop 13 24 00 =0554+242 05 21 50 72.0 152.4 -0.6 -22.7 59 271 13 22 41 13 25 00 J0604+2429 05 22 50 71.6 147.5 -0.7 -26.6 40 271 13 25 00 13 26 20 =0601+245 05 24 10 71.8 148.4 -0.7 -26.0 80 276 13 25 01 13 26 20 J0557+2413 05 24 10 72.2 154.0 -0.6 -21.4 -21 276 No stop 13 27 40 =0554+242 05 25 30 72.4 155.0 -0.5 -20.6 59 281 13 26 21 13 28 40 J0604+2429 05 26 30 72.0 149.9 -0.7 -24.7 39 281 13 28 40 13 30 00 =0601+245 05 27 51 72.1 150.8 -0.6 -24.0 80 286 13 28 41 13 30 00 J0557+2413 05 27 51 72.5 156.6 -0.5 -19.3 -21 286 No stop 13 31 20 =0554+242 05 29 11 72.6 157.6 -0.5 -18.5 59 292 13 30 01 13 32 20 J0604+2429 05 30 11 72.3 152.4 -0.6 -22.7 39 292 13 32 20 13 33 40 =0601+245 05 31 31 72.5 153.4 -0.6 -22.0 80 297 13 32 21 13 33 40 J0557+2413 05 31 31 72.8 159.3 -0.4 -17.1 -21 297 No stop 13 35 00 =0554+242 05 32 51 72.9 160.3 -0.4 -16.3 59 302 13 33 41 13 36 00 J0604+2429 05 33 52 72.6 155.0 -0.5 -20.6 39 302 13 36 00 13 37 20 =0601+245 05 35 12 72.7 156.0 -0.5 -19.9 80 307 13 36 01 13 37 20 J0557+2413 05 35 12 73.0 162.1 -0.4 -14.9 -21 307 No stop 13 38 40 =0554+242 05 36 32 73.1 163.1 -0.4 -14.0 59 312 13 37 21 13 39 40 J0604+2429 05 37 32 72.9 157.7 -0.5 -18.5 39 312 13 39 40 13 41 00 =0601+245 05 38 52 73.0 158.7 -0.4 -17.7 80 317 13 39 41 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 05 38 52 73.2 164.9 -0.3 -12.6 -21 317 No stop 13 42 20 =0554+242 05 40 13 73.3 165.9 -0.3 -11.7 59 323 13 41 01 13 43 20 J0604+2429 05 41 13 73.2 160.4 -0.4 -16.2 39 323 13 43 20 13 44 40 =0601+245 05 42 33 73.3 161.4 -0.4 -15.4 80 328 13 43 21 13 44 40 J0557+2413 05 42 33 73.4 167.7 -0.3 -10.2 -21 328 No stop 13 46 00 =0554+242 05 43 53 73.4 168.8 -0.2 -9.3 59 333 13 44 41 13 47 00 J0604+2429 05 44 53 73.4 163.2 -0.3 -13.9 39 333 13 47 00 13 48 20 =0601+245 05 46 14 73.5 164.3 -0.3 -13.1 80 338 13 47 01 13 48 20 J0557+2413 05 46 14 73.5 170.6 -0.2 -7.8 -21 338 No stop 13 49 40 =0554+242 05 47 34 73.6 171.7 -0.2 -6.9 59 343 13 48 21 13 50 40 J0604+2429 05 48 34 73.6 166.1 -0.3 -11.6 39 343 13 50 40 13 52 00 =0601+245 05 49 54 73.6 167.2 -0.3 -10.7 80 348 13 50 41 13 52 00 J0557+2413 05 49 54 73.6 173.6 -0.1 -5.4 -21 348 No stop 13 53 20 =0554+242 05 51 14 73.6 174.7 -0.1 -4.5 59 354 13 52 01 13 54 20 J0604+2429 05 52 15 73.7 169.0 -0.2 -9.1 39 354 13 54 20 13 55 40 =0601+245 05 53 35 73.8 170.1 -0.2 -8.2 80 359 13 54 21 13 55 40 J0557+2413 05 53 35 73.7 176.5 -0.1 -2.9 -22 359 No stop 13 57 00 =0554+242 05 54 55 73.7 177.6 -0.0 -2.0 58 364 13 55 41 13 58 00 J0604+2429 05 55 55 73.8 172.0 -0.2 -6.7 39 364 13 58 00 13 59 20 =0601+245 05 57 15 73.9 173.1 -0.1 -5.8 80 369 13 58 01 13 59 20 J0557+2413 05 57 15 73.7 179.5 -0.0 -0.4 -22 369 No stop 14 00 40 =0554+242 05 58 36 73.7 180.6 0.0 0.5 58 374 13 59 21 14 01 40 J0604+2429 05 59 36 73.9 175.0 -0.1 -4.2 39 374 14 01 40 14 03 00 =0601+245 06 00 56 73.9 176.1 -0.1 -3.3 80 379 14 01 41 14 03 00 J0557+2413 06 00 56 73.7 182.5 0.1 2.1 -22 379 No stop 14 04 20 =0554+242 06 02 16 73.7 183.6 0.1 3.0 58 384 14 03 01 14 05 20 J0604+2429 06 03 16 74.0 178.0 -0.0 -1.7 39 384 14 05 20 14 06 40 =0601+245 06 04 37 74.0 179.1 -0.0 -0.7 80 390 14 05 21 14 06 40 J0557+2413 06 04 37 73.6 185.5 0.1 4.6 -21 390 No stop 14 08 00 =0554+242 06 05 57 73.6 186.6 0.1 5.5 59 395 14 06 41 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 06 57 74.0 181.1 0.0 0.9 39 395 14 09 00 14 10 20 =0601+245 06 08 17 74.0 182.2 0.0 1.8 80 400 14 09 01 14 10 20 J0557+2413 06 08 17 73.6 188.4 0.2 7.0 -21 400 No stop 14 11 40 =0554+242 06 09 37 73.5 189.5 0.2 7.9 59 405 14 10 21 14 12 40 J0604+2429 06 10 38 73.9 184.1 0.1 3.4 39 405 14 12 40 14 14 00 =0601+245 06 11 58 73.9 185.2 0.1 4.3 80 410 14 12 41 14 14 00 J0557+2413 06 11 58 73.4 191.4 0.2 9.5 -21 410 No stop 14 15 20 =0554+242 06 13 18 73.4 192.4 0.3 10.3 59 415 14 14 01 14 16 20 J0604+2429 06 14 18 73.9 187.1 0.1 5.9 39 415 14 16 20 14 17 40 =0601+245 06 15 38 73.8 188.2 0.2 6.8 80 421 14 16 21 14 17 40 J0557+2413 06 15 38 73.3 194.2 0.3 11.8 -21 421 No stop 14 19 00 =0554+242 06 16 59 73.2 195.3 0.3 12.7 59 426 14 17 41 14 20 00 J0604+2429 06 17 59 73.8 190.1 0.2 8.4 39 426 14 20 00 14 21 20 =0601+245 06 19 19 73.7 191.1 0.2 9.3 80 431 14 20 01 14 21 20 J0557+2413 06 19 19 73.1 197.1 0.4 14.2 -21 431 No stop 14 22 40 =0554+242 06 20 39 73.0 198.1 0.4 15.0 59 436 14 21 21 14 23 40 J0604+2429 06 21 39 73.6 193.0 0.3 10.8 39 436 14 23 40 14 25 00 =0601+245 06 23 00 73.6 194.1 0.3 11.7 80 441 14 23 41 14 25 00 J0557+2413 06 23 00 72.9 199.8 0.4 16.4 -21 441 No stop 14 26 20 =0554+242 06 24 20 72.8 200.8 0.4 17.2 59 446 14 25 01 14 27 20 J0604+2429 06 25 20 73.5 195.9 0.3 13.2 39 446 14 27 20 14 28 40 =0601+245 06 26 40 73.4 196.9 0.3 14.1 80 452 14 27 21 14 28 40 J0557+2413 06 26 40 72.6 202.5 0.5 18.6 -21 452 No stop 14 30 00 =0554+242 06 28 00 72.5 203.5 0.5 19.4 59 457 14 28 41 14 31 00 J0604+2429 06 29 01 73.2 198.7 0.4 15.5 40 457 14 31 00 14 32 20 =0601+245 06 30 21 73.2 199.7 0.4 16.4 80 462 14 31 01 14 32 20 J0557+2413 06 30 21 72.3 205.2 0.5 20.7 -20 462 No stop 14 33 40 =0554+242 06 31 41 72.2 206.1 0.6 21.5 60 467 14 32 21 14 34 40 J0604+2429 06 32 41 73.0 201.5 0.5 17.8 40 467 14 34 40 14 36 00 =0601+245 06 34 01 72.9 202.5 0.5 18.6 80 472 14 34 41 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 06 36 02 82.4 267.9 0.7 81.5 40 472 14 38 00 14 48 00 --- 06 46 03 80.5 269.8 0.8 81.7 600 511 14 38 01 14 49 00 DA193 06 47 04 80.3 269.9 0.8 81.7 45 511 14 49 00 14 59 00 --- 06 57 05 78.4 271.4 1.0 81.6 600 550 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 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.1/catalogs/freq.dat: ys40_4cm LO taken from D.Grahams S/X configuration for EK028A Setup group: 4 Station: YEBES40M 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= 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 7650.00 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 = 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: 5 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 741.49 741.49 741.49 741.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 757.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 773.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 789.49 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: 5 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 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