COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: ES112 Exp. Code: ES112 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Shu, Xinwen Address: Anhui Normal University 189 South Jiuhua Road Wuhu, Anhui China Phone: 8617755362162 EMAIL: xwshu@mail.ahnu.edu.cn Fax: Phone during observation: 8617755362162 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: Off Pcal, 2048 Mbps, 16x32 MHz, RCP & LCP, 2 bit sampling Day 071 0000(12/03)-0600(12/03) C Band/5 GHz/Phase-referecing Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 ES112 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Mar 2025 Day 71 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 00 00 00 3C286 19 24 07 16.7 -64.2 5.9 63.3 0 0 00 00 00 00 05 00 --- 19 29 08 15.7 -63.7 5.9 62.8 300 77 00 00 01 00 07 20 J1547+2052 19 31 29 39.4 272.3 3.7 W 66.2 -536 77 00 07 20 00 09 50 =1545+210 19 33 59 38.9 272.6 3.8 W 66.2 0 116 00 07 21 00 09 50 J1548 19 33 59 39.6 274.0 3.7 67.2 -5 116 No stop 00 13 20 --- 19 37 30 38.8 274.4 3.8 67.1 205 170 00 09 51 00 13 20 J1547+2052 19 37 30 38.1 273.1 3.8 66.2 -5 170 No stop 00 14 50 =1545+210 19 39 00 37.8 273.3 3.8 66.1 85 193 00 13 21 00 14 50 J1545+2006 19 39 00 37.0 272.6 3.9 65.6 -5 193 No stop 00 18 20 =1543+202 19 42 30 36.3 273.1 3.9 65.5 205 247 00 14 51 00 18 50 J1547+2052 19 43 01 37.0 273.7 3.9 66.1 25 247 00 18 50 00 20 20 =1545+210 19 44 31 36.6 273.9 3.9 66.0 90 271 00 18 51 00 20 20 J1548 19 44 31 37.3 275.2 3.9 66.9 -5 271 No stop 00 24 50 --- 19 49 01 36.4 275.8 4.0 66.8 265 340 00 20 21 00 24 50 J1547+2052 19 49 01 35.7 274.4 4.0 66.0 -5 340 No stop 00 26 20 =1545+210 19 50 32 35.3 274.6 4.0 65.9 85 363 00 24 51 00 26 20 J1548 19 50 32 36.1 275.9 4.0 66.8 -5 363 No stop 00 29 50 --- 19 54 02 35.3 276.3 4.1 66.7 205 417 00 26 21 00 30 20 J1547+2052 19 54 32 34.5 275.1 4.1 65.8 25 417 00 30 20 00 31 50 =1545+210 19 56 03 34.2 275.3 4.1 65.8 90 441 00 30 21 00 34 10 3C286 19 58 23 10.2 299.4 6.4 59.8 43 441 00 34 10 00 39 10 --- 20 03 24 9.3 300.0 6.5 59.3 300 518 00 34 11 00 40 40 J1547+2052 20 04 54 32.3 276.3 4.3 65.6 -4 518 00 40 40 00 42 30 =1545+210 20 06 44 31.9 276.5 4.3 65.5 106 546 00 40 41 00 42 30 J1548 20 06 44 32.6 277.7 4.3 66.3 -5 546 No stop 00 46 00 --- 20 10 15 31.9 278.1 4.3 66.2 205 600 00 42 31 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 ES112 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Mar 2025 Day 71 --- 00 46 00 J1547+2052 20 10 15 31.1 276.9 4.4 65.4 -5 600 No stop 00 47 30 =1545+210 20 11 45 30.8 277.1 4.4 65.4 85 623 00 46 01 00 47 30 J1545+2006 20 11 45 30.0 276.5 4.4 64.9 -5 623 No stop 00 51 00 =1543+202 20 15 16 29.3 276.9 4.5 64.8 205 678 00 47 31 00 51 30 J1547+2052 20 15 46 30.0 277.5 4.4 65.2 25 678 00 51 30 00 53 00 =1545+210 20 17 16 29.7 277.7 4.5 65.2 90 701 00 51 31 00 53 00 J1548 20 17 16 30.4 278.9 4.5 65.9 -5 701 No stop 00 57 30 --- 20 21 47 29.4 279.4 4.5 65.7 265 770 00 53 01 00 57 30 J1547+2052 20 21 47 28.7 278.2 4.5 65.0 -5 770 No stop 00 59 00 =1545+210 20 23 17 28.4 278.4 4.6 65.0 85 794 00 57 31 00 59 00 J1548 20 23 17 29.1 279.6 4.6 65.7 -5 794 No stop 01 02 30 --- 20 26 48 28.4 279.9 4.6 65.5 205 848 00 59 01 01 03 00 J1547+2052 20 27 18 27.5 278.8 4.6 64.8 25 848 01 03 00 01 04 30 =1545+210 20 28 48 27.2 279.0 4.7 64.8 90 871 01 03 01 01 04 30 J1548 20 28 48 28.0 280.2 4.6 65.4 -5 871 No stop 01 08 00 --- 20 32 19 27.2 280.5 4.7 65.3 205 925 01 04 31 01 08 00 J1547+2052 20 32 19 26.5 279.4 4.7 64.7 -5 925 No stop 01 09 30 =1545+210 20 33 49 26.2 279.5 4.7 64.6 85 948 01 08 01 01 09 30 J1545+2006 20 33 49 25.4 279.0 4.8 64.2 -5 948 No stop 01 13 00 =1543+202 20 37 19 24.6 279.4 4.8 64.1 205 1002 01 09 31 01 13 30 J1547+2052 20 37 49 25.3 280.0 4.8 64.4 25 1002 01 13 30 01 15 00 =1545+210 20 39 20 25.0 280.1 4.8 64.4 90 1025 01 13 31 01 15 00 J1548 20 39 20 25.7 281.3 4.8 65.0 -5 1025 No stop 01 19 30 --- 20 43 50 24.8 281.8 4.9 64.7 265 1095 01 15 01 01 19 30 J1547+2052 20 43 50 24.0 280.7 4.9 64.2 -5 1095 No stop 01 21 00 =1545+210 20 45 21 23.7 280.8 4.9 64.1 85 1118 01 19 31 01 21 00 J1548 20 45 21 24.5 282.0 4.9 64.7 -5 1118 No stop 01 24 30 --- 20 48 51 23.7 282.3 5.0 64.5 205 1172 01 21 01 01 25 00 J1547+2052 20 49 21 22.9 281.3 5.0 63.9 25 1172 01 25 00 01 26 30 =1545+210 20 50 52 22.6 281.4 5.0 63.9 90 1195 01 25 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 4 ES112 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Mar 2025 Day 71 --- 01 26 30 J1548 20 50 52 23.3 282.6 5.0 64.4 -5 1195 No stop 01 30 00 --- 20 54 22 22.6 282.9 5.1 64.2 205 1250 01 26 31 01 30 00 J1547+2052 20 54 22 21.8 281.8 5.1 63.7 -5 1250 No stop 01 31 30 =1545+210 20 55 52 21.5 282.0 5.1 63.6 85 1273 01 30 01 01 31 30 J1545+2006 20 55 52 20.7 281.5 5.2 63.3 -5 1273 No stop 01 35 00 =1543+202 20 59 23 20.0 281.9 5.2 63.1 205 1327 01 31 31 01 35 30 J1547+2052 20 59 53 20.7 282.4 5.2 63.4 25 1327 01 35 30 01 37 00 =1545+210 21 01 23 20.4 282.6 5.2 63.4 90 1350 01 35 31 01 37 00 J1548 21 01 23 21.1 283.7 5.2 63.8 -5 1350 No stop 01 41 30 --- 21 05 54 20.2 284.2 5.3 63.6 265 1420 01 37 01 01 41 30 J1547+2052 21 05 54 19.4 283.1 5.3 63.1 -5 1420 No stop 01 43 00 =1545+210 21 07 24 19.1 283.3 5.3 63.1 85 1443 01 41 31 01 43 00 J1548 21 07 24 19.9 284.4 5.3 63.5 -5 1443 No stop 01 46 30 --- 21 10 55 19.1 284.8 5.4 63.3 205 1497 01 43 01 01 47 00 J1547+2052 21 11 25 18.3 283.7 5.4 62.8 25 1497 01 47 00 01 48 30 =1545+210 21 12 55 18.0 283.9 5.4 62.8 90 1520 01 47 01 01 48 30 J1548 21 12 55 18.7 285.0 5.4 63.2 -5 1520 No stop 01 52 00 --- 21 16 26 18.0 285.4 5.4 63.0 205 1574 01 48 31 01 52 00 J1547+2052 21 16 26 17.2 284.3 5.5 62.6 -5 1574 No stop 01 53 30 =1545+210 21 17 56 16.9 284.5 5.5 62.5 85 1597 01 52 01 01 53 30 J1545+2006 21 17 56 16.1 284.0 5.5 62.2 -5 1597 No stop 01 57 00 =1543+202 21 21 27 15.4 284.4 5.6 62.0 205 1651 01 53 31 01 57 30 J1547+2052 21 21 57 16.1 284.9 5.6 62.3 25 1651 01 57 30 01 59 00 =1545+210 21 23 27 15.8 285.1 5.6 62.2 90 1675 01 57 31 01 59 00 J1548 21 23 27 16.6 286.1 5.6 62.6 -5 1675 No stop 02 03 30 --- 21 27 58 15.6 286.7 5.6 62.3 265 1744 01 59 01 02 03 30 J1547+2052 21 27 58 14.8 285.6 5.7 61.9 -5 1744 No stop 02 05 00 =1545+210 21 29 28 14.5 285.8 5.7 61.8 85 1767 02 03 31 02 05 00 J1548 21 29 28 15.3 286.8 5.7 62.2 -5 1767 No stop 02 08 30 --- 21 32 59 14.6 287.2 5.7 62.0 205 1822 02 05 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 5 ES112 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 12 Mar 2025 Day 71 --- 02 09 00 J1547+2052 21 33 29 13.7 286.2 5.7 61.6 25 1822 02 09 00 02 10 30 =1545+210 21 34 59 13.4 286.4 5.8 61.5 90 1845 02 09 01 02 10 30 J1548 21 34 59 14.2 287.4 5.8 61.8 -5 1845 No stop 02 14 00 --- 21 38 29 13.5 287.8 5.8 61.6 205 1899 02 10 31 02 14 00 J1547+2052 21 38 29 12.7 286.8 5.8 61.3 -5 1899 No stop 02 15 30 =1545+210 21 40 00 12.4 287.0 5.9 61.2 85 1922 02 14 01 02 15 30 J1545+2006 21 40 00 11.6 286.5 5.9 60.9 -5 1922 No stop 02 19 00 =1543+202 21 43 30 10.8 287.0 5.9 60.7 205 1976 02 15 31 02 19 30 J1547+2052 21 44 00 11.5 287.4 5.9 60.9 25 1976 02 19 30 02 21 00 =1545+210 21 45 31 11.2 287.6 5.9 60.8 90 1999 02 19 31 02 21 00 J1548 21 45 31 12.1 288.6 5.9 61.1 -5 1999 No stop 02 25 30 --- 21 50 01 11.1 289.2 6.0 60.8 265 2069 02 21 01 02 25 30 J1547+2052 21 50 01 10.3 288.1 6.0 60.5 -5 2069 No stop 02 27 00 =1545+210 21 51 32 10.0 288.3 6.0 60.4 85 2092 02 25 31 02 27 00 J1548 21 51 32 10.8 289.3 6.0 60.7 -5 2092 No stop 02 30 30 --- 21 55 02 10.1 289.7 6.1 60.4 205 2146 02 27 01 02 31 00 J1547+2052 21 55 32 9.2 288.8 6.1 60.1 25 2146 02 31 00 02 32 30 =1545+210 21 57 02 8.9 289.0 6.1 60.0 90 2169 02 31 01 02 32 30 J1548 21 57 02 9.7 290.0 6.1 60.3 -5 2169 No stop 02 36 00 --- 22 00 33 9.0 290.4 6.2 60.0 205 2223 02 32 31 02 36 00 J1547+2052 22 00 33 8.2 289.4 6.2 59.8 -5 2223 No stop 02 37 30 =1545+210 22 02 03 7.9 289.6 6.2 59.7 85 2247 02 36 01 02 37 30 J1545+2006 22 02 03 7.1 289.2 6.3 59.4 -5 2247 No stop 02 41 00 =1543+202 22 05 34 6.4 289.6 6.3 D 59.2 0 2301 02 37 31 02 41 30 J1547+2052 22 06 04 7.1 290.0 6.3 59.4 27 2301 02 41 30 02 43 00 =1545+210 22 07 34 6.8 290.2 6.3 D 59.3 0 2324 02 41 31 02 43 00 J1548 22 07 34 7.6 291.2 6.3 59.5 -4 2324 No stop 02 47 30 --- 22 12 05 6.7 291.7 6.4 D 59.1 0 2393 02 43 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess125.C2048 --- 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: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 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 = A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 5 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) * J1548 15 46 32.140619 * 15 48 43.067329 15 49 49.770088 0.00 22 17 19.74779 * 22 08 12.69641 22 03 17.51418 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1545+210 15 45 31.120610 * 15 47 43.537755 15 48 50.986758 0.21 * J1547+2052 21 01 27.34370 * 20 52 16.61322 20 47 19.93182 0.43 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Main calibrator, Fs/x~50 mJy, 1.3 deg 1543+202 15 43 20.954571 * 15 45 34.343114 15 46 42.288579 0.15 * J1545+2006 20 15 59.07342 * 20 06 40.47056 20 01 40.07640 0.20 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Phase checker, close to CAL1, 2.15deg from target * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 19.702863 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 22 31.43746 0.16 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 269 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 50.288940 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 45 23.84002 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/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 J1548 sess125.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.842 93.837 J1547+2052 sess125.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1.578 47.379 J1545+2006 sess125.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.856 29.705 3C286 sess125.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.233 8.838 3C345 sess125.C2048 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 0.067 2.122 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) J1548 114.4 J1547+2052 114.7 J1545+2006 115.3 3C286 140.3 3C345 100.9 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