COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12K4 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: Jun YANG Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31-521-596507 EMAIL: yang@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31-521-596507 Observing mode: Notes: 1.3 cm NME for session 3/2012 512 Mbps, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters Send the disk pack by express to JIVE COVER LETTER: Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 6 Nov 2012 Day 311 --- 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 13 00 00 J2025+3343 16 51 10 47.8 445.7 -3.6 -58.8 0 0 13 00 00 13 04 00 =2023+33 16 55 11 48.5 446.3 -3.5 -58.9 240 15 13 00 04 13 05 00 J2025+3343 16 56 11 48.7 446.5 -3.5 -58.9 57 15 13 05 00 13 09 00 =2023+33 17 00 11 49.4 447.1 -3.4 -58.9 240 31 13 05 04 13 11 00 J2025+3343 17 02 12 49.8 447.5 -3.4 -59.0 117 31 13 11 00 13 19 00 =2023+33 17 10 13 51.2 448.8 -3.3 -59.0 480 62 13 11 04 13 20 00 J2025+3343 17 11 13 51.4 449.0 -3.2 -59.0 57 62 13 20 00 13 28 00 =2023+33 17 19 15 52.8 450.4 -3.1 -59.1 480 93 13 20 04 13 29 00 J2025+3343 17 20 15 53.0 450.6 -3.1 -59.1 57 93 13 29 00 13 37 00 =2023+33 17 28 16 54.4 452.0 -3.0 -59.0 480 124 13 29 04 13 38 00 J2025+3343 17 29 16 54.6 452.2 -2.9 -59.0 57 124 13 38 00 13 46 00 =2023+33 17 37 18 56.0 453.7 -2.8 -58.9 480 155 13 38 04 13 47 00 J2025+3343 17 38 18 56.2 453.9 -2.8 -58.8 57 155 13 47 00 13 55 00 =2023+33 17 46 19 57.7 455.5 -2.7 -58.6 480 186 13 47 04 13 57 00 J2025+3343 17 48 19 58.0 455.9 -2.6 -58.6 117 186 13 57 00 14 05 00 =2023+33 17 56 21 59.4 457.6 -2.5 -58.2 480 217 13 57 04 14 06 00 J2025+3343 17 57 21 59.6 457.8 -2.5 -58.2 57 217 14 06 00 14 14 00 =2023+33 18 05 22 61.0 459.6 -2.3 -57.7 480 248 14 06 04 14 17 00 3C454.3 18 08 23 24.4 450.9 -4.8 -47.9 101 248 14 17 00 14 24 00 --- 18 15 24 25.6 452.1 -4.7 -47.9 420 275 14 17 04 14 24 30 3C454.3 18 15 54 25.7 452.2 -4.6 -47.9 27 275 14 24 30 14 25 30 --- 18 16 54 25.9 452.4 -4.6 -47.9 60 279 14 24 34 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 3 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 6 Nov 2012 Day 311 --- 14 26 00 J2254+1341 18 17 24 24.2 454.4 -4.6 -47.0 22 279 14 26 00 14 27 00 =2251+134 18 18 24 24.4 454.6 -4.6 -47.0 60 283 14 26 04 14 27 30 3C454.3 18 18 54 26.2 452.7 -4.6 -47.9 22 283 14 27 30 14 28 30 --- 18 19 55 26.4 452.9 -4.6 -47.9 60 286 14 27 34 14 29 00 J2254+1341 18 20 25 24.8 454.9 -4.6 -47.0 22 286 14 29 00 14 30 00 =2251+134 18 21 25 24.9 455.1 -4.6 -47.0 60 290 14 29 04 14 30 30 3C454.3 18 21 55 26.8 453.3 -4.5 -47.8 22 290 14 30 30 14 31 30 --- 18 22 55 26.9 453.5 -4.5 -47.8 60 294 14 30 34 14 32 00 J2254+1341 18 23 25 25.3 455.5 -4.5 -46.9 22 294 14 32 00 14 33 00 =2251+134 18 24 25 25.5 455.7 -4.5 -46.9 60 298 14 32 04 14 33 30 3C454.3 18 24 55 27.3 453.8 -4.5 -47.8 22 298 14 33 30 14 34 30 --- 18 25 56 27.5 454.0 -4.5 -47.8 60 302 14 33 34 14 35 00 J2254+1341 18 26 26 25.8 456.0 -4.5 -46.9 22 302 14 35 00 14 36 00 =2251+134 18 27 26 26.0 456.2 -4.5 -46.9 60 306 14 35 04 14 36 30 3C454.3 18 27 56 27.8 454.4 -4.4 -47.8 22 306 14 36 30 14 37 30 --- 18 28 56 28.0 454.6 -4.4 -47.7 60 310 14 36 34 14 38 00 J2254+1341 18 29 26 26.4 456.6 -4.4 -46.8 22 310 14 38 00 14 39 00 =2251+134 18 30 26 26.5 456.8 -4.4 -46.8 60 314 14 38 04 14 39 30 3C454.3 18 30 56 28.4 454.9 -4.4 -47.7 22 314 14 39 30 14 40 30 --- 18 31 57 28.6 455.1 -4.4 -47.7 60 317 14 39 34 14 41 00 J2254+1341 18 32 27 26.9 457.2 -4.4 -46.8 22 317 14 41 00 14 42 00 =2251+134 18 33 27 27.1 457.3 -4.4 -46.7 60 321 14 41 04 14 42 30 3C454.3 18 33 57 28.9 455.5 -4.3 -47.7 22 321 14 42 30 14 43 30 --- 18 34 57 29.1 455.7 -4.3 -47.6 60 325 14 42 34 14 44 00 J2254+1341 18 35 27 27.4 457.7 -4.3 -46.7 22 325 14 44 00 14 45 00 =2251+134 18 36 27 27.6 457.9 -4.3 -46.6 60 329 14 44 04 14 45 30 3C454.3 18 36 57 29.4 456.0 -4.3 -47.6 22 329 14 45 30 14 46 30 --- 18 37 58 29.6 456.2 -4.3 -47.6 60 333 14 45 34 14 47 00 J2254+1341 18 38 28 28.0 458.3 -4.3 -46.6 22 333 14 47 00 14 48 00 =2251+134 18 39 28 28.1 458.5 -4.3 -46.6 60 337 14 47 04 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 4 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 6 Nov 2012 Day 311 --- 14 48 30 3C454.3 18 39 58 30.0 456.6 -4.2 -47.5 22 337 14 48 30 14 49 30 --- 18 40 58 30.2 456.8 -4.2 -47.5 60 341 14 48 34 14 50 00 J2254+1341 18 41 28 28.5 458.9 -4.2 -46.5 22 341 14 50 00 14 51 00 =2251+134 18 42 28 28.7 459.1 -4.2 -46.5 60 344 14 50 04 14 51 30 3C454.3 18 42 58 30.5 457.2 -4.2 -47.5 22 344 14 51 30 14 52 30 --- 18 43 58 30.7 457.3 -4.2 -47.4 60 348 14 51 34 14 53 00 J2254+1341 18 44 29 29.0 459.4 -4.2 -46.4 22 348 14 53 00 14 54 00 =2251+134 18 45 29 29.2 459.6 -4.2 -46.4 60 352 14 53 04 14 54 30 3C454.3 18 45 59 31.0 457.7 -4.1 -47.4 22 352 14 54 30 14 55 30 --- 18 46 59 31.2 457.9 -4.1 -47.3 60 356 14 54 34 14 56 00 J2254+1341 18 47 29 29.6 460.0 -4.1 -46.3 22 356 14 56 00 14 57 00 =2251+134 18 48 29 29.7 460.2 -4.1 -46.3 60 360 14 56 04 14 57 30 3C454.3 18 48 59 31.6 458.3 -4.1 -47.3 22 360 14 57 30 14 58 30 --- 18 49 59 31.7 458.5 -4.1 -47.3 60 364 14 57 34 14 59 00 J2254+1341 18 50 30 30.1 460.6 -4.1 -46.2 22 364 14 59 00 15 00 00 =2251+134 18 51 30 30.3 460.8 -4.1 -46.1 60 368 14 59 04 15 00 30 3C454.3 18 52 00 32.1 458.9 -4.0 -47.2 22 368 15 00 30 15 01 30 --- 18 53 00 32.3 459.1 -4.0 -47.2 60 372 15 00 34 15 02 00 J2254+1341 18 53 30 30.6 461.2 -4.0 -46.1 22 372 15 02 00 15 03 00 =2251+134 18 54 30 30.8 461.4 -4.0 -46.0 60 375 15 02 04 15 03 30 3C454.3 18 55 00 32.6 459.5 -4.0 -47.1 22 375 15 03 30 15 04 30 --- 18 56 00 32.8 459.7 -4.0 -47.1 60 379 15 03 34 15 05 00 J2254+1341 18 56 31 31.1 461.8 -4.0 -45.9 22 379 15 05 00 15 06 00 =2251+134 18 57 31 31.3 462.0 -4.0 -45.9 60 383 15 05 04 15 06 30 3C454.3 18 58 01 33.2 460.0 -3.9 -47.0 22 383 15 06 30 15 07 30 --- 18 59 01 33.3 460.2 -3.9 -46.9 60 387 15 06 34 15 08 00 J2254+1341 18 59 31 31.7 462.4 -3.9 -45.8 22 387 15 08 00 15 09 00 =2251+134 19 00 31 31.8 462.6 -3.9 -45.8 60 391 15 08 04 15 09 30 3C454.3 19 01 01 33.7 460.6 -3.9 -46.9 22 391 15 09 30 15 10 30 --- 19 02 01 33.9 460.8 -3.9 -46.8 60 395 15 09 34 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 5 Network Monitoring 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 6 Nov 2012 Day 311 --- 15 11 00 J2254+1341 19 02 32 32.2 463.0 -3.9 -45.7 22 395 15 11 00 15 12 00 =2251+134 19 03 32 32.4 463.2 -3.9 -45.6 60 399 15 11 04 15 12 30 3C454.3 19 04 02 34.2 461.2 -3.8 -46.7 22 399 15 12 30 15 13 30 --- 19 05 02 34.4 461.4 -3.8 -46.7 60 403 15 12 34 15 14 00 J2254+1341 19 05 32 32.7 463.6 -3.8 -45.5 22 403 15 14 00 15 15 00 =2251+134 19 06 32 32.9 463.8 -3.8 -45.5 60 406 15 14 04 15 15 30 3C454.3 19 07 02 34.7 461.8 -3.8 -46.6 22 406 15 15 30 15 16 30 --- 19 08 02 34.9 462.0 -3.8 -46.6 60 410 15 15 34 15 17 00 J2254+1341 19 08 33 33.2 464.2 -3.8 -45.4 22 410 15 17 00 15 18 00 =2251+134 19 09 33 33.4 464.4 -3.8 -45.3 60 414 15 17 04 15 18 30 3C454.3 19 10 03 35.3 462.4 -3.7 -46.5 22 414 15 18 30 15 19 30 --- 19 11 03 35.4 462.6 -3.7 -46.4 60 418 15 18 34 15 20 00 J2254+1341 19 11 33 33.7 464.8 -3.7 -45.2 22 418 15 20 00 15 21 00 =2251+134 19 12 33 33.9 465.0 -3.7 -45.2 60 422 15 20 04 15 21 30 3C454.3 19 13 03 35.8 463.1 -3.7 -46.3 22 422 15 21 30 15 22 30 --- 19 14 03 36.0 463.3 -3.7 -46.3 60 426 15 21 34 15 23 00 J2254+1341 19 14 34 34.3 465.4 -3.7 -45.0 22 426 15 23 00 15 24 00 =2251+134 19 15 34 34.4 465.6 -3.7 -45.0 60 430 15 23 04 15 24 30 3C454.3 19 16 04 36.3 463.7 -3.6 -46.2 22 430 15 24 30 15 32 30 --- 19 24 05 37.7 465.3 -3.5 -45.7 480 461 15 24 34 15 35 00 3C454.3 19 26 35 38.1 465.9 -3.5 -45.6 147 461 15 35 00 15 43 00 --- 19 34 37 39.5 467.6 -3.3 -45.1 480 492 15 35 04 15 43 30 3C454.3 19 35 07 39.6 467.7 -3.3 -45.0 27 492 15 43 30 15 51 30 --- 19 43 08 40.9 469.5 -3.2 -44.4 480 523 15 43 34 15 52 00 3C454.3 19 43 38 41.0 469.6 -3.2 -44.4 27 523 15 52 00 16 00 00 --- 19 51 40 42.4 471.5 -3.0 -43.7 480 554 15 52 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess312.X512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: mc_x changed Maccaferri (CR 30Jan01) Setup group: 3 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: 4 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: 4 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 -- Network Monitoring 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) * J2025+3343 20 23 12.987104 * 20 25 10.842104 20 25 41.558444 0.10 2023+33 33 33 10.52781 * 33 43 00.21445 33 45 55.65911 0.08 2023+335 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba 2023+336 GSFC 2010a astro solution 328 Observations J2025+33 1.067 scan and 48.000 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 37.323785 0.76 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34811 * 16 08 53.56094 16 13 17.55876 0.74 2251+158 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2010a astro solution 39550 Observations 0.983 scan and 43.798 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 * J2254+1341 22 51 51.877712 * 22 54 21.016217 22 55 00.806745 0.09 2251+134 13 25 48.97043 * 13 41 48.67566 13 46 12.11400 0.20 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 73 Observations 0.333 scan and 14.912 baseline hours in setup: sess312.X512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 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) J2025+3343 94.4 3C454.3 124.1 J2254+1341 123.7 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