COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Network Monitoring Experiment Exp. Code: N12M2 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: Notes: 5cm NME and ftp fringe test for session 3/2012 (128 Mbps, L+R, 2-bit sampling, 8 MHz filters) Please send the disk pack by express to JIVE Please DO NOT use the phase cal signal. COVER LETTER: This is the schedule for the 5cm NME and ftp fringe-test on 2 November 2012 involving 8 antennas: Eb Wb1 Jb2 On25 Mc Nt Tr Ys. The NME uses a setup typical for methanol spectral line experiments, but with 16 channels, i.e. using both sidebands of all BBCs, and 8 MHz filters. The schedule consists of long integrations on strong calibrators like 3C286 and 3C345 as well as phase-referencing parts with a methanol maser and a continuum source as targets, respectively. Four ftp-fringe tests are scheduled throughout the experiment: ~12:06 (scan 2, 4 sec, 3C286) ~13:32 (scan 27, 4 sec, 3C345) ~14:52 (scan 47, 4 sec, 3C345) Please make sure that the autoftp is set up correctly. Thanks! Since this schedule includes a spectral line source (G35.02), please switch OFF the phase cal signal! !!! PCAL is OFF for this experiment !!! Good luck with the session! Gabriele 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- Next scan frequencies: 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 Next BBC frequencies: 262.52 262.52 262.52 262.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 12 00 00 3C286 15 35 14 62.0 610.4 2.1 51.2 0 0 12 00 00 12 05 00 --- 15 40 15 61.1 611.8 2.1 51.8 300 5 12 00 04 12 06 00 3C286 15 41 15 61.0 612.1 2.2 51.9 57 5 12 06 00 12 11 00 --- 15 46 16 60.1 613.4 2.2 52.4 300 10 12 06 04 12 13 00 3C286 15 48 16 59.8 614.0 2.3 52.6 117 10 12 13 00 12 23 00 --- 15 58 18 58.0 616.5 2.4 53.5 600 19 12 13 04 12 24 00 J1329+3154 15 59 18 58.5 619.2 2.5 55.5 53 19 12 24 00 12 26 00 =1327+321 16 01 18 58.1 619.6 2.5 55.6 120 21 12 24 04 12 26 00 3C286 16 01 18 57.5 617.2 2.5 53.8 -7 21 No stop 12 29 00 --- 16 04 19 57.0 617.9 2.5 54.0 173 24 12 26 04 12 29 00 J1329+3154 16 04 19 57.6 620.3 2.6 55.8 -7 24 No stop 12 31 00 =1327+321 16 06 19 57.2 620.7 2.6 55.9 113 26 12 29 04 12 31 00 3C286 16 06 19 56.7 618.4 2.6 54.1 -7 26 No stop 12 34 00 --- 16 09 20 56.1 619.1 2.6 54.3 173 29 12 31 04 12 35 00 J1329+3154 16 10 20 56.5 621.6 2.7 56.1 53 29 12 35 00 12 37 00 =1327+321 16 12 20 56.2 622.0 2.7 56.2 120 31 12 35 04 12 37 00 3C286 16 12 20 55.6 619.7 2.7 54.5 -7 31 No stop 12 40 00 --- 16 15 21 55.1 620.4 2.7 54.6 173 34 12 37 04 12 40 00 J1329+3154 16 15 21 55.6 622.7 2.7 56.3 -7 34 No stop 12 42 00 =1327+321 16 17 21 55.3 623.1 2.8 56.4 113 36 12 40 04 12 42 00 3C286 16 17 21 54.7 620.8 2.8 54.7 -7 36 No stop 12 45 00 --- 16 20 21 54.2 621.5 2.8 54.9 173 39 12 42 04 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- 12 46 00 J1329+3154 16 21 21 54.6 623.9 2.8 56.6 53 39 12 46 00 12 48 00 =1327+321 16 23 22 54.2 624.3 2.9 56.6 120 41 12 46 04 12 48 00 3C286 16 23 22 53.7 622.1 2.9 55.0 -7 41 No stop 12 51 00 --- 16 26 22 53.1 622.7 2.9 55.1 173 44 12 48 04 12 51 00 J1329+3154 16 26 22 53.7 624.9 2.9 56.7 -7 44 No stop 12 53 00 =1327+321 16 28 23 53.3 625.3 3.0 56.8 113 45 12 51 04 12 53 00 3C286 16 28 23 52.8 623.1 2.9 55.2 -7 45 No stop 12 56 00 --- 16 31 23 52.2 623.7 3.0 55.3 173 48 12 53 04 12 57 00 J1329+3154 16 32 23 52.6 626.1 3.0 56.9 53 48 12 57 00 12 59 00 =1327+321 16 34 24 52.3 626.5 3.1 56.9 120 50 12 57 04 12 59 00 3C286 16 34 24 51.7 624.3 3.0 55.4 -7 50 No stop 13 02 00 --- 16 37 24 51.2 624.9 3.1 55.5 173 53 12 59 04 13 02 00 J1329+3154 16 37 24 51.7 627.0 3.1 56.9 -7 53 No stop 13 04 00 =1327+321 16 39 24 51.4 627.4 3.1 57.0 113 55 13 02 04 13 04 00 3C286 16 39 24 50.8 625.3 3.1 55.5 -7 55 No stop 13 07 00 --- 16 42 25 50.3 625.9 3.2 55.6 173 58 13 04 04 13 08 00 J1329+3154 16 43 25 50.6 628.1 3.2 57.0 53 58 13 08 00 13 10 00 =1327+321 16 45 25 50.3 628.5 3.2 57.0 120 60 13 08 04 13 10 00 3C286 16 45 25 49.7 626.5 3.2 55.6 -7 60 No stop 13 13 00 --- 16 48 26 49.2 627.0 3.3 55.7 173 63 13 10 04 13 13 00 J1329+3154 16 48 26 49.8 629.0 3.3 57.0 -7 63 No stop 13 15 00 =1327+321 16 50 26 49.4 629.4 3.3 57.1 113 65 13 13 04 13 15 00 3C286 16 50 26 48.9 627.4 3.3 55.7 -7 65 No stop 13 18 00 --- 16 53 27 48.3 627.9 3.4 55.7 173 68 13 15 04 13 19 00 J1329+3154 16 54 27 48.7 630.1 3.4 57.1 53 68 13 19 00 13 21 00 =1327+321 16 56 27 48.3 630.5 3.4 57.1 120 70 13 19 04 13 21 00 3C286 16 56 27 47.8 628.5 3.4 55.8 -7 70 No stop 13 24 00 --- 16 59 28 47.2 629.0 3.5 55.8 173 73 13 21 04 13 24 00 J1329+3154 16 59 28 47.8 631.0 3.5 57.0 -7 73 No stop 13 27 00 =1327+321 17 02 28 47.3 631.5 3.5 57.0 173 75 13 24 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- 13 32 00 3C345 17 07 29 83.5 585.4 0.4 41.4 222 75 13 32 00 13 34 00 --- 17 09 29 83.2 587.9 0.4 43.5 120 77 13 32 04 13 35 00 3C345 17 10 30 83.1 589.0 0.5 44.5 57 77 13 35 00 13 39 00 --- 17 14 30 82.5 593.3 0.5 48.1 240 81 13 35 04 13 47 00 J1856+0610 17 22 32 46.5 504.6 -1.6 -24.5 355 81 13 47 00 13 49 30 =1854+061 17 25 02 46.7 505.4 -1.5 -24.0 150 84 13 47 04 13 49 30 G35.02 17 25 02 43.1 508.5 -1.5 -21.9 -12 84 No stop 13 52 30 --- 17 28 02 43.4 509.5 -1.4 -21.2 168 87 13 49 34 13 53 30 J1856+0610 17 29 03 47.1 506.8 -1.5 -23.1 48 87 13 53 30 13 56 00 =1854+061 17 31 33 47.4 507.6 -1.4 -22.6 150 89 13 53 34 13 56 00 G35.02 17 31 33 43.7 510.6 -1.4 -20.5 -12 89 No stop 13 59 00 --- 17 34 33 44.0 511.6 -1.3 -19.8 168 92 13 56 04 14 00 00 J1856+0610 17 35 34 47.7 509.0 -1.4 -21.7 48 92 14 00 00 14 02 30 =1854+061 17 38 04 48.0 509.9 -1.3 -21.1 150 94 14 00 04 14 02 30 G35.02 17 38 04 44.3 512.8 -1.3 -19.1 -12 94 No stop 14 05 30 --- 17 41 05 44.5 513.7 -1.2 -18.4 168 97 14 02 34 14 06 30 J1856+0610 17 42 05 48.3 511.2 -1.3 -20.2 48 97 14 06 30 14 09 00 =1854+061 17 44 35 48.5 512.1 -1.2 -19.6 150 100 14 06 34 14 09 00 G35.02 17 44 35 44.8 514.9 -1.2 -17.6 -12 100 No stop 14 12 00 --- 17 47 36 45.0 515.9 -1.1 -16.9 168 103 14 09 04 14 13 00 J1856+0610 17 48 36 48.9 513.6 -1.1 -18.6 48 103 14 13 00 14 15 30 =1854+061 17 51 06 49.0 514.5 -1.1 -18.0 150 105 14 13 04 14 15 30 G35.02 17 51 06 45.3 517.1 -1.1 -16.1 -12 105 No stop 14 18 30 --- 17 54 07 45.5 518.2 -1.0 -15.4 168 108 14 15 34 14 19 30 J1856+0610 17 55 07 49.3 515.9 -1.0 -17.0 48 108 14 19 30 14 22 00 =1854+061 17 57 37 49.5 516.8 -1.0 -16.4 150 110 14 19 34 14 22 00 G35.02 17 57 37 45.7 519.4 -1.0 -14.6 -12 110 No stop 14 24 30 --- 18 00 08 45.8 520.2 -0.9 -14.0 138 113 14 22 04 14 25 30 J1856+0610 18 01 08 49.8 518.1 -0.9 -15.5 48 113 14 25 30 14 28 00 =1854+061 18 03 38 49.9 519.1 -0.9 -14.9 150 115 14 25 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 2 Nov 2012 Day 307 --- 14 28 00 G35.02 18 03 38 46.1 521.5 -0.9 -13.1 -12 115 No stop 14 31 00 --- 18 06 39 46.2 522.5 -0.8 -12.4 168 118 14 28 04 14 32 00 J1856+0610 18 07 39 50.2 520.6 -0.8 -13.8 48 118 14 32 00 14 34 30 =1854+061 18 10 09 50.3 521.5 -0.8 -13.1 150 120 14 32 04 14 34 30 G35.02 18 10 09 46.4 523.8 -0.7 -11.5 -12 120 No stop 14 37 30 --- 18 13 10 46.5 524.8 -0.7 -10.8 168 123 14 34 34 14 38 30 J1856+0610 18 14 10 50.5 523.0 -0.7 -12.1 47 123 14 38 30 14 41 00 =1854+061 18 16 40 50.7 524.0 -0.7 -11.4 150 126 14 38 34 14 49 00 3C345 18 24 42 70.7 624.7 1.7 67.5 344 126 14 49 00 14 51 00 --- 18 26 42 70.4 625.1 1.7 67.6 120 128 14 49 04 14 52 00 3C345 18 27 42 70.2 625.3 1.7 67.6 57 128 14 52 00 14 56 00 --- 18 31 43 69.5 626.2 1.8 67.8 240 132 14 52 04 14 58 00 3C345 18 33 43 69.1 626.6 1.8 67.9 117 132 14 58 00 15 00 00 --- 18 35 44 68.8 627.0 1.9 67.9 120 134 14 58 04 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess312.M512 Matching groups in /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/freq.dat: mc5cm Updated by e-mail Orlati (13Feb2006) Setup group: 3 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 128 Format: MKIV1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 2.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 6400.00 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 = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. LO sum= 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6662.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6666.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6670.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 6674.52 BBC fr= 262.52 262.52 262.52 262.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 266.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 270.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 274.52 Bandwd= 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 Matching frequency sets: 5 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 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) * G35.02 18 51 29.130363 * 18 54 00.658000 18 54 39.675320 0.00 01 57 30.58416 * 02 01 19.23000 02 02 32.51573 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.392 scan and 9.175 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 * J1329+3154 13 27 34.876202 * 13 29 52.864907 13 30 27.336639 0.03 1327+321 32 09 38.80944 * 31 54 11.05454 31 50 12.04090 0.04 J1329+31 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 488 Observations 0.417 scan and 10.657 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657759 * 13 31 08.288051 13 31 42.959261 0.19 * 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 26 34.80427 0.17 1328+307 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 GSFC 2010a astro solution 276 Observations 0.883 scan and 22.927 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J1642+3948 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809965 16 43 23.705439 0.81 * 3C345 39 54 10.81494 * 39 48 36.99400 39 47 25.87413 0.54 1641+399 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 GSFC 2010a astro solution 52595 Observations 0.233 scan and 6.528 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 * J1856+0610 18 54 05.027093 * 18 56 31.838755 18 57 09.637339 0.75 1854+061 06 06 17.24085 * 06 10 16.76535 06 11 34.03861 0.97 /aps3/sched10.0/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 32 Observations 0.375 scan and 10.500 baseline hours in setup: sess312.M512 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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) G35.02 67.0 J1329+3154 49.1 3C286 47.7 3C345 62.7 J1856+0610 68.9 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