COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Exploring the radio emission of TXS 0536+145: A key blazar for EBL studi Exp. Code: ro004b Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.10 Release of about Feb. 14, 2012 PI: Monica Orienti Address: Istituto di Radioastronomia Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna-Italy Italy Phone: +39 051 639 9388 EMAIL: orienti@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 051 639 9431 Phone during observation: +39 051 639 9388 Observing mode: Notes: ########################################################### ########## Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF. ############ ########################################################### Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 Exploring the radio emission of TXS 0536+145: A key blazar for EBL studi 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: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 187.49 187.49 187.49 187.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 21 30 00 0536+145 02 26 43 27.9 55.0 -3.2 0.0 0 0 21 30 00 21 35 20 --- 02 32 04 28.9 54.1 -3.1 0.0 320 41 21 30 04 21 36 00 0536+145 02 32 44 29.0 53.9 -3.1 0.0 19 41 21 36 00 21 41 20 --- 02 38 05 30.0 53.0 -3.0 0.0 320 83 21 36 04 21 42 00 0536+145 02 38 45 30.1 52.8 -3.0 0.0 19 83 21 42 00 21 47 20 --- 02 44 06 31.0 51.8 -2.9 0.0 320 124 21 42 04 21 48 00 0536+145 02 44 46 31.2 51.7 -2.9 0.0 19 124 21 48 00 21 53 20 --- 02 50 07 32.1 50.6 -2.8 0.0 320 165 21 48 04 21 54 00 0536+145 02 50 47 32.2 50.5 -2.8 0.0 19 165 21 54 00 21 59 20 --- 02 56 08 33.1 49.4 -2.7 0.0 320 206 21 54 04 22 00 00 0536+145 02 56 48 33.2 49.3 -2.7 0.0 19 206 22 00 00 22 05 20 --- 03 02 09 34.1 48.2 -2.6 0.0 320 248 22 00 04 22 06 00 0536+145 03 02 49 34.3 48.0 -2.6 0.0 19 248 22 06 00 22 11 20 --- 03 08 10 35.1 46.9 -2.5 0.0 320 289 22 06 04 22 12 20 0528+134 03 09 10 37.5 45.5 -2.4 0.0 29 289 22 12 20 22 16 50 --- 03 13 41 38.2 44.5 -2.3 0.0 270 324 22 12 24 22 17 05 0528+134 03 13 56 38.2 44.4 -2.3 0.0 -6 324 22 17 05 22 17 20 --- 03 14 11 38.3 44.4 -2.3 0.0 9 326 22 17 09 22 18 00 0536+145 03 14 51 36.2 45.4 -2.4 0.0 9 326 22 18 00 22 23 20 --- 03 20 12 37.1 44.2 -2.3 0.0 320 367 22 18 04 22 24 00 0536+145 03 20 52 37.2 44.0 -2.3 0.0 19 367 22 24 00 22 29 20 --- 03 26 13 38.0 42.8 -2.2 0.0 320 408 22 24 04 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 Exploring the radio emission of TXS 0536+145: A key blazar for EBL studi 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 --- 22 30 00 0536+145 03 26 53 38.1 42.6 -2.2 0.0 19 408 22 30 00 22 35 20 --- 03 32 14 38.9 41.3 -2.1 0.0 320 450 22 30 04 22 36 00 0536+145 03 32 54 39.0 41.2 -2.1 0.0 19 450 22 36 00 22 41 20 --- 03 38 15 39.8 39.8 -2.0 0.0 320 491 22 36 04 22 42 00 0536+145 03 38 55 39.9 39.6 -2.0 0.0 19 491 22 42 00 22 47 20 --- 03 44 16 40.6 38.3 -1.9 0.0 320 532 22 42 04 22 48 00 0536+145 03 44 56 40.7 38.1 -1.9 0.0 19 532 22 48 00 22 53 20 --- 03 50 17 41.5 36.7 -1.8 0.0 320 574 22 48 04 22 54 00 0536+145 03 50 57 41.6 36.5 -1.8 0.0 19 574 22 54 00 22 59 20 --- 03 56 18 42.3 35.0 -1.7 0.0 320 615 22 54 04 23 00 00 0536+145 03 56 58 42.3 34.9 -1.7 0.0 19 615 23 00 00 23 05 20 --- 04 02 19 43.0 33.4 -1.6 0.0 320 656 23 00 04 23 06 00 0536+145 04 02 59 43.1 33.2 -1.6 0.0 19 656 23 06 00 23 11 20 --- 04 08 20 43.7 31.6 -1.5 0.0 320 697 23 06 04 23 12 00 0536+145 04 09 00 43.8 31.4 -1.5 0.0 19 697 23 12 00 23 17 20 --- 04 14 21 44.4 29.8 -1.4 0.0 320 739 23 12 04 23 18 00 0536+145 04 15 01 44.5 29.6 -1.4 0.0 19 739 23 18 00 23 23 20 --- 04 20 22 45.1 28.0 -1.3 0.0 320 780 23 18 04 23 24 00 0536+145 04 21 02 45.2 27.8 -1.3 0.0 19 780 23 24 00 23 29 20 --- 04 26 23 45.7 26.1 -1.2 0.0 320 821 23 24 04 23 30 00 0536+145 04 27 03 45.8 25.9 -1.2 0.0 19 821 23 30 00 23 35 20 --- 04 32 24 46.3 24.2 -1.1 0.0 320 863 23 30 04 23 36 00 0536+145 04 33 04 46.3 24.0 -1.1 0.0 19 863 23 36 00 23 41 20 --- 04 38 25 46.8 22.2 -1.0 0.0 320 904 23 36 04 23 42 20 0528+134 04 39 25 48.6 19.4 -0.9 0.0 29 904 23 42 20 23 46 50 --- 04 43 56 48.9 17.8 -0.8 0.0 270 939 23 42 24 23 47 05 0528+134 04 44 11 48.9 17.7 -0.8 0.0 -6 939 23 47 05 23 48 00 --- 04 45 06 49.0 17.4 -0.8 0.0 49 946 23 47 09 23 48 40 0536+145 04 45 46 47.4 19.8 -0.9 0.0 9 946 23 48 40 23 54 00 --- 04 51 07 47.8 17.9 -0.8 0.0 320 987 23 48 44 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 Exploring the radio emission of TXS 0536+145: A key blazar for EBL studi 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 --- 23 54 40 0536+145 04 51 47 47.8 17.7 -0.8 0.0 19 987 23 54 40 23 59 59 --- 04 57 08 48.2 15.8 -0.7 0.0 319 1028 23 54 44 --- Wed 7 Nov 2012 Day 312 --- 00 00 40 0536+145 04 57 48 48.2 15.6 -0.7 0.0 19 1028 00 00 40 00 06 00 --- 05 03 09 48.5 13.7 -0.6 0.0 320 1070 00 00 44 00 06 40 0536+145 05 03 49 48.6 13.5 -0.6 0.0 19 1070 00 06 40 00 12 00 --- 05 09 10 48.8 11.6 -0.5 0.0 320 1111 00 06 44 00 12 40 0536+145 05 09 50 48.9 11.3 -0.5 0.0 19 1111 00 12 40 00 18 00 --- 05 15 11 49.1 9.4 -0.4 0.0 320 1152 00 12 44 00 18 40 0536+145 05 15 51 49.1 9.1 -0.4 0.0 19 1152 00 18 40 00 24 00 --- 05 21 12 49.3 7.2 -0.3 0.0 320 1193 00 18 44 00 24 40 0536+145 05 21 52 49.3 6.9 -0.3 0.0 19 1193 00 24 40 00 30 00 --- 05 27 13 49.4 4.9 -0.2 0.0 320 1235 00 24 44 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess312.K1024 Matching groups in /irasoft/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: hh1cm LO tunable, other arbitrary values possible (CR 21Feb07) Setup group: 8 Station: HART Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 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: 11 Setup file default. LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 187.49 187.49 187.49 187.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 251.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 Matching frequency sets: 11 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 -- Exploring the radio emission of TXS 0536+145: A key blazar for EBL studi 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) J0530+1331 05 28 06.759218 * 05 30 56.416749 05 31 42.050843 0.10 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28877 * 13 31 55.14944 13 32 25.91617 0.10 J0530+13 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 137351 observations 0.169 scan and 10.279 baseline hours in setup: sess312.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 J0539+1433 05 36 51.361472 * 05 39 42.365990 05 40 28.322166 0.10 * 0536+145 14 32 10.73030 * 14 33 45.56160 14 34 05.93369 0.10 J0539+14 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 2337 observations 2.489 scan and 150.559 baseline hours in setup: sess312.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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) 0528+134 140.9 0536+145 138.9 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