COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 Exp. Code: EG049C Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.00 Release Sept. 15, 2011 PI: M. Giroletti Address: INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 051 639 9394 EMAIL: giroletti@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 051 639 9431 Phone during observation: +39 347 906 6221 Observing mode: EVN, 6cm, 1Gb/s Notes: Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 18 00 00 0229+200 04 00 11 67.8 246.2 1.4 56.7 0 0 18 00 00 18 14 00 --- 04 14 14 65.0 250.6 1.7 59.5 840 108 18 00 01 18 15 00 0229+200 04 15 14 64.8 250.9 1.7 59.6 58 108 18 15 00 18 29 00 --- 04 29 16 61.9 254.5 1.9 61.6 840 217 18 15 01 18 30 00 0239+175 04 30 16 62.3 247.5 1.8 56.2 49 217 18 30 00 18 33 00 --- 04 33 17 61.7 248.3 1.8 56.7 180 240 18 30 01 18 34 00 0229+200 04 34 17 60.9 255.6 2.0 62.2 49 240 18 34 00 18 48 00 --- 04 48 19 57.9 258.6 2.2 63.5 840 348 18 34 01 18 49 00 0229+200 04 49 19 57.7 258.8 2.3 63.6 58 348 18 49 00 19 03 00 --- 05 03 22 54.8 261.3 2.5 64.5 840 457 18 49 01 19 04 00 0234+285 05 04 22 58.5 275.4 2.4 76.7 42 457 19 04 00 19 11 00 --- 05 11 23 57.0 276.1 2.5 76.4 420 511 19 04 01 19 12 00 0229+200 05 12 23 52.9 262.9 2.6 65.0 43 511 19 12 00 19 26 00 --- 05 26 25 49.9 265.1 2.9 65.5 840 619 19 12 01 19 27 00 0239+175 05 27 26 50.6 260.1 2.7 62.3 51 619 19 27 00 19 30 00 --- 05 30 26 49.9 260.6 2.8 62.5 180 643 19 27 01 19 31 00 0229+200 05 31 26 48.8 265.8 3.0 65.6 51 643 19 31 00 19 45 00 --- 05 45 28 45.8 267.8 3.2 65.9 840 751 19 31 01 19 46 00 0229+200 05 46 29 45.6 268.0 3.2 65.9 58 751 19 46 00 20 00 00 --- 06 00 31 42.6 269.8 3.4 66.0 840 859 19 46 01 20 01 00 0229+200 06 01 31 42.4 270.0 3.5 66.0 58 859 20 01 00 20 15 00 --- 06 15 33 39.4 271.7 3.7 65.9 840 968 20 01 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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 20 Oct 2011 Day 293 --- 20 16 00 0229+200 06 16 34 39.1 271.9 3.7 65.9 58 968 20 16 00 20 30 00 --- 06 30 36 36.1 273.6 4.0 65.7 840 1076 20 16 01 20 31 00 0239+175 06 31 36 36.9 269.6 3.8 64.0 52 1076 20 31 00 20 34 00 --- 06 34 37 36.2 270.0 3.9 64.0 180 1099 20 31 01 20 35 00 0229+200 06 35 37 35.1 274.2 4.0 65.6 52 1099 20 35 00 20 49 00 --- 06 49 39 32.1 275.8 4.3 65.3 840 1208 20 35 01 20 50 00 0234+285 06 50 39 36.1 284.9 4.2 70.9 47 1208 20 50 00 20 57 00 --- 06 57 40 34.7 285.5 4.3 70.4 420 1262 20 50 01 20 58 00 0229+200 06 58 40 30.2 276.8 4.4 65.1 47 1262 20 58 00 21 12 00 --- 07 12 43 27.2 278.4 4.7 64.6 840 1370 20 58 01 21 13 00 0229+200 07 13 43 27.0 278.5 4.7 64.6 58 1370 21 13 00 21 27 00 --- 07 27 45 24.0 280.1 4.9 64.0 840 1479 21 13 01 21 28 00 0239+175 07 28 45 24.7 276.6 4.8 63.3 52 1479 21 28 00 21 31 00 --- 07 31 46 24.0 277.0 4.8 63.2 180 1502 21 28 01 21 32 00 0229+200 07 32 46 22.9 280.7 5.0 63.8 52 1502 21 32 00 21 46 00 --- 07 46 48 20.0 282.3 5.2 63.2 840 1610 21 32 01 21 47 00 0229+200 07 47 49 19.8 282.4 5.2 63.1 58 1610 21 47 00 22 00 00 --- 08 00 51 17.1 283.9 5.5 62.5 780 1711 21 47 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: sess311.C1024 Matching groups in /irasoft/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 8 Station: SHANGHAI 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= 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 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 = C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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: 12 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 -- The parsec scale jet in the enigmatic TeV blazar 0229+200 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) * 0229+200 02 29 59.796088 * 02 32 48.616000 02 33 30.969355 0.00 20 04 06.23334 * 20 17 17.45000 20 20 32.78143 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3.250 scan and 245.800 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 J0237+2848 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 38 36.825359 0.01 * 0234+285 28 35 11.40778 * 28 48 08.99003 28 51 19.88160 0.01 J0237+28 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 53368 Observations 0.233 scan and 18.200 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 J0242+1742 02 39 36.812122 * 02 42 24.268275 02 43 06.249244 0.09 * 0239+175 17 30 14.07693 * 17 42 58.84921 17 46 07.64833 0.14 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba GSFC 2010a astro solution 252 Observations 0.200 scan and 15.600 baseline hours in setup: sess311.C1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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) 0229+200 163.9 0234+285 157.1 0239+175 163.2 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