COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: Exploring the radio emission of TXS 0536+145: A key blazar for EBL studi Exp. Code: ro004e 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 SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 17 Oct 2013 Day 290 --- 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: 587.49 587.49 587.49 587.49 619.49 619.49 619.49 619.49 651.49 651.49 651.49 651.49 683.49 683.49 683.49 683.49 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 23 30 00 0536+145 09 21 18 37.1 265.0 3.7 61.8 0 0 23 30 00 23 35 00 --- 09 26 19 36.0 265.7 3.8 61.9 300 39 23 30 01 23 35 00 0536+145 09 26 19 36.0 265.7 3.8 61.9 -2 39 No stop 23 40 00 --- 09 31 19 34.9 266.4 3.8 62.0 298 77 23 35 01 23 40 15 0536+145 09 31 34 34.9 266.4 3.9 62.0 13 77 23 40 15 23 45 05 --- 09 36 25 33.9 267.1 3.9 62.1 290 115 23 40 16 23 45 05 0536+145 09 36 25 33.9 267.1 3.9 62.1 -2 115 No stop 23 50 05 --- 09 41 26 32.8 267.8 4.0 62.1 298 154 23 45 06 23 50 20 0536+145 09 41 41 32.7 267.8 4.0 62.1 13 154 23 50 20 23 55 10 --- 09 46 32 31.7 268.4 4.1 62.2 290 191 23 50 21 --- Start: Thu 17 Oct 2013 Day 290 -- Stop: Fri 18 Oct 2013 Day 291 --- 23 55 10 0536+145 09 46 32 31.7 268.4 4.1 62.2 -2 191 No stop 00 00 10 --- 09 51 33 30.6 269.1 4.2 62.2 298 230 23 55 11 00 00 50 0528+134 09 52 13 28.1 269.3 4.3 61.7 32 230 00 00 50 00 05 28 --- 09 56 52 27.1 269.9 4.4 61.7 278 266 00 00 51 00 06 08 0536+145 09 57 32 29.3 269.9 4.3 62.2 32 266 00 06 08 00 11 08 --- 10 02 33 28.3 270.5 4.4 62.2 300 304 00 06 09 00 11 08 0536+145 10 02 33 28.3 270.5 4.4 62.2 -2 304 No stop 00 16 08 --- 10 07 33 27.2 271.2 4.5 62.2 298 343 00 11 09 00 16 23 0536+145 10 07 48 27.1 271.2 4.5 62.2 13 343 00 16 23 00 21 13 --- 10 12 39 26.1 271.8 4.5 62.2 290 380 00 16 24 00 21 13 0536+145 10 12 39 26.1 271.8 4.5 62.2 -2 380 No stop 00 26 13 --- 10 17 40 25.0 272.4 4.6 62.1 298 419 00 21 14 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 18 Oct 2013 Day 291 --- 00 26 28 0536+145 10 17 55 25.0 272.5 4.6 62.1 13 419 00 26 28 00 31 18 --- 10 22 46 23.9 273.1 4.7 62.1 290 456 00 26 29 00 31 18 0536+145 10 22 46 23.9 273.1 4.7 62.1 -2 456 No stop 00 36 18 --- 10 27 47 22.9 273.7 4.8 62.0 298 495 00 31 19 00 36 58 0528+134 10 28 27 20.4 273.9 4.9 61.5 32 495 00 36 58 00 41 36 --- 10 33 06 19.4 274.5 5.0 61.4 278 531 00 36 59 00 42 16 0536+145 10 33 46 21.6 274.4 4.9 61.9 32 531 00 42 16 00 47 16 --- 10 38 46 20.5 275.0 5.0 61.8 300 570 00 42 17 00 47 16 0536+145 10 38 46 20.5 275.0 5.0 61.8 -2 570 No stop 00 52 16 --- 10 43 47 19.4 275.7 5.1 61.7 298 608 00 47 17 00 52 31 0536+145 10 44 02 19.4 275.7 5.1 61.7 13 608 00 52 31 00 57 21 --- 10 48 53 18.4 276.3 5.1 61.6 290 646 00 52 32 00 57 21 0536+145 10 48 53 18.4 276.3 5.1 61.6 -2 646 No stop 01 02 21 --- 10 53 54 17.3 276.9 5.2 61.4 298 685 00 57 22 01 02 36 0536+145 10 54 09 17.2 276.9 5.2 61.4 13 685 01 02 36 01 07 26 --- 10 59 00 16.2 277.5 5.3 61.3 290 722 01 02 37 01 07 26 0536+145 10 59 00 16.2 277.5 5.3 61.3 -2 722 No stop 01 12 26 --- 11 04 01 15.2 278.1 5.4 61.1 298 761 01 07 27 01 13 06 0528+134 11 04 41 12.7 278.3 5.5 60.6 32 761 01 13 06 01 17 44 --- 11 09 19 11.7 278.9 5.6 60.5 278 797 01 13 07 01 18 24 0536+145 11 10 00 13.9 278.8 5.5 61.0 32 797 01 18 24 01 23 24 --- 11 15 00 12.8 279.4 5.6 60.8 300 835 01 18 25 01 23 24 0536+145 11 15 00 12.8 279.4 5.6 60.8 -2 835 No stop 01 28 24 --- 11 20 01 11.8 280.0 5.7 60.6 298 874 01 23 25 01 28 39 0536+145 11 20 16 11.7 280.1 5.7 60.6 13 874 01 28 39 01 33 29 --- 11 25 07 10.7 280.7 5.7 60.4 290 911 01 28 40 01 33 29 0536+145 11 25 07 10.7 280.7 5.7 60.4 -2 911 No stop 01 38 29 --- 11 30 08 9.6 281.3 5.8 60.2 298 950 01 33 30 01 38 44 0536+145 11 30 23 9.6 281.3 5.8 60.2 13 950 01 38 44 01 43 34 --- 11 35 14 8.6 281.9 5.9 60.0 290 988 01 38 45 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 18 Oct 2013 Day 291 --- 01 43 34 0536+145 11 35 14 8.6 281.9 5.9 60.0 -2 988 No stop 01 48 34 --- 11 40 15 7.5 282.5 6.0 59.7 298 1026 01 43 35 01 49 14 0528+134 11 40 55 5.0 282.8 6.2 59.2 32 1026 01 49 14 01 53 52 --- 11 45 33 4.1 283.4 6.2 D 59.0 0 1062 01 49 15 01 54 32 0536+145 11 46 14 6.3 283.3 6.1 59.4 34 1062 01 54 32 01 59 32 --- 11 51 14 5.2 283.9 6.2 59.2 300 1101 01 54 33 01 59 32 0536+145 11 51 14 5.2 283.9 6.2 59.2 -2 1101 No stop 02 04 32 --- 11 56 15 4.2 284.5 6.3 D 58.9 0 1140 01 59 33 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess313.K1024 Matching groups in /irasoft/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: sh1cm From Porcas, from Huang Xinyong 231198 Setup group: 4 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= 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 21600.00 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: 13 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 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= 587.49 587.49 587.49 587.49 619.49 619.49 619.49 619.49 651.49 651.49 651.49 651.49 683.49 683.49 683.49 683.49 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: 13 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 -- 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 44.652247 0.10 * 0528+134 13 29 42.28877 * 13 31 55.14944 13 32 26.83285 0.10 J0530+13 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 137351 observations 0.386 scan and 33.128 baseline hours in setup: sess313.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 J0539+1433 05 36 51.361472 * 05 39 42.365990 05 40 30.932876 0.10 * 0536+145 14 32 10.73030 * 14 33 45.56160 14 34 06.14477 0.10 J0539+14 /irasoft/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2011d Petrov, 2011, unpublished 2337 observations 2.472 scan and 216.268 baseline hours in setup: sess313.K1024 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 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+134 121.3 0536+145 119.2 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