COVER INFORMATION Station: SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Experiment: PW And Exp. Code: EG084B Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Version 11.3 update 1. April 14, 2014 PI: Jose C. Guirado Address: Dpto. Astronomia, Univ. Valencia Dr. Moliner 50 E-46100 Burjassot Valencia, Spain Phone: +34 963543073 EMAIL: Jose.C.Guirado@uv.es Fax: +34 963543084 Phone during observation: +34 963543078, +34629509130 Observing mode: Phase-referencing at 6cm (1024 Mb/s) Notes: Dual Pol Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 2 PW And 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Oct 2014 Day 299 --- 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 16 30 00 3C454.3 02 54 40 33.8 269.4 4.0 63.1 0 0 16 30 00 16 35 00 --- 02 59 41 32.7 270.1 4.1 63.1 300 38 16 30 01 16 38 00 3C454.3 03 02 42 32.0 270.4 4.1 63.1 178 38 16 38 00 16 43 00 --- 03 07 43 31.0 271.1 4.2 63.1 300 77 16 38 01 16 46 00 J0015+3216 03 10 43 53.1 283.8 2.9 79.9 138 77 16 46 00 16 47 40 =0012+319 03 12 23 52.7 283.9 2.9 79.8 100 90 16 46 01 16 47 40 PWAND 03 12 23 53.2 281.5 2.9 78.3 -6 90 No stop 16 52 10 --- 03 16 54 52.2 281.8 3.0 78.0 264 124 16 47 41 16 52 10 J0015+3216 03 16 54 51.8 284.1 3.0 79.4 -6 124 No stop 16 53 50 =0012+319 03 18 34 51.4 284.2 3.0 79.3 94 137 16 52 11 16 53 50 PWAND 03 18 34 51.9 281.9 3.0 77.9 -6 137 No stop 16 58 20 --- 03 23 05 50.9 282.3 3.1 77.6 264 172 16 53 51 16 59 00 J0015+3216 03 23 45 50.4 284.6 3.1 78.8 34 172 16 59 00 17 00 40 =0012+319 03 25 26 50.0 284.7 3.2 78.7 100 185 16 59 01 17 00 40 PWAND 03 25 26 50.4 282.4 3.1 77.4 -6 185 No stop 17 05 10 --- 03 29 56 49.5 282.8 3.2 77.1 264 219 17 00 41 17 05 10 J0015+3216 03 29 56 49.1 285.0 3.2 78.3 -6 219 No stop 17 06 50 =0012+319 03 31 37 48.7 285.1 3.3 78.2 94 232 17 05 11 17 06 50 PWAND 03 31 37 49.1 282.9 3.2 77.0 -6 232 No stop 17 11 20 --- 03 36 07 48.2 283.2 3.3 76.6 264 267 17 06 51 17 11 20 J0015+3216 03 36 07 47.8 285.4 3.3 77.8 -6 267 No stop 17 13 00 =0012+319 03 37 48 47.5 285.5 3.4 77.6 94 279 17 11 21 17 13 00 PWAND 03 37 48 47.8 283.4 3.3 76.5 -6 279 No stop 17 17 30 --- 03 42 18 46.9 283.7 3.4 76.2 264 314 17 13 01 17 18 10 J0015+3216 03 42 58 46.4 285.8 3.5 77.2 34 314 17 18 10 17 19 50 =0012+319 03 44 39 46.0 286.0 3.5 77.1 100 327 17 18 11 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 3 PW And 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Oct 2014 Day 299 --- 17 19 50 PWAND 03 44 39 46.4 283.9 3.4 76.0 -6 327 No stop 17 24 20 --- 03 49 09 45.5 284.2 3.5 75.7 264 362 17 19 51 17 24 20 J0015+3216 03 49 09 45.1 286.3 3.6 76.7 -6 362 No stop 17 26 00 =0012+319 03 50 50 44.8 286.4 3.6 76.5 94 374 17 24 21 17 26 00 PWAND 03 50 50 45.1 284.3 3.5 75.5 -6 374 No stop 17 30 30 --- 03 55 20 44.2 284.7 3.6 75.2 264 409 17 26 01 17 30 30 J0015+3216 03 55 20 43.9 286.7 3.7 76.2 -6 409 No stop 17 32 10 =0012+319 03 57 01 43.5 286.8 3.7 76.0 94 422 17 30 31 17 32 10 PWAND 03 57 01 43.8 284.8 3.6 75.1 -6 422 No stop 17 36 40 --- 04 01 31 42.9 285.2 3.7 74.7 264 456 17 32 11 17 37 20 J0015+3216 04 02 12 42.4 287.2 3.8 75.6 34 456 17 37 20 17 39 00 =0012+319 04 03 52 42.1 287.3 3.8 75.4 100 469 17 37 21 17 39 00 PWAND 04 03 52 42.4 285.3 3.7 74.5 -6 469 No stop 17 43 30 --- 04 08 23 41.5 285.7 3.8 74.2 264 504 17 39 01 17 43 30 J0015+3216 04 08 23 41.2 287.6 3.9 75.0 -6 504 No stop 17 45 10 =0012+319 04 10 03 40.8 287.7 3.9 74.9 94 517 17 43 31 17 45 10 PWAND 04 10 03 41.2 285.8 3.8 74.1 -6 517 No stop 17 49 40 --- 04 14 34 40.2 286.2 3.9 73.7 264 551 17 45 11 17 49 40 J0015+3216 04 14 34 39.9 288.1 4.0 74.5 -6 551 No stop 17 51 20 =0012+319 04 16 14 39.6 288.2 4.0 74.4 94 564 17 49 41 17 51 20 PWAND 04 16 14 39.9 286.3 4.0 73.6 -6 564 No stop 17 55 50 --- 04 20 45 39.0 286.7 4.0 73.2 264 599 17 51 21 17 56 30 J0015+3216 04 21 25 38.5 288.6 4.1 73.9 34 599 17 56 30 17 58 10 =0012+319 04 23 05 38.2 288.7 4.1 73.8 100 612 17 56 31 17 58 10 PWAND 04 23 05 38.5 286.8 4.1 73.0 -6 612 No stop 18 02 40 --- 04 27 36 37.6 287.2 4.1 72.7 264 646 17 58 11 18 02 40 J0015+3216 04 27 36 37.3 289.0 4.2 73.4 -6 646 No stop 18 04 20 =0012+319 04 29 16 36.9 289.2 4.2 73.2 94 659 18 02 41 18 04 20 PWAND 04 29 16 37.2 287.3 4.2 72.5 -6 659 No stop 18 08 50 --- 04 33 47 36.3 287.7 4.2 72.2 264 694 18 04 21 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 4 PW And 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Oct 2014 Day 299 --- 18 08 50 J0015+3216 04 33 47 36.0 289.5 4.3 72.8 -6 694 No stop 18 10 30 =0012+319 04 35 27 35.7 289.6 4.3 72.7 94 706 18 08 51 18 10 30 PWAND 04 35 27 36.0 287.8 4.3 72.0 -6 706 No stop 18 15 00 --- 04 39 58 35.0 288.2 4.3 71.7 264 741 18 10 31 18 15 40 J0015+3216 04 40 38 34.6 290.1 4.4 72.2 34 741 18 15 40 18 17 20 =0012+319 04 42 18 34.3 290.2 4.4 72.1 100 754 18 15 41 18 17 20 PWAND 04 42 18 34.6 288.4 4.4 71.5 -6 754 No stop 18 21 50 --- 04 46 49 33.6 288.8 4.5 71.1 264 788 18 17 21 18 21 50 J0015+3216 04 46 49 33.4 290.5 4.5 71.7 -6 788 No stop 18 23 30 =0012+319 04 48 29 33.1 290.7 4.5 71.5 94 801 18 21 51 18 23 30 PWAND 04 48 29 33.3 288.9 4.5 71.0 -6 801 No stop 18 28 00 --- 04 53 00 32.4 289.3 4.6 70.6 264 836 18 23 31 18 28 00 J0015+3216 04 53 00 32.2 291.0 4.6 71.1 -6 836 No stop 18 29 40 =0012+319 04 54 40 31.8 291.2 4.6 71.0 94 849 18 28 01 18 29 40 PWAND 04 54 40 32.1 289.4 4.6 70.5 -6 849 No stop 18 34 10 --- 04 59 11 31.1 289.8 4.7 70.1 264 883 18 29 41 18 34 50 J0015+3216 04 59 51 30.8 291.6 4.7 70.5 34 883 18 34 50 18 36 30 =0012+319 05 01 31 30.5 291.7 4.8 70.3 100 896 18 34 51 18 36 30 PWAND 05 01 31 30.7 290.0 4.7 69.9 -6 896 No stop 18 41 00 --- 05 06 02 29.8 290.4 4.8 69.5 264 931 18 36 31 18 41 00 J0015+3216 05 06 02 29.6 292.1 4.8 69.9 -6 931 No stop 18 42 40 =0012+319 05 07 42 29.2 292.2 4.9 69.8 94 944 18 41 01 18 42 40 PWAND 05 07 42 29.4 290.6 4.8 69.4 -6 944 No stop 18 47 10 --- 05 12 13 28.5 290.9 4.9 69.0 264 978 18 42 41 18 47 10 J0015+3216 05 12 13 28.4 292.6 4.9 69.3 -6 978 No stop 18 48 50 =0012+319 05 13 53 28.0 292.8 5.0 69.2 94 991 18 47 11 18 48 50 PWAND 05 13 53 28.2 291.1 4.9 68.8 -6 991 No stop 18 53 20 --- 05 18 24 27.3 291.5 5.0 68.4 264 1026 18 48 51 18 54 00 J0015+3216 05 19 04 27.0 293.2 5.1 68.7 34 1026 18 54 00 18 55 40 =0012+319 05 20 44 26.7 293.4 5.1 68.5 100 1038 18 54 01 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 5 PW And 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Oct 2014 Day 299 --- 18 55 40 PWAND 05 20 44 26.8 291.7 5.0 68.2 -6 1038 No stop 19 00 10 --- 05 25 15 25.9 292.1 5.1 67.8 264 1073 18 55 41 19 00 10 J0015+3216 05 25 15 25.8 293.7 5.2 68.1 -6 1073 No stop 19 01 50 =0012+319 05 26 55 25.5 293.9 5.2 67.9 94 1086 19 00 11 19 01 50 PWAND 05 26 55 25.6 292.3 5.1 67.7 -6 1086 No stop 19 06 20 --- 05 31 26 24.7 292.7 5.2 67.3 264 1121 19 01 51 19 06 20 J0015+3216 05 31 26 24.6 294.3 5.3 67.5 -6 1121 No stop 19 08 00 =0012+319 05 33 06 24.3 294.4 5.3 67.3 94 1133 19 06 21 19 08 00 PWAND 05 33 06 24.4 292.8 5.2 67.1 -6 1133 No stop 19 12 30 --- 05 37 37 23.5 293.2 5.3 66.7 264 1168 19 08 01 19 13 10 J0015+3216 05 38 17 23.2 294.9 5.4 66.8 34 1168 19 13 10 19 14 50 =0012+319 05 39 58 22.9 295.1 5.4 66.7 100 1181 19 13 11 19 14 50 PWAND 05 39 58 23.0 293.4 5.3 66.5 -6 1181 No stop 19 19 20 --- 05 44 28 22.1 293.9 5.4 66.1 264 1215 19 14 51 19 19 20 J0015+3216 05 44 28 22.0 295.5 5.5 66.2 -6 1215 No stop 19 21 00 =0012+319 05 46 09 21.7 295.6 5.5 66.1 94 1228 19 19 21 19 21 00 PWAND 05 46 09 21.8 294.0 5.4 65.9 -6 1228 No stop 19 25 30 --- 05 50 39 20.9 294.5 5.5 65.5 264 1263 19 21 01 19 25 30 J0015+3216 05 50 39 20.9 296.0 5.6 65.6 -6 1263 No stop 19 27 10 =0012+319 05 52 20 20.5 296.2 5.6 65.4 94 1276 19 25 31 19 27 10 PWAND 05 52 20 20.6 294.6 5.6 65.3 -6 1276 No stop 19 31 40 --- 05 56 50 19.7 295.0 5.6 64.9 264 1310 19 27 11 19 32 20 J0015+3216 05 57 30 19.5 296.7 5.7 64.9 34 1310 19 32 20 19 34 00 =0012+319 05 59 11 19.2 296.8 5.7 64.7 100 1323 19 32 21 19 34 00 PWAND 05 59 11 19.3 295.3 5.7 64.7 -6 1323 No stop 19 38 30 --- 06 03 41 18.4 295.7 5.7 64.2 264 1358 19 34 01 19 38 30 J0015+3216 06 03 41 18.4 297.3 5.8 64.3 -6 1358 No stop 19 40 10 =0012+319 06 05 22 18.0 297.4 5.8 64.1 94 1371 19 38 31 19 40 10 PWAND 06 05 22 18.1 295.9 5.8 64.0 -6 1371 No stop 19 44 40 --- 06 09 52 17.2 296.3 5.8 63.6 264 1405 19 40 11 Schedule for SHANGHAI (Code Sh ) Page 6 PW And 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 26 Oct 2014 Day 299 --- 19 44 40 J0015+3216 06 09 52 17.2 297.9 5.9 63.6 -6 1405 No stop 19 46 20 =0012+319 06 11 33 16.9 298.0 5.9 63.5 94 1418 19 44 41 19 46 20 PWAND 06 11 33 16.9 296.5 5.9 63.4 -6 1418 No stop 19 50 50 --- 06 16 03 16.0 296.9 5.9 63.0 264 1453 19 46 21 19 51 30 J0015+3216 06 16 44 15.9 298.6 6.0 62.9 34 1453 19 51 30 19 53 10 =0012+319 06 18 24 15.6 298.7 6.0 62.7 100 1465 19 51 31 19 53 10 PWAND 06 18 24 15.6 297.2 6.0 62.7 -6 1465 No stop 19 57 40 --- 06 22 55 14.7 297.6 6.1 62.3 264 1500 19 53 11 19 57 40 J0015+3216 06 22 55 14.7 299.2 6.1 62.2 -6 1500 No stop 19 59 20 =0012+319 06 24 35 14.4 299.4 6.1 62.1 94 1513 19 57 41 19 59 20 PWAND 06 24 35 14.4 297.8 6.1 62.1 -5 1513 No stop 20 03 50 --- 06 29 06 13.6 298.3 6.2 61.6 265 1547 19 59 21 20 03 50 J0015+3216 06 29 06 13.6 299.8 6.2 61.6 -6 1547 No stop 20 05 30 =0012+319 06 30 46 13.3 300.0 6.2 61.4 94 1560 20 03 51 20 05 30 PWAND 06 30 46 13.3 298.5 6.2 61.5 -5 1560 No stop 20 10 00 --- 06 35 17 12.4 298.9 6.3 61.0 265 1595 20 05 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess314CG.setini Matching groups in /home/rebecca/sched113/catalogs/freq.dat: sh6cm Update freq. range AnTao 22Mar08 Setup group: 6 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 IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 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: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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= 16.00 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 Matching frequency sets: 10 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 20, 2, 4, 22, 24, 6, 8, 26, 28, 10, 12, 30, 32, 14, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * PWAND 00 15 44.325714 * 00 18 21.055500 00 19 09.475352 0.00 30 40 40.47538 * 30 57 19.68800 31 02 27.60611 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0015+3216 00 12 29.853329 * 00 15 06.147419 00 15 54.466246 0.19 0012+319 31 59 33.14936 * 32 16 13.30938 32 21 21.90815 0.29 /home/rebecca/sched113/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 90 observations J0319+4130 03 16 29.567260 * 03 19 48.160090 03 20 49.501443 1.30 0316+413 41 19 51.91699 * 41 30 42.10412 41 33 49.07551 2.72 * 3C84 /home/rebecca/sched113/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 GSFC 2011B astro solution 9957 Observations J2253+1608 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747937 22 54 42.902199 0.68 * 3C454.3 15 52 54.34810 * 16 08 53.56093 16 13 53.22364 0.72 2251+158 /home/rebecca/sched113/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 GSFC 2011B astro solution 39747 Observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline PWAND sess314CG.setini 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 6.375 267.356 J0015+3216 sess314CG.setini 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 2.361 92.346 3C84 sess314CG.setini 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 0.267 10.350 3C454.3 sess314CG.setini 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 0.167 9.167 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) PWAND 149.5 J0015+3216 148.2 3C84 146.7 3C454.3 134.0 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