COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies Exp. Code: EB092B Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Anne-Kathrin Baczko Address: MPIfR Auf dem Huegel 69 Bonn, 53121 Germany Phone: 0049 228 525 366 EMAIL: baczko@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: Phone during observation: 0049 228 525 366 Observing mode: evn Notes: Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 26 Oct 2022 Day 299 --- ---------- Fringe-finder-CTA102 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 230.49 230.49 230.49 230.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 16 00 00 CTA102 20 10 47 38.7 47.1 -2.4 0.0 0 0 16 00 00 16 05 00 --- 20 15 48 39.5 45.9 -2.3 0.0 300 77 16 00 01 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 16 07 15 BLLAC 20 18 03 17.5 20.1 -1.8 0.0 46 77 16 07 15 16 12 15 --- 20 23 04 17.9 19.3 -1.7 0.0 300 155 16 07 16 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 17 05 14 BLLAC 21 16 12 20.8 9.4 -0.8 0.0 3157 155 17 05 14 17 10 14 --- 21 21 13 21.0 8.4 -0.7 0.0 300 232 17 05 15 ---------- Target 5 - J0119+3210 ---------- 17 18 14 J0119 21 29 14 9.8 46.6 -3.9 0.0 355 232 17 18 14 17 21 14 --- 21 32 15 10.3 46.2 -3.8 0.0 180 278 17 18 15 17 21 44 J0119 21 32 45 10.4 46.1 -3.8 0.0 9 278 17 21 44 17 26 44 --- 21 37 45 11.2 45.4 -3.7 0.0 300 356 17 21 45 17 27 14 J0119 21 38 16 11.3 45.4 -3.7 0.0 9 356 17 27 14 17 32 14 --- 21 43 16 12.1 44.7 -3.6 0.0 300 433 17 27 15 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 18 20 02 BLLAC 22 31 12 21.4 354.5 0.5 0.0 2741 433 18 20 02 18 25 02 --- 22 36 13 21.3 353.6 0.5 0.0 300 510 18 20 03 ---------- Target 5 - J0119+3210 ---------- 18 32 57 J0119 22 44 09 20.9 34.9 -2.6 0.0 350 510 18 32 57 18 35 57 --- 22 47 10 21.2 34.3 -2.6 0.0 180 556 18 32 58 18 36 27 J0119 22 47 40 21.3 34.2 -2.6 0.0 9 556 18 36 27 18 41 27 --- 22 52 41 21.9 33.3 -2.5 0.0 300 634 18 36 28 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 Collimation regions in Radio Galaxies 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 26 Oct 2022 Day 299 --- 18 41 57 J0119 22 53 11 22.0 33.2 -2.5 0.0 9 634 18 41 57 18 46 57 --- 22 58 12 22.6 32.3 -2.4 0.0 300 711 18 41 58 18 47 27 J0119 22 58 42 22.7 32.2 -2.4 0.0 9 711 18 47 27 18 52 27 --- 23 03 42 23.3 31.2 -2.3 0.0 300 788 18 47 28 ---------- Fringe-finder ---------- 19 14 14 CTA102 23 25 33 50.2 340.0 0.9 0.0 1195 788 19 14 14 19 19 14 --- 23 30 33 49.8 338.2 0.9 0.0 300 866 19 14 15 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 19 22 11 BLLAC 23 33 31 18.6 342.7 1.5 0.0 89 866 19 22 11 19 27 11 --- 23 38 32 18.3 341.8 1.6 0.0 300 943 19 22 12 ---------- Polarization calibrator ---------- 20 27 35 BLLAC 00 39 06 12.9 331.6 2.6 0.0 3601 943 20 27 35 20 32 35 --- 00 44 07 12.3 330.8 2.7 0.0 300 1020 20 27 36 ---------- Target 5 - J0119+3210 ---------- 21 06 37 J0119 01 18 15 31.8 0.7 -0.0 0.0 1917 1020 21 06 37 21 09 37 --- 01 21 15 31.8 359.9 0.0 0.0 180 1067 21 06 38 21 10 07 J0119 01 21 45 31.8 359.8 0.0 0.0 9 1067 21 10 07 21 15 07 --- 01 26 46 31.8 358.5 0.1 0.0 300 1144 21 10 08 21 15 37 J0119 01 27 16 31.8 358.4 0.1 0.0 9 1144 21 15 37 21 20 37 --- 01 32 17 31.7 357.2 0.2 0.0 300 1221 21 15 38 ---------- Target 6 - J0405+3803 ---------- 21 23 26 J0405 01 35 06 16.7 30.4 -2.5 0.0 59 1221 21 23 26 21 26 26 --- 01 38 06 17.1 29.9 -2.5 0.0 180 1268 21 23 27 21 26 56 J0405 01 38 36 17.1 29.8 -2.5 0.0 9 1268 21 26 56 21 31 56 --- 01 43 37 17.7 29.0 -2.4 0.0 300 1345 21 26 57 21 32 26 J0405 01 44 07 17.7 28.9 -2.4 0.0 9 1345 21 32 26 21 37 26 --- 01 49 08 18.3 28.0 -2.3 0.0 300 1422 21 32 27 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess322.C2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh6cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 256.00 of 512.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: HART Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 230.49 230.49 230.49 230.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 294.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 358.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 422.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 12 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J1945 19 46 12.027461 * 19 45 53.524714 19 45 43.428275 0.00 70 48 21.44221 * 70 55 48.70680 70 59 24.24127 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0119 01 16 47.226159 * 01 19 34.981647 01 20 52.044622 0.00 31 55 05.89348 * 32 10 50.11948 32 18 05.68922 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0405 04 02 29.863336 * 04 05 49.262759 04 07 20.709721 0.00 37 55 27.11229 * 38 03 32.23437 38 07 13.13269 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * NRAO150 03 55 45.261365 * 03 59 29.747266 04 01 12.943729 0.03 J0359+5057 50 49 20.28574 * 50 57 50.16169 51 01 39.66326 0.02 0355+508 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0359+50 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 22807 observations. VR422201 22 00 39.362504 * 22 02 43.291371 22 03 39.606178 0.01 J2202+4216 42 02 08.59075 * 42 16 39.97988 42 23 28.11429 0.00 * BLLAC /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc 2200+420 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 52189 observations. J2202+42 * CTA102 22 30 07.803946 * 22 32 36.408904 22 33 44.039798 0.01 J2232+1143 11 28 22.81076 * 11 43 50.90404 11 50 58.31745 0.02 2230+114 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2232+11 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 9403 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 J1945 sess322.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.867 126.000 J0119 sess322.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.950 154.865 J0405 sess322.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.950 133.748 NRAO150 sess322.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 + 0.083 12.750 BLLAC sess322.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.500 76.830 CTA102 sess322.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.167 25.583 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) J1945 100.4 J0119 157.9 J0405 142.7 NRAO150 134.9 BLLAC 120.4 CTA102 128.6 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