COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Experiment: SiO Mira Monitoring Exp. Code: BC135A Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 02 July 2002 PI: W. D. Cotton Address: NRAO 520 Edgemont Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: (434) 2960319 EMAIL: bcotton@nrao.edu Fax: (434) 2960219 Phone during observation: (434) 2968266 Observing mode: Notes: BE SURE PULSE CAL IS OFF ON PROGRAM SOURCES. Positions of the stars need to be recomputed every few months as the proper motions are 10s mas/yr. Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 2 SiO Mira Monitoring UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Apr 2003 Day 115 --- Next scan frequencies: 43123.47 43123.47 42821.72 42821.72 Next BBC frequencies: 923.47 923.47 621.72 621.72 Next scan bandwidths: 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 15 59 27 3C454.3 19 50 39 46.4 87.1 -3.1 -78.0 0 1 1 0 15 59 27 16 05 26 --- 19 56 39 47.8 87.5 -3.0 -78.1 359 F 1 2393 16 05 26 J2334+0736 19 56 39 36.0 95.0 -3.6 -71.0 -30 1 1 2393 16 05 26 16 11 25 --- 20 02 39 37.4 95.6 -3.5 -70.9 329 F 1 4787 16 12 25 R_AQR 20 03 39 25.5 118.8 -3.7 -58.7 30 1 1 4787 16 12 25 16 28 22 --- 20 19 39 28.8 121.1 -3.4 -56.6 957 F 1 11169 Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 16 29 22 J0217+0144 20 20 39 1.2 88.6 -6.0 D -70.2 1 1 1 11169 16 29 22 16 35 21 --- 20 26 39 2.6 89.1 -5.9 -70.3 0 F 1 13563 16 35 51 O_CETI 20 27 09 0.8 93.4 -5.9 D -70.1 21 1 2 13563 16 35 51 16 51 48 --- 20 43 09 4.6 94.8 -5.6 -69.9 0 R 1 15255 Next scan frequencies: 43123.47 43123.47 42821.72 42821.72 Next BBC frequencies: 923.47 923.47 621.72 621.72 16 53 18 J2334+0736 20 44 39 47.2 100.4 -2.8 -69.0 -1 1 2 15255 16 53 18 16 59 17 --- 20 50 39 48.6 101.2 -2.7 -68.6 358 R 1 12861 16 59 47 R_AQR 20 51 09 34.9 126.3 -2.9 -51.8 -3 1 2 12861 16 59 47 17 15 44 --- 21 07 09 37.9 129.4 -2.6 -48.9 954 R 1 6479 17 16 44 3C454.3 21 08 09 64.6 93.9 -1.8 -77.8 0 1 2 6479 17 16 44 17 22 43 --- 21 14 09 66.0 94.7 -1.7 -77.5 359 R 1 4085 17 48 39 J2334+0736 21 40 09 59.8 109.8 -1.9 -63.3 1537 1 2 4085 17 48 39 17 54 38 --- 21 46 09 61.1 111.1 -1.8 -62.3 359 R 1 1692 17 55 08 R_AQR 21 46 39 44.6 138.4 -2.0 -40.3 -9 1 3 1692 17 55 08 18 11 05 --- 22 02 39 47.0 142.8 -1.7 -36.2 948 F 1 4691 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 3 SiO Mira Monitoring UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Apr 2003 Day 115 --- Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 18 12 35 J0217+0144 22 04 09 25.5 97.8 -4.2 -68.8 41 1 3 4691 18 12 35 18 18 34 --- 22 10 09 26.9 98.4 -4.1 -68.6 359 F 1 7084 18 19 04 O_CETI 22 10 39 24.9 103.2 -4.1 -66.6 20 1 3 7084 18 19 04 18 35 01 --- 22 26 39 28.5 105.0 -3.9 -65.5 957 F 1 13467 Next scan frequencies: 43123.47 43123.47 42821.72 42821.72 Next BBC frequencies: 923.47 923.47 621.72 621.72 18 36 31 J2334+0736 22 28 09 69.9 124.9 -1.1 -51.1 1 1 3 13467 18 36 31 18 42 30 --- 22 34 09 71.0 127.8 -1.0 -48.6 359 F 1 15860 18 43 30 R_AQR 22 35 09 51.1 153.0 -1.1 -26.3 14 1 4 15860 18 43 30 18 59 27 --- 22 51 09 52.6 158.7 -0.9 -20.7 957 R 1 12957 19 00 27 3C454.3 22 52 09 86.3 172.7 0.0 -7.2 -14 1 4 12957 19 00 27 19 06 26 --- 22 58 09 86.2 195.0 0.1 14.7 345 R 1 10564 19 07 26 J2334+0736 22 59 09 75.1 143.8 -0.6 -34.1 20 1 4 10564 19 07 26 19 13 25 --- 23 05 09 75.9 148.8 -0.5 -29.4 359 R 1 8170 19 13 55 R_AQR 23 05 39 53.7 164.3 -0.6 -15.3 -21 1 4 8170 19 13 55 19 29 52 --- 23 21 39 54.5 170.7 -0.4 -9.1 937 R 1 1788 Next scan frequencies: 43120.47 43120.47 42818.17 42818.17 Next BBC frequencies: 920.47 920.47 618.17 618.17 19 31 52 J0555+3948 23 23 39 6.7 50.0 -6.5 -69.7 18 1 4 1788 19 31 52 19 35 51 --- 23 27 39 7.4 50.2 -6.5 -70.3 239 R 1 192 19 36 21 U_ORI 23 28 09 0.6 68.7 -6.5 D -69.1 12 1 5 192 19 36 21 19 54 18 --- 23 46 09 4.5 70.2 -6.2 -70.6 0 F 1 7373 Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 19 56 18 J0217+0144 23 48 09 49.2 111.5 -2.5 -61.1 24 1 5 7373 19 56 18 20 02 17 --- 23 54 09 50.5 112.7 -2.4 -60.3 359 F 1 9766 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 4 SiO Mira Monitoring UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Apr 2003 Day 115 --- 20 02 47 O_CETI 23 54 39 47.8 118.6 -2.4 -55.8 18 1 5 9766 20 02 47 20 18 44 --- 00 10 39 51.0 122.2 -2.1 -52.9 957 F 1 16149 Next scan frequencies: 43123.47 43123.47 42821.72 42821.72 Next BBC frequencies: 923.47 923.47 621.72 621.72 20 20 44 J2334+0736 00 12 39 74.7 218.6 0.6 36.3 49 1 6 16149 20 20 44 20 26 43 --- 00 18 39 73.8 222.9 0.7 40.3 359 R 1 16658 20 27 13 R_AQR 00 19 09 53.9 194.5 0.6 14.1 -16 1 6 16658 20 27 13 20 43 10 --- 00 35 09 52.7 200.7 0.9 20.1 942 R 1 10275 Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 20 44 10 J0217+0144 00 36 09 59.3 122.8 -1.7 -52.3 2 1 6 10275 20 44 10 20 50 09 --- 00 42 09 60.4 124.7 -1.6 -50.7 359 R 1 7882 20 50 39 O_CETI 00 42 39 57.1 131.1 -1.6 -45.2 17 1 6 7882 20 50 39 21 06 36 --- 00 58 39 59.8 136.7 -1.3 -40.2 957 R 1 1500 Next scan frequencies: 43120.47 43120.47 42818.17 42818.17 Next BBC frequencies: 920.47 920.47 618.17 618.17 21 08 36 J0555+3948 01 00 39 24.8 54.3 -4.9 -84.2 44 1 7 1500 21 08 36 21 12 35 --- 01 04 39 25.5 54.4 -4.9 -84.8 239 F 1 96 21 13 05 U_ORI 01 05 09 22.3 75.6 -4.8 -76.1 10 1 7 96 21 13 05 21 31 02 --- 01 23 09 26.4 76.7 -4.5 -77.3 1077 F 1 7276 Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 21 32 32 J0217+0144 01 24 39 67.7 142.5 -0.9 -34.9 1 1 7 7276 21 32 32 21 38 31 --- 01 30 39 68.6 145.9 -0.8 -31.9 359 F 1 9670 21 39 01 O_CETI 01 31 09 64.3 151.2 -0.8 -27.0 15 1 7 9670 21 39 01 21 54 58 --- 01 47 09 65.9 159.9 -0.5 -18.9 957 F 1 16052 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 5 SiO Mira Monitoring UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Apr 2003 Day 115 --- Next scan frequencies: 43120.47 43120.47 42818.17 42818.17 Next BBC frequencies: 920.47 920.47 618.17 618.17 21 56 58 J0555+3948 01 49 09 34.1 54.7 -4.1 -91.8 44 1 8 16052 21 56 58 22 00 57 --- 01 53 09 34.8 54.6 -4.0 -92.5 239 R 1 17552 22 01 27 U_ORI 01 53 39 33.4 78.4 -4.0 -79.0 8 1 8 17552 22 01 27 22 19 24 --- 02 11 39 37.6 79.3 -3.7 -80.1 1077 R 1 10372 Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 22 21 24 J0217+0144 02 13 39 71.9 176.5 -0.1 -3.3 45 1 8 10372 22 21 24 22 27 23 --- 02 19 39 72.0 181.4 0.0 1.3 359 R 1 7978 22 27 53 O_CETI 02 20 09 67.2 180.4 0.0 0.4 14 1 8 7978 22 27 53 22 43 50 --- 02 36 09 66.9 190.7 0.3 10.0 957 R 1 1596 Next scan frequencies: 43120.47 43120.47 42818.17 42818.17 Next BBC frequencies: 920.47 920.47 618.17 618.17 22 45 50 J0555+3948 02 38 09 43.4 53.4 -3.3 -100.5 22 1 8 1596 22 45 50 22 49 49 --- 02 42 09 44.2 53.2 -3.2 -101.2 239 R 1 0 22 51 19 U_ORI 02 43 39 45.0 80.9 -3.2 -81.8 65 1 9 0 22 51 19 23 09 16 --- 03 01 39 49.2 81.7 -2.9 -82.7 1077 F 1 7180 Next scan frequencies: 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 Next BBC frequencies: 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 23 11 16 J0217+0144 03 03 39 68.8 213.2 0.8 31.0 26 1 9 7180 23 11 16 23 17 15 --- 03 09 39 68.0 216.6 0.9 34.1 359 F 1 9574 23 17 45 O_CETI 03 10 09 64.1 210.0 0.8 28.1 16 1 9 9574 23 17 45 23 33 42 --- 03 26 09 62.0 217.5 1.1 35.0 957 F 1 15956 Next scan frequencies: 43120.47 43120.47 42818.17 42818.17 Next BBC frequencies: 920.47 920.47 618.17 618.17 23 35 42 J0555+3948 03 28 09 52.6 49.5 -2.5 -111.4 2 1 9 15956 23 35 42 23 39 41 --- 03 32 09 53.4 49.0 -2.4 -112.5 239 F 1 17552 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 6 SiO Mira Monitoring UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 25 Apr 2003 Day 115 --- 23 40 11 U_ORI 03 32 39 56.4 83.1 -2.4 -84.3 1 1 10 17552 23 40 11 23 58 08 --- 03 50 39 60.6 83.8 -2.1 -85.2 1077 R 1 10372 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: bc135.vlba Matches group v7mm_b8 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 64 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 8.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 2.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 133.330 ips, High density - 80.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:44:00 1st LO= 42200.00 42200.00 42200.00 42200.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 7mm omit 7mm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 7.4 11.6 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 43123.47 43123.47 42821.72 42821.72 BBC fr= 923.47 923.47 621.72 621.72 Bandwd= 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 Frequency Set: 2 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 43112.29 43112.29 42810.47 42810.47 BBC fr= 912.29 912.29 610.47 610.47 Bandwd= 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 Frequency Set: 3 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 43120.47 43120.47 42818.17 42818.17 BBC fr= 920.47 920.47 618.17 618.17 Bandwd= 4.000 4.000 4.000 4.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 OFF OFF OFF OFF PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 OFF OFF OFF OFF PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26 barrel=roll_auto SOURCE LIST -- SiO Mira Monitoring 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). Source Source position (RA/Dec) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * 3C454.3 22 51 29.519701 * 22 53 57.747900 22 54 05.756583 15 52 54.35017 * 16 08 53.56300 16 09 39.21202 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0217+0144 02 15 14.130582 * 02 17 48.955100 02 17 56.966271 01 31 00.14891 * 01 44 49.68700 01 45 35.22774 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0555+3948 05 52 01.407559 * 05 55 30.806000 05 55 42.359579 39 48 21.94388 * 39 48 49.16300 39 48 59.67334 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J2334+0736 23 31 40.087300 * 23 34 12.828000 23 34 21.008727 07 19 52.40274 * 07 36 27.54400 07 37 18.43598 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * R_AQR 23 41 14.293615 * 23 43 49.468900 23 43 57.851951 -15 33 43.64298 *-15 17 04.30600 -15 16 07.78551 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Computed from Hipparcos position for date * O_CETI 02 16 49.084029 * 02 19 20.794900 02 19 28.637432 -03 12 26.00583 *-02 58 40.28000 -02 57 54.87578 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Computed from Hipparcos position for date * U_ORI 05 52 50.888263 * 05 55 49.165900 05 55 59.038532 20 10 05.89097 * 20 10 30.66700 20 10 35.45571 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Computed from Hipparcos position for date 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) 3C454.3 47.8 J0217+0144 11.6 J0555+3948 55.6 J2334+0736 39.0 R_AQR 46.4 O_CETI 16.3 U_ORI 53.9 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