! BP106C !Phased references VLBA observations of the high z source 1409+5628 ! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Contraints. ! ================================================================ ! Equipment constraints: ! Stations. Below each station code, the "o" indicates an ! [optional] station that is to be used if it is available. ! Change "o" to "r" if the station is required or change ! "o" to "n" if the station is not to be used. ! SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK ! o o o o o o o o o o ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]:9 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [NO] ! Consult http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~gtaylor/y1gotcha.html ! to decide. If you adopt the default, then both PT and ! VLA1 must be in the stations list in the keyin file. ! Bands and polarizations. Below each band code, insert "R" ! if the righthand polarization is to be used, "L" if the ! lefthand polarization is to be used, "d" if dual ! polarizations are to be used, or "o" if the band is in ! your setups but scheduling should not be constrained by ! its availability. ! 90cm 50cm 20cm 13cm 6cm 4cm 2cm 1cm 7mm 3mm ! d ! Weather constraints: ! [appropriate for bands marked "L", "R", or "d" above ! and for at least the minimum number of stations] ! Date constraints: ! Preferred date(s): ! ================================================================ overwrite ! EXPT = 'The high z source J1409+5628' EXPCODE = 'BP106C' VERSION = 1 PINAME = 'C. Carilli' ADDRESS1 = 'NRAO' ADDRESS2 = 'P.O. Box O' ADDRESS3 = 'Socorro, NM 87801' PHONE = '1-505-835-7306 (work)' FAX = '1-505-835-7027' EMAIL = 'ccarilli@nrao.edu' OBSMODE = '21cm 128-4-2' OBSTYPE = 'VLBA' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 16 cornant = 10 corpol = 'on' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'schedule' cortape = DAT corship1 = 'C. Carilli' corship2 = 'AOC mailbox' !========================================================== !================= Source Catalogue =================== !========================================================== SRCCAT / !Target SOURCE='J1409' ra = 14:09:55.5739 dec = 56:28:26.4748 epoch = 'J2000' / !Phase cal (0.27 Jy), it is 20' away -- could almost do in-beam? SOURCE='J1408' ra = 14:08:12.94625 dec = 56:13:32.4848 epoch = 'J2000' / !FRING FINDER (1.5 Jy) SOURCE='3C345' ra = 16:42:58.80995 dec = 39:48:36.9939 epoch = 'J2000' / !coherence test (0.5 Jy), 2.5 deg away SOURCE='J1419' ra = 14:19:46.59740 dec = 54:23:14.7872 epoch = 'J2000' / ENDCAT/ !========================================================== !================= external catalogue =================== !========================================================== STAFILE = '$SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat' FREQFILE = '$SCHED/catalogs/freq.dat' !========================================================== !================= observing setup =================== !========================================================== setinit = bp106c.set / nchan = 4 bits = 2 bbfilter= 8.0 freqref = 1424.99 !total 16 MHz centered at 1424.99 MHz freqoff = -8.0, -8.0, 0.0, 0.0 netside = U pol = dual pcal = '1MHz' station = VLBA / endset / ! ! LST = VLBA_PT !centered at LST 14.0 (for 7 hours) !YEAR = 2003 !MONTH = 3 DAY = 59452 START = 10:30:00 !START= LST 14.0 - 7/2 = 10.5 !Observations end at LST 14.0 + 7/2 = 17.5 ! stations = VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP,VLBA_FD,VLBA_LA,VLBA_NL,VLBA_OV,VLBA_BR, VLBA_HN,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK ! setup = bp106c.set autotape = 2 ! !The scans !Start and end with the Phase calibrator in each cycle. Observe the fringe !finder 3 times during the 7 hours (about 2nd, 4th & 6th hours). !Cycle time 3.5 minutes SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:00 / group=2 repeat=27 SOURCE='J1409' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:40 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 0:50 / !a fring finder scan after 1:40 hours SOURCE='3C345' gap = 02:00 dur = 4:00 / ! test coherence SOURCE='J1408' gap = 01:00 dur = 2:00 / SOURCE='J1419' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:00 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 1:00 / group=2 repeat=28 SOURCE='J1409' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:40 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 0:50 / !a fring finder scan after 3:28 hours SOURCE='3C345' gap = 02:00 dur = 4:00 / ! test coherence SOURCE='J1408' gap = 01:00 dur = 2:00 / SOURCE='J1419' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:00 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 1:00 / group=2 repeat=28 SOURCE='J1409' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:40 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 0:50 / !a fring finder scan after 5:16 hours SOURCE='3C345' gap = 02:00 dur = 4:00 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 01:00 dur = 2:00 / group=2 repeat=27 SOURCE='J1409' gap = 00:00 dur = 2:40 / SOURCE='J1408' gap = 00:00 dur = 0:50 / !total of 7 hours !THE END