SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: BB220B COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: VLBA/VLTI Obs. of GX Mon Exp. Code: BB220B Start Day 98 is Sat 8 Apr 2006 MJD 53833 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.04 March 2006 PI: Dave Boboltz Address: USNO 3450 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20392-5420, USA Phone: 202-762-1488 EMAIL: dboboltz@usno.navy.mil Fax: 202-762-1514 Phone during observation: 202-762-1488 Observing mode: Notes: RCP/LCP. 7mm VLBA 5hr track No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): SOCORRO Correlator average time (2 sec): 2.097 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Spectral channels per baseband (16): 256 Number of antennas to be correlated: 10 Polarization (ON): OFF Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: SCHEDULE Shipping address for correlator output: Dave Boboltz U.S. Naval Observatory 3450 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20392-5420 Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 5.02 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 4.85 hours. Total time in recording scans: 4.85 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 266.94 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 214.9 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 3754.1 Mbytes NOTE: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z VLBA_SC Sc 17.75658 64.58363 -15. 2607848.521 -5488069.685 1932739.540 VLBA_HN Hn 42.93361 71.98658 296. 1446375.116 -4447939.656 4322306.124 VLBA_NL Nl 41.77142 91.57414 222. -130872.254 -4762317.116 4226851.040 VLBA_FD Fd 30.63503 103.94482 1606. -1324009.127 -5332181.966 3231962.474 VLBA_LA La 35.77512 106.24560 1962. -1449752.359 -4975298.588 3709123.928 VLBA_PT Pt 34.30102 108.11919 2365. -1640953.712 -5014816.024 3575411.880 VLBA_KP Kp 31.95630 111.61242 1902. -1995678.626 -5037317.713 3357328.129 VLBA_OV Ov 37.23165 118.27705 1196. -2409150.112 -4478573.229 3838617.399 VLBA_BR Br 48.13122 119.68328 251. -2112064.976 -3705356.516 4726813.798 VLBA_MK Mk 19.80138 155.45550 3763. -5464074.960 -2495249.116 2148296.844 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 53833 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z VLBA_SC Sc 0.0082 0.0098 0.0100 50449 2607848.597 -5488069.594 1932739.633 VLBA_HN Hn -0.0145 -0.0009 0.0019 50449 1446374.981 -4447939.664 4322306.142 VLBA_NL Nl -0.0144 0.0013 -0.0039 50449 -130872.387 -4762317.104 4226851.004 VLBA_FD Fd -0.0116 0.0004 -0.0066 50449 -1324009.234 -5332181.963 3231962.413 VLBA_LA La -0.0132 0.0008 -0.0068 50449 -1449752.481 -4975298.581 3709123.865 VLBA_PT Pt -0.0138 -0.0003 -0.0082 50449 -1640953.839 -5014816.026 3575411.804 VLBA_KP Kp -0.0127 0.0006 -0.0081 50449 -1995678.744 -5037317.708 3357328.054 VLBA_OV Ov -0.0175 0.0068 -0.0054 50449 -2409150.274 -4478573.166 3838617.349 VLBA_BR Br -0.0136 0.0008 -0.0095 50449 -2112065.102 -3705356.508 4726813.710 VLBA_MK Mk -0.0137 0.0622 0.0303 50449 -5464075.087 -2495248.539 2148297.124 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Sc 0 2853 3645 4143 4458 4579 4839 5460 5767 8611 Hn 2853 0 1611 3105 3006 3226 3623 3885 3657 7502 Nl 3645 1611 0 1654 1432 1663 2075 2328 2300 6156 Fd 4143 3105 1654 0 608 564 744 1508 2345 5134 La 4458 3006 1432 608 0 236 652 1088 1757 4970 Pt 4579 3226 1663 564 236 0 417 973 1806 4795 Kp 4839 3623 2075 744 652 417 0 845 1913 4466 Ov 5460 3885 2328 1508 1088 973 845 0 1214 4015 Br 5767 3657 2300 2345 1757 1806 1913 1214 0 4398 Mk 8611 7502 6156 5134 4970 4795 4466 4015 4398 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: Some stations may be scheduled for both tape and disk. TAPES - Stations potentially recording on tape. (See setup details later for times per pass.) Station Drives Head pos Tape len Density Start position Auto Auto Recorder DAR (ft) Driv Head indx Aloc Reverse VLBA_SC 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_NL 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_PT 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_OV 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_MK 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR VLBA_HN MARK5A VLBA VLBA_FD MARK5A VLBA VLBA_LA MARK5A VLBA VLBA_KP MARK5A VLBA VLBA_BR MARK5A VLBA EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 16 Number of scans scheduled: 16 Number of stations: 10 Number of sources input: 4 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Tape Tapes Passes Readbacks Formatter Sync Hours Hours Reconfigures Hours VLBA_SC VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 1 14 5 0/ 0 0.01 VLBA_NL VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 1 14 5 0/ 0 0.01 VLBA_PT VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 1 14 5 0/ 0 0.01 VLBA_OV VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 1 14 5 0/ 0 0.01 VLBA_MK VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 1 14 5 0/ 0 0.01 Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Formatter Sync Reconfigures Hours VLBA_HN VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 282. 0/ 0 0.03 VLBA_FD VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 282. 0/ 0 0.03 VLBA_LA VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 282. 0/ 0 0.03 VLBA_KP VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 282. 0/ 0 0.03 VLBA_BR VLBA 16 4.85 4.85 282. 0/ 0 0.03 Notes on the station summaries: "Sync Hours" is on-source, in-scan time lost during correlation to resyncing recordings. Resyncs follow tape stoppages and formatter reconfigures. For VLBA DAR stations, total reconfigures and reconfigures during recording are shown. Reconfigures during recording can cause slow correlator sync. Any reconfigure can slow sync at JIVE. The following setup groups are the same as group 1 below. 3:VLBA_NL 6:VLBA_PT 8:VLBA_OV 10:VLBA_MK Setup file: bb220.set Matches group v7mm_b8 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA_SC Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 2 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape used at high density at 160.000 ips. Time per pass is 22.00 minutes. 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= 42811.73 42811.73 43113.19 43113.19 BBC fr= 611.73 611.73 913.19 913.19 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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 track2= 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_auto The following setup groups are the same as group 2 below. 4:VLBA_FD 5:VLBA_LA 7:VLBA_KP 9:VLBA_BR Setup file: bb220.set Matches group v7mm_b8 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 2 Station: VLBA_HN Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 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: 2 Based on FREQ, BW, and/or DOPPLER in schedule. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 42811.73 42811.73 43113.19 43113.19 BBC fr= 611.73 611.73 913.19 913.19 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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_off SUMMARY for experiment BB220B VLBA/VLTI Obs. of GX Mon Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 98 is Sat 8 Apr 2006 MJD 53833 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 1 98 23:04:14 0420-014 - 35 30 41 56 52 53 56 51 40 47 98 23:14:12 bb220.set - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 98 23:14:12 GXMON - 70 54 56 60 55 55 54 47 39 19 98 23:38:08 - - -82 -58 -42 -56 -50 -51 -53 -46 -40 -67 3 98 23:38:08 GXMON - 65 53 57 63 58 58 58 50 42 24 99 00:02:04 - - -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 99 00:04:04 0748+126 - 74 59 59 62 57 57 55 48 42 18 99 00:12:03 - - 85 97 96 93 96 96 97 100 101 90 5 99 00:12:03 GXMON - 57 49 56 67 61 62 63 55 46 32 99 00:35:59 - - -36 -24 -24 -29 -25 -25 -24 -21 -20 -31 6 99 00:35:59 GXMON - 52 46 55 68 62 64 65 58 48 38 99 00:59:55 - - -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 7 99 01:01:54 0748+126 - 60 54 61 70 65 65 65 58 49 32 99 01:09:53 - - 85 92 98 87 92 91 90 95 99 90 8 99 01:09:53 GXMON - 44 41 52 67 62 64 66 61 50 46 99 01:33:49 - - -36 -29 -22 -33 -28 -29 -31 -26 -21 -31 9 99 01:33:49 GXMON - 38 37 50 65 61 63 66 61 50 51 99 01:57:45 - - -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 10 99 01:59:45 0748+126 - 47 46 57 71 67 68 70 64 53 45 99 02:07:44 - - 85 89 93 94 96 94 91 93 98 90 11 99 02:07:44 GXMON - 30 32 45 60 57 59 63 60 50 59 99 02:31:40 - - -36 -31 -28 -28 -24 -25 -28 -27 -22 -30 12 99 02:31:40 GXMON - 24 28 41 56 54 56 60 59 49 64 99 02:55:36 - - -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 13 99 02:57:35 0748+126 - 33 36 49 64 62 64 68 65 54 59 99 03:05:34 - - 85 88 90 88 91 91 91 96 100 92 14 99 03:05:34 GXMON - 16 22 36 49 49 51 54 55 47 71 99 03:29:30 - - -36 -32 -31 -33 -30 -30 -30 -25 -21 -28 15 99 03:29:30 GXMON - 10 17 32 45 44 46 50 52 44 76 99 03:53:26 - - -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 16 99 03:55:26 J0700+1709 - 8 20 34 45 46 48 51 55 50 85 99 04:05:24 - - 106 100 100 103 101 101 102 99 97 85 SUMMARY for experiment BB220B VLBA/VLTI Obs. of GX Mon Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Headset at scan end and tape footage (thousands) at scan start. Tape parameters are only predictions for stations using automatic tape allocation. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 98 is Sat 8 Apr 2006 MJD 53833 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 1 98 23:04:14 0420-014 - 1F01 10 1F01 10 10 1F01 10 1F01 10 1F01 98 23:14:12 bb220.set - 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 1/00 2 98 23:14:12 GXMON - 1R02 33 1R02 33 33 1R02 33 1R02 33 1R02 98 23:38:08 - - 1/08 1/00 1/08 1/00 1/00 1/08 1/00 1/08 1/00 1/08 3 98 23:38:08 GXMON - 1F01 56 1F01 56 56 1F01 56 1F01 56 1F01 99 00:02:04 - - 2/08 1/00 2/08 1/00 1/00 2/08 1/00 2/08 1/00 2/08 4 99 00:04:04 0748+126 - 1F01 64 1F01 64 64 1F01 64 1F01 64 1F01 99 00:12:03 - - 2/11 1/00 2/11 1/00 1/00 2/11 1/00 2/11 1/00 2/11 5 99 00:12:03 GXMON - 1F03 87 1F03 87 87 1F03 87 1F03 87 1F03 99 00:35:59 - - 1/17 1/00 1/17 1/00 1/00 1/17 1/00 1/17 1/00 1/17 6 99 00:35:59 GXMON - 1R04 110 1R04 110 110 1R04 110 1R04 110 1R04 99 00:59:55 - - 1/02 1/00 1/02 1/00 1/00 1/02 1/00 1/02 1/00 1/02 7 99 01:01:54 0748+126 - 1R04 118 1R04 118 118 1R04 118 1R04 118 1R04 99 01:09:53 - - 1/14 1/00 1/14 1/00 1/00 1/14 1/00 1/14 1/00 1/14 8 99 01:09:53 GXMON - 1F03 141 1F03 141 141 1F03 141 1F03 141 1F03 99 01:33:49 - - 2/08 1/00 2/08 1/00 1/00 2/08 1/00 2/08 1/00 2/08 9 99 01:33:49 GXMON - 1R04 164 1R04 164 164 1R04 164 1R04 164 1R04 99 01:57:45 - - 2/11 1/00 2/11 1/00 1/00 2/11 1/00 2/11 1/00 2/11 10 99 01:59:45 0748+126 - 1F05 172 1F05 172 172 1F05 172 1F05 172 1F05 99 02:07:44 - - 1/05 1/00 1/05 1/00 1/00 1/05 1/00 1/05 1/00 1/05 11 99 02:07:44 GXMON - 1R06 195 1R06 195 195 1R06 195 1R06 195 1R06 99 02:31:40 - - 1/01 1/00 1/01 1/00 1/00 1/01 1/00 1/01 1/00 1/01 12 99 02:31:40 GXMON - 1F05 218 1F05 218 218 1F05 218 1F05 218 1F05 99 02:55:36 - - 2/15 1/00 2/15 1/00 1/00 2/15 1/00 2/15 1/00 2/15 13 99 02:57:35 0748+126 - 1F05 226 1F05 226 226 1F05 226 1F05 226 1F05 99 03:05:34 - - 2/05 1/00 2/05 1/00 1/00 2/05 1/00 2/05 1/00 2/05 14 99 03:05:34 GXMON - 1R06 249 1R06 249 249 1R06 249 1R06 249 1R06 99 03:29:30 - - 2/11 1/00 2/11 1/00 1/00 2/11 1/00 2/11 1/00 2/11 15 99 03:29:30 GXMON - 1F07 272 1F07 272 272 1F07 272 1F07 272 1F07 99 03:53:26 - - 1/05 1/00 1/05 1/00 1/00 1/05 1/00 1/05 1/00 1/05 16 99 03:55:26 J0700+1709 - 1R08 282 1R08 282 282 1R08 282 1R08 282 1R08 99 04:05:24 - - 1/14 1/00 1/14 1/00 1/00 1/14 1/00 1/14 1/00 1/14 Automatic tape allocation requested for sites using VLBA control files and having 2 or more drives. SCHED cannot predict tape changes. Number of tapes or GBytes used at each autoaloc station: Includes all disk stations. Station Tapes GBytes VLBA_SC 0.47 VLBA_HN 281.8 VLBA_NL 0.47 VLBA_FD 281.8 VLBA_LA 281.8 VLBA_PT 0.47 VLBA_KP 281.8 VLBA_OV 0.47 VLBA_BR 281.8 VLBA_MK 0.47 ESTIMATED TAPE TIMES (With autoallocation): Times are approximate and assume project starts at the beginning of a tape. Times can be affected by actual tape length. Tape change may occur during scan preceeding indicated time. Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) VLBA_SC 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_HN 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_NL 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_FD 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_LA 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_PT 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_KP 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_OV 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_BR 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 VLBA_MK 98 23:04:14 99 04:05:24 SOURCE LIST -- VLBA/VLTI Obs. of GX Mon 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) * 0420-014 04 20 43.539853 * 04 23 15.800730 04 23 33.941436 0.00 -01 27 28.70010 *-01 20 33.06540 -01 19 41.22353 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on other sources. 0.166 scan hours, 7.480 baseline hours above horizon. * J0700+1709 06 57 07.785942 * 07 00 01.525540 07 00 23.141890 0.00 17 13 35.02531 * 17 09 21.70150 17 08 56.66030 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on other sources. 0.166 scan hours, 7.480 baseline hours above horizon. * 0748+126 07 48 05.060502 * 07 50 52.045740 07 51 13.117200 0.00 12 38 45.47752 * 12 31 04.82820 12 30 11.57380 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on other sources. 0.532 scan hours, 23.934 baseline hours above horizon. * GXMON 06 50 03.619446 * 06 52 47.041400 06 53 07.307807 0.00 08 29 01.96297 * 08 25 19.02600 08 24 54.82389 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Doppler based on LSR frame and radio definition. Velocities: -10.00 -10.00 -10.00 -10.00 3.989 scan hours, 176.965 baseline hours above horizon. 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) 0420-014 49.0 J0700+1709 85.4 0748+126 98.2 GXMON 84.7 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 Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. J0700+1709 0748+126 13.1289 J0700+1709 GXMON 8.9112 0748+126 GXMON 14.8520 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = '0420-014' ra = 04h23m15.800730s dec = -01d20'33.06540" name = 'J0700+1709' ra = 07h00m01.525540s dec = 17d09'21.70150" name = '0748+126' ra = 07h50m52.045740s dec = 12d31'04.82820" name = 'GXMON' ra = 06h52m47.041400s dec = 08d25'19.02600" Catalogs: Station: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat Version: 2006Mar23-10:26:05 Location: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/locations.dat Version: Not known Frequency: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Version: 2006Mar23-10:26:05 Source: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba Version: --- Code versions: Release version: 6.04 March 2006 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.86 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0