SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: GG057A COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Cassini Test Exp. Code: GG057A Start Day 240 is Fri 27 Aug 2004 MJD 53244 Schedule Version: 5.00 Processed by SCHED version: Trial release of 30 July 2004 PI: Leonid Gurvits Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo the Netherlands Phone: +31 521 596 512 (or 540) EMAIL: lgurvits@jive.nl Fax: +31 521 596 539 Phone during observation: +1 304 456 2341 Observing mode: Cassini spacecraft at X and Huygens Field at S Notes: Phase-referencing of Cassini at X band and low-S band sensitivity tests, at 512Mbps No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): JIVE Correlator average time (2 sec): 2.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Spectral channels per baseband (16): 128 Number of antennas to be correlated: 10 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: PI JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 2.88 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 2.57 hours. Total time in recording scans: 2.57 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 7.70 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 12.3 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 113.5 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_BR Br 48.13122 119.68328 250. -2112064.97 -3705356.51 4726813.79 VLBA_MK Mk 19.80138 155.45550 3763. -5464074.96 -2495249.12 2148296.84 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Br Mk Br 0 4398 Mk 4398 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: 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 (ft) Driv Head indx Aloc Reverse VLBA_BR 1 14 17600 High 1 1 No No VLBA VLBA_MK 1 14 17600 High 1 1 No No VLBA EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 14 Number of scans scheduled: 14 Number of stations: 2 Number of sources input: 3 Number of setup files used: 2 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Tape hours Tapes Passes Readbacks VLBA_BR VLBA 14 2.57 2.57 1 7 4 VLBA_MK VLBA 14 2.57 2.57 1 7 4 Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Setup file: 1b.set Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA_BR Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= L L L L IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2023.99 2023.99 2039.99 2039.99 BBC fr= 876.01 876.01 860.01 860.01 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 1b.set Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 Setup group: 2 Station: VLBA_MK Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= L L L L IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2023.99 2023.99 2039.99 2039.99 BBC fr= 876.01 876.01 860.01 860.01 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 2b.set Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 Setup group: 3 Station: VLBA_BR Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= L L L L IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2234.49 2234.49 2250.49 2250.49 BBC fr= 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_off Setup file: 2b.set Matches group v13cm_1 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/freq.dat LA,NL only 2200-2400 Setup group: 4 Station: VLBA_MK Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 2900.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= L L L L IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 13cm omit 13cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.9 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2234.49 2234.49 2250.49 2250.49 BBC fr= 665.51 665.51 649.51 649.51 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_off SUMMARY for experiment GG057A Cassini Test Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: End elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 240 is Fri 27 Aug 2004 MJD 53244 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Br Mk 240 12:30:00 3C454.3 - 32 66 240 12:41:00 1b.set - 30 64 240 12:42:00 3C454.3 - 30 64 240 12:53:00 - - 28 61 240 12:54:00 3C454.3 - 28 61 240 13:05:00 - - 26 58 240 13:09:00 3C454.3 - 25 57 240 13:20:00 - - 23 55 240 13:21:00 3C454.3 - 23 54 240 13:32:00 - - 21 52 240 13:33:00 3C454.3 - 21 52 240 13:44:00 - - 19 49 240 13:45:00 3C454.3 - 19 49 240 13:56:00 - - 17 46 240 13:57:00 3C454.3 - 17 46 240 14:08:00 2b.set - 15 43 240 14:09:00 J0019+2021 - 32 64 240 14:20:00 - - 31 61 240 14:22:00 J2358+1955 - 26 56 240 14:33:00 - - 25 53 240 14:34:00 J0019+2021 - 28 58 240 14:45:00 - - 26 55 240 14:47:00 J2358+1955 - 22 50 240 14:58:00 - - 20 47 240 14:59:00 J0019+2021 - 24 52 240 15:10:00 - - 22 49 240 15:12:00 J2358+1955 - 18 44 240 15:23:00 - - 16 42 SUMMARY for experiment GG057A Cassini Test Top item is: Scan end: Tape drive, direction, and head index. Disk Gbytes. Bottom item is: Headset and start tape footage (thousands). TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 240 is Fri 27 Aug 2004 MJD 53244 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Br Mk 240 12:30:00 3C454.3 - 1F01 1F01 240 12:41:00 1b.set - 1/00 1/00 240 12:42:00 3C454.3 - 1F01 1F01 240 12:53:00 - - 1/09 1/09 240 12:54:00 3C454.3 - 1R02 1R02 240 13:05:00 - - 1/18 1/18 240 13:09:00 3C454.3 - 1R02 1R02 240 13:20:00 - - 1/09 1/09 240 13:21:00 3C454.3 - 1F03 1F03 240 13:32:00 - - 1/00 1/00 240 13:33:00 3C454.3 - 1F03 1F03 240 13:44:00 - - 1/09 1/09 240 13:45:00 3C454.3 - 1R04 1R04 240 13:56:00 - - 1/18 1/18 240 13:57:00 3C454.3 - 1R04 1R04 240 14:08:00 2b.set - 1/09 1/09 240 14:09:00 J0019+2021 - 1F05 1F05 240 14:20:00 - - 1/00 1/00 240 14:22:00 J2358+1955 - 1F05 1F05 240 14:33:00 - - 1/09 1/09 240 14:34:00 J0019+2021 - 1R06 1R06 240 14:45:00 - - 1/18 1/18 240 14:47:00 J2358+1955 - 1R06 1R06 240 14:58:00 - - 1/09 1/09 240 14:59:00 J0019+2021 - 1F07 1F07 240 15:10:00 - - 1/00 1/00 240 15:12:00 J2358+1955 - 1F07 1F07 240 15:23:00 - - 1/09 1/09 TAPE TIMES (Without autoallocation): Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) VLBA_BR 240 12:30:00 240 15:23:00 VLBA_MK 240 12:30:00 240 15:23:00 SOURCE LIST -- Cassini Test 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) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * J0019+2021 00 17 02.119560 * 00 19 37.854504 00 19 52.789777 0017+200 20 05 06.80765 * 20 21 45.64461 20 23 19.30215 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 0.550 scan hours, 0.550 baseline hours above horizon. J2253+1608 22 51 29.519733 * 22 53 57.747932 22 54 12.192851 2251+158 15 52 54.34806 * 16 08 53.56089 16 10 23.66762 * 3C454.3 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/sources.vlba J2253+16 ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 1.467 scan hours, 1.467 baseline hours above horizon. * J2358+1955 23 56 12.578074 * 23 58 46.085140 23 59 00.877924 2356+196 19 38 38.31656 * 19 55 20.30211 19 56 54.18838 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched_2004aug04/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 0.550 scan hours, 0.550 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) J0019+2021 138.8 3C454.3 153.1 J2358+1955 142.4 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. J0019+2021 3C454.3 20.7529 J0019+2021 J2358+1955 4.9160 3C454.3 J2358+1955 15.8519 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'J0019+2021' ra = 00h19m37.854504s dec = 20d21'45.64461" name = '3C454.3' ra = 22h53m57.747932s dec = 16d08'53.56089" name = 'J2358+1955' ra = 23h58m46.085140s dec = 19d55'20.30211" Code versions: Release version: Trial release of 30 July 2004 Version of sched code: 5.24 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.79 Version of plot code: 1.05 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0