! Observe file for 5 GHz and 22 GHz spectral-line phase-referencing ! of NGC 3079 ! ! Written in May 2004 by Enno Middelberg ! ! ! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Contraints. Alter [defaults] as desired. ! ================================================================ ! 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)]: 8 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [yes] 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 ! L L ! 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), usually a series start [none]: ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: ! ================================================================ ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== version = 1 expt = 'Proper motions in NGC3079: Infall, outflow or jet?' expcode = bm208d piname = 'Enno Middelberg' address1 = 'Australia Telescope National Facility' address2 = 'PO Box 76' address3 = 'Epping NSW 1710' address4 = 'Australia' phone = '+61 2 9372 4100' obsphone = '+61 2 9372 4100' email = enno.middelberg@csiro.au fax = '+61 2 9372 4310' obsmode = 'v6cm-256-8-2-L.set, v1cm-256-8-2-L.set' obstype = VLBA note1 = 'NGC3079 phase-referenced to J0927+3902 at 5 GHz and 22 GHz.' note2 = 'Observing water masers at 22 GHz' note3 = 'Fringe finder: 4C39.25' note4 = 'No sophisticated settings or methods being used.' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! These settings copied from bk083a.key ! if using 256 ch/IF * 8 IF = 2048 channels in 64 MHz, ! then velocity resolution is 0.03125 MHz, or ! 0.03125 MHz / (0.0742 MHz / km/s) = 0.42 km/s ! velocity range covered is ! correl = Socorro coravg = 8.0 corchan = 256 cornant = 10 corpol = off corwtfn = uniform corsrcs = standard cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Enno Middelberg' corship2 = 'ATNF, PO Box 76' corship3 = 'Epping NSW 1710, Australia' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit sumitem = el1, dwell ! Use automatic tape allocation. Required for most VLBA ! projects. Does not affect stations with only 1 drive. ! With this, you should not try to coordinate tape passes ! and scans. Without it, you must. autotape = 2 ! ================================================================= ! ========================== Setup File ========================== ! ================================================================= ! freq setups should be done by SCHED in this version ! But ref freq of H2O maser line has to be specified lineinit / lineset='H2O' restfreq=22235.08 / endlines / ! ========================================================== ! ================== Source Catalog ===================== ! ========================================================== stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat srccat / ! The target SOURCE='NGC3079' RA=10:01:57.80368 DEC=55:40:47.2430 EPOCH='J2000' VEL=632.48, 740.32, 848.16, 956.00, 1063.84, 1171.68, 1279.52, 1387.36 VREF=LSR VD='R' REMARKS='Posn ref: phase-refed component A @ 5 GHz in E. Middelbergs thesis' / ! Main phase calibrator SOURCE='J0957+5522','0954+556','4C55.17','J0957+55' RA=09:57:38.1849709 DEC=55:22:57.769241 CALCODE='V' REMARKS='VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001' / ! Secondary phase calibrator ! Should be calibrated against main to check phase-ref SOURCE='J0929+5013' RA=09:29:15.4402056 DEC= 50:13:35.990051 CALCODE='V' REMARKS='VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001' / !OURCE='J0956+5753','0952+581','0952+581' ! RA=09:56:22.6344471 DEC=57:53:55.904549 CALCODE='N' ! REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / ! Fringe Finders SOURCE='J0927+3902','0923+392','4C39.25','4C39.25','J0927+39' RA=09:27:03.0139160 DEC= 39:02:20.851950 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / ! This fringe finder will also help to check amplitude calibration SOURCE='J1642+3948','1641+399','3C345','3C345','J1642+39' RA=16:42:58.8099518 DEC= 39:48:36.993950 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / endcat / ! ========================================================== ! =========== Some info for my personal delight ========== ! ========================================================== ! ! GST range 10-22 optimal for high elevation at most antennas ! (see ~/bm170/uptime/pgplot.ps) ! !Phase referencing source: 4C55.17 (=J0957+5522), sep = 00:40:43 ! J0929+5013 07:20:20 ! ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Switching cycle at 6 cm proven to be ok in bm170 ! Switching cycle at 1 cm experimental: ! cycle time is ok for average weather (see VLBA memos #20 and 24) ! 0957+5522 has peaks of 64 mJy/106 mJy at 4.8/15 GHz. Assuming it has ! 100 mJy at 22 GHz, single baseline sensitivity in 53 s (*) is 15.6 mJy, so ! fringe-fitting should make a (100/15.6)*sqrt(8) = 18.1 sigma detection ! if 8 stations are observing -> 1 min cycle-time is ok ! ! (*) 1 min cycle time means that 53 s are spent on-source, use sumitem=dwell to show in summary ! LST=VLBA_PT year = 2004 !month = 6 day = 60030 start = 04:00:00 stations = vlba_fd, vlba_pt, vlba_la, vlba_kp, vlba_ov, vlba_nl, vlba_sc, vlba_mk, vlba_hn, vlba_br PCAL = off ! ! Schedule summary ! ! LST (PT) 4-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9-----10----11----12----13----14----15----16 ! 6cm/0957 +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ! 1cm/0957 ++++ +++ +++ ++++ ! 1cm/0929 +++ +++ +++ ! other +++ +++ ++ ++++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ! ! ! ! -------------------- 0.5 hour ---------------------- ! Start with easy phase-ref at 6 cm while sources have low el ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! Fringe finder 4C39.25 setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 / setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 / ! -------------------- 1.5 hours ---------------------- ! First block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0957 ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=25 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Phase-calibrator check at 6 cm and 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 gap=14:00/ source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 gap=0:00/ source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 / setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=4 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dwell = 1:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 1:00 / ! -------------------- 1 hour ---------------------- ! First block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0929 ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=15 group=2 source = J0929+5013 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Fringe finder 4C39.25 and pause for readback test and better (u,v) coverage setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 gap=14:00/ setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 gap=0:00/ ! -------------------- 1 hour ---------------------- ! Second block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0957 ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=15 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Phase-calibrator check at 6 cm and 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 gap=14:00/ source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 gap=0:00/ source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 / setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=4 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dwell = 1:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 1:00 / ! -------------------- 1 hour ---------------------- ! Second block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0929 ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=15 group=2 source = J0929+5013 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Fringe finder 4C39.25 and pause for readback test and better (u,v) coverage setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 gap=14:00/ setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 gap=0:00/ ! -------------------- 1 hour ---------------------- ! Third block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0957 ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=15 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Phase-calibrator check at 6 cm and 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 gap=14:00/ source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 gap=0:00/ source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 / setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=4 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dwell = 1:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 1:00 / ! -------------------- 1 hour ---------------------- ! Third block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0929 ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=15 group=2 source = J0929+5013 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Fringe finder 4C39.25 and pause for readback test and better (u,v) coverage setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 gap=14:00/ setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 gap=0:00/ ! -------------------- 1.5 hours ---------------------- ! Fourth block of phase-ref at 6 cm and 1 cm with J0957 ! plus phase-ref test ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 / ! NGC 3079 - 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=25 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 1:00 / ! Phase-calibrator check at 6 cm and 1 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 gap=14:00/ source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 gap=0:00/ source = J0957+5522 dwell = 2:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 2:00 / setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 rep=4 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dwell = 1:00 / source = J0929+5013 dwell = 1:00 / ! Fringe finder 4C39.25 setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 / setup = $SCHED/setups/v1cm-256-8-2-L.set LINENAME = 'H2O' DOPPLER DOPSRC = NGC3079 source = 4C39.25 dwell = 4:00 / ! -------------------- 0.5 hour ---------------------- ! Some more 6 cm phase-ref to fill up the time ! ! NGC 3079 - 6 cm setup = $SCHED/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set NODOP rep=6 group=2 source = J0957+5522 dur = 1:00 / source = NGC3079 dur = 4:00 /