COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Experiment: XTE 1818-245 Exp. Code: bm225a Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.02 July 2005 PI: McClintock & Dhawan Address: NRAO, 1003 Lopezville Rd. Socorro, NM 87801 USA Phone: 505-835-7378 (off.) 505-835-9175 (home) EMAIL: vdhawan@nrao.edu Fax: 505-835-7027 Phone during observation: 505-835-7378 (work) 505-835-9175 (home) Observing mode: VLBA 256-8-2 S/X Notes: Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 2 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- Next scan frequencies: 2262.49 2262.49 2270.49 2270.49 8412.49 8412.49 8420.49 8420.49 Next BBC frequencies: 837.51 837.51 829.51 829.51 812.49 812.49 820.49 820.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 01 00 00 J1733-1304 18 17 46 33.1 192.9 0.7 9.7 0 1 1 0 01 00 00 01 02 00 =1730-130 18 19 46 33.0 193.5 0.8 10.1 120 F 1 1600 01 00 08 01 02 00 J1820-2528 18 19 46 21.6 179.6 0.0 -0.3 -29 1 1 1600 01 02 00 01 02 50 =1817-254 18 20 36 21.6 179.8 0.0 -0.1 21 F 1 2267 01 02 00 01 02 50 X1818-2432 18 20 36 22.5 180.5 0.0 0.4 -8 1 1 2267 01 02 50 01 04 30 --- 18 22 17 22.5 180.9 0.1 0.7 92 F 1 3600 01 02 50 01 04 30 J1820-2528 18 22 17 21.6 180.2 0.0 0.2 -8 1 1 3600 01 04 30 01 05 20 =1817-254 18 23 07 21.6 180.4 0.0 0.4 42 F 1 4267 01 04 30 01 05 20 X1818-2432 18 23 07 22.5 181.1 0.1 0.9 -8 1 1 4267 01 05 20 01 07 00 --- 18 24 47 22.5 181.5 0.1 1.2 92 F 1 5600 01 05 20 01 07 00 J1820-2528 18 24 47 21.6 180.8 0.1 0.7 -8 1 1 5600 01 07 00 01 07 50 =1817-254 18 25 37 21.6 181.0 0.1 0.8 42 F 1 6267 01 07 00 01 07 50 X1818-2432 18 25 37 22.5 181.7 0.1 1.4 -8 1 1 6267 01 07 50 01 09 30 --- 18 27 18 22.5 182.1 0.1 1.7 92 F 1 7600 01 07 50 01 09 30 J1820-2528 18 27 18 21.6 181.4 0.1 1.2 -8 1 1 7600 01 09 30 01 10 20 =1817-254 18 28 08 21.6 181.7 0.1 1.3 42 F 1 8267 01 09 30 01 10 20 X1818-2432 18 28 08 22.5 182.3 0.2 1.9 -8 1 1 8267 01 10 20 01 12 00 --- 18 29 48 22.5 182.7 0.2 2.2 92 F 1 9600 01 10 20 01 12 00 J1820-2528 18 29 48 21.6 182.1 0.1 1.7 -8 1 1 9600 01 12 00 01 12 50 =1817-254 18 30 38 21.6 182.3 0.2 1.8 42 F 1 10267 01 12 00 01 12 50 X1818-2432 18 30 38 22.5 182.9 0.2 2.4 -8 1 1 10267 01 12 50 01 14 30 --- 18 32 18 22.5 183.3 0.2 2.7 92 F 1 11600 01 12 50 01 14 30 J1820-2528 18 32 18 21.5 182.7 0.2 2.2 -8 1 1 11600 01 14 30 01 15 20 =1817-254 18 33 08 21.5 182.9 0.2 2.3 42 F 1 12267 01 14 30 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 3 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 01 15 20 X1818-2432 18 33 08 22.4 183.5 0.2 2.8 -8 1 1 12267 01 15 20 01 17 00 --- 18 34 49 22.4 183.9 0.3 3.2 92 F 1 13600 01 15 20 01 17 00 J1820-2528 18 34 49 21.5 183.3 0.2 2.7 -8 1 1 13600 01 17 00 01 17 50 =1817-254 18 35 39 21.5 183.5 0.2 2.8 42 F 1 14267 01 17 00 01 17 50 X1818-2432 18 35 39 22.4 184.2 0.3 3.3 -8 1 1 14267 01 17 50 01 19 30 --- 18 37 19 22.4 184.6 0.3 3.7 92 F 1 15600 01 17 50 01 19 30 J1820-2528 18 37 19 21.5 183.9 0.3 3.1 -8 1 1 15600 01 19 30 01 20 20 =1817-254 18 38 09 21.5 184.1 0.3 3.3 42 F 1 16267 01 19 30 01 20 20 X1818-2432 18 38 09 22.4 184.8 0.3 3.8 -8 1 1 16267 01 20 20 01 22 00 --- 18 39 50 22.4 185.2 0.4 4.2 92 F 1 17600 01 20 20 01 22 00 J1820-2528 18 39 50 21.5 184.5 0.3 3.6 -8 1 2 17600 01 22 00 01 22 50 =1817-254 18 40 40 21.5 184.7 0.3 3.8 42 R 1 16933 01 22 00 01 22 50 X1818-2432 18 40 40 22.3 185.4 0.4 4.3 -8 1 2 16933 01 22 50 01 24 30 --- 18 42 20 22.3 185.8 0.4 4.7 92 R 1 15600 01 22 50 01 24 30 J1820-2528 18 42 20 21.4 185.1 0.4 4.1 -8 1 2 15600 01 24 30 01 25 20 =1817-254 18 43 10 21.4 185.3 0.4 4.3 42 R 1 14933 01 24 30 01 25 20 X1818-2432 18 43 10 22.3 186.0 0.4 4.8 -8 1 2 14933 01 25 20 01 27 00 --- 18 44 50 22.3 186.4 0.4 5.2 92 R 1 13600 01 25 20 01 27 00 J1820-2528 18 44 50 21.4 185.7 0.4 4.6 -8 1 2 13600 01 27 00 01 27 50 =1817-254 18 45 41 21.4 185.9 0.4 4.8 42 R 1 12933 01 27 00 01 27 50 X1818-2432 18 45 41 22.2 186.6 0.4 5.3 -8 1 2 12933 01 27 50 01 29 30 --- 18 47 21 22.2 187.0 0.5 5.6 92 R 1 11600 01 27 50 01 29 30 J1820-2528 18 47 21 21.3 186.3 0.4 5.1 -8 1 2 11600 01 29 30 01 30 20 =1817-254 18 48 11 21.3 186.5 0.4 5.3 42 R 1 10933 01 29 30 01 30 20 X1818-2432 18 48 11 22.2 187.2 0.5 5.8 -8 1 2 10933 01 30 20 01 32 00 --- 18 49 51 22.1 187.6 0.5 6.1 92 R 1 9600 01 30 20 01 32 00 J1820-2528 18 49 51 21.3 186.9 0.5 5.6 -8 1 2 9600 01 32 00 01 32 50 =1817-254 18 50 41 21.3 187.1 0.5 5.8 42 R 1 8933 01 32 00 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 4 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 01 32 50 X1818-2432 18 50 41 22.1 187.8 0.5 6.3 -8 1 2 8933 01 32 50 01 34 30 --- 18 52 22 22.1 188.2 0.6 6.6 92 R 1 7600 01 32 50 01 34 30 J1820-2528 18 52 22 21.2 187.5 0.5 6.1 -8 1 2 7600 01 34 30 01 35 20 =1817-254 18 53 12 21.2 187.7 0.5 6.2 42 R 1 6933 01 34 30 01 35 20 X1818-2432 18 53 12 22.1 188.4 0.6 6.8 -8 1 2 6933 01 35 20 01 37 00 --- 18 54 52 22.0 188.9 0.6 7.1 92 R 1 5600 01 35 20 01 37 00 J1820-2528 18 54 52 21.2 188.1 0.6 6.6 -8 1 2 5600 01 37 00 01 37 50 =1817-254 18 55 42 21.1 188.3 0.6 6.7 42 R 1 4933 01 37 00 01 37 50 X1818-2432 18 55 42 22.0 189.1 0.6 7.3 -8 1 2 4933 01 37 50 01 39 30 --- 18 57 22 21.9 189.5 0.6 7.6 92 R 1 3600 01 37 50 01 39 30 J1820-2528 18 57 22 21.1 188.7 0.6 7.1 -8 1 2 3600 01 39 30 01 40 20 =1817-254 18 58 13 21.1 188.9 0.6 7.2 42 R 1 2933 01 39 30 01 40 20 X1818-2432 18 58 13 21.9 189.7 0.7 7.8 -8 1 2 2933 01 40 20 01 42 00 --- 18 59 53 21.9 190.1 0.7 8.1 92 R 1 1600 01 40 20 01 42 00 J1820-2528 18 59 53 21.0 189.3 0.6 7.5 -8 1 2 1600 01 42 00 01 42 50 =1817-254 19 00 43 21.0 189.5 0.7 7.7 42 R 1 933 01 42 00 01 42 50 X1818-2432 19 00 43 21.8 190.3 0.7 8.3 -8 1 3 933 01 42 50 01 44 30 --- 19 02 23 21.8 190.7 0.7 8.6 92 F 1 400 01 42 50 01 44 30 J1820-2528 19 02 23 20.9 189.9 0.7 8.0 -8 1 3 400 01 44 30 01 45 20 =1817-254 19 03 13 20.9 190.1 0.7 8.2 42 F 1 1067 01 44 30 01 45 20 X1818-2432 19 03 13 21.8 190.9 0.7 8.7 -8 1 3 1067 01 45 20 01 47 00 --- 19 04 54 21.7 191.3 0.8 9.1 92 F 1 2400 01 45 20 01 47 00 J1820-2528 19 04 54 20.9 190.5 0.7 8.5 -8 1 3 2400 01 47 00 01 47 50 =1817-254 19 05 44 20.8 190.7 0.7 8.7 42 F 1 3067 01 47 00 01 47 50 X1818-2432 19 05 44 21.7 191.5 0.8 9.2 -8 1 3 3067 01 47 50 01 49 30 --- 19 07 24 21.6 191.9 0.8 9.5 92 F 1 4400 01 47 50 01 49 30 J1820-2528 19 07 24 20.8 191.1 0.8 9.0 -8 1 3 4400 01 49 30 01 50 20 =1817-254 19 08 14 20.7 191.3 0.8 9.2 42 F 1 5067 01 49 30 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 5 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 01 50 20 X1818-2432 19 08 14 21.6 192.1 0.8 9.7 -8 1 3 5067 01 50 20 01 52 00 --- 19 09 55 21.5 192.5 0.9 10.0 92 F 1 6400 01 50 20 01 52 00 J1820-2528 19 09 55 20.7 191.7 0.8 9.5 -8 1 3 6400 01 52 00 01 52 50 =1817-254 19 10 45 20.7 191.9 0.8 9.6 42 F 1 7067 01 52 00 01 52 50 X1818-2432 19 10 45 21.5 192.7 0.9 10.2 -8 1 3 7067 01 52 50 01 54 30 --- 19 12 25 21.4 193.1 0.9 10.5 92 F 1 8400 01 52 50 01 54 30 J1820-2528 19 12 25 20.6 192.3 0.9 10.0 -8 1 3 8400 01 54 30 01 55 20 =1817-254 19 13 15 20.6 192.5 0.9 10.1 42 F 1 9067 01 54 30 01 55 20 X1818-2432 19 13 15 21.4 193.3 0.9 10.7 -8 1 3 9067 01 55 20 01 57 00 --- 19 14 55 21.3 193.7 0.9 11.0 92 F 1 10400 01 55 20 01 57 00 J1820-2528 19 14 55 20.5 192.9 0.9 10.4 -8 1 3 10400 01 57 00 01 57 50 =1817-254 19 15 45 20.5 193.1 0.9 10.6 42 F 1 11067 01 57 00 01 57 50 X1818-2432 19 15 45 21.3 193.9 0.9 11.1 -8 1 3 11067 01 57 50 01 59 30 --- 19 17 26 21.2 194.3 1.0 11.5 92 F 1 12400 01 57 50 01 59 30 J1820-2528 19 17 26 20.4 193.5 0.9 10.9 -8 1 3 12400 01 59 30 02 00 20 =1817-254 19 18 16 20.4 193.7 0.9 11.1 42 F 1 13067 01 59 30 02 00 20 X1818-2432 19 18 16 21.2 194.5 1.0 11.6 -8 1 3 13067 02 00 20 02 02 00 --- 19 19 56 21.1 194.9 1.0 11.9 92 F 1 14400 02 00 20 02 02 00 J1820-2528 19 19 56 20.3 194.1 1.0 11.4 -8 1 3 14400 02 02 00 02 02 50 =1817-254 19 20 46 20.2 194.3 1.0 11.5 42 F 1 15067 02 02 00 02 02 50 X1818-2432 19 20 46 21.0 195.1 1.0 12.1 -8 1 3 15067 02 02 50 02 04 30 --- 19 22 27 21.0 195.5 1.1 12.4 92 F 1 16400 02 02 50 02 04 30 J1820-2528 19 22 27 20.2 194.7 1.0 11.9 -8 1 3 16400 02 04 30 02 05 20 =1817-254 19 23 17 20.1 194.9 1.0 12.0 42 F 1 17067 02 04 30 02 05 20 X1818-2432 19 23 17 20.9 195.7 1.1 12.6 -8 1 4 17067 02 05 20 02 07 00 --- 19 24 57 20.8 196.1 1.1 12.9 92 R 1 16800 02 05 20 02 07 00 J1820-2528 19 24 57 20.0 195.3 1.1 12.3 -8 1 4 16800 02 07 00 02 07 50 =1817-254 19 25 47 20.0 195.5 1.1 12.5 42 R 1 16133 02 07 00 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 6 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 02 07 50 X1818-2432 19 25 47 20.8 196.3 1.1 13.0 -8 1 4 16133 02 07 50 02 09 30 --- 19 27 27 20.7 196.7 1.1 13.4 92 R 1 14800 02 07 50 02 09 30 J1820-2528 19 27 27 19.9 195.9 1.1 12.8 -8 1 4 14800 02 09 30 02 10 20 =1817-254 19 28 18 19.9 196.1 1.1 13.0 42 R 1 14133 02 09 30 02 10 20 X1818-2432 19 28 18 20.7 196.9 1.2 13.5 -8 1 4 14133 02 10 20 02 12 00 --- 19 29 58 20.6 197.3 1.2 13.8 92 R 1 12800 02 10 20 02 12 00 J1820-2528 19 29 58 19.8 196.4 1.1 13.3 -8 1 4 12800 02 12 00 02 12 50 =1817-254 19 30 48 19.8 196.6 1.2 13.4 42 R 1 12133 02 12 00 02 12 50 X1818-2432 19 30 48 20.5 197.5 1.2 14.0 -8 1 4 12133 02 12 50 02 14 30 --- 19 32 28 20.4 197.9 1.2 14.3 92 R 1 10800 02 12 50 02 14 30 J1820-2528 19 32 28 19.7 197.0 1.2 13.7 -7 1 4 10800 02 14 30 02 15 20 =1817-254 19 33 18 19.6 197.2 1.2 13.9 43 R 1 10133 02 14 30 02 15 20 X1818-2432 19 33 18 20.4 198.1 1.2 14.5 -7 1 4 10133 02 15 20 02 17 00 --- 19 34 59 20.3 198.5 1.3 14.8 93 R 1 8800 02 15 20 02 17 00 J1820-2528 19 34 59 19.5 197.6 1.2 14.2 -7 1 4 8800 02 17 00 02 17 50 =1817-254 19 35 49 19.5 197.8 1.2 14.4 43 R 1 8133 02 17 00 02 17 50 X1818-2432 19 35 49 20.2 198.7 1.3 14.9 -7 1 4 8133 02 17 50 02 19 30 --- 19 37 29 20.1 199.0 1.3 15.2 93 R 1 6800 02 17 50 02 19 30 J1820-2528 19 37 29 19.4 198.2 1.3 14.7 -7 1 4 6800 02 19 30 02 20 20 =1817-254 19 38 19 19.3 198.4 1.3 14.8 43 R 1 6133 02 19 30 02 20 20 X1818-2432 19 38 19 20.1 199.2 1.3 15.4 -7 1 4 6133 02 20 20 02 22 00 --- 19 39 59 20.0 199.6 1.4 15.7 93 R 1 4800 02 20 20 02 22 00 J1820-2528 19 39 59 19.2 198.8 1.3 15.1 -7 1 4 4800 02 22 00 02 22 50 =1817-254 19 40 50 19.2 199.0 1.3 15.3 43 R 1 4133 02 22 00 02 22 50 X1818-2432 19 40 50 19.9 199.8 1.4 15.8 -7 1 4 4133 02 22 50 02 24 30 --- 19 42 30 19.8 200.2 1.4 16.1 93 R 1 2800 02 22 50 02 24 30 J1820-2528 19 42 30 19.1 199.4 1.4 15.6 -7 1 4 2800 02 24 30 02 25 20 =1817-254 19 43 20 19.0 199.5 1.4 15.7 43 R 1 2133 02 24 30 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 7 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 02 25 20 X1818-2432 19 43 20 19.8 200.4 1.4 16.3 -7 1 4 2133 02 25 20 02 27 00 --- 19 45 00 19.7 200.8 1.4 16.6 93 R 1 800 02 25 20 02 27 00 J1820-2528 19 45 00 18.9 199.9 1.4 16.0 -7 1 4 800 02 27 00 02 27 50 =1817-254 19 45 50 18.9 200.1 1.4 16.2 43 R 1 133 02 27 00 02 27 50 X1818-2432 19 45 50 19.6 201.0 1.5 16.8 -7 1 5 133 02 27 50 02 29 30 --- 19 47 31 19.5 201.4 1.5 17.1 93 F 1 1467 02 27 50 02 29 30 J1820-2528 19 47 31 18.8 200.5 1.4 16.5 -7 1 5 1467 02 29 30 02 30 20 =1817-254 19 48 21 18.7 200.7 1.5 16.7 43 F 1 2133 02 29 30 02 30 20 X1818-2432 19 48 21 19.4 201.6 1.5 17.2 -7 1 5 2133 02 30 20 02 32 00 --- 19 50 01 19.3 201.9 1.5 17.5 93 F 1 3467 02 30 20 02 32 00 J1820-2528 19 50 01 18.6 201.1 1.5 17.0 -7 1 5 3467 02 32 00 02 32 50 =1817-254 19 50 51 18.6 201.3 1.5 17.1 43 F 1 4133 02 32 00 02 32 50 X1818-2432 19 50 51 19.3 202.1 1.5 17.7 -7 1 5 4133 02 32 50 02 34 30 --- 19 52 31 19.2 202.5 1.6 18.0 93 F 1 5467 02 32 50 02 34 30 J1820-2528 19 52 31 18.4 201.6 1.5 17.4 -7 1 5 5467 02 34 30 02 35 20 =1817-254 19 53 22 18.4 201.8 1.5 17.6 43 F 1 6133 02 34 30 02 35 20 X1818-2432 19 53 22 19.1 202.7 1.6 18.1 -7 1 5 6133 02 35 20 02 37 00 --- 19 55 02 19.0 203.1 1.6 18.4 93 F 1 7467 02 35 20 02 37 00 J1820-2528 19 55 02 18.3 202.2 1.6 17.9 -7 1 5 7467 02 37 00 02 37 50 =1817-254 19 55 52 18.2 202.4 1.6 18.0 43 F 1 8133 02 37 00 02 37 50 X1818-2432 19 55 52 18.9 203.3 1.6 18.6 -7 1 5 8133 02 37 50 02 39 30 --- 19 57 32 18.8 203.7 1.6 18.9 93 F 1 9467 02 37 50 02 39 30 J1820-2528 19 57 32 18.1 202.8 1.6 18.3 -7 1 5 9467 02 39 30 02 40 20 =1817-254 19 58 22 18.0 203.0 1.6 18.4 43 F 1 10133 02 39 30 02 40 20 X1818-2432 19 58 22 18.7 203.9 1.7 19.0 -7 1 5 10133 02 40 20 02 42 00 --- 20 00 03 18.6 204.2 1.7 19.3 93 F 1 11467 02 40 20 02 42 00 J1820-2528 20 00 03 17.9 203.3 1.6 18.7 -7 1 5 11467 02 42 00 02 42 50 =1817-254 20 00 53 17.9 203.5 1.7 18.9 43 F 1 12133 02 42 00 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 8 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 02 42 50 X1818-2432 20 00 53 18.5 204.4 1.7 19.4 -7 1 5 12133 02 42 50 02 44 30 --- 20 02 33 18.4 204.8 1.7 19.7 93 F 1 13467 02 42 50 02 44 30 J1820-2528 20 02 33 17.7 203.9 1.7 19.2 -7 1 5 13467 02 44 30 02 45 20 =1817-254 20 03 23 17.7 204.1 1.7 19.3 43 F 1 14133 02 44 30 02 45 20 X1818-2432 20 03 23 18.4 205.0 1.7 19.9 -7 1 5 14133 02 45 20 02 47 00 --- 20 05 04 18.2 205.4 1.8 20.2 93 F 1 15467 02 45 20 02 47 00 J1820-2528 20 05 04 17.5 204.5 1.7 19.6 -7 1 5 15467 02 47 00 02 47 50 =1817-254 20 05 54 17.5 204.6 1.7 19.8 43 F 1 16133 02 47 00 02 47 50 X1818-2432 20 05 54 18.2 205.6 1.8 20.3 -7 1 5 16133 02 47 50 02 49 30 --- 20 07 34 18.0 205.9 1.8 20.6 93 F 1 17467 02 47 50 02 49 30 J1820-2528 20 07 34 17.4 205.0 1.8 20.1 -7 1 6 17467 02 49 30 02 50 20 =1817-254 20 08 24 17.3 205.2 1.8 20.2 43 R 1 16800 02 49 30 02 50 20 X1818-2432 20 08 24 18.0 206.1 1.8 20.8 -7 1 6 16800 02 50 20 02 52 00 --- 20 10 04 17.8 206.5 1.9 21.0 93 R 1 15467 02 50 20 02 52 00 J1820-2528 20 10 04 17.2 205.6 1.8 20.5 -7 1 6 15467 02 52 00 02 52 50 =1817-254 20 10 54 17.1 205.8 1.8 20.6 43 R 1 14800 02 52 00 02 52 50 X1818-2432 20 10 54 17.8 206.7 1.9 21.2 -7 1 6 14800 02 52 50 02 54 30 --- 20 12 35 17.6 207.0 1.9 21.5 93 R 1 13467 02 52 50 02 54 30 J1820-2528 20 12 35 17.0 206.1 1.9 20.9 -7 1 6 13467 02 54 30 02 55 20 =1817-254 20 13 25 16.9 206.3 1.9 21.1 43 R 1 12800 02 54 30 02 55 20 X1818-2432 20 13 25 17.5 207.2 1.9 21.6 -7 1 6 12800 02 55 20 02 57 00 --- 20 15 05 17.4 207.6 1.9 21.9 93 R 1 11467 02 55 20 02 57 00 J1820-2528 20 15 05 16.8 206.7 1.9 21.4 -7 1 6 11467 02 57 00 02 57 50 =1817-254 20 15 55 16.7 206.9 1.9 21.5 43 R 1 10800 02 57 00 02 57 50 X1818-2432 20 15 55 17.3 207.8 2.0 22.0 -7 1 6 10800 02 57 50 02 59 30 --- 20 17 36 17.2 208.2 2.0 22.3 93 R 1 9467 02 57 50 02 59 30 J1820-2528 20 17 36 16.5 207.2 1.9 21.8 -7 1 6 9467 02 59 30 03 00 20 =1817-254 20 18 26 16.5 207.4 2.0 21.9 43 R 1 8800 02 59 30 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 9 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 03 00 20 X1818-2432 20 18 26 17.1 208.3 2.0 22.5 -7 1 6 8800 03 00 20 03 02 00 --- 20 20 06 17.0 208.7 2.0 22.7 93 R 1 7467 03 00 20 03 02 00 J1820-2528 20 20 06 16.3 207.8 2.0 22.2 -7 1 6 7467 03 02 00 03 02 50 =1817-254 20 20 56 16.3 208.0 2.0 22.3 43 R 1 6800 03 02 00 03 02 50 X1818-2432 20 20 56 16.9 208.9 2.0 22.9 -7 1 6 6800 03 02 50 03 04 30 --- 20 22 36 16.8 209.3 2.1 23.2 93 R 1 5467 03 02 50 03 04 30 J1820-2528 20 22 36 16.1 208.3 2.0 22.6 -7 1 6 5467 03 04 30 03 05 20 =1817-254 20 23 27 16.0 208.5 2.0 22.8 43 R 1 4800 03 04 30 03 05 20 X1818-2432 20 23 27 16.7 209.4 2.1 23.3 -7 1 6 4800 03 05 20 03 07 00 --- 20 25 07 16.5 209.8 2.1 23.6 93 R 1 3467 03 05 20 03 07 00 J1820-2528 20 25 07 15.9 208.9 2.1 23.0 -7 1 6 3467 03 07 00 03 07 50 =1817-254 20 25 57 15.8 209.0 2.1 23.2 43 R 1 2800 03 07 00 03 07 50 X1818-2432 20 25 57 16.5 210.0 2.1 23.7 -7 1 6 2800 03 07 50 03 09 30 --- 20 27 37 16.3 210.3 2.1 24.0 93 R 1 1467 03 07 50 03 09 30 J1820-2528 20 27 37 15.7 209.4 2.1 23.5 -7 1 6 1467 03 09 30 03 10 20 =1817-254 20 28 27 15.6 209.6 2.1 23.6 43 R 1 800 03 09 30 03 10 20 X1818-2432 20 28 27 16.2 210.5 2.2 24.1 -7 1 7 800 03 10 20 03 12 00 --- 20 30 08 16.1 210.9 2.2 24.4 93 F 1 533 03 10 20 03 12 00 J1820-2528 20 30 08 15.4 209.9 2.1 23.9 -7 1 7 533 03 12 00 03 12 50 =1817-254 20 30 58 15.4 210.1 2.2 24.0 43 F 1 1200 03 12 00 03 12 50 X1818-2432 20 30 58 16.0 211.1 2.2 24.5 -7 1 7 1200 03 12 50 03 14 30 --- 20 32 38 15.8 211.4 2.2 24.8 93 F 1 2533 03 12 50 03 14 30 J1820-2528 20 32 38 15.2 210.5 2.2 24.3 -7 1 7 2533 03 14 30 03 15 20 =1817-254 20 33 28 15.1 210.7 2.2 24.4 43 F 1 3200 03 14 30 03 15 20 X1818-2432 20 33 28 15.7 211.6 2.2 24.9 -7 1 7 3200 03 15 20 03 17 00 --- 20 35 08 15.6 212.0 2.3 25.2 93 F 1 4533 03 15 20 03 17 00 J1820-2528 20 35 08 15.0 211.0 2.2 24.7 -7 1 7 4533 03 17 00 03 17 50 =1817-254 20 35 59 14.9 211.2 2.2 24.8 43 F 1 5200 03 17 00 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 10 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 03 17 50 X1818-2432 20 35 59 15.5 212.1 2.3 25.4 -7 1 7 5200 03 17 50 03 19 30 --- 20 37 39 15.3 212.5 2.3 25.6 93 F 1 6533 03 17 50 03 19 30 J1820-2528 20 37 39 14.7 211.5 2.3 25.1 -7 1 7 6533 03 19 30 03 20 20 =1817-254 20 38 29 14.7 211.7 2.3 25.2 43 F 1 7200 03 19 30 03 20 20 X1818-2432 20 38 29 15.3 212.7 2.3 25.8 -7 1 7 7200 03 20 20 03 22 00 --- 20 40 09 15.1 213.0 2.4 26.0 93 F 1 8533 03 20 20 03 22 00 J1820-2528 20 40 09 14.5 212.1 2.3 25.5 -7 1 7 8533 03 22 00 03 22 50 =1817-254 20 40 59 14.4 212.2 2.3 25.6 43 F 1 9200 03 22 00 03 22 50 X1818-2432 20 40 59 15.0 213.2 2.4 26.2 -7 1 7 9200 03 22 50 03 24 30 --- 20 42 40 14.8 213.6 2.4 26.4 93 F 1 10533 03 22 50 03 24 30 J1820-2528 20 42 40 14.3 212.6 2.4 25.9 -7 1 7 10533 03 24 30 03 25 20 =1817-254 20 43 30 14.2 212.8 2.4 26.0 43 F 1 11200 03 24 30 03 25 20 X1818-2432 20 43 30 14.8 213.7 2.4 26.5 -7 1 7 11200 03 25 20 03 27 00 --- 20 45 10 14.6 214.1 2.4 26.8 93 F 1 12533 03 25 20 03 27 00 J1820-2528 20 45 10 14.0 213.1 2.4 26.3 -7 1 7 12533 03 27 00 03 27 50 =1817-254 20 46 00 13.9 213.3 2.4 26.4 43 F 1 13200 03 27 00 03 27 50 X1818-2432 20 46 00 14.5 214.3 2.5 26.9 -7 1 7 13200 03 27 50 03 29 30 --- 20 47 41 14.3 214.6 2.5 27.2 93 F 1 14533 03 27 50 03 29 30 J1820-2528 20 47 41 13.8 213.6 2.4 26.7 -7 1 7 14533 03 29 30 03 30 20 =1817-254 20 48 31 13.7 213.8 2.5 26.8 43 F 1 15200 03 29 30 03 30 20 X1818-2432 20 48 31 14.2 214.8 2.5 27.3 -7 1 7 15200 03 30 20 03 32 00 --- 20 50 11 14.1 215.1 2.5 27.6 93 F 1 16533 03 30 20 03 32 00 J1820-2528 20 50 11 13.5 214.2 2.5 27.1 -7 1 7 16533 03 32 00 03 32 50 =1817-254 20 51 01 13.4 214.3 2.5 27.2 43 F 1 17200 03 32 00 03 32 50 X1818-2432 20 51 01 14.0 215.3 2.5 27.7 -7 1 8 17200 03 32 50 03 34 30 --- 20 52 41 13.8 215.7 2.6 28.0 93 R 1 15867 03 32 50 03 34 30 J1820-2528 20 52 41 13.2 214.7 2.5 27.5 -7 1 8 15867 03 34 30 03 35 20 =1817-254 20 53 31 13.2 214.9 2.5 27.6 43 R 1 15200 03 34 30 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 11 XTE 1818-245 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). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 23 Aug 2005 Day 235 --- 03 35 20 X1818-2432 20 53 31 13.7 215.8 2.6 28.1 -7 1 8 15200 03 35 20 03 37 00 --- 20 55 12 13.5 216.2 2.6 28.4 93 R 1 13867 03 35 20 03 37 00 J1820-2528 20 55 12 13.0 215.2 2.6 27.9 -7 1 8 13867 03 37 00 03 37 50 =1817-254 20 56 02 12.9 215.4 2.6 28.0 43 R 1 13200 03 37 00 03 37 50 X1818-2432 20 56 02 13.4 216.3 2.6 28.5 -7 1 8 13200 03 37 50 03 39 30 --- 20 57 42 13.3 216.7 2.6 28.7 93 R 1 11867 03 37 50 03 39 30 J1820-2528 20 57 42 12.7 215.7 2.6 28.2 -7 1 8 11867 03 39 30 03 40 20 =1817-254 20 58 32 12.6 215.9 2.6 28.4 43 R 1 11200 03 39 30 03 40 20 X1818-2432 20 58 32 13.2 216.9 2.7 28.9 -7 1 8 11200 03 40 20 03 42 00 --- 21 00 13 13.0 217.2 2.7 29.1 93 R 1 9867 03 40 20 03 42 00 J1820-2528 21 00 13 12.4 216.2 2.6 28.6 -7 1 8 9867 03 42 00 03 42 50 =1817-254 21 01 03 12.4 216.4 2.7 28.8 43 R 1 9200 03 42 00 03 42 50 X1818-2432 21 01 03 12.9 217.4 2.7 29.2 -7 1 8 9200 03 42 50 03 44 30 --- 21 02 43 12.7 217.7 2.7 29.5 93 R 1 7867 03 42 50 03 44 30 J1820-2528 21 02 43 12.2 216.7 2.7 29.0 -7 1 8 7867 03 44 30 03 45 20 =1817-254 21 03 33 12.1 216.9 2.7 29.1 43 R 1 7200 03 44 30 03 45 20 X1818-2432 21 03 33 12.6 217.9 2.7 29.6 -7 1 8 7200 03 45 20 03 47 00 --- 21 05 13 12.4 218.2 2.8 29.9 93 R 1 5867 03 45 20 03 47 00 J1820-2528 21 05 13 11.9 217.2 2.7 29.4 -7 1 8 5867 03 47 00 03 47 50 =1817-254 21 06 04 11.8 217.4 2.7 29.5 43 R 1 5200 03 47 00 03 47 50 X1818-2432 21 06 04 12.3 218.4 2.8 30.0 -7 1 8 5200 03 47 50 03 49 30 --- 21 07 44 12.1 218.7 2.8 30.2 93 R 1 3867 03 47 50 03 49 30 J1820-2528 21 07 44 11.6 217.7 2.8 29.8 -7 1 8 3867 03 49 30 03 50 20 =1817-254 21 08 34 11.5 217.9 2.8 29.9 43 R 1 3200 03 49 30 03 52 20 J2000-1748 21 10 34 27.2 198.6 1.2 14.2 83 1 8 3200 03 52 20 03 54 20 =1958-179 21 12 35 27.1 199.1 1.2 14.6 120 R 1 1600 03 52 28 03 56 20 J1733-1304 21 14 35 14.6 235.8 3.7 38.5 89 1 8 1600 03 56 20 03 58 20 =1730-130 21 16 35 14.3 236.2 3.7 38.7 120 R 1 0 03 56 28 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/setups/vsx-256-8-2.set Matches group vsx_22 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 2 Station: VLBA_HN Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape used at high density at 160.000 ips. Time per pass is 22.00 minutes. 1st LO= 3100.00 3100.00 3100.00 3100.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= L L L L U U U U IF = A C A C B D B D VLBA FE= 13cm 4cm 13cm 4cm VLBA Synth= 7.6 3.1 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2262.49 2262.49 2270.49 2270.49 8412.49 8412.49 8420.49 8420.49 BBC fr= 837.51 837.51 829.51 829.51 812.49 812.49 820.49 820.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 510 510 510 510 6510 6510 6510 6510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 6510 6510 6510 6510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_auto SOURCE LIST -- XTE 1818-245 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) * X1818-2432 18 15 20.207577 * 18 18 24.430000 18 18 45.784146 0.00 -24 33 31.67630 *-24 32 17.96000 -24 32 18.03968 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 1.861 scan hours, 74.938 baseline hours above horizon. * J1733-1304 17 30 13.535187 * 17 33 02.705785 17 33 22.076230 0.21 1730-130 -13 02 45.83975 *-13 04 49.54823 -13 05 08.73592 0.30 J1733-13 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba NRAO530 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.067 scan hours, 3.000 baseline hours above horizon. * J1820-2528 18 17 52.332228 * 18 20 57.848696 18 21 19.369344 0.24 1817-254 -25 29 37.39962 *-25 28 12.58390 -25 28 11.63369 0.73 J1820-25 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.944 scan hours, 34.204 baseline hours above horizon. * J2000-1748 19 58 04.608277 * 20 00 57.090446 20 01 17.550434 0.21 1958-179 -17 57 16.95830 *-17 48 57.67257 -17 48 05.36517 0.30 J2000-17 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.033 scan hours, 1.500 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) X1818-2432 124.2 J1733-1304 112.9 J1820-2528 124.7 J2000-1748 148.6 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