! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Constraints. 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 r o r r r r r r r ! ! Minimum number of stations: 8 ! ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [ NO!! doesn't ! slew/settle fast enough; 7mm calibration poor] ! ! 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 ! o ! ! Weather constraints: ! [require good weather for at least the minimum number of stations] ! ! Date constraints: ! Preferred date(s), usually a series start: ! [within two weeks of August 1, 2007] ! ! Excluded dates plus reason: ! ! Preferred interval between segments in days: [~ 180 days] ! ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time): ! [optimum dates are 2007 August 1 and 2008 February 1 and July 16] ! ================================================================ ! ! SCHED command file for VLBA Experiment BS160 ! ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== VERSION = 4.1 EXPT = 'BS160: Simultaneous VLBA Observations of Three 7mm SiO Lines' EXPCODE = BS160C OBSTYPE = VLBA PINAME = 'Zhi-Qiang Shen' ADDRESS1 = 'Shanghai Astronomical Observatory' ADDRESS2 = 'Chinese Academy of Sciences' ADDRESS3 = '80 Nandan Road' ADDRESS4 = 'Shanghai 200030, P.R.China' PHONE = '+86-21-64386191 ext 221' OBSPHONE = '+86-21-64386191 ext 221' EMAIL = 'zshen@shao.ac.cn' FAX = '+86-21-64384618' OBSMODE = 'VLBA 256-8-2 at 7mm LCP' CORREL = 'Socorro' NOTE1 = 'IF frequency setup is for the bandwidth synthesis' NOTE2 = 'acorss ~301 MHz between IF1 and IF8' NOTE3 = 'total recording time of ~8hr at 256 Mbps' NOTE4 = 'note the new position for VX Sgr' ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2.0 corchan = 256 cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'standard' cornote1 = '1 pass with CORCHAN=256 for all 8 IFs' cornote2 = 'check with Lorant Sjouwerman' cornote3 = 'note the new position for VX Sgr' cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Zhi-Qiang Shen' corship2 = 'Shanghai Astronomical Observatory' corship3 = '80 Nandan Road' corship4 = 'Shanghai 200030, P.R.China' ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! To allow SCHED to overwrite existing files, uncomment: overwrit autotape = 2 ! ========================================================== ! =================== Tape Initialization ================== ! ========================================================== !tapeini / !tplength 17600 tpsta='default' / ! ========================================================== ! ==== Spectral line rest frequencies at 7mm ===== ! ========================================================== lineinit / lineset='SiO7mm' restfreq = 42820.542, 42837.292, 42879.167, 42946.167, 43038.292, 43088.542, 43113.667, 43122.042 / endlines / ! ========================================================== ! =================== Source Catalogue ==================== ! ========================================================== ! Get the sources from the included catalogue srccat / ! !!! from # VLBA Calibrator list !!! # Version Dec 15, 2005 !J1512-0905 1510-089 15h12m50.532927s -09d05'59.82964" 0.36 1.23 0.83 2.20 1.72 C-ICRF !J1733-1304 NRAO530 17h33m02.705785s -13d04'49.54822" 0.36 8.31 5.89 4.67 2.43 C-ICRF !J1807-2506 1804-251 18h07m40.687696s -25d06'25.94276" 4.42 0.25 0.08 0.16 -1.00 C-VCS3 !J1820-2528 1817-254 18h20m57.848695s -25d28'12.58391" 0.76 0.59 0.30 0.62 0.09 C-ICRF !J1826-2924 1823-294 18h26m20.599130s -29d24'24.95175" 1.13 0.37 0.20 0.32 0.10 C-VCS5 !J1845-2852 1842-289 18h45m51.368300s -28d52'40.27637" 1.09 0.47 0.36 0.37 0.28 C-VCS3 !J1924-2914 1921-293 19h24m51.055957s -29d14'30.12110" 0.73 12.03 6.23 13.93 5.41 C-ICRF !!! ! !SOURCE='VX_Sgr' RA=18:08:04.062 DEC=-22:13:26.10 EPOCH='J2000' !new position from HIPPARCOS (Perryman et al. 1997, A&A, 323, L49) SOURCE='VX_Sgr' RA=18:08:04.0485 DEC=-22:13:26.614 EQUINOX='J2000' VEL = 5.0 / !! weak ref sources !SOURCE='J1808-2124' RA=18:08:06.86 DEC=-21:24:45.7 EPOCH='J2000' remarks='1998, nvss' / !SOURCE='J1811-2055' RA=18:11:06.83 DEC=-20:55:03.0 EPOCH='J2000' remarks='1998, nvss' / SOURCE='J1808-2124' RA=18:08:06.91 DEC=-21:24:46.6 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1811-2055' RA=18:11:06.778 DEC=-20:55:03.06 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1807-2506' RA=18:07:40.687696 DEC=-25:06:25.94277 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1820-2528' RA=18:20:57.8486950 DEC=-25:28:12.583910 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1826-2924' RA=18:26:20.5991290 DEC=-29:24:24.951770 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1845-2852' RA=18:45:51.3682990 DEC=-28:52:40.276390 EQUINOX='J2000' / ! !! source for DELZN SOURCE='J0019+7327' RA=00:19:45.7864180 DEC= 73:27:30.017500 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0136+4751' RA=01:36:58.5948070 DEC= 47:51:29.100070 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0157+7442' RA=01:57:34.9649240 DEC= 74:42:43.230030 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0508+8432' RA=05:08:42.3634890 DEC= 84:32:04.543990 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0808+4950' RA=08:08:39.6662860 DEC= 49:50:36.530410 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0841+7053' RA=08:41:24.3652740 DEC= 70:53:42.173050 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0854+5757' RA=08:54:41.9964210 DEC= 57:57:29.939080 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0903+4651' RA=09:03:03.9901080 DEC= 46:51:04.137430 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0948+4039' RA=09:48:55.3381550 DEC= 40:39:44.587060 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0958+6533' RA=09:58:47.2451130 DEC= 65:33:54.818050 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1625+4134' RA=16:25:57.6697140 DEC= 41:34:40.629290 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1638+5720' RA=16:38:13.4562960 DEC= 57:20:23.979020 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1642+3948' RA=16:42:58.8099680 DEC= 39:48:36.994000 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1642+6856' RA=16:42:07.8485070 DEC= 68:56:39.756490 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1740+5211' RA=17:40:36.9778490 DEC= 52:11:43.407440 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1748+7005' RA=17:48:32.8403160 DEC= 70:05:50.768830 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1800+7828' RA=18:00:45.6839100 DEC= 78:28:04.018440 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1806+6949' RA=18:06:50.6806470 DEC= 69:49:28.108540 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1824+5651' RA=18:24:07.0683760 DEC= 56:51:01.490840 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1927+7358' RA=19:27:48.4951570 DEC= 73:58:01.569920 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J2202+4216' RA=22:02:43.2913740 DEC= 42:16:39.979950 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J2354+4553' RA=23:54:21.6802190 DEC= 45:53:04.236560 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1733-1304' RA=17:33:02.7057850 DEC=-13:04:49.548230 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1924-2914' RA=19:24:51.0559570 DEC=-29:14:30.121100 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1512-0905' RA=15:12:50.5329280 DEC=-09:05:59.829650 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1256-0547' RA=12:56:11.1665590 DEC=-05:47:21.524720 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1229+0203' RA=12:29:06.6997320 DEC= 02:03:08.598150 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J2253+1608' RA=22:53:57.7479430 DEC= 16:08:53.560890 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J2225-0457' RA=22:25:47.2592950 DEC=-04:57:01.390820 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1337-1257' RA=13:37:39.7827760 DEC=-12:57:24.693280 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J1058+0133' RA=10:58:29.6052090 DEC= 01:33:58.823700 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0854+2006' RA=08:54:48.8749300 DEC= 20:06:30.640860 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0609-1542' RA=06:09:40.9495330 DEC=-15:42:40.672640 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0530+1331' RA=05:30:56.4167490 DEC= 13:31:55.149540 EQUINOX='J2000' / SOURCE='J0423-0120' RA=04:23:15.8007290 DEC=-01:20:33.065370 EQUINOX='J2000' / endcat / srcfile = none ! ========================================================== ! =================== Station Catalogue =================== ! ========================================================== !stafile = /home/arana/cwalker/sched/stations.dat stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat ! ========================================================== ! =================== Setup Information ==================== ! ========================================================== setinit = v7mm.set / !============================================================ ! Standard setup file: v7mm-256-8-2-L.set ! (Produced by MAKESETUP) ! For the 7 mm band. ! Radio Astronomy allocation: 42400-43500 ! Medicina band 43164-43278 ! Old: freqref = 43150.99 ! Reasonable Mark II setting. ! Frequency based on experiments in Feb 95 global session. ! Format Tape length Density Tape speed Time/pass ! VLBA/MkIII/MkIV 17600 High 160.00 22:00 ! MkIII/MkIV 8800 Low 270.00 6:31 ! 256 Mbps - 1 pass/headpos nchan = 8 bits = 2 !! better for line bbfilter = 8.0 ! freqref = 43212.99 freqref = 42820.54 freqoff = -27.50, -19.50, -11.50, -3.50, 4.50, 12.50, 20.50, 28.50 netside = U, U, U, U, U, U, U, U PCAL = 'OFF' pol = lcp / !============================================================ endset / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! Scheduled project time is from 14:00:00 to 22:00:00 LST_PT LST = 'VLBA_PT' !year = 2007 !month = 8 !day = 10 !start = 09:30:00 !! UT start time day = 61052 start = 14:00:00 !! LST_PT start time stations = vlba_pt, vlba_la, vlba_kp, vlba_nl, vlba_fd, vlba_ov, vlba_br, vlba_hn, vlba_sc, vlba_mk !============================================================ ! ========================================================== ! ====================== The Scans ====================== setup = v7mm.set !! same setup used for all. DOPPLER DOPSRC= 'VX_Sgr' LINENAME='SiO7mm' !start with a fringe finder scan on J1512-0905 (1510-089) source='J1512-0905' dur=0:05:00 record / !! VLB scan on strong calibrators for DELZN DWELL=60 SOURCE='J0157+7442' / SOURCE='J0808+4950' / SOURCE='J1625+4134' / SOURCE='J0841+7053' / SOURCE='J1748+7005' / SOURCE='J0948+4039' / SOURCE='J1638+5720' / SOURCE='J1642+3948' / SOURCE='J1740+5211' / SOURCE='J1229+0203' / SOURCE='J1824+5651' / SOURCE='J2202+4216' / SOURCE='J1642+6856' / SOURCE='J1337-1257' / SOURCE='J1733-1304' / SOURCE='J1058+0133' / SOURCE='J1256-0547' / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:01:00 record / ! rapid switching group=2 rep=18 source='J1733-1304' dur = 0:00:60 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:60 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:02:00 record / !rapid switching group=6 rep=14 source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1808-2124' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1811-2055' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1807-2506' dur = 0:00:25 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:01:00 record / ! rapid switching group=2 rep=21 source='J1733-1304' dur = 0:00:60 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:60 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:02:00 record / !rapid switching group=6 rep=14 source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1808-2124' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1811-2055' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1807-2506' dur = 0:00:25 record / !---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- !! VLB scan on strong calibrators for DELZN DWELL=60 SOURCE='J0157+7442' / SOURCE='J2253+1608' / SOURCE='J1638+5720' / SOURCE='J1748+7005' / SOURCE='J1740+5211' / SOURCE='J2202+4216' / SOURCE='J1642+6856' / SOURCE='J1337-1257' / SOURCE='J2354+4553' / SOURCE='J1512-0905' / SOURCE='J0019+7327' / SOURCE='J1924-2914' / SOURCE='J0136+4751' / SOURCE='J1806+6949' / SOURCE='J2225-0457' / !---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- !a scan on J1924-2914 (1921-293) source='J1924-2914' dur=0:03:00 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:02:00 record / !rapid switching group=6 rep=14 source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1808-2124' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1811-2055' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1807-2506' dur = 0:00:25 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:01:00 record / ! rapid switching group=2 rep=21 source='J1733-1304' dur = 0:00:60 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:60 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:02:00 record / !rapid switching group=6 rep=14 source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1808-2124' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1811-2055' dur = 0:00:20 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:30 record / source='J1807-2506' dur = 0:00:25 record / ! pointing, 2 repeats, no tape recorder source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / source='VX_Sgr' peak=1 norecord dur = 0:02:00 / ! VLB scan on VX_Sgr; switch off pointing (pointing corrections are kept) source='VX_Sgr' nopeak dur = 0:01:00 record / ! rapid switching group=2 rep=18 source='J1733-1304' dur = 0:00:60 record / source='VX_Sgr' dur = 0:00:60 record / !! VLB scan on strong calibrators for DELZN DWELL=60 SOURCE='J0841+7053' / SOURCE='J1748+7005' / SOURCE='J2202+4216' / SOURCE='J1740+5211' / SOURCE='J0136+4751' / SOURCE='J1824+5651' / SOURCE='J1642+6856' / SOURCE='J0508+8432' / SOURCE='J1806+6949' / SOURCE='J2354+4553' / SOURCE='J1924-2914' / SOURCE='J2253+1608' / SOURCE='J2225-0457' / SOURCE='J0019+7327' / !<---------- End of BS160C !============================================================