!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Project : BA063 ! ! Frequency 3mm dual polarization on CIT6 ! Lines: J 1-0; F=2-1; HCN (3mm): 89087.92 MHz ! ! Days of the year: Dynamical scheduling ! ! 12H00, Centered at LST 10.0, ! ! Best between 04-14h (LST VLBA_PT) ! ********************* ! The project can be limited to this range of time. ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! FREQUENCY SETTING FOR HCN MASER to be included in freq.dat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Name = v3mm_b Station = VLBA Priority = 0 ! rf1 = 89000, 89000 ifname = B, D ! rf2 = 89500, 89500 fe = '3mm', '3mm' syn(1) = 14.1 ! pol = RCP, LCP lo1 = 88500, 88500 syn(3) = 12.4 ! note = 'Special frequency setup for HCN maser, JFD 04Oct02)' ! ! email Vivek Dhawan ! / ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ================================================================ ! 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 ! r r r r r r r r ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: 6 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [yes] yes ! 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 ! dual ! Weather constraints: good weather conditions ! [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]: 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 ==================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Last edit 29Oct02 version = 2 expt = 'VLBA 3mm observations of HCN masers in CIT6' expcode = 'ba063b' piname = 'Alcolea, J.' address1 = 'Observatorio Astronomico Nacional' address2 = 'Apartado 1143' address3 = '28800 Alcala de Henares, Spain' phone = '34 1 885 50 60' obsphone = '34 1 885 50 60' fax = '34 1 885 50 62' email = 'desmurs@oan.es, j.alcolea@oan.es' obsmode = 'VLBA 3mm-64-2-2: 3mm : 2 Pol & 1 spectral lines, 16MHz.' obstype = 'VLBA' note1 = 'This is a line experiment at 3mm' note2 = '*** Best range 04-14h (LST VLBA_PT)***' note3 = '** SWITCH PHAS CAL OFF ** please, thank you' note4 = 'See schedule file for FREQUENCY SETUP' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 512 cornant = 8 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'CIT6 from schedule' cortape = 'DAT' corship1 = 'J.-F. Desmurs' corship2 = 'Observatorio Astronomico Nacional' corship3 = 'Apartado 1143' corship4 = '28800 Alcala de Henares, Spain' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. If ! you do not want this protection, uncomment the following line: overwrit ! ! To only process VLBA and VLA stations, uncomment the following line: ! dosta 'vl' ! ! ========================================================== ! =================== Tape initialization ================= ! ========================================================== ! !** WARNING: Check with data analysts that the following tape ** !** information is correct for YOUR project ** autotape = 2 sumitem = el1, el2, tape1, tape2, early, dwell tapeini / tpsta = vlba, default tpdrive = 1, 1 tplength= 17600, 8800 ndrives = 1, 1 nheadpos= 14, 14 density = H, L / ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Spectral line rest frequecies =========== ! ========================================================== ! lineinit / ! 7mm 28SiO for pointing: lineset='PSiO431' restfreq=43122.027, 43122.027, 43222.027, 43222.027 / ! 7mm 28SiO v=1, j=1-0: 43122.080; 28SiO v=2, j=1-0: 42879.916 ! Rem: v=1 stronger .... lineset='SiO43' restfreq= 42820.587, 42879.916, 43122.080, 43122.080 / ! 3mm HCN J=1-0, F=2-1 ! Rem : Dopp shift freq pour CIT6 le 15DEC2002: 89096.08MHz lineset='hcn' restfreq= 89087.92, 89087.92 / endlines / ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Observing Setup ==================== ! ========================================================== ! setinit = 'ba063_pt.set' / nchan = 4 bits = 2 bbfilter = 4 ! Must be check! 4MHz -> 28km; RLMI spectrum ~ 10km ! but will be used to detect also 3C274 .. ? ! Freq setup for line setup PSiO431 freqref = 43115.99, 43115.99, 43215.99, 43215.99 ! Freq setup for line setup SiO43 ! freqref = 42970.99 ! Freq. center between the two SiO line. ! firstlo = 42200.00 ! Selected LO value for observing SiO lines. ! freqoff = -8.0, -8.0, +8.0, +8.0 pcal = 'off' netside = U, U, U, U bbc = 1, 2, 3, 4 pol = dual format = none station = VLBA / endset / setinit = ba063_3mm.set / ! Based: Standard setup file: v3mm-64-2-2.set ! Using mode 128-2-2 (1lines, 2 pol, 16Mhz/IF) ! ! Format Tape length Density Tape speed Time/pass ! VLBA/MkIII/MkIV 17600 High 160.0 22:00 ! nchan = 2 bits = 2 bbfilter = 16.0 ! tape pass is 44:00 minutes; ! at 89GHz -> 54 km/s samprate = 32.0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pcal = 'off' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Rest Freq = 89087.92 ! Dop Schift (V=-4.0) 89096.08MHz (15DEC2002) ! -1/2 Filter (16MHz) 89088.08 freqref = 89087.99, 89087.99 freqoff = 0.0, 0.0 pol = dual format = 'VLBA' station = VLBA / endset / ! ! ================================================================ ! Pointing : Peakfile etc. ! ================================================================ ! autopeak ! Use reference pointing. !pkwatch ! Print details of the search for pointing sources. ! To see the pointing scan in the schedule peakfile = none ! Don't read the default $SCHED/catalogs/peak.cmd peakinit / srcfile = none minfreq = 60000.0 dwell = 2:00 minel = 10.0 setup = 'ba063_pt.set' linename = 'PSiO431' ! 'P-3C274', 'P-RLeo' sources = 'P-RLMi', 'P-3C273', 'P-OJ287' station = 'VLBA' / endpeak / ! ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Source Catalog ==================== ! ========================================================== ! srccat / EPOCH='J2000' ! Target Source : SOURCE='CIT6' RA= 10:16:02.294 DEC= +30:34:18.884 VEL = -4.0 REMARKS='Carlstrom et al., 1990, AJ 100, 213' / ! J2000 from B1950: 10:13:10.942 +30:49:16.75 ! Calibrator: SOURCE='3C273' RA=12:29:06.6997290 DEC= 02:03:08.598190 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / SOURCE='OJ287' RA=08:54:48.8749237 DEC= 20:06:30.640881 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / SOURCE='3C274' RA=12:30:49.4233818 DEC= +12:23:28.043930 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report' / ! ! Pointing sources: SOURCE='P-RLMi' RA=09:45:34.10 DEC=34:30:43.9 VEL = 2.0 REMARKS='sest' CALCODE = 'L' / SOURCE='P-RLeo' RA=09:47:33.490 DEC=11:25:43.99 VEL = 3.0 REMARKS='baudry pos, sest vel.' CALCODE = 'L' / SOURCE='P-3C273' RA=12:29:06.6997290 DEC=02:03:08.598190 EPOCH='J2000' REMARKS='From low accuracy pointing list - do not use for VLBI' / ! Beware of jet below 6cm. ! Kuhr .32:64 .64:56 1.4:45 5.0:43 15:40 22:32 90:14-20 ! Order of 30 Jy. RAP X band 27.2 Jy SOURCE='P-OJ287' RA=08:54:48.8749237 DEC= 20:06:30.640881 CALCODE='C' REMARKS='From low accuracy pointing list - do not use for VLBI' / SOURCE='P-3C274' RA=12:30:49.423 DEC=12:23:28.04 REMARKS='From low accuracy pointing list - do not use for VLBI' / ! J2000 position is from Almanac and is presumably the core. ! VIRGO A. Large source, at least at low frequencies. ! Kuhr .41:510 .64:460 1.4:220 5:75 15:28 90:7 ! See notebook 1, p77 for accurate flux densities. (20 Jy at K band.) endcat / ! ! ========================================================== ! ==================== SPECIAL FREQ Catalog =================== ! ========================================================== freqfile= 'freq.dat' ! ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Station Catalog =================== ! ========================================================== ! stafile = '$SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! LST = 'VLBA_PT' ! Schedule in PT LST. !year = 2002 !month = 12 day = 59335 start = 04:00:00 ! time Best range 04-14H00(LST VLBA_PT) ! All available station a 3mm !stations = VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, ! VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_MK pcal = 'off' ! ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Note that first "GAP" after START is ignored. ! ! Tape speeds: Low density - 133.330 ips, High density - 80.00 ips ! Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:44:00 ! setup = 'ba063_3mm.set' linename = 'hcn' doppler ! start 04h00 LST PT: antenna HN, NL, LA, PT, KP, OV (MK down) ! stations = VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV group 4 repeat 3 source='OJ287' dwell=00:07:00 gap=03:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:15:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:22:00 gap=03:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! ~05h30 LST PT: antenna HN, NL, LA, PT, KP, OV, MK ! stations = VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_MK group 4 repeat 2 source='OJ287' dwell=00:07:00 gap=04:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:15:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:22:00 gap=04:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! ~09h50 LST PT group 4 repeat 1 source='OJ287' dwell=00:07:00 gap=04:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:15:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:22:00 gap=04:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / group 5 repeat 2 source='OJ287' dwell=00:07:00 gap=04:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:15:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:22:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / group 4 repeat 1 source='OJ287' dwell=00:07:00 gap=03:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / source='3C273' dwell=00:07:00 gap=05:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:08:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / group 6 repeat 3 ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:22:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing 3c273 forced ! source='P-3C273' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='3C273' dwell=00:07:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:15:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! ~14h30 LST PT group 6 repeat 1 ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:22:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing 3c273 forced ! source='P-3C273' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler source='3C273' dwell=00:07:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler source='CIT6' dwell=00:15:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! ~15h40 LST PT : HN Down stations = VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_MK ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing RLMi forced ! source='P-RLMi' linename='PSiO431' doppler setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! source='CIT6' dwell=00:07:00 gap=00:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / ! !!!!!!!!! Pointing 3c273 forced ! ! source='P-3C273' linename='PSiO431' doppler ! setup='ba063_pt.set' norecord dwell=01:00 gap=02:00 peak=1 / ! setup='ba063_3mm.set' nopeak record linename='hcn' doppler ! ! source='3C273' dwell=00:07:00 gap=03:00 dopsrc='CIT6' / exit / ! ! pl sch = ba063c.key / ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! F I N !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!