COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Experiment: No description given. Exp. Code: bc123bb Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 02 July 2002 PI: Shami Chatterjee Address: Cornell University 515 Space Sciences Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone: 607 255 9020 EMAIL: shami@astro.cornell.edu Fax: Phone during observation: 607 255 9020 Observing mode: Notes: The optimal observation date is Dec 11. Please try to observe within 2 weeks of this date. Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 2 No description given. 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 9 Dec 2002 Day 343 --- Next scan frequencies: 1409.99 1409.99 1503.99 1503.99 1589.99 1589.99 1679.99 1679.99 Next BBC frequencies: 990.01 990.01 896.01 896.01 810.01 810.01 720.01 720.01 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 06 01 13 J0419+5722 00 50 39 36.6 32.0 -3.5 -112.2 0 1 1 0 06 01 03 06 02 43 --- 00 52 09 36.8 31.9 -3.5 -112.5 90 F 1 1330 06 03 21 J0536+5038 00 52 48 27.2 42.4 -4.7 -91.5 13 1 1 1330 06 02 43 06 04 51 --- 00 54 18 27.4 42.4 -4.7 -91.8 90 F 1 3037 06 05 25 J0449+6332 00 54 52 31.4 26.5 -3.9 -109.6 18 1 1 3037 06 04 51 06 06 55 --- 00 56 22 31.6 26.4 -3.9 -110.0 90 F 1 4691 06 07 19 J0339+6008 00 56 46 40.5 25.2 -2.7 -126.3 0 1 1 4691 06 06 55 06 08 48 --- 00 58 16 40.6 25.1 -2.7 -126.7 90 F 1 6205 06 10 48 J0339+6008 01 00 16 40.8 24.9 -2.7 -127.3 113 1 1 6205 06 10 38 06 12 18 --- 01 01 46 41.0 24.7 -2.6 -127.7 90 F 1 7535 06 12 24 J0339+6008 01 01 52 41.0 24.7 -2.6 -127.7 0 1 1 7535 06 12 18 06 13 54 --- 01 03 22 41.1 24.6 -2.6 -128.2 90 F 1 8812 06 14 31 J0458+5508 01 04 00 33.8 36.0 -3.9 -104.4 17 1 1 8812 06 13 54 06 17 33 --- 01 07 02 34.2 35.9 -3.9 -105.1 182 F 1 11733 06 17 41 B0450+55.PT 01 07 10 34.8 35.1 -3.8 -106.6 1 1 1 11733 06 17 33 06 19 40 --- 01 09 10 35.0 35.0 -3.8 -107.1 120 F 1 13434 06 19 48 J0458+5508 01 09 17 34.5 35.8 -3.8 -105.6 1 1 1 13434 06 19 40 06 21 18 --- 01 10 47 34.8 35.7 -3.8 -106.0 90 F 1 14736 06 21 26 B0450+55.PT 01 10 55 35.3 34.9 -3.7 -107.5 1 1 1 14736 06 21 18 06 23 26 --- 01 12 55 35.6 34.8 -3.7 -108.0 120 F 1 16438 06 23 34 J0458+5508 01 13 03 35.1 35.6 -3.8 -106.5 1 1 2 16438 06 23 26 06 25 03 --- 01 14 33 35.3 35.5 -3.7 -106.8 90 R 1 17459 06 25 11 B0450+55.PT 01 14 42 35.8 34.7 -3.7 -108.4 1 1 2 17459 06 25 03 06 27 11 --- 01 16 42 36.1 34.6 -3.6 -108.9 120 R 1 15756 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 3 No description given. 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 9 Dec 2002 Day 343 --- 06 27 19 J0458+5508 01 16 50 35.6 35.4 -3.7 -107.4 1 1 2 15756 06 27 11 06 28 49 --- 01 18 20 35.8 35.3 -3.7 -107.7 90 R 1 14451 06 28 57 B0450+55.PT 01 18 28 36.3 34.5 -3.6 -109.3 1 1 2 14451 06 28 49 06 30 57 --- 01 20 28 36.6 34.3 -3.6 -109.8 120 R 1 12747 06 31 05 J0458+5508 01 20 36 36.1 35.2 -3.6 -108.3 1 1 2 12747 06 30 57 06 32 35 --- 01 22 06 36.3 35.1 -3.6 -108.6 90 R 1 11441 06 32 43 B0450+55.PT 01 22 14 36.8 34.2 -3.5 -110.2 1 1 2 11441 06 32 35 06 34 43 --- 01 24 14 37.1 34.1 -3.5 -110.7 120 R 1 9735 06 34 51 J0458+5508 01 24 23 36.6 35.0 -3.6 -109.2 1 1 2 9735 06 34 43 06 36 21 --- 01 25 53 36.8 34.9 -3.6 -109.5 90 R 1 8427 06 36 29 B0450+55.PT 01 26 01 37.3 34.0 -3.5 -111.1 1 1 2 8427 06 36 21 06 38 29 --- 01 28 01 37.6 33.9 -3.4 -111.6 120 R 1 6719 06 38 37 J0458+5508 01 28 10 37.1 34.8 -3.5 -110.1 2 1 2 6719 06 38 29 06 40 07 --- 01 29 40 37.3 34.7 -3.5 -110.4 90 R 1 5410 06 40 16 B0450+55.PT 01 29 48 37.8 33.7 -3.4 -112.0 2 1 2 5410 06 40 07 06 42 15 --- 01 31 48 38.0 33.6 -3.4 -112.5 120 R 1 3701 06 42 24 J0458+5508 01 31 57 37.6 34.5 -3.5 -111.0 2 1 2 3701 06 42 15 06 43 53 --- 01 33 27 37.8 34.4 -3.4 -111.4 90 R 1 2390 06 44 02 B0450+55.PT 01 33 35 38.3 33.5 -3.3 -113.0 2 1 2 2390 06 43 53 06 46 02 --- 01 35 35 38.5 33.3 -3.3 -113.5 120 R 1 679 06 46 11 J0458+5508 01 35 44 38.1 34.3 -3.4 -111.9 2 1 3 679 06 46 02 06 47 40 --- 01 37 14 38.3 34.2 -3.4 -112.3 90 F 1 634 06 47 49 B0450+55.PT 01 37 23 38.8 33.2 -3.3 -113.9 2 1 3 634 06 47 40 06 49 49 --- 01 39 23 39.0 33.1 -3.2 -114.4 120 F 1 2347 06 49 58 J0458+5508 01 39 32 38.6 34.0 -3.3 -112.9 2 1 3 2347 06 49 49 06 51 27 --- 01 41 02 38.8 33.9 -3.3 -113.2 90 F 1 3662 06 51 36 B0450+55.PT 01 41 11 39.3 32.9 -3.2 -114.9 2 1 3 3662 06 51 27 06 53 36 --- 01 43 11 39.5 32.8 -3.2 -115.4 120 F 1 5377 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 4 No description given. 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 9 Dec 2002 Day 343 --- 06 53 45 J0458+5508 01 43 20 39.1 33.8 -3.3 -113.8 2 1 3 5377 06 53 36 06 55 15 --- 01 44 50 39.3 33.6 -3.2 -114.2 90 F 1 6693 06 55 24 B0450+55.PT 01 44 59 39.7 32.6 -3.2 -115.9 2 1 3 6693 06 55 15 06 57 24 --- 01 46 59 40.0 32.5 -3.1 -116.4 120 F 1 8411 06 57 33 J0458+5508 01 47 08 39.6 33.5 -3.2 -114.8 2 1 3 8411 06 57 24 06 59 02 --- 01 48 38 39.8 33.3 -3.2 -115.2 90 F 1 9729 06 59 12 B0450+55.PT 01 48 47 40.2 32.3 -3.1 -116.9 2 1 3 9729 06 59 02 07 01 11 --- 01 50 47 40.5 32.2 -3.1 -117.4 120 F 1 11449 07 01 21 J0458+5508 01 50 57 40.1 33.2 -3.1 -115.8 3 1 3 11449 07 01 11 07 02 50 --- 01 52 27 40.3 33.0 -3.1 -116.2 90 F 1 12769 07 03 00 B0450+55.PT 01 52 36 40.7 32.0 -3.0 -117.9 3 1 3 12769 07 02 50 07 05 00 --- 01 54 36 40.9 31.8 -3.0 -118.4 120 F 1 14491 07 05 09 J0458+5508 01 54 46 40.6 32.8 -3.1 -116.8 3 1 3 14491 07 05 00 07 06 39 --- 01 56 16 40.8 32.7 -3.0 -117.1 90 F 1 15814 07 06 48 B0450+55.PT 01 56 25 41.2 31.7 -3.0 -118.9 3 1 3 15814 07 06 39 07 08 48 --- 01 58 25 41.4 31.5 -2.9 -119.4 120 F 1 17538 07 08 58 J0458+5508 01 58 35 41.1 32.5 -3.0 -117.8 3 1 4 17538 07 08 48 07 10 27 --- 02 00 05 41.3 32.4 -3.0 -118.2 90 R 1 16213 07 10 37 B0450+55.PT 02 00 15 41.6 31.3 -2.9 -119.9 3 1 4 16213 07 10 27 07 12 37 --- 02 02 15 41.9 31.1 -2.9 -120.4 120 R 1 14487 07 12 47 J0458+5508 02 02 25 41.6 32.2 -2.9 -118.8 3 1 4 14487 07 12 37 07 14 16 --- 02 03 55 41.8 32.0 -2.9 -119.2 90 R 1 13161 07 14 26 B0450+55.PT 02 04 05 42.1 30.9 -2.8 -120.9 3 1 4 13161 07 14 16 07 16 26 --- 02 06 05 42.3 30.7 -2.8 -121.5 120 R 1 11433 07 16 36 J0458+5508 02 06 14 42.0 31.8 -2.9 -119.8 3 1 4 11433 07 16 26 07 18 06 --- 02 07 44 42.2 31.7 -2.9 -120.2 90 R 1 10105 07 18 16 B0450+55.PT 02 07 54 42.6 30.6 -2.8 -122.0 3 1 4 10105 07 18 06 07 20 15 --- 02 09 54 42.8 30.4 -2.7 -122.5 120 R 1 8375 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 5 No description given. 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 9 Dec 2002 Day 343 --- 07 20 25 J0458+5508 02 10 04 42.5 31.4 -2.8 -120.8 3 1 4 8375 07 20 15 07 21 55 --- 02 11 34 42.7 31.3 -2.8 -121.2 90 R 1 7046 07 22 05 B0450+55.PT 02 11 45 43.0 30.2 -2.7 -123.0 3 1 4 7046 07 21 55 07 24 05 --- 02 13 45 43.3 29.9 -2.7 -123.6 120 R 1 5315 07 24 15 J0458+5508 02 13 55 43.0 31.0 -2.8 -121.9 3 1 4 5315 07 24 05 07 25 45 --- 02 15 25 43.2 30.9 -2.7 -122.3 90 R 1 3985 07 25 55 B0450+55.PT 02 15 35 43.5 29.7 -2.6 -124.1 3 1 4 3985 07 25 45 07 27 54 --- 02 17 35 43.7 29.5 -2.6 -124.7 120 R 1 2253 07 28 04 J0458+5508 02 17 45 43.4 30.6 -2.7 -122.9 3 1 4 2253 07 27 54 07 29 34 --- 02 19 15 43.6 30.5 -2.7 -123.4 90 R 1 923 07 29 44 B0450+55.PT 02 19 25 43.9 29.3 -2.6 -125.2 3 1 5 923 07 29 34 07 31 44 --- 02 21 25 44.2 29.1 -2.5 -125.8 120 F 1 809 07 31 54 J0458+5508 02 21 35 43.9 30.2 -2.6 -124.0 3 1 5 809 07 31 44 07 33 24 --- 02 23 05 44.1 30.1 -2.6 -124.4 90 F 1 2139 07 33 34 B0450+55.PT 02 23 15 44.4 28.9 -2.5 -126.3 3 1 5 2139 07 33 24 07 35 34 --- 02 25 15 44.6 28.6 -2.5 -126.9 120 F 1 3870 07 35 44 J0458+5508 02 25 25 44.4 29.8 -2.6 -125.1 3 1 5 3870 07 35 34 07 37 13 --- 02 26 55 44.5 29.6 -2.5 -125.5 90 F 1 5199 07 37 23 B0450+55.PT 02 27 05 44.8 28.4 -2.5 -127.4 3 1 5 5199 07 37 13 07 39 23 --- 02 29 05 45.0 28.2 -2.4 -128.0 120 F 1 6929 07 39 33 J0458+5508 02 29 15 44.8 29.3 -2.5 -126.2 3 1 5 6929 07 39 23 07 41 03 --- 02 30 45 45.0 29.2 -2.5 -126.6 90 F 1 8256 07 41 13 B0450+55.PT 02 30 55 45.2 28.0 -2.4 -128.5 3 1 5 8256 07 41 03 07 43 12 --- 02 32 55 45.4 27.7 -2.4 -129.1 120 F 1 9983 07 43 22 J0458+5508 02 33 05 45.2 28.9 -2.4 -127.3 3 1 5 9983 07 43 12 07 44 51 --- 02 34 35 45.4 28.7 -2.4 -127.8 90 F 1 11307 07 45 01 B0450+55.PT 02 34 44 45.6 27.5 -2.3 -129.7 3 1 5 11307 07 44 51 07 47 01 --- 02 36 44 45.9 27.2 -2.3 -130.3 120 F 1 13032 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 6 No description given. 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 9 Dec 2002 Day 343 --- 07 47 10 J0458+5508 02 36 54 45.7 28.4 -2.4 -128.4 2 1 5 13032 07 47 01 07 48 40 --- 02 38 24 45.8 28.2 -2.3 -128.9 90 F 1 14353 07 48 49 B0450+55.PT 02 38 33 46.0 27.0 -2.3 -130.8 3 1 5 14353 07 48 40 07 50 49 --- 02 40 33 46.3 26.7 -2.2 -131.4 120 F 1 16073 07 50 58 J0458+5508 02 40 42 46.1 27.9 -2.3 -129.6 2 1 5 16073 07 50 49 07 52 28 --- 02 42 12 46.3 27.7 -2.3 -130.0 90 F 1 17390 07 52 51 J0419+5722 02 42 35 48.4 19.5 -1.6 -144.4 11 1 6 17390 07 52 28 07 54 20 --- 02 44 05 48.5 19.2 -1.6 -144.9 90 R 1 15888 07 55 28 J0536+5038 02 45 13 44.4 37.1 -2.9 -116.5 49 1 6 15888 07 55 18 07 56 57 --- 02 46 43 44.6 37.0 -2.8 -116.9 90 R 1 14558 07 57 48 J0449+6332 02 47 33 41.6 17.6 -2.0 -140.2 31 1 6 14558 07 57 38 07 59 17 --- 02 49 03 41.7 17.5 -2.0 -140.7 90 R 1 13228 07 59 43 J0339+6008 02 49 29 48.7 9.4 -0.8 -162.1 6 1 6 13228 07 59 17 08 01 13 --- 02 50 59 48.7 9.1 -0.8 -162.6 90 R 1 11682 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: v18cm-256-8-2-psrvlb.set Matches group v20cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA 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 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= 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 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 L L L L IF = A C A C A C A C VLBA FE= 20cm omit 20cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.4 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1409.99 1409.99 1503.99 1503.99 1589.99 1589.99 1679.99 1679.99 BBC fr= 990.01 990.01 896.01 896.01 810.01 810.01 720.01 720.01 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 = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_auto SOURCE LIST -- No description given. 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). Source Source position (RA/Dec) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * B0450+55.PT 04 49 56.767557 * 04 54 03.910641 04 54 19.224231 55 35 20.56774 * 55 40 13.42405 55 40 33.57269 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0458+5508 04 54 48.927961 * 04 58 54.839931 04 59 10.065933 55 04 09.57769 * 55 08 42.05712 55 09 00.80142 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0419+5722 04 15 11.815305 * 04 19 19.412994 04 19 34.764888 57 15 45.79342 * 57 22 59.98547 57 23 29.99353 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0536+5038 05 32 25.601546 * 05 36 20.231903 05 36 34.658723 50 36 34.52752 * 50 38 26.25156 50 38 34.11520 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0449+6332 04 44 42.365059 * 04 49 23.310587 04 49 41.012806 63 26 55.93346 * 63 32 09.43449 63 32 30.86701 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0339+6008 03 35 01.461776 * 03 39 09.392943 03 39 24.763993 59 59 11.99839 * 60 08 56.97440 60 09 37.68925 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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) B0450+55.PT 147.1 J0458+5508 147.6 J0419+5722 144.5 J0536+5038 151.4 J0449+6332 139.2 J0339+6008 139.8 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