COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Experiment: No description given. Exp. Code: bc120cr Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 18 Sept. 2003 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 13. Please try to observe within 2 weeks of this date. Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 6 Dec 2003 Day 340 --- 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 23 11 11 J2202+4216 20 13 45 70.0 96.8 -1.8 -63.6 0 1 1 0 23 11 01 23 16 30 --- 20 19 05 70.9 98.1 -1.7 -63.3 319 F 1 4388 23 20 32 B2154+40.PT 20 23 08 71.4 106.4 -1.6 -57.0 231 1 1 4388 23 20 22 23 22 32 --- 20 25 08 71.8 107.1 -1.5 -56.7 120 F 1 6117 23 23 00 J2202+4216 20 25 35 72.0 99.8 -1.6 -62.8 17 1 1 6117 23 22 32 23 24 29 --- 20 27 05 72.2 100.2 -1.6 -62.6 90 F 1 7681 23 24 55 B2154+40.PT 20 27 31 72.1 107.9 -1.5 -56.3 14 1 1 7681 23 24 29 23 26 54 --- 20 29 31 72.4 108.6 -1.5 -56.0 120 F 1 9615 23 27 18 J2202+4216 20 29 54 72.7 101.0 -1.5 -62.3 13 1 1 9615 23 26 54 23 28 48 --- 20 31 24 72.9 101.5 -1.5 -62.2 90 F 1 11126 23 29 10 B2154+40.PT 20 31 46 72.8 109.4 -1.4 -55.6 11 1 1 11126 23 28 48 23 31 09 --- 20 33 46 73.1 110.1 -1.4 -55.2 120 F 1 13016 23 31 30 J2202+4216 20 34 07 73.4 102.3 -1.5 -61.8 10 1 1 13016 23 31 09 23 33 00 --- 20 35 37 73.6 102.8 -1.5 -61.7 90 F 1 14491 23 33 20 B2154+40.PT 20 35 57 73.5 111.0 -1.4 -54.7 8 1 1 14491 23 33 00 23 35 20 --- 20 37 57 73.8 111.7 -1.3 -54.3 120 F 1 16351 23 35 38 J2202+4216 20 38 16 74.1 103.6 -1.4 -61.3 7 1 2 16351 23 35 20 23 37 08 --- 20 39 46 74.3 104.1 -1.4 -61.1 90 R 1 17401 23 37 26 B2154+40.PT 20 40 04 74.1 112.6 -1.3 -53.8 6 1 2 17401 23 37 08 23 39 26 --- 20 42 04 74.4 113.4 -1.3 -53.3 120 R 1 15564 23 39 43 J2202+4216 20 42 22 74.7 105.0 -1.3 -60.7 6 1 2 15564 23 39 26 23 41 13 --- 20 43 52 75.0 105.5 -1.3 -60.4 90 R 1 14135 23 41 30 B2154+40.PT 20 44 09 74.7 114.3 -1.2 -52.8 5 1 2 14135 23 41 13 23 43 30 --- 20 46 09 75.0 115.2 -1.2 -52.3 120 R 1 12316 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 6 Dec 2003 Day 340 --- 23 43 46 J2202+4216 20 46 25 75.4 106.4 -1.3 -60.0 4 1 2 12316 23 43 30 23 45 15 --- 20 47 55 75.6 107.0 -1.2 -59.7 90 R 1 10903 23 45 31 B2154+40.PT 20 48 11 75.3 116.1 -1.2 -51.7 4 1 2 10903 23 45 15 23 47 31 --- 20 50 11 75.6 117.1 -1.1 -51.1 120 R 1 9098 23 47 46 J2202+4216 20 50 26 76.0 107.9 -1.2 -59.2 3 1 2 9098 23 47 31 23 49 16 --- 20 51 56 76.3 108.5 -1.2 -58.8 90 R 1 7698 23 49 31 B2154+40.PT 20 52 11 75.9 118.1 -1.1 -50.5 2 1 2 7698 23 49 16 23 51 30 --- 20 54 11 76.2 119.1 -1.1 -49.8 120 R 1 5904 23 51 45 J2202+4216 20 54 25 76.6 109.5 -1.1 -58.3 2 1 2 5904 23 51 30 23 53 15 --- 20 55 55 76.9 110.2 -1.1 -57.9 90 R 1 4514 23 53 29 B2154+40.PT 20 56 09 76.5 120.1 -1.0 -49.1 1 1 2 4514 23 53 15 23 55 28 --- 20 58 09 76.8 121.2 -1.0 -48.4 120 R 1 2730 23 55 42 J2202+4216 20 58 23 77.3 111.3 -1.1 -57.2 1 1 2 2730 23 55 28 23 57 12 --- 20 59 53 77.5 112.0 -1.0 -56.8 90 R 1 1350 23 57 25 B2154+40.PT 21 00 07 77.1 122.3 -1.0 -47.6 1 1 3 1350 23 57 12 23 59 25 --- 21 02 07 77.4 123.5 -0.9 -46.8 120 F 1 426 --- Start: Sat 6 Dec 2003 Day 340 -- Stop: Sun 7 Dec 2003 Day 341 --- 23 59 38 J2202+4216 21 02 20 77.9 113.1 -1.0 -56.1 0 1 3 426 23 59 25 00 01 08 --- 21 03 50 78.1 113.9 -1.0 -55.6 90 F 1 1799 00 01 21 B2154+40.PT 21 04 03 77.6 124.7 -0.9 -46.0 0 1 3 1799 00 01 08 00 03 21 --- 21 06 03 77.9 125.9 -0.9 -45.1 120 F 1 3571 00 03 34 J2202+4216 21 06 17 78.5 115.2 -0.9 -54.8 0 1 3 3571 00 03 21 00 05 04 --- 21 07 47 78.7 116.0 -0.9 -54.2 90 F 1 4943 00 05 18 B2154+40.PT 21 08 01 78.2 127.2 -0.8 -44.1 1 1 3 4943 00 05 04 00 07 18 --- 21 10 01 78.4 128.6 -0.8 -43.1 120 F 1 6731 00 07 33 J2202+4216 21 10 16 79.1 117.4 -0.9 -53.2 1 1 3 6731 00 07 18 00 09 03 --- 21 11 46 79.3 118.3 -0.9 -52.6 90 F 1 8124 00 09 19 B2154+40.PT 21 12 02 78.7 130.0 -0.8 -42.0 2 1 3 8124 00 09 03 00 11 18 --- 21 14 02 78.9 131.5 -0.7 -40.9 120 F 1 9935 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 7 Dec 2003 Day 341 --- 00 11 35 J2202+4216 21 14 18 79.7 119.9 -0.8 -51.5 2 1 3 9935 00 11 18 00 13 04 --- 21 15 48 79.9 120.8 -0.8 -50.8 90 F 1 11348 00 13 22 B2154+40.PT 21 16 06 79.2 133.1 -0.7 -39.7 3 1 3 11348 00 13 04 00 15 21 --- 21 18 06 79.4 134.7 -0.7 -38.5 120 F 1 13174 00 15 38 J2202+4216 21 18 23 80.2 122.6 -0.7 -49.5 3 1 3 13174 00 15 21 00 17 08 --- 21 19 53 80.5 123.7 -0.7 -48.7 90 F 1 14598 00 17 26 B2154+40.PT 21 20 11 79.7 136.4 -0.6 -37.1 3 1 3 14598 00 17 08 00 19 26 --- 21 22 11 79.9 138.1 -0.6 -35.7 120 F 1 16432 00 19 43 J2202+4216 21 22 28 80.8 125.7 -0.7 -47.1 3 1 4 16432 00 19 26 00 21 13 --- 21 23 58 81.0 126.9 -0.6 -46.2 90 R 1 17339 00 21 31 B2154+40.PT 21 24 16 80.1 140.0 -0.6 -34.2 3 1 4 17339 00 21 13 00 23 30 --- 21 26 16 80.3 141.9 -0.5 -32.7 120 R 1 15504 00 23 48 J2202+4216 21 26 33 81.4 129.1 -0.6 -44.5 3 1 4 15504 00 23 30 00 25 18 --- 21 28 03 81.5 130.4 -0.6 -43.4 90 R 1 14075 00 25 35 B2154+40.PT 21 28 21 80.5 143.9 -0.5 -31.0 3 1 4 14075 00 25 18 00 27 35 --- 21 30 21 80.7 146.0 -0.5 -29.3 120 R 1 12243 00 27 52 J2202+4216 21 30 38 81.9 132.9 -0.5 -41.4 2 1 4 12243 00 27 35 00 29 22 --- 21 32 08 82.1 134.4 -0.5 -40.2 90 R 1 10819 00 29 39 B2154+40.PT 21 32 26 80.9 148.1 -0.4 -27.5 2 1 4 10819 00 29 22 00 31 39 --- 21 34 26 81.1 150.3 -0.4 -25.6 120 R 1 8993 00 31 55 J2202+4216 21 34 42 82.4 137.1 -0.5 -37.9 2 1 4 8993 00 31 39 00 33 25 --- 21 36 12 82.5 138.8 -0.4 -36.5 90 R 1 7574 00 33 42 B2154+40.PT 21 36 29 81.3 152.7 -0.3 -23.7 1 1 4 7574 00 33 25 00 35 41 --- 21 38 29 81.4 155.0 -0.3 -21.7 120 R 1 5756 00 35 58 J2202+4216 21 38 45 82.8 141.8 -0.4 -33.9 1 1 4 5756 00 35 41 00 37 27 --- 21 40 15 82.9 143.6 -0.4 -32.3 90 R 1 4344 00 37 43 B2154+40.PT 21 40 31 81.5 157.4 -0.3 -19.6 1 1 4 4344 00 37 27 00 39 43 --- 21 42 31 81.7 159.9 -0.2 -17.5 120 R 1 2534 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 7 Dec 2003 Day 341 --- 00 39 59 J2202+4216 21 42 47 83.2 147.0 -0.3 -29.5 1 1 4 2534 00 39 43 00 41 28 --- 21 44 17 83.3 149.0 -0.3 -27.7 90 R 1 1130 00 41 44 B2154+40.PT 21 44 33 81.8 162.5 -0.2 -15.2 1 1 5 1130 00 41 28 00 43 44 --- 21 46 33 81.9 165.1 -0.2 -13.0 120 F 1 673 00 43 59 J2202+4216 21 46 48 83.5 152.7 -0.3 -24.5 1 1 5 673 00 43 44 00 45 28 --- 21 48 18 83.6 154.9 -0.2 -22.5 90 F 1 2070 00 45 43 B2154+40.PT 21 48 33 81.9 167.7 -0.1 -10.7 0 1 5 2070 00 45 28 00 47 43 --- 21 50 33 82.0 170.4 -0.1 -8.3 120 F 1 3865 00 47 58 J2202+4216 21 50 47 83.8 158.9 -0.2 -19.0 1 1 5 3865 00 47 43 00 49 27 --- 21 52 17 83.9 161.3 -0.2 -16.8 90 F 1 5255 00 49 42 B2154+40.PT 21 52 32 82.1 173.2 -0.1 -6.0 1 1 5 5255 00 49 27 00 51 41 --- 21 54 32 82.1 175.9 0.0 -3.6 120 F 1 7043 00 51 57 J2202+4216 21 54 48 84.0 165.6 -0.1 -13.0 3 1 5 7043 00 51 41 00 53 27 --- 21 56 18 84.1 168.2 -0.1 -10.6 90 F 1 8451 00 53 45 B2154+40.PT 21 56 36 82.1 178.8 0.0 -1.1 5 1 5 8451 00 53 27 00 55 45 --- 21 58 36 82.1 181.6 0.0 1.4 120 F 1 10293 00 56 04 J2202+4216 21 58 55 84.1 172.9 -0.1 -6.4 7 1 5 10293 00 55 45 00 57 34 --- 22 00 25 84.2 175.6 0.0 -4.0 90 F 1 11744 00 57 55 B2154+40.PT 22 00 46 82.1 184.6 0.1 4.0 9 1 5 11744 00 57 34 00 59 55 --- 22 02 46 82.0 187.3 0.1 6.4 120 F 1 13622 01 00 16 J2202+4216 22 03 07 84.2 180.5 0.0 0.4 10 1 5 13622 00 59 55 01 01 45 --- 22 04 37 84.2 183.2 0.0 2.9 90 F 1 15097 01 02 08 B2154+40.PT 22 05 00 82.0 190.4 0.1 9.0 11 1 5 15097 01 01 45 01 04 07 --- 22 07 00 81.9 193.0 0.2 11.4 120 F 1 16989 01 04 29 J2202+4216 22 07 21 84.1 188.1 0.1 7.3 11 1 6 16989 01 04 07 01 05 59 --- 22 08 51 84.1 190.8 0.1 9.7 90 R 1 16728 01 06 21 B2154+40.PT 22 09 13 81.8 196.0 0.2 13.9 12 1 6 16728 01 05 59 01 08 20 --- 22 11 13 81.7 198.6 0.2 16.2 120 R 1 14837 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 7 Dec 2003 Day 341 --- 01 08 41 J2202+4216 22 11 35 84.0 195.5 0.1 14.0 11 1 6 14837 01 08 20 01 10 11 --- 22 13 05 83.9 198.1 0.2 16.2 90 R 1 13360 01 10 33 B2154+40.PT 22 13 26 81.6 201.3 0.3 18.5 11 1 6 13360 01 10 11 01 12 32 --- 22 15 26 81.5 203.8 0.3 20.6 120 R 1 11479 01 12 53 J2202+4216 22 15 46 83.7 202.5 0.2 20.2 10 1 6 11479 01 12 32 01 14 22 --- 22 17 16 83.6 204.8 0.2 22.3 90 R 1 10012 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) * B2154+40.PT 21 55 15.247507 * 21 57 20.124465 21 57 28.475529 39 58 33.55595 * 40 12 53.07371 40 14 07.76164 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J2202+4216 22 00 39.362511 * 22 02 43.291378 22 02 51.575406 42 02 08.59080 * 42 16 39.97994 42 17 56.21592 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) B2154+40.PT 94.6 J2202+4216 96.4 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