SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: BP116 COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: bp116: the HSA for high T_b Exp. Code: BP116 Start Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: NRAO internal release of 4 October 2004 PI: Glenn Piner Address: Whittier College Dept. Physics and Astronomy 13406 E. Philadelphia St Whittier CA 90608 Phone: 562-464-4556 EMAIL: gpiner@whittier.edu Fax: 562-464-4514 Phone during observation: 562-464-4556 Observing mode: 256 Mbps Notes: Targets : 1637+574, 1642+690, 0133+476 Calibrators = CSOs: J1545+4751, J1815+6127, J0111+3906 Fringe finders : J1740+5211, J1849+6705, J0154+4743 No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): SOCORRO Correlator average time (2 sec): 2.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Spectral channels per baseband (16): 32 Number of antennas to be correlated: 12 Polarization (ON): OFF Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): EXABYTE Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Glenn Piner Whittier College, Dept. Physics and Astronomy 13406 E. Philadelphia St Whittier CA 90608 Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 6.00 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 5.27 hours. Total time in recording scans: 5.27 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 389.60 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 79.9 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 1436.2 Mbytes NOTE: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z EB_VLBA Eb 50.52483 -6.88361 417. 4033947.48 486990.52 4900430.82 GBT_VLBA Gb 38.43313 79.83984 824. 882589.64 -4924872.32 3943729.36 VLBA_SC Sc 17.75658 64.58363 -15. 2607848.52 -5488069.69 1932739.54 VLBA_HN Hn 42.93361 71.98658 296. 1446375.12 -4447939.65 4322306.12 VLBA_NL Nl 41.77142 91.57414 222. -130872.25 -4762317.11 4226851.04 VLBA_FD Fd 30.63503 103.94482 1606. -1324009.13 -5332181.96 3231962.47 VLBA_LA La 35.77512 106.24560 1962. -1449752.36 -4975298.59 3709123.93 VLBA_PT Pt 34.30102 108.11919 2365. -1640953.71 -5014816.02 3575411.88 VLBA_KP Kp 31.95630 111.61242 1902. -1995678.63 -5037317.71 3357328.13 VLBA_OV Ov 37.23165 118.27705 1196. -2409150.11 -4478573.23 3838617.40 VLBA_BR Br 48.13122 119.68328 251. -2112064.98 -3705356.52 4726813.80 VLBA_MK Mk 19.80138 155.45550 3763. -5464074.96 -2495249.12 2148296.84 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Eb 0 6335 6822 5602 6734 8084 7831 8014 8321 8203 7441 10328 Gb 6335 0 2708 829 1064 2354 2344 2551 2939 3323 3326 7028 Sc 6822 2708 0 2853 3645 4143 4458 4579 4839 5460 5767 8611 Hn 5602 829 2853 0 1611 3105 3006 3226 3623 3885 3657 7502 Nl 6734 1064 3645 1611 0 1654 1432 1663 2075 2328 2300 6156 Fd 8084 2354 4143 3105 1654 0 608 564 744 1508 2345 5134 La 7831 2344 4458 3006 1432 608 0 236 652 1088 1757 4970 Pt 8014 2551 4579 3226 1663 564 236 0 417 973 1806 4795 Kp 8321 2939 4839 3623 2075 744 652 417 0 845 1913 4466 Ov 8203 3323 5460 3885 2328 1508 1088 973 845 0 1214 4015 Br 7441 3326 5767 3657 2300 2345 1757 1806 1913 1214 0 4398 Mk 10328 7028 8611 7502 6156 5134 4970 4795 4466 4015 4398 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: TAPES - Stations potentially recording on tape. (See setup details later for times per pass.) Station Drives Head pos Tape len Density Start position Auto Auto Recorder (ft) Driv Head indx Aloc Reverse EB_VLBA 1 14 17600 High 1 1 No No VLBA GBT_VLBA 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_SC 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_HN 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_NL 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_FD 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_LA 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_PT 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_KP 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_OV 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_BR 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA_MK 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 40 Number of scans scheduled: 40 Number of stations: 12 Number of sources input: 9 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Tape hours Tapes Passes Readbacks EB_VLBA VLBA 37 5.13 5.13 1 14 7 GBT_VLBA VLBA 39 5.25 5.25 2 15 6 VLBA_SC VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_HN VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_NL VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_FD VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_LA VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_PT VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_KP VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_OV VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_BR VLBA 40 5.27 5.27 2 15 5 VLBA_MK VLBA 30 3.61 3.61 1 10 5 Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Setup file: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set Matches group eb_6cm in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat 6cm secondary focus. Setup group: 1 Station: EB_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= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = C C C C C C C C The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4960.49 4968.49 4976.49 4984.49 4992.49 5000.49 5008.49 5016.49 BBC fr= 860.49 868.49 876.49 884.49 892.49 900.49 908.49 916.49 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 Setup file: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set Matches group gbt6cm in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LO1=7.850, LO2=12.75, LO3=10.5 Setup group: 2 Station: GBT_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= 5600.00 5600.00 5600.00 5600.00 5600.00 5600.00 5600.00 5600.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= L L L L L L L L IF = C C C C C C C C The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 2 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4960.49 4968.49 4976.49 4984.49 4992.49 5000.49 5008.49 5016.49 BBC fr= 639.51 631.51 623.51 615.51 607.51 599.51 591.51 583.51 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 Setup file: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2-L.set Matches group v6cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 3 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= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= U U U U U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BBC SB= U U U U U U U U IF = C C C C C C C C VLBA FE= 6cm omit 6cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 4.1 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4960.49 4968.49 4976.49 4984.49 4992.49 5000.49 5008.49 5016.49 BBC fr= 860.49 868.49 876.49 884.49 892.49 900.49 908.49 916.49 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 SUMMARY for experiment BP116 bp116: the HSA for high T_b Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 362 17:00:00 J1545+4751 - 20 63 39 60 72 71 76 75 74 79 87 47 362 17:04:00 cm-256-8-2-L - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 362 17:05:10 1637+574 - 32 66 41 66 73 63 68 67 64 68 77 37 362 17:14:10 - - -1 -7 54 49 37 47 42 45 45 41 27 42 362 17:15:10 1642+690 - 39 57 33 59 62 52 57 55 53 57 68 32 362 17:24:10 - - 4 -1 40 40 34 31 31 31 31 33 35 43 362 17:26:10 J1545+4751 - 18 58 35 55 68 68 73 73 72 79 89 51 362 17:29:10 - - 14 18 96 87 79 81 81 79 75 71 -51 78 362 17:30:20 1637+574 - 30 63 38 62 71 63 68 67 65 69 79 40 362 17:39:50 - - -1 0 54 49 42 46 41 43 46 44 -21 41 362 17:40:50 1642+690 - 38 55 31 57 61 51 57 55 53 58 69 34 362 17:50:20 - - 3 -2 42 40 36 31 31 31 31 31 32 40 362 17:51:40 J1740+5211 - 30 71 46 70 78 68 73 71 68 70 76 36 362 17:54:40 - - -6 0 43 48 38 40 41 42 44 50 35 59 362 17:55:40 1637+574 - 28 60 35 59 68 62 68 66 64 70 81 43 362 18:05:10 - - -1 -1 33 34 34 40 36 37 38 33 19 42 362 18:06:10 1642+690 - 36 53 29 55 60 51 56 55 53 58 69 36 362 18:15:40 - - 1 -3 44 40 39 33 33 32 31 31 31 38 362 18:17:00 J1740+5211 - 27 67 43 66 76 68 74 72 69 73 80 40 362 18:20:00 - - -2 5 45 51 40 38 39 39 41 45 34 59 362 18:21:10 1637+574 - 26 57 32 56 65 60 66 65 64 70 81 45 362 18:30:40 - - 10 9 43 45 43 48 49 50 49 43 19 54 362 18:31:40 1642+690 - 35 51 27 53 58 50 55 54 52 58 69 37 362 18:41:10 - - -1 -3 46 41 40 35 34 34 33 31 32 36 362 18:43:10 J1815+6127 - 35 63 38 64 69 59 64 63 60 64 74 35 362 18:46:10 - - 50 54 90 91 91 95 96 96 98 100 90 104 362 18:47:20 1637+574 - 24 53 29 52 62 58 64 63 62 69 79 48 362 18:56:50 - - 5 9 45 41 46 47 44 45 46 43 27 39 362 18:58:00 1642+690 - 33 49 25 51 56 49 54 53 51 58 69 39 362 19:07:30 - - 7 8 56 52 50 47 47 46 44 43 44 44 362 19:09:30 J1740+5211 - 22 60 36 58 69 66 71 71 69 75 86 47 362 19:12:30 - - 45 47 91 96 87 79 79 78 78 79 79 98 SUMMARY for experiment BP116 bp116: the HSA for high T_b Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 362 19:13:30 1637+574 - 22 50 25 49 58 56 61 61 60 67 77 50 362 19:23:00 cm-256-8-2-L - 0 2 34 37 34 34 34 34 36 38 27 44 362 19:24:10 1642+690 - 32 47 23 48 54 47 53 52 50 57 67 40 362 19:33:40 - - 6 9 56 52 51 49 50 48 47 45 46 43 362 19:34:50 J1849+6705 - 37 57 33 59 63 53 59 57 55 60 70 34 362 19:37:50 - - 6 7 41 41 44 50 51 52 52 50 43 52 362 19:39:20 1637+574 - 21 46 22 45 55 53 58 58 57 65 74 51 362 19:48:50 - - 3 19 61 57 63 64 61 62 63 59 44 50 362 19:50:00 1642+690 - 31 45 20 46 52 46 51 50 49 55 66 40 362 19:59:30 - - 5 11 56 53 51 52 52 51 49 48 45 42 362 20:00:20 1637+574 - --- 43 19 42 52 50 55 55 55 62 71 52 362 20:06:30 - - --- -9 36 34 32 33 32 33 31 29 25 21 362 20:07:30 J1849+6705 - 35 55 31 56 61 53 58 57 55 60 71 37 362 20:10:30 - - 417 -7 29 25 34 35 33 33 34 30 17 23 362 20:12:30 1637+574 - 19 42 17 41 50 49 54 54 53 61 70 52 362 20:22:00 - - 37 51 87 84 92 95 93 93 93 89 77 83 362 20:23:10 1642+690 - 30 42 17 43 49 43 49 48 47 53 64 41 362 20:32:40 - - 3 12 56 54 52 54 53 53 53 51 46 41 362 20:33:50 J1849+6705 - 34 53 28 54 60 52 57 56 54 60 71 38 362 20:36:50 - - 4 5 40 41 41 45 45 46 47 49 48 54 362 20:38:50 1637+574 - 19 38 14 38 47 45 50 50 50 58 66 52 362 20:48:20 - - 40 47 85 82 89 97 95 95 95 91 81 86 362 20:49:30 1642+690 - 30 39 15 41 47 41 46 46 45 52 62 41 362 20:59:00 - - 3 14 56 55 53 54 53 53 54 52 47 41 362 21:00:05 J1849+6705 - 32 50 26 51 57 51 56 55 53 59 70 40 362 21:03:05 - - -1 0 36 36 36 38 38 39 40 42 40 49 362 21:04:10 1642+690 - 30 38 14 39 45 40 45 44 43 50 61 41 362 21:13:40 - - -2 -1 35 36 35 38 38 38 39 41 40 49 362 21:15:20 J0111+3906 - --- --- 58 64 49 36 37 35 31 29 33 --- 362 21:16:40 - - --- --- 3 18 25 37 34 36 38 38 30 --- 362 21:16:40 J0111+3906 - --- 58 58 64 50 36 37 35 31 29 33 --- 362 21:17:40 - - --- -22 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 --- SUMMARY for experiment BP116 bp116: the HSA for high T_b Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 362 21:18:30 0133+476 - 65 54 50 62 48 34 36 33 30 29 35 --- 362 21:28:00 cm-256-8-2-L - 33 -10 26 30 34 36 36 36 37 37 36 --- 362 21:28:35 J0154+4743 - 66 53 49 60 47 33 34 32 28 28 34 --- 362 21:32:35 - - 3 -1 25 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 --- 362 21:33:10 0133+476 - 62 57 52 64 51 36 38 36 32 31 37 --- 362 21:51:10 - - 2 -1 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 --- 362 21:51:45 J0154+4743 - 62 57 52 64 51 36 38 36 32 31 37 --- 362 21:54:45 - - 3 -1 25 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 --- 362 21:55:20 0133+476 - 59 61 54 68 54 40 42 39 36 35 40 --- 362 22:14:20 - - 2 -1 25 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 --- 362 22:14:55 0133+476 - 56 64 56 71 58 43 45 43 39 38 43 --- 362 22:33:55 - - 22 12 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 --- 362 22:34:30 J0154+4743 - 56 64 57 72 58 44 45 43 39 38 43 --- 362 22:37:30 - - 3 0 26 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 --- 362 22:38:00 0133+476 - 53 68t 58t 75t 62t 47t 49t 47t 43t 42t 46t --- 362 23:00:00 - - -2 -6t 21t 18t 18t 18t 18t 18t 18t 18t 18t --- SUMMARY for experiment BP116 bp116: the HSA for high T_b Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. Bottom item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 362 17:00:00 J1545+4751 - 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 362 17:04:00 cm-256-8-2-L - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 362 17:05:10 1637+574 - 539 533 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 362 17:14:10 - - 71 77 16 21 33 23 28 25 25 29 43 28 362 17:15:10 1642+690 - 540 539 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 540 362 17:24:10 - - 56 61 20 20 26 29 29 29 29 27 25 17 362 17:26:10 J1545+4751 - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 129 180 362 17:29:10 - - 106 102 24 33 41 39 39 41 45 49 171 42 362 17:30:20 1637+574 - 569 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 549 570 362 17:39:50 - - 71 70 16 21 28 24 29 27 24 26 91 29 362 17:40:50 1642+690 - 570 568 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 17:50:20 - - 57 62 18 20 24 29 29 29 29 29 28 20 362 17:51:40 J1740+5211 - 174 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 17:54:40 - - 86 80 37 32 42 40 39 38 36 30 45 21 362 17:55:40 1637+574 - 569 569 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 18:05:10 - - 61 61 27 26 26 20 24 23 22 27 41 18 362 18:06:10 1642+690 - 570 567 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 18:15:40 - - 59 63 16 20 21 27 27 28 29 29 29 22 362 18:17:00 J1740+5211 - 178 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 18:20:00 - - 82 75 35 29 40 42 41 41 39 35 46 21 362 18:21:10 1637+574 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 18:30:40 - - 60 61 27 25 27 22 21 20 21 27 51 16 362 18:31:40 1642+690 - 569 567 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 18:41:10 - - 61 63 14 19 20 25 26 26 27 29 28 24 362 18:43:10 J1815+6127 - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 18:46:10 - - 70 66 30 29 29 25 24 24 22 20 30 16 362 18:47:20 1637+574 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 18:56:50 - - 65 61 25 29 24 23 26 25 24 27 43 31 362 18:58:00 1642+690 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 19:07:30 - - 63 62 14 18 20 23 23 24 26 27 26 26 362 19:09:30 J1740+5211 - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 19:12:30 - - 75 73 29 24 33 41 41 42 42 41 41 22 SUMMARY for experiment BP116 bp116: the HSA for high T_b Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. Bottom item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 362 19:13:30 1637+574 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 19:23:00 cm-256-8-2-L - 60 58 26 23 26 26 26 26 24 22 33 16 362 19:24:10 1642+690 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 19:33:40 - - 64 61 14 18 19 21 20 22 23 25 24 27 362 19:34:50 J1849+6705 - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 19:37:50 - - 64 63 29 29 26 20 19 18 18 20 27 18 362 19:39:20 1637+574 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 19:48:50 - - 87 71 29 33 27 26 29 28 27 31 46 40 362 19:50:00 1642+690 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 19:59:30 - - 65 59 14 17 19 18 18 19 21 22 25 28 362 20:00:20 1637+574 - --- 361 370 370 370 370 370 370 370 370 370 370 362 20:06:30 - - --- 59 14 16 18 17 18 17 19 21 25 29 362 20:07:30 J1849+6705 - 180 173 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 20:10:30 - - 63 67 31 35 26 25 27 27 26 30 43 37 362 20:12:30 1637+574 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 20:22:00 - - 83 69 33 36 28 25 27 27 27 31 43 37 362 20:23:10 1642+690 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 20:32:40 - - 67 58 14 16 18 16 17 17 17 19 24 29 362 20:33:50 J1849+6705 - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 20:36:50 - - 66 65 30 29 29 25 25 24 23 21 22 16 362 20:38:50 1637+574 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 20:48:20 - - 80 73 35 38 31 23 25 25 25 29 39 34 362 20:49:30 1642+690 - 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 20:59:00 - - 67 56 14 15 17 16 17 17 16 18 23 29 362 21:00:05 J1849+6705 - 179 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 362 21:03:05 - - 66 65 29 29 29 27 27 26 25 23 25 16 362 21:04:10 1642+690 - 568 569 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 362 21:13:40 - - 67 66 30 29 30 27 27 27 26 24 25 16 362 21:15:20 J0111+3906 - --- --- 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 --- 362 21:16:40 - - --- --- 97 82 75 63 66 64 62 62 70 --- 362 21:16:40 J0111+3906 - --- 38 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 --- 362 21:17:40 - - --- 202 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 --- SUMMARY for experiment BP116 bp116: the HSA for high T_b Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. Bottom item is: Slew time in seconds from previous source. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 362 is Mon 27 Dec 2004 MJD 53366 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Eb Gb Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 362 21:18:30 0133+476 - 570 560 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 570 --- 362 21:28:00 cm-256-8-2-L - 257 60 24 20 16 14 14 14 13 13 14 --- 362 21:28:35 J0154+4743 - 240 239 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 --- 362 21:32:35 - - 32 36 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 --- 362 21:33:10 0133+476 - 1080 1079 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 --- 362 21:51:10 - - 33 36 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 --- 362 21:51:45 J0154+4743 - 180 179 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 --- 362 21:54:45 - - 32 36 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 --- 362 21:55:20 0133+476 - 1140 1139 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 --- 362 22:14:20 - - 33 36 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 --- 362 22:14:55 0133+476 - 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 1140 --- 362 22:33:55 - - 13 23 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 --- 362 22:34:30 J0154+4743 - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 --- 362 22:37:30 - - 32 35 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 --- 362 22:38:00 0133+476 - 1318 1314t1320t1320t1320t1320t1320t1320t1320t1320t1320t --- 362 23:00:00 - - 32 36t 9t 12t 12t 12t 12t 12t 12t 12t 12t --- Automatic tape allocation requested for sites using VLBA control files and having 2 or more drives. SCHED cannot predict tape changes. Number of tapes used at each autoaloc station: Station Tapes GBT_VLBA 1.02 VLBA_SC 1.03 VLBA_HN 1.03 VLBA_NL 1.03 VLBA_FD 1.03 VLBA_LA 1.03 VLBA_PT 1.03 VLBA_KP 1.03 VLBA_OV 1.03 VLBA_BR 1.03 VLBA_MK 0.70 ESTIMATED TAPE TIMES (With autoallocation): Times are approximate and assume project starts at the beginning of a tape. Times can be affected by actual tape length. Tape change may occur during scan preceeding indicated time. Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) GBT_VLBA 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 GBT_VLBA 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_SC 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_SC 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_HN 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_HN 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_NL 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_NL 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_FD 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_FD 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_LA 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_LA 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_PT 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_PT 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_KP 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_KP 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_OV 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_OV 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_BR 362 17:00:00 362 22:37:30 VLBA_BR 362 22:38:00 362 23:00:00 VLBA_MK 362 17:00:00 362 21:13:40 TAPE TIMES (Without autoallocation): Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) EB_VLBA 362 17:00:00 362 23:00:00 SOURCE LIST -- bp116: the HSA for high T_b 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) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * J0111+3906 01 08 47.254786 * 01 11 37.316982 01 11 53.803708 0108+388 38 50 32.81467 * 39 06 28.10430 39 08 14.74606 J0111+39 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 0.039 scan hours, 1.455 baseline hours above horizon. J0136+4751 01 33 55.103066 * 01 36 58.594811 01 37 16.565244 * 0133+476 47 36 12.85367 * 47 51 29.10006 47 53 14.53825 J0136+47 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 1.458 scan hours, 80.151 baseline hours above horizon. * J0154+4743 01 51 47.798764 * 01 54 56.289875 01 55 14.916082 0151+474 47 28 44.75274 * 47 43 26.53914 47 45 08.64203 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 0.167 scan hours, 9.161 baseline hours above horizon. * J1545+4751 15 43 36.198157 * 15 45 08.529822 15 45 16.168014 1543+480 48 01 13.49950 * 47 51 54.66442 47 50 44.29716 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 0.117 scan hours, 7.545 baseline hours above horizon. J1638+5720 16 37 17.425178 * 16 38 13.456293 16 38 16.846440 * 1637+574 57 26 15.76147 * 57 20 23.97918 57 19 34.96202 J1638+57 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 1.519 scan hours, 99.035 baseline hours above horizon. J1642+6856 16 42 18.064884 * 16 42 07.848514 16 42 03.834978 * 1642+690 69 02 13.21712 * 68 56 39.75640 68 55 51.84246 J1642+68 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 1.575 scan hours, 103.912 baseline hours above horizon. * J1740+5211 17 39 29.003555 * 17 40 36.977852 17 40 41.379766 1739+522 52 13 10.43856 * 52 11 43.40750 52 11 24.27341 J1740+52 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 0.150 scan hours, 9.875 baseline hours above horizon. * J1815+6127 18 15 05.464518 * 18 15 36.792027 18 15 36.848923 1815+614 61 26 04.51486 * 61 27 11.64786 61 27 09.83114 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 0.050 scan hours, 3.300 baseline hours above horizon. * J1849+6705 18 49 16.505887 * 18 49 16.072300 18 49 12.207999 1849+670 67 02 07.88019 * 67 05 41.67993 67 05 56.94263 J1849+67 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 0.200 scan hours, 13.173 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) J0111+3906 112.7 0133+476 118.5 J0154+4743 121.5 J1545+4751 80.0 1637+574 83.8 1642+690 94.2 J1740+5211 76.2 J1815+6127 84.8 J1849+6705 90.5 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 Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. J0111+3906 0133+476 9.8778 J0111+3906 J0154+4743 11.6454 0133+476 J0154+4743 3.0196 J1545+4751 1637+574 12.3948 J1545+4751 1642+690 22.2297 J1545+4751 J1740+5211 18.9072 J1545+4751 J1815+6127 25.1279 1637+574 1642+690 11.6122 1637+574 J1740+5211 10.3305 1637+574 J1815+6127 12.9696 1637+574 J1849+6705 17.7993 1642+690 J1740+5211 18.1130 1642+690 J1815+6127 12.2098 1642+690 J1849+6705 11.8998 J1740+5211 J1815+6127 10.4018 J1740+5211 J1849+6705 17.1075 J1815+6127 J1849+6705 6.7080 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'J0111+3906' ra = 01h11m37.316982s dec = 39d06'28.10430" name = '0133+476' ra = 01h36m58.594811s dec = 47d51'29.10006" name = 'J0154+4743' ra = 01h54m56.289875s dec = 47d43'26.53914" name = 'J1545+4751' ra = 15h45m08.529822s dec = 47d51'54.66442" name = '1637+574' ra = 16h38m13.456293s dec = 57d20'23.97918" name = '1642+690' ra = 16h42m07.848514s dec = 68d56'39.75640" name = 'J1740+5211' ra = 17h40m36.977852s dec = 52d11'43.40750" name = 'J1815+6127' ra = 18h15m36.792027s dec = 61d27'11.64786" name = 'J1849+6705' ra = 18h49m16.072300s dec = 67d05'41.67993" Catalog versions: Station Catalog: 2004Oct03-17:33:37 Frequency Catalog: 2004Oct03-17:33:37 Code versions: Release version: NRAO internal release of 4 October 2004 Version of sched code: 5.25 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.79 Version of plot code: 1.05 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0