! ! SCHED file created by Lincoln Greenhill ! ! BB184B: December 29 11-21UT, VLBA+GB NGC5728 via phase referencing ! Incl. two blocks of atmospheric delay calibrators obsd over a range of elv. ! ! 256 Mbps, 2 tapes/station. ! ! Line source: ! Strongest emission appears 2500-2715 2690-2905 (dual polz) 2880-3095 opt/LSR ! Use 4x16MHz bands (215 km/s each, 190 km/s separation). ! ! Scan layout: ! Phase reference calibrator: J1445-1629 (ICRF generic 0.2 Jy @ X flat spectrum) ! Delay calibrator: J1337-1257 (4 Jy at X flat spectrum / 16 deg sep ~ in RA) ! Bandpass calibrators:J1337-1257 ! NGC5728 Pointing : J1337-1257 (GB) ! ! 11 minutes is available every 50 min for GBT pointing. ! No VLBI scan is more than ~41m from the end of a pointing scan ! ! Cycle ! +0m 5.5m VLBI calibrator ! 1m slew ! +6.5m 50s 1709+431 ! 50s NGC5728 ! +50s J1445-1629 ! x19 repeat cycle ! +39m 11m GB pointing incl slews while ! VLBA continues cycle ! --------------------- ! +50m ! There are only two exception to this cycle, when observing the ! bandpass calibrator. ! Time on source for NGC5728 ~2.8h at VLBA stations. ! Time on source at GBT is difficult to estimate, but is likely ! down by about a factor of ~ two. In 2.8h, the VLBA can achieve ~6 mJy ! in a 62.5 kHz channel. Over 10 km/s, we may expect 1.6 mJy. Ideally, ! GBT/EB will reduce this by at least a factor of 4. Compensating for ! lower observing time on those baselines, I estimate the reduction will ! may be on the order of 2. Conservatively, we may anticipate 1 mJy noise. ! over 10 km/s per polz. ! overwrite !sumitem = EL1, AZ1 , EARLY, TAPE1 sumitem = EL1, EARLY, TAPE1, TAPE2 ! ! ================================================================= ! ====================== Cover Information ====================== ! ================================================================= ! EXPT = 'Mapping the accretion disk in the NGC5728 AGN ...' EXPCODE = 'BB184B' OBSTYPE = 'VLBA' PINAME = 'James A. Braatz' ADDRESS1 = 'NRAO/CV' ADDRESS2 = 'In case of trouble, also contact L. Greenhill' ADDRESS3 = ' (617 851 8918 cell)' PHONE = '434-296-0251' OBSPHONE = '434-296-0251' EMAIL = 'jbraatz@nrao.edu' obsmode = '256-4-2 1.3 cm' CORREL = 'Socorro' OBSTYPE = 'VLBA' NOTE1 = 'GBT pointing every roughly 50 minutes (11m).' NOTE2 = 'During 2 blocks of geodetic cals, no pointing for GBT.' NOTE3 = 'Tape spin starts at 11:10. GB pointing at 11:00.' VERSION = 1.0 ! ================================================================= ! ==================== Correlator Information =================== ! ================================================================= correl = "Socorro" coravg = 1.31072 corchan = 256 cornant = 11 corpol = "off" corwtfn = "uniform" corsrcs = "VLBA Database" cortape = "DAT" corship1 = "Jim Braatz" corship2 = "NRAO/CV" cornote1 = "NOTE: Two modes used, ~ 45m blocks of 256-8-2 appear in the" cornote2 = "middle and end of track. Please double check job scripts." cornote3 = "NOTE: Bands for 256-8-2 partly overlap bands used for recording" cornote4 = "256-4-2. Vivek has cautioned about possible correl confusion." ! ================================================================= ! ====================== Station Information ==================== ! ================================================================= stafile = "$SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat" ! ================================================================= ! ====================== Source Information ===================== ! ================================================================= srccat / source = 'NGC5728' ra = 14:42:23.874 ! Braatz 12/05 dec =-17:15:10.996 ! epoch = 'J2000' calcode = ' ' vref = 'L' vdef = 'O' velocity= 2608, 2798, 2798, 2988 / ! Geodesy calibrators source='J0019+7327' ra=00:19:45.786427 dec= 73:27:30.01745 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J0530+1331' ra=05:30:56.416744 dec= 13:31:55.14955 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J0700+1709' ra=07:00:01.525538 dec= 17:09:21.70154 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J0730-1141' ra=07:30:19.112472 dec=-11:41:12.60048 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J0808+4052' ra=08:08:56.652038 dec= 40:52:44.88889 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J0825+0309' ra=08:25:50.338355 dec= 03:09:24.52014 epoch='J2000' / source='J1048+7143' ra=10:48:27.619917 dec= 71:43:35.93828 epoch='J2000' / source='J1153+8058' ra=11:53:12.499130 dec= 80:58:29.15451 epoch='J2000' / source='J1302+5748' ra=13:02:52.465282 dec= 57:48:37.60942 epoch='J2000' / source='J1354-0206' ra=13:54:06.895319 dec=-02:06:03.19051 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J1222+0413' ra=12:22:22.549618 dec= 04:13:15.77630 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J1127-1857' ra=11:27:04.392448 dec=-18:57:17.44166 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J1130+3815' ra=11:30:53.282612 dec= 38:15:18.54707 epoch='J2000' / SOURCE='J1550+0527' ra=15:50:35.269240 dec= 05:27:10.44823 epoch='J2000' / source='J0303+4716' ra=03:03:35.242226 dec= 47:16:16.27546 epoch='J2000' / source='J0726+7911' ra=07:26:11.735177 dec= 79:11:31.01624 epoch='J2000' / source='J0958+6533' ra=09:58:47.245101 dec= 65:33:54.81806 epoch='J2000' / source='J1048+7143' ra=10:48:27.619917 dec= 71:43:35.93828 epoch='J2000' / source='J1153+8058' ra=11:53:12.499130 dec= 80:58:29.15451 epoch='J2000' / source='J1302+5748' ra=13:02:52.465282 dec= 57:48:37.60942 epoch='J2000' / source='J1357+7643' ra=13:57:55.371519 dec= 76:43:21.05111 epoch='J2000' / source='J1557-0001' ra=15:57:51.433973 dec=-00:01:50.41371 epoch='J2000' / source='J1638+5720' ra=16:38:13.456293 dec= 57:20:23.97918 epoch='J2000' / source='J1640+3946' ra=16:40:29.632771 dec= 39:46:46.02854 epoch='J2000' / source='J1743-0350' ra=17:43:58.856137 dec=-03:50:04.61668 epoch='J2000' / source='J1751+0939' ra=17:51:32.818573 dec= 09:39:00.72851 epoch='J2000' / source='J2148+0657' ra=21:48:05.458679 dec= 06:57:38.60422 epoch='J2000' / source='J0121+1149' ra=01:21:41.595043 dec= 11:49:50.41313 epoch='J2000' / ! setup based on Braatz 12/2005 spectrum. ! double-up systemic band because emission is weaker than in the hv bands ! Velocities are LSR/optical, based on Braatz GBT spectra. endcat / srcfile = "$SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba" ! ================================================================= ! ========================== Setup File ========================== ! ================================================================= !freqfile = ./freq.bb184b.dat setinit = atmos.set / nchan = 8 bits = 2 bbfilter = 8.0 bbc = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 netside = U, U, U, U, U, U, U, U firstlo = 21500 freqref = 22000.49 freqoff = 0, 28, 168, 266, 350, 420, 462, 476 pol = lcp pcal = '1MHz' / endset / setinit = bb184b.set / ! ! Mode 256-4-2 ! ! N.B. Antecdotal advice from Vivek(?) via Mark Reid is to have the line ! basebands positioned inbetween the atmos.set basebands to avoid ! "confusion" by the correlator. This has not bee feasible. A warning ! is included in the cornotes. ! nchan = 4 bits = 2 bbfilter = 16.0 bbc = 1, 2, 3, 4 netside = U, U, U, U ifchan = L, L, R, L freqref = 22013, 22029, 22029, 22045 firstlo = 21500.00 fe(2) = '1cm' fe(4) = '1cm' pcal='off' station = 'VLBA' rchan = B lchan = D / !GBT setup firstlo=21500.00 station = 'GBT_VLBA' rchan = A lchan = C / endset / ! ================================================================= ! ========================== The Scans ========================== ! ================================================================= LINEINIT / LINESET='H2O' RESTFREQ=22235.08 / ENDLINES / ! LINENAME='H2O' ! Online 11:00 UT year=2005 day=363 autotap=2 start = 11:04:00 ! Begin first geodetic block STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA setup=atmos.set nodop DUR=180 SOURCE='J0019+7327' / SOURCE='J1153+8058' / SOURCE='J1048+7143' / SOURCE='J1302+5748' / SOURCE='J1354-0206' gap=00:03:00 / SOURCE='J1222+0413' gap=00:00:00 / SOURCE='J1127-1857' / SOURCE='J1130+3815' gap=00:02:00 / ! SOURCE='J0956+2515' gap=00:00:00 / SOURCE='J0808+4052' dur=240 gap=00:00:00 / SOURCE='J0825+0309' dur=180 gap=00:03:00 / SOURCE='J0700+1709' gap=00:00:00 / SOURCE='J0530+1331' / SOURCE='J0730-1141' / SOURCE='J1550+0527' / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba setup=bb184b.set DOPSRC = 'ngc5728' DOPPLER comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=11:55:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK setup=bb184b.set DOPSRC = 'ngc5728' DOPPLER source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=11:55:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=12:06:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=12:45:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=12:45:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=12:56:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=13:35:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=13:35:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=13:46:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=14:25:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=14:25:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=530 start=14:36:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=8 source="J1439-1531" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / group=2 repeat=9 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=15:15:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=15:15:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=15:26:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=16:05:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=16:05:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=16:16:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=8 source="J1439-1531" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / group=2 repeat=11 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=16:55:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=16:55:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=17:06:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=17:45:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=17:45:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=17:56:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=18:35:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=18:35:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=18:46:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Conduct GB pointing while VLBA continues observing stations = gbt_vlba comment='GBT pointing scan.' source = 'J1337-1257' dur = 11:00 start=19:25:00 peak=1 norecord / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK source="J1445-1629" dur=50 start=19:25:00 nopeak record / group=2 repeat=6 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA source="J1337-1257" dur=330 start=19:36:00 nopeak record / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap =00:01:00 / group=2 repeat=19 source="ngc5728" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / source="J1445-1629" dur=50 gap = 00:00:00 / ! Begin second geodetic block STATIONS=VLBA_HN,VLBA_FD,VLBA_NL,VLBA_LA,VLBA_PT,VLBA_KP, VLBA_BR,VLBA_OV,VLBA_SC,VLBA_MK,GBT_VLBA setup=atmos.set nodop DUR=180 SOURCE='J0303+4716' dur=240 / SOURCE='J0726+7911' dur=180 / SOURCE='J0958+6533' / SOURCE='J1048+7143' dur=120 / SOURCE='J1153+8058' dur=180 / SOURCE='J1302+5748' / SOURCE='J1357+7643' / SOURCE='J1557-0001' / SOURCE='J1638+5720' / SOURCE='J1640+3946' / SOURCE='J1743-0350' dur=240 / SOURCE='J1751+0939' dur=180 / SOURCE='J2148+0657' dur=240 / SOURCE='J0121+1149' dur=240 / ! End of Track