overwrite ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ======================== ! ========================================================== EXPT = 'The high z source B1335-0417 ' EXPCODE = 'bm238a' VERSION = 1 PINAME = 'E. Momjian' ADDRESS1 = 'NAIC, Arecibo Observatory' ADDRESS2 = 'HC 03 Box 53995' ADDRESS3 = 'Rt. 625, Bo Esperanza' ADDRESS4 = 'Arecibo, PR 00612, USA' PHONE = '787-878-2612 ext 251' FAX = '787-878-1861' EMAIL = 'emomjian@naic.edu' OBSMODE = '21cm 256-8-2' OBSTYPE = 'VLBA' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ======================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 16 cornant = 12 corpol = 'on' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'schedule' cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Emmanuel Momjian' corship2 = 'Arecibo Observatory' corship3 = 'Rt. 625, Bo Esperanza' corship4 = 'HC 03 Box 53995, Arecibo, PR 00612' ! ========================================================== ! ================= Source Catalog ============= ! ========================================================== SRCCAT / !Target Source SOURCE='B1335' RA= 13:38:03.4165 DEC= -04:32:35.030 EQUINOX='J2000' / !Phase Calibrator : 0.86 deg away, 360mJy; J1335-0511 SOURCE='J1335' RA= 13:35:56.476717 DEC=-05:11:41.65919 EQUINOX='J2000' / !PH_CAL check source; 1.6 deg, 360 mJy (3 times; once every 2 hrs);J1332-0509 SOURCE='J1332' RA= 13:32:04.464663 DEC=-05:09:43.30545 EQUINOX='J2000' / !Amp.Cal + VLA phase cal + BP_cal; 4.7 deg, 800 mJy (once every hour);J1354-0206 SOURCE='J1354' RA= 13:54:06.895319 DEC=-02:06:03.1905 EQUINOX = 'J2000' / !FRING FINDER (40 Jy) (2 times in the run) !SOURCE='3C273' RA = 12:29:06.699729 DEC = 02:03:08.59819 EQUINOX = 'J2000' / !Y27 FLUX cals. (at the beginning and/or end; could be used as FF too) !SOURCE='3C286' RA=13:31:08.287984 DEC= 30:30:32.95885 EQUINOX='J2000' / ENDCAT / !========================================================== !================= External Catalogs ============= !========================================================== STAFILE = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat FREQFILE = $SCHED/catalogs/freq.dat ! ========================================================== ! ================== Observing setup ===================== ! ========================================================== setinit = bm238a.set / nchan = 8 bits = 2 bbfilter= 8.0 netside = U pol = dual freqref = 1414.99 !total 32 MHz centered at 1422.99 MHz freqoff = -8.0, -8.0, 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 8.0, 16.0, 16.0 pcal = '1MHz' / endset/ ! ========================================================== ! ============== Initial Scan Information ================ ! ========================================================== autotape = 2 setup = bm238a.set ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! VLA starts at 0830-1600 VLALST ! 09:15:00 UT = 08:44:08 VLALST ! 08:30:06 VLALST= 09:01:00 UT ! The VLA will start 14min and 8sec early YEAR = 2005 MONTH = 12 DAY = 31 START = 09:00:54 !08:30:00 VLALST !VLA starts here, spend the time on a flux cal; VLA only STATIONS = VLA27 NORECORD SOURCE = '3C286' gap = 0 dur = 766 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 80 vlamode = VA / !Begin the scan cycles with phasing up the array with mode VA !then put the phase cal VX !then put the target+phcal VX within group (cycle time: 180 sec + 60 sec) !after 60 or so minutes go back to the amp_cal VA !All stations are observing the same source now YEAR = 2005 MONTH = 12 DAY = 31 START = 09:15:00 RECORD STATIONS = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK, VLA27, GBT_VLBA SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / group=2 repeat=14 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 10:16:00 SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 10:21:00 group=2 repeat=13 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 11:13:00 !1st FRINGE FINDER SCAN; 2 min gap for playback SOURCE = '3C273' gap = 120 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / !reached 11:23:00 !1st Phase coherence test between the phase-check cal and the phase cal group=2 repeat=3 SOURCE = 'J1332' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / !reached 11:35:00 group=2 repeat=12 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 12:23:00 SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / group=2 repeat=12 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 13:16:00 !2nd FRINGE FINDER SCAN; 2 min gap for playback SOURCE = '3C273' gap = 120 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / !reached 13:26:00 !2nd Phase coherence test between the phase-check cal and the phase cal group=2 repeat=3 SOURCE = 'J1332' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / !reached 13:38:00 group=2 repeat=12 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 14:26:00 SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / group=2 repeat=11 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 15:15:00 !3nd FRINGE FINDER SCAN; 2 min gap for playback SOURCE = '3C273' gap = 120 dur = 300 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / !3rd Phase coherence test between the phase-check cal and the phase cal group=2 repeat=3 SOURCE = 'J1332' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / !reached 15:29:00 SOURCE = 'J1354' gap = 0 dur = 240 vlamode = VA / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / group=2 repeat=8 SOURCE = 'B1335' gap = 0 dur = 180 vlamode = VX / SOURCE = 'J1335' gap = 0 dur = 60 vlamode = VX / !reached 16:15 UT; end of VLBA+GBT time. 15:45:17 VLALST !14 minutes left on the VLA; look at 3c286 STATIONS = VLA27 NORECORD SOURCE = '3C286' gap = 0 dur = 881 vlamode = VA /