SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: BW083B COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. Exp. Code: BW083B Start Day 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.02 July 2005 PI: Joshua N. Winn Address: MIT Room 37-664D 70 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Phone: +1-617-258-5928 (w) / +1-617-666-2341 (h) EMAIL: jwinn@space.mit.edu Fax: +1-617- Phone during observation: +1-617-258-5928 (w) / +1-617-666-2341 (h) Observing mode: Standard 21cm band, 256-8-2 Notes: 256 Mbps has been approved for BW083 fringe finder: J0927+3902 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): 16 Number of antennas to be correlated: 12 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): DAT Source positions from: IN-FILE CAT FOR GL0957, STANDARD CATS FOR OTHERS Shipping address for correlator output: Joshua N. Winn MIT Room 37-664D 70 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 Correlator Notes: We request 2 passes for GL0957: 1st phase ctr: ra=10:01:20.69187 dec=55:53:55.5910 / 2nd phase ctr: ra=10:01:20.84864 dec=55:53:50.0535 / DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 3.82 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 4.00 hours. Total time in recording scans: 3.33 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 260.00 (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: 958.5 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 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 VLA27 Y 34.07881 107.61833 2114. -1601185.21 -5041977.16 3554875.70 GBT_VLBA Gb 38.43313 79.83984 824. 882589.64 -4924872.32 3943729.36 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb Sc 0 2853 3645 4143 4458 4579 4839 5460 5767 8611 4532 2708 Hn 2853 0 1611 3105 3006 3226 3623 3885 3657 7502 3198 829 Nl 3645 1611 0 1654 1432 1663 2075 2328 2300 6156 1640 1064 Fd 4143 3105 1654 0 608 564 744 1508 2345 5134 515 2354 La 4458 3006 1432 608 0 236 652 1088 1757 4970 226 2344 Pt 4579 3226 1663 564 236 0 417 973 1806 4795 52 2551 Kp 4839 3623 2075 744 652 417 0 845 1913 4466 441 2939 Ov 5460 3885 2328 1508 1088 973 845 0 1214 4015 1025 3323 Br 5767 3657 2300 2345 1757 1806 1913 1214 0 4398 1849 3326 Mk 8611 7502 6156 5134 4970 4795 4466 4015 4398 0 4835 7028 Y 4532 3198 1640 515 226 52 441 1025 1849 4835 0 2516 Gb 2708 829 1064 2354 2344 2551 2939 3323 3326 7028 2516 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: Some stations may be scheduled for both tape and disk. 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 DAR (ft) Driv Head indx Aloc Reverse VLBA_SC 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_HN 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_NL 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_PT 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_OV 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_BR 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLBA_MK 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA VLA27 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA GBT_VLBA 2 14 17600 High 1 1 Yes Yes VLBA VLBA DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type VLBA_FD MARK5A VLBA_LA MARK5A VLBA_KP MARK5A EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 37 Number of scans scheduled: 37 Number of stations: 12 Number of sources input: 5 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Tape Tapes Passes Readbacks Formatter Sync Hours Hours Reconfigures Hours VLBA_SC VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_HN VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_NL VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_PT VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_OV VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_BR VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_MK VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 VLA27 VLA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 GBT_VLBA VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 1 10 5 0/ 0 0.00 Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Formatter Sync Reconfigures Hours VLBA_FD VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 464. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_LA VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 464. 0/ 0 0.00 VLBA_KP VLBA 37 4.00 3.33 464. 0/ 0 0.00 Notes on the station summaries: "Sync Hours" is on-source, in-scan time lost during correlation to resyncing recordings. Resyncs follow tape stoppages and formatter reconfigures. For VLBA stations, total reconfigures and reconfigures during recording are shown. Reconfigures during recording can cause slow correlator sync. Any reconfigure can slow sync at JIVE. The following setup groups are the same as group 1 below. 2:VLBA_HN 3:VLBA_NL 6:VLBA_PT 8:VLBA_OV 9:VLBA_BR 10:VLBA_MK Setup file: vlba.21cm Matches group v20cm_2 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA_SC 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 used at high density at 160.000 ips. Time per pass is 22.00 minutes. 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= 1400.49 1400.49 1408.49 1408.49 1416.49 1416.49 1424.49 1424.49 BBC fr= 999.51 999.51 991.51 991.51 983.51 983.51 975.51 975.51 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 The following setup groups are the same as group 4 below. 5:VLBA_LA 7:VLBA_KP Setup file: vlba.21cm Matches group v20cm_2 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 4 Station: VLBA_FD Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 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: 4 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1400.49 1400.49 1408.49 1408.49 1416.49 1416.49 1424.49 1424.49 BBC fr= 999.51 999.51 991.51 991.51 983.51 983.51 975.51 975.51 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_off Setup file: vlba.21cm Matches group y_01389.9j in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat In VA mode, only IFs A and D are phased. Setup group: 11 Station: VLA27 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 used at high density at 160.000 ips. Time per pass is 22.00 minutes. 1st LO= 789.90 789.90 789.90 789.90 789.90 789.90 789.90 789.90 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= U U U U U U U U IF = A D A D A D A D The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1400.49 1400.49 1408.49 1408.49 1416.49 1416.49 1424.49 1424.49 BBC fr= 610.59 610.59 618.59 618.59 626.59 626.59 634.59 634.59 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 VLA specific information: (LO and FI cards will be written.) VLABAND: VL VLABW: 0000 FEFILTER: 0000 VLAFEAB: -3.20 VLAFECD: -3.20 VLAIF: SYSLIF VLASYNA: 3589.90 VLASYNB: 3589.90 VLAROT: VLBLROT FLUKEA: 100.00 FLUKEB: 200.00 FLUKESET: 0 Details for VLA IFs: LO Sum Frequency span VLBI FIRSTLO VLA IF A: 1389.9000 1389.9000- 1439.9000 789.9000 VLA IF B: 1389.9000 1389.9000- 1439.9000 789.9000 VLA IF C: 1389.9000 1389.9000- 1439.9000 789.9000 VLA IF D: 1389.9000 1389.9000- 1439.9000 789.9000 With new digital patch panel, VLA IF = VLB IF. Setup file: vlba.21cm Matches group gbt21cm in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LO1=4.300, LO2=12.75, LO3=10.5 Setup group: 12 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 used at high density at 160.000 ips. Time per pass is 22.00 minutes. 1st LO= 2050.00 2050.00 2050.00 2050.00 2050.00 2050.00 2050.00 2050.00 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 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1400.49 1400.49 1408.49 1408.49 1416.49 1416.49 1424.49 1424.49 BBC fr= 649.51 649.51 641.51 641.51 633.51 633.51 625.51 625.51 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 SUMMARY for experiment BW083B BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb 364 08:00:00 J1035+5628 - 51 74 65 50 53 51 47 47 54 13 51 68 364 08:11:00 vlba.21cm N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 364 08:11:00 J0929+5013 - 56 81 78 63 66 64 60 59 64 24 64 78 364 08:13:00 - - -18 -41 -29 -29 -29 -29 -29 -27 -23 -24 -49 -73 364 08:13:00 GL0957 - 52 77 71 56 59 57 53 54 60 20 57 72 364 08:26:00 - - -14 -29 -21 -20 -20 -20 -20 -18 -15 -15 -36 -56 364 08:26:00 J0929+5013 - 54 80 80 65 68 66 62 62 66 26 66 78 364 08:28:00 - - -13 -29 -21 -21 -20 -20 -20 -18 -15 -15 -36 -63 364 08:28:00 GL0957 - 51 77 72 58 61 59 55 56 62 22 59 72 364 08:41:00 - - -13 -29 -21 -21 -20 -20 -20 -18 -15 -15 -36 -64 364 08:41:00 J0929+5013 - 53 78 81 67 70 68 64 64 69 29 68 77 364 08:43:00 - - -13 -28 -21 -21 -21 -20 -20 -19 -16 -16 -37 -69 364 08:43:00 J1035+5628 - 51 76 70 55 58 56 53 53 60 19 56 71 364 08:46:00 - N -18 -41 -28 -29 -29 -29 -29 -28 -24 -25 -50 -94 364 08:46:00 J0929+5013 - 53 77 81 67 70 68 65 65 69 29 68 77 364 08:48:00 - - -18 -41 -28 -29 -29 -29 -29 -28 -25 -25 -50 -95 364 08:48:00 GL0957 - 50 76 74 60 63 61 58 59 65 25 61 73 364 09:01:00 - - -14 -27 -20 -21 -21 -21 -20 -19 -16 -16 -37 -71 364 09:01:00 J0929+5013 - 51 75 82 68 72 70 67 67 72 32 70 76 364 09:03:00 - - -14 -25 -19 -21 -21 -21 -21 -19 -17 -17 -37 -73 364 09:03:00 GL0957 - 49 75 75 61 65 63 59 61 67 27 63 72 364 09:16:00 - - -14 -25 -19 -21 -21 -21 -21 -20 -17 -17 -37 -73 364 09:16:00 J0929+5013 - 49 72 81 69 74 72 68 69 74 34 72 74 364 09:18:00 - - -13 -23 -23 -20 -21 -21 -21 -20 -17 -17 -37 -73 364 09:18:00 J0927+3902 - 55 71 85 80 82 80 76 73 71 36 80 77 364 09:25:00 - - -18 -222 -175 -26 -33 -29 -25 -28 -30 -15 -65 -104 364 09:25:00 J1035+5628 - 49 75 74 60 63 61 58 59 65 25 61 72 364 09:35:00 - N -28 -54 -97 -47 -45 -45 -45 -37 -44 -31 -74 -164 364 09:35:00 J0929+5013 - 47 69 80 70 75 73 70 72 77 37 73 71 364 09:37:00 - - -17 -29 -39 -25 -27 -28 -28 -29 -27 -27 -47 -94 364 09:37:00 GL0957 - 46 71 76 64 68 66 63 65 72 31 66 71 364 09:50:00 - - -13 -20 -27 -19 -20 -20 -21 -21 -18 -18 -37 -70 SUMMARY for experiment BW083B BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb 364 09:50:00 J0929+5013 - 45 67 78 70 75 74 71 73 80 39 74 69 364 09:52:00 vlba.21cm - -13 -19 -27 -19 -20 -20 -20 -21 -19 -18 -36 -67 364 09:52:00 GL0957 - 45 70 76 64 69 67 64 66 74 34 67 69 364 10:05:00 - - -13 -18 -27 -18 -19 -20 -20 -21 -19 -18 -35 -67 364 10:05:00 J0929+5013 - 43 65 76 70 76 74 72 75 82 42 74 67 364 10:07:00 - - -13 -17 -26 -17 -18 -19 -20 -21 -20 -19 -34 -64 364 10:07:00 J1035+5628 - 46 71 75 63 67 65 62 64 71 31 65 70 364 10:10:00 - N -16 -22 -38 -21 -23 -24 -25 -29 -28 -28 -49 -83 364 10:10:00 J0929+5013 - 42 64 75 70 75 74 72 75 83 42 74 66 364 10:12:00 - - -16 -22 -37 -22 -24 -23 -25 -28 -28 -28 -50 -82 364 10:12:00 GL0957 - 43 67 74 65 70 68 65 68 76 36 68 67 364 10:25:00 - - -13 -16 -25 -17 -17 -18 -19 -21 -20 -19 -35 -63 364 10:25:00 J0929+5013 - 40 61 73 69 75 74 72 76 85 45 73 64 364 10:27:00 - - -12 -15 -23 -16 -18 -17 -18 -20 -20 -19 -39 -60 364 10:27:00 GL0957 - 41 65 73 65 70 68 66 69 78 38 68 66 364 10:40:00 - - -12 -15 -23 -16 -19 -17 -18 -20 -20 -20 -39 -60 364 10:40:00 J0929+5013 - 38 59 71 68 74 73 71 77 87 47 73 62 364 10:42:00 - - -12 -15 -21 -17 -20 -18 -17 -19 -21 -20 -42 -58 364 10:42:00 J0927+3902 - 40 56 70 76 80 81 81 88 81 52 81 61 364 10:49:00 - - -15 -19 -28 -24 -34 -30 -26 -28 -93 -16 -68 -71 364 10:49:00 3C286 - 76 73 61 51 50 48 45 41 41 4 49 71 364 10:58:00 - - -82 -103 -119 -93 -108 -99 -84 -101 -86 -105 -225 -339 364 10:58:00 J1035+5628 - 41 65 73 64 69 68 65 69 78 38 68 66 364 11:08:00 - N -77 -122 -93 -59 -61 -57 -52 -59 -77 -69 -131 -274 364 11:08:00 J0929+5013 - 33 55 66 66 71 71 70 76 87 51 70 57 364 11:10:00 - - -19 -25 -25 -24 -29 -27 -25 -28 -64 -29 -63 -63 364 11:10:00 GL0957 - 36 59 69 63 69 68 66 71 82 43 67 60 364 11:23:00 - - -12 -16 -18 -17 -20 -19 -17 -19 -51 -21 -44 -53 364 11:23:00 J0929+5013 - 31 52 64 64 69 69 68 76 85 52 68 55 364 11:25:00 - - -12 -16 -17 -17 -19 -19 -18 -21 -50 -21 -44 -51 364 11:25:00 GL0957 - 34 57 67 62 68 67 65 71 82 45 67 58 364 11:38:00 - - -13 -17 -17 -17 -19 -19 -18 -21 -49 -21 -44 -51 SUMMARY for experiment BW083B BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb 364 11:38:00 J0929+5013 - 29 50 62 62 67 67 67 74 82 54 66 52 364 11:40:00 vlba.21cm - -13 -17 -16 -16 -19 -18 -18 -21 -44 -21 -43 -49 364 11:40:00 J1035+5628 - 36 60 69 63 68 67 65 71 81 43 67 61 364 11:43:00 - N -22 -26 -21 -23 -26 -26 -25 -31 -64 -29 -59 -56 364 11:43:00 J0929+5013 - 28 49 61 61 66 66 66 74 81 55 66 52 364 11:45:00 - - -22 -26 -21 -22 -26 -26 -25 -31 -63 -29 -59 -55 364 11:45:00 GL0957 - 31 54 64 61 66 66 64 71 82 47 65 56 364 11:58:00 - - -14 -17 -15 -16 -18 -18 -18 -21 -40 -21 -42 -49 364 11:58:00 J0929+5013 - 25 47 58 59 64 64 64 72 79 56 64 49 364 12:00:00 - - -14 -18 -14 -16 -17 -17 -17 -21 -34 -21 -40 -47 SUMMARY for experiment BW083B BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb 364 08:00:00 J1035+5628 - 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 364 08:11:00 vlba.21cm N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 364 08:11:00 J0929+5013 - 102 79 91 91 91 91 91 93 97 96 71 47 364 08:13:00 - - 18 41 29 29 29 29 29 27 23 24 49 73 364 08:13:00 GL0957 - 766 751 759 760 760 760 760 762 765 765 744 724 364 08:26:00 - - 14 29 21 20 20 20 20 18 15 15 36 56 364 08:26:00 J0929+5013 - 107 91 99 99 100 100 100 102 105 105 84 57 364 08:28:00 - - 13 29 21 21 20 20 20 18 15 15 36 63 364 08:28:00 GL0957 - 767 751 759 759 760 760 760 762 765 765 744 716 364 08:41:00 - - 13 29 21 21 20 20 20 18 15 15 36 64 364 08:41:00 J0929+5013 - 107 92 99 99 99 100 100 101 104 104 83 51 364 08:43:00 - - 13 28 21 21 21 20 20 19 16 16 37 69 364 08:43:00 J1035+5628 - 162 139 152 151 151 151 151 152 156 155 130 86 364 08:46:00 - N 18 41 28 29 29 29 29 28 24 25 50 94 364 08:46:00 J0929+5013 - 102 79 92 91 91 91 91 92 95 95 70 25 364 08:48:00 - - 18 41 28 29 29 29 29 28 25 25 50 95 364 08:48:00 GL0957 - 766 753 760 759 759 759 760 761 764 764 743 709 364 09:01:00 - - 14 27 20 21 21 21 20 19 16 16 37 71 364 09:01:00 J0929+5013 - 106 95 101 99 99 99 99 101 103 103 83 47 364 09:03:00 - - 14 25 19 21 21 21 21 19 17 17 37 73 364 09:03:00 GL0957 - 766 755 761 759 759 759 759 760 763 763 743 707 364 09:16:00 - - 14 25 19 21 21 21 21 20 17 17 37 73 364 09:16:00 J0929+5013 - 107 97 97 100 99 99 99 100 103 103 83 47 364 09:18:00 - - 13 23 23 20 21 21 21 20 17 17 37 73 364 09:18:00 J0927+3902 - 402 198 245 394 387 391 395 392 390 405 355 316 364 09:25:00 - - 18 222 175 26 33 29 25 28 30 15 65 104 364 09:25:00 J1035+5628 - 572 546 503 553 555 555 555 563 556 569 526 436 364 09:35:00 - N 28 54 97 47 45 45 45 37 44 31 74 164 364 09:35:00 J0929+5013 - 103 91 81 95 93 92 92 91 93 93 73 26 364 09:37:00 - - 17 29 39 25 27 28 28 29 27 27 47 94 364 09:37:00 GL0957 - 767 760 753 761 760 760 759 759 762 762 743 710 364 09:50:00 - - 13 20 27 19 20 20 21 21 18 18 37 70 SUMMARY for experiment BW083B BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb 364 09:50:00 J0929+5013 - 107 101 93 101 100 100 100 99 101 102 84 53 364 09:52:00 vlba.21cm - 13 19 27 19 20 20 20 21 19 18 36 67 364 09:52:00 GL0957 - 767 762 753 762 761 760 760 759 761 762 745 713 364 10:05:00 - - 13 18 27 18 19 20 20 21 19 18 35 67 364 10:05:00 J0929+5013 - 107 103 94 103 102 101 100 99 100 101 86 56 364 10:07:00 - - 13 17 26 17 18 19 20 21 20 19 34 64 364 10:07:00 J1035+5628 - 164 158 142 159 157 156 155 151 152 152 131 97 364 10:10:00 - N 16 22 38 21 23 24 25 29 28 28 49 83 364 10:10:00 J0929+5013 - 104 98 83 98 96 97 95 92 92 92 70 38 364 10:12:00 - - 16 22 37 22 24 23 25 28 28 28 50 82 364 10:12:00 GL0957 - 767 764 755 763 763 762 761 759 760 761 745 717 364 10:25:00 - - 13 16 25 17 17 18 19 21 20 19 35 63 364 10:25:00 J0929+5013 - 108 105 97 104 102 103 102 100 100 101 81 60 364 10:27:00 - - 12 15 23 16 18 17 18 20 20 19 39 60 364 10:27:00 GL0957 - 768 765 757 764 761 763 762 760 760 760 741 720 364 10:40:00 - - 12 15 23 16 19 17 18 20 20 20 39 60 364 10:40:00 J0929+5013 - 108 105 99 103 100 102 103 101 99 100 78 62 364 10:42:00 - - 12 15 21 17 20 18 17 19 21 20 42 58 364 10:42:00 J0927+3902 - 405 401 392 396 386 390 394 392 327 404 352 349 364 10:49:00 - - 15 19 28 24 34 30 26 28 93 16 68 71 364 10:49:00 3C286 - 458 437 421 447 432 441 456 439 454 435 315 201 364 10:58:00 - - 82 103 119 93 108 99 84 101 86 105 225 339 364 10:58:00 J1035+5628 - 523 478 507 541 539 543 548 541 523 531 469 326 364 11:08:00 - N 77 122 93 59 61 57 52 59 77 69 131 274 364 11:08:00 J0929+5013 - 101 95 95 96 91 93 95 92 56 91 57 57 364 11:10:00 - - 19 25 25 24 29 27 25 28 64 29 63 63 364 11:10:00 GL0957 - 768 764 762 763 760 761 763 761 729 759 736 727 364 11:23:00 - - 12 16 18 17 20 19 17 19 51 21 44 53 364 11:23:00 J0929+5013 - 108 104 103 103 101 101 102 99 70 99 76 69 364 11:25:00 - - 12 16 17 17 19 19 18 21 50 21 44 51 364 11:25:00 GL0957 - 767 763 763 763 761 761 762 759 731 759 736 729 364 11:38:00 - - 13 17 17 17 19 19 18 21 49 21 44 51 SUMMARY for experiment BW083B BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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 364 is Fri 30 Dec 2005 MJD 53734 DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Y Gb 364 11:38:00 J0929+5013 - 107 103 104 104 101 102 102 99 76 99 77 71 364 11:40:00 vlba.21cm - 13 17 16 16 19 18 18 21 44 21 43 49 364 11:40:00 J1035+5628 - 158 154 159 157 154 154 155 149 116 151 121 124 364 11:43:00 - N 22 26 21 23 26 26 25 31 64 29 59 56 364 11:43:00 J0929+5013 - 98 94 99 98 94 94 95 89 57 91 61 65 364 11:45:00 - - 22 26 21 22 26 26 25 31 63 29 59 55 364 11:45:00 GL0957 - 766 763 765 764 762 762 762 759 740 759 738 731 364 11:58:00 - - 14 17 15 16 18 18 18 21 40 21 42 49 364 11:58:00 J0929+5013 - 106 102 106 104 103 103 103 99 86 99 80 73 364 12:00:00 - - 14 18 14 16 17 17 17 21 34 21 40 47 Automatic tape allocation requested for sites using VLBA control files and having 2 or more drives. SCHED cannot predict tape changes. Number of tapes or GBytes used at each autoaloc station: Includes all disk stations. Station Tapes GBytes VLBA_SC 0.65 VLBA_HN 0.65 VLBA_NL 0.65 VLBA_FD 464.5 VLBA_LA 464.5 VLBA_PT 0.65 VLBA_KP 464.5 VLBA_OV 0.65 VLBA_BR 0.65 VLBA_MK 0.65 VLA27 0.65 GBT_VLBA 0.65 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) VLBA_SC 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_HN 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_NL 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_FD 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_LA 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_PT 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_KP 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_OV 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_BR 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLBA_MK 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 VLA27 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 GBT_VLBA 364 08:11:00 364 12:00:00 SOURCE LIST -- BW083B / Central component of 0957+561 / Winn et al. 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) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * GL0957 09 57 57.423100 * 10 01 20.848640 10 01 47.160568 0.00 56 08 16.93624 * 55 53 50.05350 55 51 56.14837 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 2.383 scan hours, 151.024 baseline hours above horizon. * J0927+3902 09 23 55.319212 * 09 27 03.013933 09 27 26.932639 0.26 0923+392 39 15 23.56648 * 39 02 20.85188 39 00 42.23379 0.40 4C39.25 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.233 scan hours, 12.668 baseline hours above horizon. * J0929+5013 09 25 51.973730 * 09 29 15.440211 09 29 41.639141 0.35 0925+504 50 26 44.31094 * 50 13 35.98996 50 11 54.65888 0.43 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.567 scan hours, 26.499 baseline hours above horizon. * J1035+5628 10 31 55.954869 * 10 35 07.040022 10 35 31.669300 0.59 1031+567 56 44 18.17883 * 56 28 46.79612 56 26 42.77274 0.47 J1035+56 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.000 scan hours, 0.000 baseline hours above horizon. J1331+3030 13 28 49.657757 * 13 31 08.288049 13 31 24.655304 0.37 1328+307 30 45 58.64062 * 30 30 32.95926 30 28 28.52950 0.47 * 3C286 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.150 scan hours, 6.929 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) GL0957 130.6 J0927+3902 140.9 J0929+5013 137.2 J1035+5628 126.0 3C286 91.0 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. GL0957 J0927+3902 17.7937 GL0957 J0929+5013 7.4331 GL0957 J1035+5628 4.7306 J0927+3902 J0929+5013 11.1938 J0927+3902 J1035+5628 20.7305 J0929+5013 J1035+5628 11.6029 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'GL0957' ra = 10h01m20.848640s dec = 55d53'50.05350" name = 'J0927+3902' ra = 09h27m03.013933s dec = 39d02'20.85188" name = 'J0929+5013' ra = 09h29m15.440211s dec = 50d13'35.98996" name = 'J1035+5628' ra = 10h35m07.040022s dec = 56d28'46.79612" name = '3C286' ra = 13h31m08.288049s dec = 30d30'32.95926" Catalogs: Station: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat Version: 2005Jul29-10:17:42 Location: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/locations.dat Version: 08 Mar 2005 Frequency: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Version: 2005Jul29-10:17:42 Source: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba Version: 2005 March 1 Code versions: Release version: 6.02 July 2005 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.85 Version of plot code: 1.05 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0