SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: BB209C COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: Central Image in Grav. Lens B0850+054 / Boyce, Hewitt & Myers Exp. Code: BB209C Start Day 337 is Sun 3 Dec 2006 MJD 54072 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Edward R. Boyce Address: Jodrell Bank Observatory Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 9DL United Kingdom Phone: +44-1477-572629 (w) / +44-1625-890362 (h) EMAIL: eboyce@jb.man.ac.uk Fax: +44-1477-571618 Phone during observation: +44-1477-572629 (w) Observing mode: 256-8-2 Notes: HSA with Y27,GBT,AR Target: B0850+054 VLA phase-up: J0909+0121 (1.3 Jy at VLA resolution) Fringe Finder & amp check: J0854+2006 (~1 Jy) 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: 13 Polarization (ON): OFF Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): FTP Source positions from: SCHEDULE FOR B0850+054, STANDARD FOR OTHERS Shipping address for correlator output: Will download from archive Correlator Notes: B0850+054 phase centre at co-ordinates of brightest point source DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 2.50 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 2.52 hours. Total time in recording scans: 2.27 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 182.20 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 46.6 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 335.8 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 VLA27 Y 34.07881 107.61833 2114. -1601185.203 -5041977.161 3554875.701 VLBA_SC Sc 17.75658 64.58363 -15. 2607848.521 -5488069.685 1932739.540 VLBA_HN Hn 42.93361 71.98658 296. 1446375.116 -4447939.656 4322306.124 VLBA_NL Nl 41.77142 91.57414 222. -130872.254 -4762317.116 4226851.040 VLBA_FD Fd 30.63503 103.94482 1606. -1324009.127 -5332181.966 3231962.474 VLBA_LA La 35.77512 106.24560 1962. -1449752.359 -4975298.588 3709123.928 VLBA_PT Pt 34.30102 108.11919 2365. -1640953.712 -5014816.024 3575411.880 VLBA_KP Kp 31.95630 111.61242 1902. -1995678.626 -5037317.713 3357328.129 VLBA_OV Ov 37.23165 118.27705 1196. -2409150.112 -4478573.229 3838617.399 VLBA_BR Br 48.13122 119.68328 251. -2112064.976 -3705356.516 4726813.798 VLBA_MK Mk 19.80138 155.45550 3763. -5464074.960 -2495249.116 2148296.844 GBT_VLBA Gb 38.43313 79.83984 824. 882589.637 -4924872.312 3943729.352 ARECIBO Ar 18.34417 66.75270 451. 2390486.900 -5564731.440 1994720.450 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 54072 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z VLA27 Y -0.0138 -0.0003 -0.0082 50449 -1601185.271 -5041977.163 3554875.661 VLBA_SC Sc 0.0082 0.0098 0.0100 50449 2607848.562 -5488069.637 1932739.589 VLBA_HN Hn -0.0145 -0.0009 0.0019 50449 1446375.044 -4447939.660 4322306.134 VLBA_NL Nl -0.0144 0.0013 -0.0039 50449 -130872.325 -4762317.109 4226851.021 VLBA_FD Fd -0.0116 0.0004 -0.0066 50449 -1324009.184 -5332181.964 3231962.441 VLBA_LA La -0.0132 0.0008 -0.0068 50449 -1449752.424 -4975298.584 3709123.894 VLBA_PT Pt -0.0138 -0.0003 -0.0082 50449 -1640953.779 -5014816.025 3575411.840 VLBA_KP Kp -0.0127 0.0006 -0.0081 50449 -1995678.689 -5037317.710 3357328.090 VLBA_OV Ov -0.0175 0.0068 -0.0054 50449 -2409150.198 -4478573.196 3838617.372 VLBA_BR Br -0.0136 0.0008 -0.0095 50449 -2112065.043 -3705356.512 4726813.752 VLBA_MK Mk -0.0137 0.0622 0.0303 50449 -5464075.027 -2495248.810 2148296.993 GBT_VLBA Gb -0.0119 -0.0039 0.0044 50449 882589.578 -4924872.331 3943729.374 ARECIBO Ar 0.0099 0.0045 0.0101 52275 2390486.949 -5564731.418 1994720.500 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Y Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Gb Ar Y 0 4532 3198 1640 515 226 52 441 1025 1849 4835 2516 4317 Sc 4532 0 2853 3645 4143 4458 4579 4839 5460 5767 8611 2708 238 Hn 3198 2853 0 1611 3105 3006 3226 3623 3885 3657 7502 829 2748 Nl 1640 3645 1611 0 1654 1432 1663 2075 2328 2300 6156 1064 3461 Fd 515 4143 3105 1654 0 608 564 744 1508 2345 5134 2354 3922 La 226 4458 3006 1432 608 0 236 652 1088 1757 4970 2344 4246 Pt 52 4579 3226 1663 564 236 0 417 973 1806 4795 2551 4365 Kp 441 4839 3623 2075 744 652 417 0 845 1913 4466 2939 4623 Ov 1025 5460 3885 2328 1508 1088 973 845 0 1214 4015 3323 5255 Br 1849 5767 3657 2300 2345 1757 1806 1913 1214 0 4398 3326 5585 Mk 4835 8611 7502 6156 5134 4970 4795 4466 4015 4398 0 7028 8434 Gb 2516 2708 829 1064 2354 2344 2551 2939 3323 3326 7028 0 2545 Ar 4317 238 2748 3461 3922 4246 4365 4623 5255 5585 8434 2545 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR VLA27 MARK5A VLBA VLBA_SC MARK5A VLBA VLBA_HN MARK5A VLBA VLBA_NL MARK5A VLBA VLBA_FD MARK5A VLBA VLBA_LA MARK5A VLBA VLBA_PT MARK5A VLBA VLBA_KP MARK5A VLBA VLBA_OV MARK5A VLBA VLBA_BR MARK5A VLBA VLBA_MK MARK5A VLBA GBT_VLBA MARK5A VLBA ARECIBO MARK5A VLBA4 EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 24 Number of scans scheduled: 24 Number of stations: 13 Number of sources input: 4 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Tape Tapes Passes Readbacks Formatter Sync Hours Hours Reconfigures Hours Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Formatter Sync Reconfigures Hours VLA27 VLA 24 2.52 2.27 292. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_SC VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_HN VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_NL VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_FD VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_LA VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_PT VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_KP VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_OV VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_BR VLBA 22 2.27 2.27 263. 0/ 0 0.05 VLBA_MK VLBA 13 1.44 1.44 167. 0/ 0 0.04 GBT_VLBA VLBA 13 1.94 1.94 225. 0/ 0 0.06 ARECIBO VEX 10 1.52 1.52 176. 0/ 0 0.05 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 DAR stations, total reconfigures and reconfigures during recording are shown. Reconfigures during recording can cause slow correlator sync. Any reconfigure can slow sync at JIVE. Setup file: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2.set Matches group y_vc in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat In VA mode, only IFs A and D are phased. Setup group: 1 Station: VLA27 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= 4360.10 4360.10 4360.10 4360.10 4360.10 4360.10 4360.10 4360.10 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: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4971.49 4971.49 4979.49 4979.49 4987.49 4987.49 4995.49 4995.49 BBC fr= 611.39 611.39 619.39 619.39 627.39 627.39 635.39 635.39 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 VLA specific information: (LO and FI cards not needed. Defaults shown.) VLABAND: VC VLABW: 0000 FEFILTER: 0000 VLAFEAB: 0.00 VLAFECD: 0.00 VLAIF: SYSCIF VLASYNA: 3960.10 VLASYNB: 3960.10 VLAROT: VLBCROT FLUKEA: 100.00 FLUKEB: 200.00 FLUKESET: 0 Details for VLA IFs: LO Sum Frequency span VLBI FIRSTLO VLA IF A: 4960.1000 4960.1000- 5010.1000 4360.1000 VLA IF B: 4960.1000 4960.1000- 5010.1000 4360.1000 VLA IF C: 4960.1000 4960.1000- 5010.1000 4360.1000 VLA IF D: 4960.1000 4960.1000- 5010.1000 4360.1000 With new digital patch panel, VLA IF = VLB IF. The following setup groups are the same as group 2 below. 3:VLBA_HN 4:VLBA_NL 5:VLBA_FD 6:VLBA_LA 7:VLBA_PT 8:VLBA_KP 9:VLBA_OV 10:VLBA_BR 11:VLBA_MK Setup file: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2.set Matches group v6cm_2 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 2 Station: VLBA_SC 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= 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. = 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 C A C A C A 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: 2 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4971.49 4971.49 4979.49 4979.49 4987.49 4987.49 4995.49 4995.49 BBC fr= 871.49 871.49 879.49 879.49 887.49 887.49 895.49 895.49 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_off Setup file: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2.set Matches group gbt6cm in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat LO1=7.850, 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 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 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. = 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: 11 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4971.49 4971.49 4979.49 4979.49 4987.49 4987.49 4995.49 4995.49 BBC fr= 628.51 628.51 620.51 620.51 612.51 612.51 604.51 604.51 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: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-256-8-2.set Matches group arcb4 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Using up-down conversion unit + VLBIinp at 1.5 MHz Setup group: 13 Station: ARECIBO Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 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= 4971.49 4971.49 4979.49 4979.49 4987.49 4987.49 4995.49 4995.49 BBC fr= 778.51 778.51 770.51 770.51 762.51 762.51 754.51 754.51 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 SUMMARY for experiment BB209C Central Image in Grav. Lens B0850+054 / Boyce, Hewitt & Myers Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: End elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 337 is Sun 3 Dec 2006 MJD 54072 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Y Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Gb Ar 1 337 07:15:00 3C147 - 72 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 337 07:20:00 v6cm-256-8-2 N 72 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2 337 07:20:00 J0909+0121 - 23 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 337 07:30:00 - N 25 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3 337 07:30:00 B0850+054 - 30 72 48 39 34 31 30 28 21 18 ---D 48 --- 337 07:33:00 - - 31 72 48 39 35 32 31 28 22 19 ---D 48 --- 4 337 07:33:00 B0850+054 - 31 72 48 39 35 32 31 28 22 19 ---D 48 70 337 07:45:00 - - 33 74 49 41 37 34 33 31 24 21 ---D 50 73 5 337 07:46:00 J0909+0121 - 28 69 44 36 32 29 28 25 19 15 ---D --- --- 337 07:48:00 - - 28 69 45 36 33 29 28 26 19 15 ---D --- --- 6 337 07:48:00 B0850+054 - 34 75 50 41 38 35 34 31 25 21 ---D 50 73 337 08:00:00 - - 36 76 51 43 41 37 36 34 27 23 ---D 52 75 7 337 08:01:00 J0909+0121 - 31 71 46 38 35 31 30 29 22 18 ---D --- --- 337 08:03:00 - - 31 71 46 38 36 32 31 29 22 18 ---D --- --- 8 337 08:03:00 B0850+054 - 37 77 51 44 41 37 36 35 28 23 ---D 52 75 337 08:15:00 - - 39 77 51 45 43 40 39 37 30 25 ---D 53 76 9 337 08:19:10 J0854+2006 - 48 87 66 58 52 49 48 45 39 37 5 67 86 337 08:22:10 - - 49 88 66 58 52 50 48 46 40 37 5 67 87 10 337 08:22:10 J0909+0121 - 35 73 47 41 39 35 35 33 26 21 ---D --- --- 337 08:25:00 - - 35 73 47 41 40 36 35 33 26 21 ---D --- --- 11 337 08:25:00 B0850+054 - 41 77 52 46 45 41 41 39 32 27 1D 54 77 337 08:30:00 - - 42 77 52 47 46 42 42 40 33 28 2 55 77 12 337 08:31:00 J0909+0121 - 37 73 48 42 41 37 36 35 27 22 ---D --- --- 337 08:33:00 - - 37 73 48 42 41 37 37 35 28 23 ---D --- --- 13 337 08:33:00 B0850+054 - 43 77 52 47 47 43 42 40 33 28 3 55 77 337 08:45:00 - - 45 76 52 49 49 45 44 43 36 30 6 56 77 14 337 08:46:00 J0909+0121 - 39 74 48 44 44 39 39 37 30 24 ---D --- --- 337 08:48:00 - - 40 73 48 44 44 40 39 38 31 25 ---D --- --- 15 337 08:48:00 B0850+054 - 45 76 52 49 50 45 45 43 36 30 7 56 76 337 09:00:00 - - 47 75 52 50 52 47 47 46 38 32 10 56 75 16 337 09:01:00 J0909+0121 - 42 73 48 45 46 42 41 40 33 27 5 --- --- 337 09:03:00 - - 42 73 48 45 47 42 42 41 33 27 5 --- --- SUMMARY for experiment BB209C Central Image in Grav. Lens B0850+054 / Boyce, Hewitt & Myers Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: End elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 337 is Sun 3 Dec 2006 MJD 54072 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Y Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Gb Ar 17 337 09:03:00 B0850+054 - 48 74 52 50 52 48 47 46 39 32 10 56 75 337 09:15:00 v6cm-256-8-2 - 50 72 52 51 54 50 49 48 41 34 13 57 73 18 337 09:17:50 J0854+2006 - 60 77 67 65 64 60 60 57 51 46 18 72 80 337 09:21:00 - - 61 77 67 66 65 61 60 58 51 47 18 72 79 19 337 09:21:00 J0909+0121 - 45 71 48 47 50 45 45 44 36 29 9 --- --- 337 09:24:00 - - 46 70 48 47 50 45 45 44 37 30 10 --- --- 20 337 09:24:00 B0850+054 - 51 71 52 52 56 51 51 50 42 35 15 57 72 337 09:32:00 - - 52 69 51 52 57 52 52 51 44 36 17 57 70 21 337 09:33:00 J0909+0121 - 47 69 48 48 52 47 47 46 38 31 12 --- --- 337 09:35:00 - - 47 69 48 48 52 47 47 46 39 31 13 --- --- 22 337 09:35:00 B0850+054 - 53 68 51 53 58 52 52 52 44 37 18 57 --- 337 09:47:00 - - 55 66 50 53 59 54 54 54 46 38 21 56 --- 23 337 09:48:00 J0909+0121 - 49 66 48 49 54 49 49 48 41 33 16 --- --- 337 09:50:00 - - 50 66 47 49 54 49 49 49 41 33 16 --- --- 24 337 09:50:00 B0850+054 - 55 65 50 53 60 54 55 54 47 39 21 56 --- 337 10:00:00 - - 56 63 49 53 61 55 56 56 48 40 24 56 --- SUMMARY for experiment BB209C Central Image in Grav. Lens B0850+054 / Boyce, Hewitt & Myers Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 337 is Sun 3 Dec 2006 MJD 54072 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Y Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Gb Ar 1 337 07:15:00 3C147 - 0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 337 07:20:00 v6cm-256-8-2 N 300 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2 337 07:20:00 J0909+0121 - -174 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 337 07:30:00 - N 426 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3 337 07:30:00 B0850+054 - -43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 --- 337 07:33:00 - - 137 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 --- 180 --- 4 337 07:33:00 B0850+054 - -26 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 --- -20 0 337 07:45:00 - - 694 716 716 716 716 716 716 716 716 716 --- 700 720 5 337 07:46:00 J0909+0121 - 18 43 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 --- --- --- 337 07:48:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- --- 6 337 07:48:00 B0850+054 - -43 -17 -16 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 --- 151 160 337 08:00:00 - - 677 703 704 703 703 703 703 703 703 703 --- 720 720 7 337 08:01:00 J0909+0121 - 18 44 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 --- --- --- 337 08:03:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- --- 8 337 08:03:00 B0850+054 - -43 -17 -16 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 --- 151 163 337 08:15:00 - - 677 703 704 703 703 703 703 703 703 703 --- 720 720 9 337 08:19:10 J0854+2006 - 197 152 215 219 227 225 226 228 225 221 0 180 2 337 08:22:10 - - 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 10 337 08:22:10 J0909+0121 - -68 -104 -44 -41 -32 -35 -34 -32 -34 -39 --- --- --- 337 08:25:00 - - 102 66 126 129 138 135 136 138 136 131 --- --- --- 11 337 08:25:00 B0850+054 - -43 -16 -15 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 154 101 -115 337 08:30:00 - - 257 284 285 283 283 283 283 283 283 283 0 300 185 12 337 08:31:00 J0909+0121 - 18 44 45 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 --- --- --- 337 08:33:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- --- 13 337 08:33:00 B0850+054 - -43 -17 -15 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 173 150 161 337 08:45:00 - - 677 703 705 703 703 703 703 703 703 703 720 720 720 14 337 08:46:00 J0909+0121 - 18 42 46 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 --- --- --- 337 08:48:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- --- 15 337 08:48:00 B0850+054 - -43 -19 -14 -16 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 173 150 161 337 09:00:00 - - 677 701 706 704 703 703 703 703 703 703 720 720 720 16 337 09:01:00 J0909+0121 - 18 42 46 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 44 --- --- 337 09:03:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- SUMMARY for experiment BB209C Central Image in Grav. Lens B0850+054 / Boyce, Hewitt & Myers Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 337 is Sun 3 Dec 2006 MJD 54072 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Y Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Gb Ar 17 337 09:03:00 B0850+054 - -43 -19 -14 -16 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -16 150 163 337 09:15:00 v6cm-256-8-2 - 677 701 706 704 703 703 703 703 703 703 704 720 720 18 337 09:17:50 J0854+2006 - 113 127 135 136 145 142 144 146 144 140 154 95 10 337 09:21:00 - - 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 19 337 09:21:00 J0909+0121 - -73 -52 -42 -44 -36 -38 -37 -35 -36 -41 -24 --- --- 337 09:24:00 - - 107 128 138 136 144 142 143 145 144 139 156 --- --- 20 337 09:24:00 B0850+054 - -43 -17 -13 -16 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -16 105 3 337 09:32:00 - - 437 463 467 464 463 463 463 463 463 463 464 480 480 21 337 09:33:00 J0909+0121 - 18 44 47 45 43 43 43 43 43 43 44 --- --- 337 09:35:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- 22 337 09:35:00 B0850+054 - -43 -16 -12 -15 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -16 150 --- 337 09:47:00 - - 677 704 708 705 703 703 703 703 703 703 704 720 --- 23 337 09:48:00 J0909+0121 - 18 45 48 45 43 43 43 43 43 43 44 --- --- 337 09:50:00 - - 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 --- --- 24 337 09:50:00 B0850+054 - -43 -15 -12 -15 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -16 150 --- 337 10:00:00 - - 557 585 588 585 583 583 583 583 583 583 584 600 --- 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 VLA27 292.2 VLBA_SC 263.2 VLBA_HN 263.2 VLBA_NL 263.2 VLBA_FD 263.2 VLBA_LA 263.2 VLBA_PT 263.2 VLBA_KP 263.2 VLBA_OV 263.2 VLBA_BR 263.2 VLBA_MK 166.8 GBT_VLBA 224.8 ARECIBO 176.4 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) VLA27 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_SC 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_HN 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_NL 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_FD 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_LA 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_PT 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_KP 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_OV 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_BR 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 VLBA_MK 337 08:19:10 337 10:00:00 GBT_VLBA 337 07:30:00 337 10:00:00 SOURCE LIST -- Central Image in Grav. Lens B0850+054 / Boyce, Hewitt & Myers 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) * B0850+054 08 50 15.244982 * 08 52 53.573600 08 53 16.280759 0.00 05 26 37.70053 * 05 15 15.66000 05 13 47.38517 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Proposal 1.833 scan hours, 124.920 baseline hours above horizon. J0542+4951 05 38 43.517525 * 05 42 36.137902 05 43 10.514368 0.32 0538+498 49 49 42.83710 * 49 51 07.23373 49 51 24.33012 0.41 * 3C147 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0542+49 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.000 scan hours, 0.000 baseline hours above horizon. * J0854+2006 08 51 57.250618 * 08 54 48.874930 08 55 13.554277 0.21 0851+202 20 17 58.41741 * 20 06 30.64086 20 04 56.76169 0.40 J0854+20 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba OJ287 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.103 scan hours, 8.017 baseline hours above horizon. * J0909+0121 09 06 35.181601 * 09 09 10.091607 09 09 32.211228 0.31 0906+015 01 33 48.12926 * 01 21 35.61778 01 20 01.16955 0.26 J0909+01 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.331 scan hours, 14.929 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) B0850+054 116.2 3C147 149.4 J0854+2006 120.4 J0909+0121 110.9 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. B0850+054 J0854+2006 14.8602 B0850+054 J0909+0121 5.6263 J0854+2006 J0909+0121 19.0723 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = 'B0850+054' ra = 08h52m53.573600s dec = 05d15'15.66000" name = '3C147' ra = 05h42m36.137902s dec = 49d51'07.23373" name = 'J0854+2006' ra = 08h54m48.874930s dec = 20d06'30.64086" name = 'J0909+0121' ra = 09h09m10.091607s dec = 01d21'35.61778" Catalogs: Station: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat Version: 2006Nov08-17:12:40 Location: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/locations.dat Version: Not known Frequency: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Version: 2006Jun08-14:55:16 Source: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba Version: Not given Code versions: Release version: 6.05 June 2006 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.86 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0