COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Experiment: bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee Exp. Code: bw088r Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: R.C. Walker Address: NRAO, P.O. Box O Socorro, NM 87801 USA Phone: +1-505-835-7247 (w) / +1-505-835-3972 (h) EMAIL: cwalker@nrao.edu Fax: +1-505-835-7027 Phone during observation: +1-505-835-7247 (w) / +1-505-835-3972 (h) Observing mode: VLBA Notes: COVER LETTER: This 18 session project is designed to provide a movie of jet component motions near the black hole in M87. Here is the key information from the time allocation email: PROPOSAL STATUS ( 01/10/2007 ): Approved for dynamic scheduling, high priority CURRENT TIME ALLOCATION: 18 times 10.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 12.5 with 256 Mbits/sec recording Note request for 32 output spectral channels per baseband. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 2 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- Next scan frequencies: 43119.49 43119.49 43135.49 43135.49 Next BBC frequencies: 719.49 719.49 735.49 735.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 09 27 33 OJ287 07 16 02 64.8 112.1 -1.7 -56.8 0 1 1 0 09 27 03 09 29 32 --- 07 18 02 65.2 112.7 -1.6 -56.5 120 F 1 5 09 27 21 09 31 36 3C274 07 20 05 16.8 85.7 -5.2 -60.0 21 1 1 5 09 31 06 09 51 32 --- 07 40 05 21.0 88.3 -4.9 -60.2 1197 F 1 44 09 31 24 09 53 38 OJ287 07 42 11 69.8 121.5 -1.2 -50.3 22 1 1 44 09 53 08 09 55 37 --- 07 44 11 70.1 122.4 -1.2 -49.7 120 F 1 49 09 53 26 09 57 44 3C274 07 46 18 22.3 89.1 -4.7 -60.3 24 1 1 49 09 57 14 10 17 40 --- 08 06 18 26.6 91.7 -4.4 -60.2 1197 F 1 89 09 57 32 10 18 24 3C279 08 07 01 11.6 104.5 -4.8 -55.7 8 1 1 89 10 17 54 10 20 24 --- 08 09 01 12.0 104.8 -4.8 -55.5 120 F 1 94 10 18 12 10 21 08 3C274 08 09 46 27.3 92.2 -4.4 -60.2 8 1 1 94 10 20 38 10 41 04 --- 08 29 46 31.5 95.0 -4.0 -59.9 1197 F 1 133 10 20 56 10 43 03 OJ287 08 31 45 77.0 154.6 -0.4 -22.8 22 1 1 133 10 42 33 10 45 03 --- 08 33 45 77.2 156.6 -0.4 -21.0 120 F 1 138 10 42 51 10 47 00 3C274 08 35 42 32.8 95.9 -3.9 -59.8 22 1 1 138 10 46 30 10 51 59 --- 08 40 42 33.8 96.6 -3.8 -59.6 299 F 1 149 10 46 48 10 51 59 M84 08 40 42 35.3 96.9 -3.7 -59.8 -9 1 1 149 10 51 59 10 52 39 --- 08 41 22 35.4 97.0 -3.7 -59.7 31 F 1 150 10 51 59 10 52 39 3C274 08 41 22 34.0 96.7 -3.8 -59.6 -9 1 1 150 10 52 39 10 53 09 --- 08 41 52 34.1 96.8 -3.8 -59.6 21 F 1 151 10 52 39 10 53 09 M84 08 41 52 35.6 97.1 -3.7 -59.7 -9 1 1 151 10 53 09 10 53 49 --- 08 42 32 35.7 97.2 -3.7 -59.7 31 F 1 152 10 53 09 10 53 49 3C274 08 42 32 34.2 96.9 -3.8 -59.6 -9 1 1 152 10 53 49 10 54 19 --- 08 43 02 34.3 96.9 -3.8 -59.6 21 F 1 153 10 53 49 10 54 19 M84 08 43 02 35.8 97.3 -3.7 -59.7 -9 1 1 153 10 54 19 10 54 59 --- 08 43 42 35.9 97.4 -3.7 -59.7 31 F 1 154 10 54 19 Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 3 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- 10 54 59 3C274 08 43 42 34.5 97.0 -3.8 -59.5 -9 1 1 154 10 54 59 10 55 29 --- 08 44 12 34.6 97.1 -3.8 -59.5 21 F 1 155 10 54 59 10 55 29 M84 08 44 12 36.0 97.5 -3.7 -59.6 -9 1 1 155 10 55 29 10 56 08 --- 08 44 52 36.2 97.6 -3.7 -59.6 31 F 1 157 10 55 29 10 56 17 3C274 08 45 01 34.7 97.2 -3.8 -59.5 0 1 1 157 10 56 08 11 01 17 --- 08 50 01 35.8 98.0 -3.7 -59.3 299 F 1 167 10 56 08 11 03 16 3C279 08 52 01 20.7 111.3 -4.1 -52.6 83 1 1 167 11 02 46 11 05 16 --- 08 54 01 21.1 111.7 -4.0 -52.4 120 F 1 171 11 03 04 11 06 00 3C274 08 54 46 36.8 98.7 -3.6 -59.1 7 1 1 171 11 05 30 11 25 57 --- 09 14 46 41.0 102.0 -3.3 -58.2 1197 F 1 211 11 05 48 11 27 30 OJ287 09 16 19 77.2 202.9 0.4 20.6 15 1 1 211 11 27 00 11 29 30 --- 09 18 19 77.1 204.9 0.4 22.3 120 F 1 216 11 27 18 11 31 05 3C274 09 19 54 42.0 102.9 -3.2 -57.8 19 1 1 216 11 30 35 11 51 01 --- 09 39 54 46.1 106.6 -2.9 -56.3 1197 F 1 255 11 30 53 11 51 45 3C279 09 40 38 30.0 119.9 -3.3 -47.7 6 1 1 255 11 51 15 11 53 45 --- 09 42 38 30.4 120.3 -3.2 -47.4 120 F 1 260 11 51 33 11 54 29 3C274 09 43 22 46.8 107.3 -2.8 -56.0 5 1 1 260 11 53 59 12 14 26 --- 10 03 22 50.8 111.5 -2.5 -53.9 1197 F 1 300 11 54 17 12 16 11 OJ287 10 05 08 70.4 237.0 1.2 49.3 15 1 1 300 12 15 41 12 18 11 --- 10 07 08 70.0 237.9 1.2 49.9 120 F 1 305 12 15 59 12 20 00 3C274 10 08 57 51.9 112.8 -2.4 -53.2 20 1 1 305 12 19 30 12 39 57 --- 10 28 57 55.8 118.0 -2.0 -50.1 1197 F 1 344 12 19 48 12 40 41 3C279 10 29 42 38.5 130.5 -2.4 -40.4 4 1 1 344 12 40 11 12 42 41 --- 10 31 42 38.8 131.0 -2.4 -40.1 120 F 1 349 12 40 29 12 43 25 3C274 10 32 26 56.4 119.0 -2.0 -49.5 3 1 1 349 12 42 55 12 48 24 --- 10 37 26 57.3 120.4 -1.9 -48.5 299 F 1 360 12 43 13 12 48 24 M84 10 37 26 58.7 121.5 -1.8 -47.9 -9 1 1 360 12 48 24 12 49 04 --- 10 38 06 58.8 121.7 -1.8 -47.8 31 F 1 361 12 48 24 Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 4 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- 12 49 04 3C274 10 38 06 57.5 120.6 -1.9 -48.4 -9 1 1 361 12 49 04 12 49 34 --- 10 38 36 57.6 120.8 -1.9 -48.3 21 F 1 362 12 49 04 12 49 34 M84 10 38 36 58.9 121.9 -1.8 -47.7 -9 1 1 362 12 49 34 12 50 14 --- 10 39 16 59.1 122.1 -1.8 -47.5 31 F 1 363 12 49 34 12 50 14 3C274 10 39 16 57.7 121.0 -1.9 -48.1 -9 1 1 363 12 50 14 12 50 44 --- 10 39 46 57.8 121.1 -1.9 -48.0 21 F 1 364 12 50 14 12 50 44 M84 10 39 46 59.1 122.2 -1.8 -47.4 -9 1 1 364 12 50 44 12 51 24 --- 10 40 26 59.3 122.4 -1.8 -47.3 31 F 1 365 12 50 44 12 51 24 3C274 10 40 26 57.9 121.3 -1.8 -47.9 -9 1 1 365 12 51 24 12 51 54 --- 10 40 56 58.0 121.5 -1.8 -47.8 21 F 1 366 12 51 24 12 51 54 M84 10 40 56 59.4 122.6 -1.7 -47.1 -9 1 1 366 12 51 54 12 52 34 --- 10 41 36 59.5 122.8 -1.7 -47.0 31 F 1 368 12 51 54 12 52 43 3C274 10 41 45 58.1 121.7 -1.8 -47.6 0 1 1 368 12 52 34 12 57 42 --- 10 46 45 59.0 123.3 -1.7 -46.5 299 F 1 378 12 52 34 12 59 41 BLANKSKY 10 48 45 59.5 123.8 -1.7 -46.3 113 1 1 378 12 59 11 13 01 41 --- 10 50 45 59.8 124.4 -1.7 -45.8 120 F 1 382 12 59 29 13 03 32 OJ287 10 52 37 61.2 252.8 2.0 59.7 20 1 1 382 13 03 02 13 05 32 --- 10 54 37 60.8 253.3 2.0 59.9 120 F 1 387 13 03 20 13 07 22 3C274 10 56 27 60.7 126.6 -1.6 -44.2 19 1 1 387 13 06 52 13 27 18 --- 11 16 27 63.9 134.6 -1.2 -38.2 1197 F 1 427 13 07 10 13 28 02 3C279 11 17 11 45.4 143.4 -1.7 -30.5 1 1 1 427 13 27 32 13 30 02 --- 11 19 11 45.7 144.1 -1.6 -30.0 120 F 1 432 13 27 50 13 30 47 3C274 11 19 56 64.4 136.1 -1.2 -37.0 1 1 1 432 13 30 17 13 50 43 --- 11 39 56 67.1 146.1 -0.9 -29.0 1197 F 1 471 13 30 35 13 52 35 OJ287 11 41 47 51.0 262.7 2.8 63.6 28 1 1 471 13 52 05 13 54 34 --- 11 43 47 50.6 263.0 2.8 63.7 120 F 1 476 13 52 23 13 56 24 3C274 11 45 37 67.8 149.3 -0.8 -26.3 28 1 1 476 13 55 54 14 16 21 --- 12 05 37 69.5 161.9 -0.4 -15.7 1197 F 1 516 13 56 12 Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 5 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- 14 17 05 3C279 12 06 22 50.4 160.2 -0.8 -16.8 0 1 1 516 14 16 35 14 19 05 --- 12 08 22 50.5 160.9 -0.8 -16.2 120 F 1 520 14 16 53 14 19 49 3C274 12 09 06 69.7 164.2 -0.4 -13.7 0 1 1 520 14 19 19 14 39 46 --- 12 29 06 70.4 178.5 0.0 -1.3 1197 F 1 560 14 19 37 14 41 52 OJ287 12 31 12 40.6 269.9 3.6 64.6 59 1 1 560 14 41 22 14 43 51 --- 12 33 12 40.1 270.2 3.6 64.6 120 F 1 565 14 41 40 14 45 57 3C274 12 35 19 70.4 183.0 0.1 2.6 60 1 1 565 14 45 27 14 50 57 --- 12 40 19 70.3 186.6 0.2 5.7 299 F 1 575 14 45 45 14 50 57 M84 12 40 19 70.6 190.9 0.2 9.5 -9 1 1 575 14 50 57 14 51 36 --- 12 40 59 70.6 191.4 0.3 9.9 31 F 1 577 14 50 57 14 51 36 3C274 12 40 59 70.3 187.1 0.2 6.1 -9 1 1 577 14 51 36 14 52 06 --- 12 41 29 70.2 187.4 0.2 6.4 21 F 1 578 14 51 36 14 52 06 M84 12 41 29 70.5 191.8 0.3 10.2 -9 1 1 578 14 52 06 14 52 46 --- 12 42 09 70.5 192.3 0.3 10.7 31 F 1 579 14 52 06 14 52 46 3C274 12 42 09 70.2 187.9 0.2 6.9 -9 1 1 579 14 52 46 14 53 16 --- 12 42 39 70.2 188.3 0.2 7.2 21 F 1 580 14 52 46 14 53 16 M84 12 42 39 70.5 192.6 0.3 11.0 -9 1 1 580 14 53 16 14 53 56 --- 12 43 19 70.5 193.1 0.3 11.4 31 F 1 581 14 53 16 14 53 56 3C274 12 43 19 70.2 188.7 0.2 7.6 -9 1 1 581 14 53 56 14 54 26 --- 12 43 49 70.2 189.1 0.2 7.9 21 F 1 582 14 53 56 14 54 26 M84 12 43 49 70.4 193.5 0.3 11.7 -9 1 1 582 14 54 26 14 55 06 --- 12 44 29 70.4 193.9 0.3 12.1 31 F 1 584 14 54 26 14 55 15 3C274 12 44 38 70.1 189.7 0.2 8.4 0 1 1 584 14 55 06 15 00 14 --- 12 49 38 69.9 193.2 0.3 11.4 299 F 1 593 14 55 06 15 00 58 3C279 12 50 21 52.2 177.5 -0.1 -2.2 2 1 1 593 15 00 28 15 02 57 --- 12 52 21 52.2 178.3 -0.1 -1.5 120 F 1 598 15 00 46 15 03 41 3C274 12 53 05 69.8 195.6 0.4 13.5 2 1 1 598 15 03 11 15 23 37 --- 13 13 05 68.2 208.5 0.7 24.5 1197 F 1 638 15 03 29 Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 6 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- 15 25 41 OJ287 13 15 09 31.3 275.4 4.3 64.1 44 1 1 638 15 25 11 15 29 40 --- 13 19 09 30.4 275.9 4.4 64.0 239 F 1 647 15 25 29 15 31 43 3C274 13 21 12 67.3 213.2 0.8 28.4 43 1 1 647 15 31 13 15 51 40 --- 13 41 12 64.6 223.3 1.2 36.6 1197 F 1 686 15 31 31 15 52 21 3C279 13 41 53 50.7 198.0 0.8 15.2 7 1 1 686 15 51 51 15 54 21 --- 13 43 53 50.6 198.7 0.8 15.9 120 F 1 691 15 52 09 15 55 01 3C274 13 44 34 64.1 224.8 1.2 37.7 7 1 1 691 15 54 31 16 14 58 --- 14 04 34 61.0 232.8 1.6 43.8 1197 F 1 731 15 54 49 16 15 37 3C279 14 05 13 48.8 206.5 1.1 22.3 9 1 1 731 16 14 58 16 17 37 --- 14 07 13 48.6 207.2 1.2 22.9 120 F 1 736 16 14 58 16 18 15 3C274 14 07 52 60.4 234.0 1.6 44.7 9 1 1 736 16 17 37 16 38 12 --- 14 27 52 56.8 240.4 1.9 49.1 1197 F 1 775 16 17 37 16 38 52 3C279 14 28 32 46.3 214.2 1.5 28.7 13 1 1 775 16 38 12 16 40 52 --- 14 30 32 46.1 214.9 1.6 29.2 120 F 1 781 16 38 12 16 41 32 BLANKSKY 14 31 13 56.3 241.6 2.0 49.9 14 1 1 781 16 41 02 16 43 32 --- 14 33 13 55.9 242.2 2.0 50.2 120 F 1 785 16 41 20 16 43 38 3C274 14 33 19 55.8 242.0 2.0 50.1 0 1 1 785 16 43 32 16 48 37 --- 14 38 19 54.9 243.3 2.1 50.9 299 F 1 795 16 43 32 16 48 37 M84 14 38 19 54.1 245.5 2.2 52.4 -8 1 1 795 16 48 37 16 49 17 --- 14 38 59 53.9 245.7 2.2 52.5 32 F 1 797 16 48 37 16 49 17 3C274 14 38 59 54.7 243.5 2.1 51.0 -8 1 1 797 16 49 17 16 49 47 --- 14 39 29 54.6 243.7 2.1 51.1 22 F 1 798 16 49 17 16 49 47 M84 14 39 29 53.8 245.8 2.2 52.5 -8 1 1 798 16 49 47 16 50 27 --- 14 40 09 53.7 246.0 2.2 52.6 32 F 1 799 16 49 47 16 50 27 3C274 14 40 09 54.5 243.8 2.1 51.2 -8 1 1 799 16 50 27 16 50 57 --- 14 40 39 54.4 244.0 2.2 51.3 22 F 1 800 16 50 27 16 50 57 M84 14 40 39 53.6 246.1 2.3 52.7 -8 1 1 800 16 50 57 16 51 37 --- 14 41 19 53.5 246.3 2.3 52.8 32 F 1 801 16 50 57 Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 7 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- 16 51 37 3C274 14 41 19 54.3 244.1 2.2 51.4 -8 1 1 801 16 51 37 16 52 06 --- 14 41 49 54.2 244.3 2.2 51.5 22 F 1 802 16 51 37 16 52 06 M84 14 41 49 53.4 246.4 2.3 52.9 -8 1 1 802 16 52 06 16 52 46 --- 14 42 29 53.3 246.6 2.3 53.0 32 F 1 803 16 52 06 16 52 55 3C274 14 42 37 54.0 244.5 2.2 51.6 1 1 1 803 16 52 46 16 57 54 --- 14 47 37 53.1 245.7 2.3 52.4 299 F 1 813 16 52 46 16 59 54 3C274 14 49 37 52.7 246.2 2.3 52.6 113 1 1 813 16 59 24 17 19 51 --- 15 09 37 48.7 250.8 2.6 55.1 1197 F 1 853 16 59 42 17 20 35 3C279 15 10 22 40.6 226.2 2.2 38.0 22 1 1 853 17 20 05 17 22 35 --- 15 12 22 40.3 226.7 2.3 38.4 120 F 1 858 17 20 23 17 23 19 3C274 15 13 06 48.0 251.5 2.7 55.5 22 1 1 858 17 22 49 17 43 16 --- 15 33 06 44.0 255.4 3.0 57.2 1197 F 1 897 17 23 07 17 43 59 3C279 15 33 49 36.8 231.9 2.6 42.2 21 1 1 897 17 43 29 17 45 58 --- 15 35 49 36.5 232.4 2.7 42.5 120 F 1 902 17 43 47 17 46 41 3C274 15 36 32 43.3 256.0 3.1 57.4 20 1 1 902 17 46 11 18 06 37 --- 15 56 32 39.1 259.5 3.4 58.6 1197 F 1 942 17 46 29 18 07 14 3C279 15 57 08 32.8 237.0 3.0 45.7 16 1 1 942 18 06 37 18 09 14 --- 15 59 08 32.4 237.4 3.0 45.9 120 F 1 947 18 06 37 18 09 49 3C274 15 59 44 38.5 260.0 3.5 58.8 15 1 1 947 18 09 14 18 29 46 --- 16 19 44 34.3 263.1 3.8 59.6 1197 F 1 986 18 09 14 18 30 22 3C279 16 20 21 28.6 241.6 3.4 48.6 16 1 1 986 18 29 46 18 32 22 --- 16 22 21 28.2 242.0 3.4 48.8 120 F 1 991 18 29 46 18 32 59 3C274 16 22 58 33.6 263.6 3.9 59.7 16 1 1 991 18 32 22 18 37 58 --- 16 27 58 32.5 264.3 3.9 59.8 299 F 1 1002 18 32 22 18 37 58 M84 16 27 58 31.6 265.7 4.0 60.2 -8 1 1 1002 18 37 58 18 38 38 --- 16 28 38 31.4 265.7 4.1 60.2 32 F 1 1004 18 37 58 18 38 38 3C274 16 28 38 32.4 264.4 4.0 59.8 -8 1 1 1004 18 38 38 18 39 08 --- 16 29 08 32.3 264.5 4.0 59.8 22 F 1 1005 18 38 38 Schedule for VLBA_KP (Code Kp ) Page 8 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask. blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Tapes: Drive, Index, Start footage / Direction, Head Group, End footage. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. Automatic tape allocation specified. Tape positions are just estimates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Dec 2007 Day 344 --- 18 39 08 M84 16 29 08 31.3 265.8 4.1 60.2 -8 1 1 1005 18 39 08 18 39 48 --- 16 29 48 31.2 265.9 4.1 60.2 32 F 1 1006 18 39 08 18 39 48 3C274 16 29 48 32.1 264.6 4.0 59.8 -8 1 1 1006 18 39 48 18 40 18 --- 16 30 18 32.0 264.7 4.0 59.9 22 F 1 1007 18 39 48 18 40 18 M84 16 30 18 31.1 266.0 4.1 60.2 -8 1 1 1007 18 40 18 18 40 58 --- 16 30 58 30.9 266.1 4.1 60.2 32 F 1 1008 18 40 18 18 40 58 3C274 16 30 58 31.9 264.8 4.0 59.9 -8 1 1 1008 18 40 58 18 41 28 --- 16 31 28 31.8 264.8 4.0 59.9 22 F 1 1009 18 40 58 18 41 28 M84 16 31 28 30.8 266.1 4.1 60.3 -8 1 1 1009 18 41 28 18 42 07 --- 16 32 08 30.7 266.2 4.1 60.3 32 F 1 1010 18 41 28 18 42 16 3C274 16 32 16 31.6 264.9 4.0 59.9 0 1 1 1010 18 42 07 18 47 15 --- 16 37 16 30.6 265.7 4.1 60.0 299 F 1 1020 18 42 07 18 47 19 3C274 16 37 20 30.5 265.7 4.1 60.0 0 1 1 1020 18 47 15 19 07 16 --- 16 57 20 26.3 268.4 4.4 60.3 1197 F 1 1059 18 47 15 19 07 49 3C279 16 57 54 21.4 248.1 4.0 52.3 14 1 1 1059 19 07 16 19 09 49 --- 16 59 54 21.0 248.5 4.1 52.5 120 F 1 1064 19 07 16 19 10 22 3C274 17 00 27 25.7 268.9 4.5 60.3 13 1 1 1064 19 09 49 19 25 19 --- 17 15 27 22.5 270.8 4.7 60.3 898 F 1 1094 19 09 49 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: bw088.set Matches group v7mm_c8 in /users/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 7 Station: VLBA_KP Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 7mm omit 7mm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 7.6 11.6 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 7 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 43119.49 43119.49 43135.49 43135.49 BBC fr= 719.49 719.49 735.49 735.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 510 510 13510 13510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 510 510 13510 13510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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) * BLANKSKY 12 28 17.595540 * 12 30 49.423381 12 31 13.622642 0.00 12 50 01.74793 * 12 33 28.04383 12 30 43.82803 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. Blank sky 10 arcmin from M87 0.066 scan hours, 2.992 baseline hours above horizon. J0854+2006 08 51 57.250618 * 08 54 48.874930 08 55 17.574480 0.21 0851+202 20 17 58.41741 * 20 06 30.64086 20 04 39.66209 0.40 J0854+20 /users/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba * OJ287 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.332 scan hours, 13.230 baseline hours above horizon. J1225+1253 12 22 31.582015 * 12 25 03.743331 12 25 28.032031 0.32 * M84 13 09 49.76862 * 12 53 13.13923 12 50 28.46124 0.31 /users/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.222 scan hours, 6.951 baseline hours above horizon. J1230+1223 12 28 17.569279 * 12 30 49.423381 12 31 13.625886 0.31 1228+126 12 40 01.74901 * 12 23 28.04383 12 20 43.88498 0.20 * 3C274 /users/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1230+12 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 7.853 scan hours, 300.164 baseline hours above horizon. J1256-0547 12 53 35.831291 * 12 56 11.166559 12 56 35.665711 0.20 1253-055 -05 31 07.99586 *-05 47 21.52472 -05 49 56.93767 0.30 * 3C279 /users/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1256-05 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.499 scan hours, 17.186 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) BLANKSKY 76.5 OJ287 127.5 M84 77.9 3C274 76.4 3C279 62.9 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