COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) Experiment: bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee Exp. Code: bw088t 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_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 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 08 08 54 OJ287 08 36 11 67.9 168.0 -0.3 -9.5 0 1 1 0 08 08 24 08 10 54 --- 08 38 11 68.0 169.2 -0.3 -8.5 120 F 1 5 08 08 42 08 12 57 3C274 08 40 15 32.1 102.8 -3.8 -48.1 46 1 1 5 08 12 27 08 32 54 --- 09 00 15 35.7 106.8 -3.5 -47.0 1197 F 1 44 08 12 45 08 35 00 OJ287 09 02 20 68.3 184.5 0.1 3.5 54 1 1 44 08 34 30 08 36 59 --- 09 04 20 68.2 185.7 0.2 4.5 120 F 1 49 08 34 48 08 39 05 3C274 09 06 27 36.8 108.1 -3.4 -46.5 57 1 1 49 08 38 35 08 59 02 --- 09 26 27 40.3 112.4 -3.1 -44.9 1197 F 1 89 08 38 53 08 59 46 3C279 09 27 11 22.7 121.4 -3.5 -39.8 2 1 1 89 08 59 16 09 01 45 --- 09 29 11 23.0 121.8 -3.5 -39.6 120 F 1 94 08 59 34 09 02 29 3C274 09 29 55 40.9 113.2 -3.0 -44.6 2 1 1 94 09 01 59 09 22 26 --- 09 49 55 44.3 118.0 -2.7 -42.4 1197 F 1 133 09 02 17 09 24 25 OJ287 09 51 54 65.2 213.2 0.9 25.8 49 1 1 133 09 23 55 09 26 25 --- 09 53 54 65.0 214.2 1.0 26.5 120 F 1 138 09 24 13 09 28 22 3C274 09 55 51 45.2 119.6 -2.6 -41.6 48 1 1 138 09 27 52 09 33 21 --- 10 00 51 46.0 120.9 -2.5 -40.9 299 F 1 149 09 28 10 09 33 21 M84 10 00 51 47.3 121.9 -2.4 -40.5 -9 1 1 149 09 33 21 09 34 01 --- 10 01 31 47.4 122.1 -2.4 -40.4 31 F 1 150 09 33 21 09 34 01 3C274 10 01 31 46.1 121.0 -2.5 -40.9 -9 1 1 150 09 34 01 09 34 31 --- 10 02 01 46.2 121.2 -2.5 -40.8 21 F 1 151 09 34 01 09 34 31 M84 10 02 01 47.5 122.3 -2.4 -40.3 -9 1 1 151 09 34 31 09 35 11 --- 10 02 41 47.6 122.4 -2.4 -40.2 31 F 1 152 09 34 31 09 35 11 3C274 10 02 41 46.3 121.4 -2.5 -40.7 -9 1 1 152 09 35 11 09 35 41 --- 10 03 11 46.4 121.5 -2.5 -40.6 21 F 1 153 09 35 11 09 35 41 M84 10 03 11 47.7 122.6 -2.4 -40.1 -9 1 1 153 09 35 41 09 36 20 --- 10 03 51 47.8 122.8 -2.4 -40.0 31 F 1 154 09 35 41 Schedule for VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 09 36 20 3C274 10 03 51 46.5 121.7 -2.5 -40.5 -9 1 1 154 09 36 20 09 36 50 --- 10 04 21 46.6 121.8 -2.4 -40.5 21 F 1 155 09 36 20 09 36 50 M84 10 04 21 47.9 122.9 -2.4 -40.0 -9 1 1 155 09 36 50 09 37 30 --- 10 05 01 48.0 123.1 -2.3 -39.9 31 F 1 157 09 36 50 09 37 39 3C274 10 05 10 46.7 122.0 -2.4 -40.3 0 1 1 157 09 37 30 09 42 38 --- 10 10 10 47.5 123.4 -2.4 -39.6 299 F 1 167 09 37 30 09 44 38 3C279 10 12 10 29.4 131.3 -2.7 -34.3 78 1 1 167 09 44 08 09 46 38 --- 10 14 10 29.7 131.8 -2.7 -34.0 120 F 1 171 09 44 26 09 47 22 3C274 10 14 55 48.2 124.7 -2.3 -38.9 2 1 1 171 09 46 52 10 07 19 --- 10 34 55 51.2 130.8 -1.9 -35.3 1197 F 1 211 09 47 10 10 08 52 OJ287 10 36 28 59.5 232.3 1.7 38.9 19 1 1 211 10 08 22 10 10 52 --- 10 38 28 59.2 233.1 1.7 39.4 120 F 1 216 10 08 40 10 12 26 3C274 10 40 03 51.9 132.4 -1.9 -34.3 22 1 1 216 10 11 56 10 32 23 --- 11 00 03 54.5 139.3 -1.5 -29.8 1197 F 1 255 10 12 14 10 33 07 3C279 11 00 47 35.6 143.7 -1.9 -26.3 0 1 1 255 10 32 37 10 35 07 --- 11 02 47 35.8 144.3 -1.9 -26.0 120 F 1 260 10 32 55 10 35 51 3C274 11 03 32 54.9 140.6 -1.5 -29.0 0 1 1 260 10 35 21 10 55 48 --- 11 23 32 57.1 148.4 -1.1 -23.6 1197 F 1 300 10 35 39 10 57 33 OJ287 11 25 17 51.7 247.2 2.5 47.1 33 1 1 300 10 57 03 10 59 32 --- 11 27 17 51.3 247.7 2.5 47.3 120 F 1 305 10 57 21 11 01 22 3C274 11 29 07 57.6 150.8 -1.0 -21.9 39 1 1 305 11 00 52 11 21 19 --- 11 49 07 59.2 159.6 -0.7 -15.4 1197 F 1 344 11 01 10 11 22 03 3C279 11 49 51 40.0 158.1 -1.1 -16.2 0 1 1 344 11 21 33 11 24 03 --- 11 51 51 40.2 158.7 -1.1 -15.8 120 F 1 349 11 21 51 11 24 47 3C274 11 52 36 59.4 161.2 -0.6 -14.2 0 1 1 349 11 24 17 11 29 46 --- 11 57 36 59.7 163.6 -0.6 -12.5 299 F 1 360 11 24 35 11 29 46 M84 11 57 36 60.4 166.1 -0.5 -10.6 -8 1 1 360 11 29 46 11 30 26 --- 11 58 16 60.5 166.4 -0.5 -10.3 32 F 1 361 11 29 46 Schedule for VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 11 30 26 3C274 11 58 16 59.7 163.9 -0.5 -12.2 -8 1 1 361 11 30 26 11 30 56 --- 11 58 46 59.7 164.1 -0.5 -12.1 22 F 1 362 11 30 26 11 30 56 M84 11 58 46 60.5 166.7 -0.4 -10.1 -8 1 1 362 11 30 56 11 31 36 --- 11 59 26 60.5 167.0 -0.4 -9.9 32 F 1 363 11 30 56 11 31 36 3C274 11 59 26 59.8 164.4 -0.5 -11.8 -8 1 1 363 11 31 36 11 32 06 --- 11 59 56 59.8 164.7 -0.5 -11.6 22 F 1 364 11 31 36 11 32 06 M84 11 59 56 60.5 167.3 -0.4 -9.7 -8 1 1 364 11 32 06 11 32 46 --- 12 00 36 60.6 167.6 -0.4 -9.5 32 F 1 365 11 32 06 11 32 46 3C274 12 00 36 59.8 165.0 -0.5 -11.4 -8 1 1 365 11 32 46 11 33 16 --- 12 01 06 59.8 165.2 -0.5 -11.2 22 F 1 366 11 32 46 11 33 16 M84 12 01 06 60.6 167.8 -0.4 -9.3 -8 1 1 366 11 33 16 11 33 56 --- 12 01 46 60.6 168.2 -0.4 -9.0 32 F 1 368 11 33 16 11 34 04 3C274 12 01 55 59.9 165.6 -0.5 -10.9 1 1 1 368 11 33 56 11 39 04 --- 12 06 55 60.1 168.0 -0.4 -9.1 299 F 1 378 11 33 56 11 41 03 BLANKSKY 12 08 55 60.3 168.9 -0.4 -8.4 113 1 1 378 11 40 33 11 43 03 --- 12 10 55 60.4 169.9 -0.3 -7.7 120 F 1 382 11 40 51 11 44 54 OJ287 12 12 46 43.2 258.0 3.3 51.0 46 1 1 382 11 44 24 11 46 54 --- 12 14 46 42.9 258.4 3.3 51.1 120 F 1 387 11 44 42 11 48 43 3C274 12 16 36 60.4 172.7 -0.2 -5.5 46 1 1 387 11 48 13 12 08 40 --- 12 36 36 60.5 182.7 0.1 2.0 1197 F 1 427 11 48 31 12 09 24 3C279 12 37 20 42.2 173.5 -0.3 -4.8 2 1 1 427 12 08 54 12 11 24 --- 12 39 20 42.2 174.2 -0.3 -4.3 120 F 1 432 12 09 12 12 12 08 3C274 12 40 05 60.5 184.4 0.1 3.4 2 1 1 432 12 11 38 12 32 05 --- 13 00 05 59.9 194.2 0.5 10.8 1197 F 1 471 12 11 56 12 33 56 OJ287 13 01 56 34.1 267.2 4.1 52.5 54 1 1 471 12 33 26 12 35 56 --- 13 03 56 33.8 267.5 4.1 52.5 120 F 1 476 12 33 44 12 37 46 3C274 13 05 46 59.6 196.9 0.6 12.8 52 1 1 476 12 37 16 12 57 42 --- 13 25 46 58.3 206.0 0.9 19.5 1197 F 1 516 12 37 34 Schedule for VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 12 58 27 3C279 13 26 31 41.9 190.0 0.5 7.5 6 1 1 516 12 57 57 13 00 26 --- 13 28 31 41.8 190.7 0.5 8.0 120 F 1 520 12 58 15 13 01 11 3C274 13 29 15 58.0 207.5 1.0 20.6 6 1 1 520 13 00 41 13 21 08 --- 13 49 15 56.0 215.7 1.3 26.5 1197 F 1 560 13 00 59 13 23 13 OJ287 13 51 21 24.9 275.3 4.9 52.2 58 1 1 560 13 22 43 13 25 13 --- 13 53 21 24.6 275.6 5.0 52.2 120 F 1 565 13 23 01 13 27 19 3C274 13 55 28 55.3 218.1 1.4 28.1 59 1 1 565 13 26 49 13 32 18 --- 14 00 28 54.7 220.0 1.5 29.4 299 F 1 575 13 27 07 13 32 18 M84 14 00 28 54.5 222.5 1.6 31.1 -8 1 1 575 13 32 18 13 32 58 --- 14 01 08 54.4 222.7 1.6 31.3 32 F 1 577 13 32 18 13 32 58 3C274 14 01 08 54.7 220.2 1.5 29.5 -8 1 1 577 13 32 58 13 33 28 --- 14 01 38 54.6 220.4 1.5 29.6 22 F 1 578 13 32 58 13 33 28 M84 14 01 38 54.3 222.9 1.6 31.4 -8 1 1 578 13 33 28 13 34 08 --- 14 02 18 54.2 223.1 1.6 31.5 32 F 1 579 13 33 28 13 34 08 3C274 14 02 18 54.5 220.6 1.5 29.8 -8 1 1 579 13 34 08 13 34 38 --- 14 02 48 54.4 220.8 1.5 29.9 22 F 1 580 13 34 08 13 34 38 M84 14 02 48 54.2 223.3 1.6 31.6 -8 1 1 580 13 34 38 13 35 18 --- 14 03 28 54.1 223.5 1.6 31.8 32 F 1 581 13 34 38 13 35 18 3C274 14 03 28 54.4 221.1 1.5 30.1 -8 1 1 581 13 35 18 13 35 48 --- 14 03 58 54.3 221.2 1.5 30.2 22 F 1 582 13 35 18 13 35 48 M84 14 03 58 54.0 223.7 1.6 31.9 -8 1 1 582 13 35 48 13 36 28 --- 14 04 38 53.9 224.0 1.7 32.1 32 F 1 584 13 35 48 13 36 37 3C274 14 04 47 54.2 221.5 1.6 30.4 1 1 1 584 13 36 28 13 41 36 --- 14 09 47 53.6 223.3 1.6 31.6 299 F 1 593 13 36 28 13 42 19 3C279 14 10 31 39.5 204.1 1.2 17.8 9 1 1 593 13 41 49 13 44 19 --- 14 12 31 39.3 204.7 1.3 18.3 120 F 1 598 13 42 07 13 45 03 3C274 14 13 14 53.1 224.5 1.7 32.4 10 1 1 598 13 44 33 14 04 59 --- 14 33 14 50.4 231.0 2.0 36.4 1197 F 1 638 13 44 51 Schedule for VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 14 07 03 OJ287 14 35 18 16.8 282.2 5.7 50.9 51 1 1 638 14 06 33 14 11 02 --- 14 39 18 16.1 282.8 5.7 50.8 239 F 1 647 14 06 51 14 13 05 3C274 14 41 21 49.2 233.5 2.2 37.8 51 1 1 647 14 12 35 14 33 02 --- 15 01 21 46.1 239.1 2.5 40.9 1197 F 1 686 14 12 53 14 33 43 3C279 15 02 02 34.5 218.9 2.1 28.1 12 1 1 686 14 33 13 14 35 42 --- 15 04 02 34.2 219.4 2.1 28.4 120 F 1 691 14 33 31 14 36 23 3C274 15 04 43 45.5 240.0 2.6 41.4 12 1 1 691 14 35 53 14 56 20 --- 15 24 43 42.2 244.9 2.9 43.8 1197 F 1 731 14 36 11 14 56 59 3C279 15 25 22 31.6 224.9 2.5 31.9 12 1 1 731 14 56 20 14 58 58 --- 15 27 22 31.3 225.4 2.5 32.3 120 F 1 736 14 56 20 14 59 37 3C274 15 28 01 41.7 245.7 2.9 44.1 12 1 1 736 14 58 58 15 19 34 --- 15 48 01 38.2 250.2 3.3 45.9 1197 F 1 775 14 58 58 15 20 14 3C279 15 48 41 28.3 230.5 2.9 35.3 14 1 1 775 15 19 34 15 22 13 --- 15 50 41 28.1 230.9 2.9 35.6 120 F 1 781 15 19 34 15 22 54 BLANKSKY 15 51 22 37.7 251.1 3.3 46.3 15 1 1 781 15 22 24 15 24 54 --- 15 53 22 37.4 251.5 3.4 46.4 120 F 1 785 15 22 42 15 25 00 3C274 15 53 28 37.2 251.4 3.4 46.3 0 1 1 785 15 24 54 15 29 59 --- 15 58 28 36.4 252.4 3.5 46.7 299 F 1 795 15 24 54 15 29 59 M84 15 58 28 35.7 254.1 3.5 47.4 -7 1 1 795 15 29 59 15 30 39 --- 15 59 08 35.6 254.2 3.6 47.4 33 F 1 797 15 29 59 15 30 39 3C274 15 59 08 36.2 252.6 3.5 46.8 -7 1 1 797 15 30 39 15 31 09 --- 15 59 38 36.2 252.7 3.5 46.8 23 F 1 798 15 30 39 15 31 09 M84 15 59 38 35.5 254.3 3.6 47.4 -7 1 1 798 15 31 09 15 31 49 --- 16 00 18 35.3 254.4 3.6 47.5 33 F 1 799 15 31 09 15 31 49 3C274 16 00 18 36.0 252.8 3.5 46.8 -7 1 1 799 15 31 49 15 32 18 --- 16 00 48 35.9 252.9 3.5 46.9 23 F 1 800 15 31 49 15 32 18 M84 16 00 48 35.3 254.5 3.6 47.5 -7 1 1 800 15 32 18 15 32 58 --- 16 01 28 35.1 254.7 3.6 47.5 33 F 1 801 15 32 18 Schedule for VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 15 32 58 3C274 16 01 28 35.8 253.1 3.5 46.9 -7 1 1 801 15 32 58 15 33 28 --- 16 01 58 35.7 253.2 3.5 46.9 23 F 1 802 15 32 58 15 33 28 M84 16 01 58 35.0 254.8 3.6 47.6 -7 1 1 802 15 33 28 15 34 08 --- 16 02 38 34.9 254.9 3.6 47.6 33 F 1 803 15 33 28 15 34 17 3C274 16 02 47 35.6 253.3 3.5 47.0 2 1 1 803 15 34 08 15 39 16 --- 16 07 47 34.7 254.3 3.6 47.3 299 F 1 813 15 34 08 15 41 16 3C274 16 09 47 34.3 254.7 3.6 47.4 113 1 1 813 15 40 46 16 01 13 --- 16 29 47 30.7 258.6 4.0 48.5 1197 F 1 853 15 41 04 16 01 57 3C279 16 30 31 22.0 239.5 3.6 40.3 21 1 1 853 16 01 27 16 03 56 --- 16 32 31 21.6 239.9 3.6 40.5 120 F 1 858 16 01 45 16 04 41 3C274 16 33 16 30.1 259.3 4.0 48.6 22 1 1 858 16 04 11 16 24 38 --- 16 53 16 26.4 262.9 4.4 49.3 1197 F 1 897 16 04 29 16 25 21 3C279 16 53 59 18.1 244.2 4.0 42.5 20 1 1 897 16 24 51 16 27 20 --- 16 55 59 17.8 244.6 4.0 42.6 120 F 1 902 16 25 09 16 28 02 3C274 16 56 41 25.8 263.5 4.4 49.3 20 1 1 902 16 27 32 16 47 59 --- 17 16 41 22.0 267.0 4.8 49.7 1197 F 1 942 16 27 50 16 48 36 3C279 17 17 18 14.1 248.6 4.3 44.3 15 1 1 942 16 47 59 16 50 35 --- 17 19 18 13.8 249.0 4.4 44.4 120 F 1 947 16 47 59 16 51 11 3C274 17 19 53 21.4 267.5 4.8 49.7 14 1 1 947 16 50 35 17 11 08 --- 17 39 53 17.7 270.9 5.1 49.8 1197 F 1 986 16 50 35 17 14 21 3C274 17 43 07 17.1 271.4 5.2 49.7 186 1 1 986 17 13 51 17 19 20 --- 17 48 07 16.2 272.3 5.3 49.7 299 F 1 997 17 14 09 17 19 20 M84 17 48 07 15.4 273.6 5.4 49.8 -7 1 1 997 17 19 20 17 20 00 --- 17 48 47 15.3 273.7 5.4 49.8 32 F 1 998 17 19 20 17 20 00 3C274 17 48 47 16.1 272.4 5.3 49.7 -7 1 1 998 17 20 00 17 20 30 --- 17 49 17 16.0 272.4 5.3 49.7 22 F 1 999 17 20 00 17 20 30 M84 17 49 17 15.2 273.8 5.4 49.8 -7 1 1 999 17 20 30 17 21 10 --- 17 49 57 15.1 273.9 5.4 49.7 32 F 1 1001 17 20 30 Schedule for VLBA_NL (Code Nl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 30 Dec 2007 Day 364 --- 17 21 10 3C274 17 49 57 15.8 272.6 5.3 49.7 -7 1 1 1001 17 21 10 17 21 40 --- 17 50 27 15.7 272.6 5.3 49.7 22 F 1 1002 17 21 10 17 21 40 M84 17 50 27 15.0 274.0 5.4 49.7 -7 1 1 1002 17 21 40 17 22 19 --- 17 51 07 14.9 274.1 5.4 49.7 32 F 1 1003 17 21 40 17 22 19 3C274 17 51 07 15.6 272.7 5.3 49.7 -7 1 1 1003 17 22 19 17 22 49 --- 17 51 37 15.5 272.8 5.3 49.7 22 F 1 1004 17 22 19 17 22 49 M84 17 51 37 14.8 274.2 5.4 49.7 -7 1 1 1004 17 22 49 17 23 29 --- 17 52 17 14.7 274.3 5.4 49.7 32 F 1 1005 17 22 49 17 23 38 3C274 17 52 25 15.4 273.0 5.4 49.7 1 1 1 1005 17 23 29 17 28 37 --- 17 57 25 14.5 273.8 5.4 49.6 299 F 1 1015 17 23 29 17 28 41 3C274 17 57 30 14.4 273.8 5.4 49.6 0 1 1 1015 17 28 37 17 48 38 --- 18 17 30 10.7 277.0 5.8 49.3 1197 F 1 1054 17 28 37 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 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 3 Station: VLBA_NL 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: 3 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 14.320221 0.00 12 50 01.74793 * 12 33 28.04383 12 30 39.13105 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 18.196166 0.21 0851+202 20 17 58.41741 * 20 06 30.64086 20 04 37.48546 0.40 J0854+20 /home/filehost/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 28.732567 0.32 * M84 13 09 49.76862 * 12 53 13.13923 12 50 23.79566 0.31 /home/filehost/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 14.323203 0.31 1228+126 12 40 01.74901 * 12 23 28.04383 12 20 39.18941 0.20 * 3C274 /home/filehost/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 36.347775 0.20 1253-055 -05 31 07.99586 *-05 47 21.52472 -05 50 01.23276 0.30 * 3C279 /home/filehost/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 96.1 OJ287 147.7 M84 97.6 3C274 96.1 3C279 83.2 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