COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Experiment: TY006C: VLBA+Y1 Test Exp. Code: TY006C Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Amy Mioduszewski Address: NRAO Socorro, NM 87801 Phone: (505) 835 7263 (work); (505) 838 0393 (home) EMAIL: amiodusz@nrao.edu Fax: (505) 835 7027 Phone during observation: (505) 835 7263 Observing mode: VLBA+Y1 dual pol at 1.3 & 6 cm with 512-8-2 Notes: 1.3 & 6 cm portion Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 2 TY006C: VLBA+Y1 Test 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Dec 2007 Day 339 --- Next scan frequencies: 4945.49 4945.49 4961.49 4961.49 4977.49 4977.49 4993.49 4993.49 Next BBC frequencies: 845.49 845.49 861.49 861.49 877.49 877.49 893.49 893.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 14 30 00 J0555+3948 12 30 16 13.2 -51.3 6.6 60.9 0 1 1 0 14 30 00 14 32 00 =0552+398 12 32 17 12.9 -51.1 6.6 60.6 120 F 1 8 14 30 18 14 32 00 J0605+4030 12 32 17 14.9 -51.4 6.4 62.2 -10 1 1 8 14 32 00 14 34 00 =0602+405 12 34 17 14.6 -51.2 6.5 61.9 110 F 1 15 14 32 00 14 34 00 J0555+3948 12 34 17 12.5 -50.9 6.6 60.4 -10 1 1 15 14 34 00 14 36 00 =0552+398 12 36 17 12.2 -50.7 6.7 60.1 110 F 1 23 14 34 00 14 36 00 J0605+4030 12 36 17 14.2 -51.1 6.5 61.7 -10 1 1 23 14 36 00 14 38 00 =0602+405 12 38 18 13.9 -50.9 6.5 61.4 110 F 1 31 14 36 00 14 38 00 J0555+3948 12 38 18 11.8 -50.5 6.7 59.8 -10 1 1 31 14 38 00 14 40 00 =0552+398 12 40 18 11.5 -50.3 6.7 59.5 110 F 1 39 14 38 00 14 40 00 J0605+4030 12 40 18 13.6 -50.7 6.6 61.1 -10 1 1 39 14 40 00 14 42 00 =0602+405 12 42 18 13.2 -50.5 6.6 60.8 110 F 1 46 14 40 00 14 42 00 J0555+3948 12 42 18 11.2 -50.1 6.8 59.2 -10 1 1 46 14 42 00 14 44 00 =0552+398 12 44 19 10.9 -49.9 6.8 59.0 110 F 1 54 14 42 00 14 44 00 J0605+4030 12 44 19 12.9 -50.3 6.6 60.5 -10 1 1 54 14 44 00 14 46 00 =0602+405 12 46 19 12.6 -50.1 6.7 60.3 110 F 1 62 14 44 00 14 46 00 J0555+3948 12 46 19 10.5 -49.7 6.8 58.7 -10 1 1 62 14 46 00 14 48 00 =0552+398 12 48 19 10.2 -49.5 6.9 58.4 110 F 1 70 14 46 00 Next scan frequencies: 22196.49 22196.49 22212.49 22212.49 22228.49 22228.49 22244.49 22244.49 Next BBC frequencies: 696.49 696.49 712.49 712.49 728.49 728.49 744.49 744.49 14 48 00 J0605+4030 12 48 19 12.2 -49.9 6.7 60.0 -10 1 1 70 14 48 00 14 50 00 =0602+405 12 50 20 11.9 -49.7 6.7 59.7 110 F 1 77 14 48 00 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 3 TY006C: VLBA+Y1 Test 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Dec 2007 Day 339 --- 14 50 00 J0555+3948 12 50 20 9.9 -49.3 6.9 58.1 -10 1 1 77 14 50 00 14 52 00 =0552+398 12 52 20 9.5 -49.1 6.9 57.8 110 F 1 85 14 50 00 14 52 00 J0605+4030 12 52 20 11.6 -49.5 6.8 59.4 -10 1 1 85 14 52 00 14 54 00 =0602+405 12 54 20 11.3 -49.3 6.8 59.1 110 F 1 93 14 52 00 14 54 00 J0555+3948 12 54 20 9.2 -48.9 7.0 57.5 -10 1 1 93 14 54 00 14 56 00 =0552+398 12 56 20 8.9 -48.7 7.0 57.2 110 F 1 101 14 54 00 14 56 00 J0605+4030 12 56 20 10.9 -49.1 6.8 58.8 -10 1 1 101 14 56 00 14 58 00 =0602+405 12 58 21 10.6 -48.9 6.9 58.5 110 F 1 108 14 56 00 14 58 00 J0555+3948 12 58 21 8.6 -48.4 7.0 57.0 -10 1 1 108 14 58 00 15 00 00 =0552+398 13 00 21 8.2 -48.2 7.1 56.7 110 F 1 116 14 58 00 15 00 00 J0605+4030 13 00 21 10.3 -48.7 6.9 58.3 -10 1 1 116 15 00 00 15 02 00 =0602+405 13 02 21 10.0 -48.5 6.9 58.0 110 F 1 124 15 00 00 15 02 00 J0555+3948 13 02 21 7.9 -48.0 7.1 56.4 -10 1 1 124 15 02 00 15 04 00 =0552+398 13 04 22 7.6 -47.8 7.1 56.1 110 F 1 132 15 02 00 Next scan frequencies: 4971.49 4971.49 4979.49 4979.49 4987.49 4987.49 4995.49 4995.49 Next BBC frequencies: 871.49 871.49 879.49 879.49 887.49 887.49 895.49 895.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 15 04 00 J0605+4030 13 04 22 9.6 -48.3 7.0 57.7 -10 1 1 132 15 04 00 15 06 00 =0602+405 13 06 22 9.3 -48.1 7.0 57.4 110 F 1 135 15 04 38 15 06 00 J0555+3948 13 06 22 7.3 -47.6 7.2 55.8 -10 1 1 135 15 06 00 15 08 00 =0552+398 13 08 22 7.0 -47.4 7.2 55.5 110 F 1 139 15 06 00 15 08 00 J0605+4030 13 08 22 9.0 -47.9 7.0 57.1 -10 1 1 139 15 08 00 15 10 00 =0602+405 13 10 23 8.7 -47.7 7.1 56.8 110 F 1 143 15 08 00 15 10 00 J0555+3948 13 10 23 6.7 -47.1 7.2 55.2 -10 1 1 143 15 10 00 15 12 00 =0552+398 13 12 23 6.3 -46.9 7.3 54.9 110 F 1 147 15 10 00 15 12 00 J0605+4030 13 12 23 8.4 -47.5 7.1 56.5 -10 1 1 147 15 12 00 15 14 00 =0602+405 13 14 23 8.0 -47.3 7.1 56.2 110 F 1 151 15 12 00 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 4 TY006C: VLBA+Y1 Test 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 5 Dec 2007 Day 339 --- 15 14 00 J0555+3948 13 14 23 6.0 -46.7 7.3 54.6 -10 1 1 151 15 14 00 15 16 00 =0552+398 13 16 24 5.7 -46.5 7.3 54.3 110 F 1 155 15 14 00 15 16 00 J0605+4030 13 16 24 7.7 -47.0 7.2 55.9 -10 1 1 155 15 16 00 15 18 00 =0602+405 13 18 24 7.4 -46.8 7.2 55.6 110 F 1 159 15 16 00 15 18 00 J0555+3948 13 18 24 5.4 -46.2 7.4 54.0 -10 1 1 159 15 18 00 15 20 00 =0552+398 13 20 24 5.1 -46.0 7.4 53.7 110 F 1 163 15 18 00 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: v6cm.set Matches group v6cm_2 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 4 Station: VLBA_FD Total bit rate: 512 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 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: 4 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4945.49 4945.49 4961.49 4961.49 4977.49 4977.49 4993.49 4993.49 BBC fr= 845.49 845.49 861.49 861.49 877.49 877.49 893.49 893.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 510 510 510 510 13510 13510 13510 13510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 13510 13510 13510 13510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19, 66, 82, 67, 83 barrel=roll_off Setup file: v1cm.set Matches group v1cm_b3 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 9 Station: VLBA_FD Total bit rate: 512 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 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 = B D B D B D B D VLBA FE= omit 1cm omit 1cm VLBA Synth= 9.1 15.4 12.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 22196.49 22196.49 22212.49 22212.49 22228.49 22228.49 22244.49 22244.49 BBC fr= 696.49 696.49 712.49 712.49 728.49 728.49 744.49 744.49 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 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 S5 S7 S1 S3 S5 S7 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S2 S4 S6 S8 PCALFR1= 510 510 510 510 13510 13510 13510 13510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 13510 13510 13510 13510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19, 66, 82, 67, 83 barrel=roll_off 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: 14 Station: VLBA_FD Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 2.00 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: 14 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 2 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: 2 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, 18, 3, 19, 66, 82, 67, 83 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- TY006C: VLBA+Y1 Test 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) * J0555+3948 05 52 01.407172 * 05 55 30.805614 05 56 06.321666 0.26 0552+398 39 48 21.94585 * 39 48 49.16500 39 48 58.31953 0.40 DA193 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0555+39 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.433 scan hours, 3.848 baseline hours above horizon. * J0605+4030 06 02 20.058848 * 06 05 50.855368 06 06 26.606322 0.28 0602+405 40 30 26.00793 * 40 30 08.10360 40 30 09.31839 0.42 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.400 scan hours, 3.515 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) J0555+3948 157.2 J0605+4030 155.2 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