COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_PT (Code Pt ) 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_PT (Code Pt ) 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 13 34 18.2 -53.7 6.3 60.1 0 1 1 0 14 30 00 14 32 00 =0552+398 12 15 35 17.9 -53.5 6.3 59.9 120 F 1 8 14 30 18 14 32 00 J0605+4030 12 15 35 19.9 -53.9 6.2 61.4 -10 1 1 8 14 32 00 14 34 00 =0602+405 12 17 35 19.6 -53.7 6.2 61.1 110 F 1 15 14 32 00 14 34 00 J0555+3948 12 17 35 17.5 -53.3 6.4 59.6 -10 1 1 15 14 34 00 14 36 00 =0552+398 12 19 35 17.2 -53.1 6.4 59.3 110 F 1 23 14 34 00 14 36 00 J0605+4030 12 19 35 19.3 -53.5 6.2 60.9 -10 1 1 23 14 36 00 14 38 00 =0602+405 12 21 36 18.9 -53.3 6.3 60.6 110 F 1 31 14 36 00 14 38 00 J0555+3948 12 21 36 16.9 -52.9 6.4 59.1 -10 1 1 31 14 38 00 14 40 00 =0552+398 12 23 36 16.6 -52.7 6.5 58.8 110 F 1 39 14 38 00 14 40 00 J0605+4030 12 23 36 18.6 -53.1 6.3 60.4 -10 1 1 39 14 40 00 14 42 00 =0602+405 12 25 36 18.3 -52.9 6.3 60.1 110 F 1 46 14 40 00 14 42 00 J0555+3948 12 25 36 16.2 -52.5 6.5 58.6 -10 1 1 46 14 42 00 14 44 00 =0552+398 12 27 37 15.9 -52.3 6.5 58.3 110 F 1 54 14 42 00 14 44 00 J0605+4030 12 27 37 17.9 -52.7 6.4 59.8 -10 1 1 54 14 44 00 14 46 00 =0602+405 12 29 37 17.6 -52.5 6.4 59.6 110 F 1 62 14 44 00 14 46 00 J0555+3948 12 29 37 15.6 -52.1 6.6 58.0 -10 1 1 62 14 46 00 14 48 00 =0552+398 12 31 37 15.2 -51.9 6.6 57.8 110 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 31 37 17.3 -52.3 6.4 59.3 -10 1 1 70 14 48 00 14 50 00 =0602+405 12 33 38 17.0 -52.1 6.5 59.0 110 F 1 77 14 48 00 Schedule for VLBA_PT (Code Pt ) 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 33 38 14.9 -51.7 6.6 57.5 -10 1 1 77 14 50 00 14 52 00 =0552+398 12 35 38 14.6 -51.4 6.7 57.2 110 F 1 85 14 50 00 14 52 00 J0605+4030 12 35 38 16.6 -51.9 6.5 58.8 -10 1 1 85 14 52 00 14 54 00 =0602+405 12 37 38 16.3 -51.7 6.5 58.5 110 F 1 93 14 52 00 14 54 00 J0555+3948 12 37 38 14.3 -51.2 6.7 57.0 -10 1 1 93 14 54 00 14 56 00 =0552+398 12 39 39 13.9 -51.0 6.7 56.7 110 F 1 101 14 54 00 14 56 00 J0605+4030 12 39 39 16.0 -51.5 6.6 58.2 -10 1 1 101 14 56 00 14 58 00 =0602+405 12 41 39 15.7 -51.3 6.6 58.0 110 F 1 108 14 56 00 14 58 00 J0555+3948 12 41 39 13.6 -50.8 6.8 56.4 -10 1 1 108 14 58 00 15 00 00 =0552+398 12 43 39 13.3 -50.6 6.8 56.2 110 F 1 116 14 58 00 15 00 00 J0605+4030 12 43 39 15.3 -51.1 6.6 57.7 -10 1 1 116 15 00 00 15 02 00 =0602+405 12 45 40 15.0 -50.9 6.7 57.4 110 F 1 124 15 00 00 15 02 00 J0555+3948 12 45 40 13.0 -50.3 6.8 55.9 -10 1 1 124 15 02 00 15 04 00 =0552+398 12 47 40 12.7 -50.1 6.9 55.6 110 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 12 47 40 14.7 -50.7 6.7 57.2 -10 1 1 132 15 04 00 15 06 00 =0602+405 12 49 40 14.4 -50.4 6.7 56.9 110 F 1 135 15 04 38 15 06 00 J0555+3948 12 49 40 12.4 -49.9 6.9 55.4 -10 1 1 135 15 06 00 15 08 00 =0552+398 12 51 41 12.0 -49.7 6.9 55.1 110 F 1 139 15 06 00 15 08 00 J0605+4030 12 51 41 14.1 -50.2 6.8 56.6 -10 1 1 139 15 08 00 15 10 00 =0602+405 12 53 41 13.7 -50.0 6.8 56.3 110 F 1 143 15 08 00 15 10 00 J0555+3948 12 53 41 11.7 -49.4 7.0 54.8 -10 1 1 143 15 10 00 15 12 00 =0552+398 12 55 41 11.4 -49.2 7.0 54.5 110 F 1 147 15 10 00 15 12 00 J0605+4030 12 55 41 13.4 -49.8 6.8 56.1 -10 1 1 147 15 12 00 15 14 00 =0602+405 12 57 42 13.1 -49.6 6.9 55.8 110 F 1 151 15 12 00 Schedule for VLBA_PT (Code Pt ) 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 12 57 42 11.1 -49.0 7.0 54.3 -10 1 1 151 15 14 00 15 16 00 =0552+398 12 59 42 10.8 -48.8 7.1 54.0 110 F 1 155 15 14 00 15 16 00 J0605+4030 12 59 42 12.8 -49.4 6.9 55.5 -10 1 1 155 15 16 00 15 18 00 =0602+405 13 01 42 12.5 -49.1 6.9 55.2 110 F 1 159 15 16 00 15 18 00 J0555+3948 13 01 42 10.5 -48.5 7.1 53.7 -10 1 1 159 15 18 00 15 20 00 =0552+398 13 03 43 10.2 -48.3 7.1 53.4 110 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: 2 Station: VLBA_PT 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: 2 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: 7 Station: VLBA_PT 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: 7 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: 12 Station: VLBA_PT 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: 12 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