From jf.desmurs@oan.es Wed Oct 10 01:20:37 2007 Return-Path: Received: from polaris.cv.nrao.edu (polaris.cv.nrao.edu [192.33.115.101]) by dropbox.aoc.nrao.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/smtp-gateway) with ESMTP id l9A7KaiJ013697 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:20:37 -0600 Received: from revere.aoc.nrao.edu (revere.aoc.nrao.edu [146.88.1.15]) by polaris.cv.nrao.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/smtp-gateway) with ESMTP id l9A7KZp0017390 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:20:36 -0400 Received: from mercurio.oan.es (mercurio.oan.es [193.146.252.206]) by revere.aoc.nrao.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/cv-ws-8.12) with ESMTP id l9A7K6YQ024290 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:20:22 -0600 Received: from marte.oan.es ([193.146.252.205] helo=sauterne.oan.es) by mercurio.oan.es with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IfVrL-0000RN-VX for vlbiobs@nrao.edu; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:20:03 +0200 Received: from desmurs by sauterne.oan.es with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IfVrL-0001ZP-VI for vlbiobs@nrao.edu; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:20:00 +0200 Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:19:59 +0200 To: "VLBI Observers (Aspen only)" Subject: Re: Schedule project BD128 & BD127 Message-ID: <20071010071959.GA6021@oan.es> References: <20071008143142.GB9633@oan.es> <20071009073032.GA5476@oan.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="liOOAslEiF7prFVr" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: JF Desmurs X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the postmaster@aoc.nrao.edu for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0, required 5, autolearn=disabled) X-MailScanner-From: jf.desmurs@oan.es X-Spam-Status: No Status: RO X-Status: A X-Keywords: X-UID: 6979 --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello Lisa, I check the two schedules of my projects bd127 and bd128. For BD128, every thing is OK, no change! But for BD127, there is one little modification. Even if the best range to observed the source is 03-11, the schedule start at 02:00 LST PT !!! in the schedule that you send me it is put 03h00. I edited the schedule and I send it to you in attach document (version 2, the only change with the one that you send me is the starting time 02:00 in place of 03:00.) Really, thank you very much for your help. Best regards, JF On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:47:28AM -0600, VLBI Observers (Aspen only) wrote: > > Hello again JF, > > I have made the revisions we discussed below. The new versions > of both key files are attached. Please let me know if you have > any concerns. You can send any revisons necessary whenever you > are ready. > > Best wishes, > > Lisa > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "La découverte d'un met nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre humain que la découverte d'une étoile" (Brillat-Savarin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Francois DESMURS Observatorio Astronomico de Madrid Astronomer Alfonso XII, 3. email : desmurs@oan.es 28014 Madrid (Spain) Phone: (+34) 91 527 01 07 (ext 0336) Fax: (+34) 91 527 19 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: application/pgp-keys Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="bd127.key" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Project : BD127, Phase Referencing ! ! Days of the year: Dynamical scheduling, ! ! Frequency 7mm dual polarization on OH231.8 ! Lines: V=2; J1-0; 28_SiO (7mm): 42820.587 MHz ! V=1; J1-0; 28_SiO (7mm): 43122.080 MHz ! ! Total schedule time: ~11h00 (02-13h00 LST PT) Centered at LST 7.5 ! ! Best between 03-11H00 (LST VLBA_PT) ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! The schedule is optimized and start at 02h00 LST PT. ! ! If the observations do not start at 02h00 LST PT and you have to ! edit the schedule please take care, DO NOT SHIFT the schedule, ! The cycling time is optimized depending of the elevation of ! our sources! ! Just add/delete the corresponding time range at the begining or the ! end (but the target source, OH231.8, will be certainly to low) ! ! In case of doubt, please, contact me : desmurs@oan.es !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ================================================================ ! Preferred Dynamic Contraints. Alter [defaults] as desired. ! ================================================================ ! Equipment constraints: ! Stations. Below each station code, the "o" indicates an ! [optional] station that is to be used if it is available. ! Change "o" to "r" if the station is required or change ! "o" to "n" if the station is not to be used. ! SC HN NL FD LA PT KP OV BR MK ! o r r r r r r r r r ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: 9 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [yes] yes ! Bands and polarizations. Below each band code, insert "R" ! if the righthand polarization is to be used, "L" if the ! lefthand polarization is to be used, "d" if dual ! polarizations are to be used, or "o" if the band is in ! your setups but scheduling should not be constrained by ! its availability. ! 90cm 50cm 20cm 13cm 6cm 4cm 2cm 1cm 7mm 3mm ! dual ! Weather constraints: good weather conditions ! [appropriate for bands marked "L", "R", or "d" above ! and for at least the minimum number of stations] ! Date constraints: ! Preferred date(s), usually a series start [none]: none ! Excluded dates plus reason [none]: ! Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: ! ================================================================ ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 2 ! Edited the 10-Oct-2007 expt = 'Absolute position map of SiO maser emission in the pPN OH231.8+4.2' expcode = 'bd127' piname = 'Desmurs, J.-F' address1 = 'Observatorio Astronomico Nacional' phone = '34 1 885 50 60' obsphone = '34 1 885 50 60' fax = '34 1 885 50 62' email = 'desmurs@oan.es' obsmode = 'VLBA 7mm-256-4-2: 7mm : 2 Pol & 2 spectral lines, 16MHz.' obstype = 'VLBA' note1 = 'This is a phase referencing line experiment at 7mm' note2 = '*** Best range 03-11H00 (LST VLBA_PT) *** ' note3 = '** SWITCH PHAS CAL OFF ** please, thank you' note4 = 'See schedule if observations do not started at 02H00 LST PT' ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 corchan = 512 cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'OH231.8 from schedule' cortape = 'DAT' corship1 = 'J.-F. Desmurs' corship2 = 'Observatorio Astronomico Nacional' corship3 = 'C/ Alfonso XII, 3.' corship4 = '28014 Madrid - Spain' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. If ! you do not want this protection, uncomment the following line: overwrit ! ! To only process VLBA and VLA stations, uncomment the following line: ! dosta 'vl' ! ! ========================================================== ! =================== Tape initialization ================= ! ========================================================== ! !** WARNING: Check with data analysts that the following tape ** !** information is correct for YOUR project ** autotape = 2 !sumitem = el1, el2, az1, az2, slew, slew, early, early, dwell, dwell ! sumitem = el1, el2, tape1, tape2 , slew, early, dwell !tapeini / ! tpsta = vlba, default ! tpdrive = 1, 1 ! tplength= 17600, 8800 ! ndrives = 1, 1 ! nheadpos= 14, 14 ! density = H, L ! / ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Spectral line rest frequecies =========== ! ========================================================== ! lineinit / ! ! 7mm 28SiO v=1, j=1-0, 28SiO v=2, j=1-0 ! lineset='sio_j10' restfreq= 42820.587, 42820.587, 43122.080, 43122.080 / endlines / ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Observing Setup ==================== ! ========================================================== ! setinit = sio_43.set / ! Based: Standard setup file: v7mm-64-4-2.set -> 256-4-2 ! ! (Produced by MAKESETUP) ! For the 7 mm band. ! Radio Astronomy allocation: 42400-43500 ! Medicina band 43164-43278 ! Old: freqref = 43150.99 ! Reasonable Mark II setting. ! Frequency based on experiments in Feb 95 global session. ! ! Format Tape length Density Tape speed Time/pass ! VLBA/MkIII/MkIV 17600 High 160.00 22:00 ! MkIII/MkIV 8800 Low 270.00 6:31 ! 256 Mbps - 1 pass/headpos nchan = 4 bits = 2 bbfilter = 16.0 ! At 43GHz -> 111km/s samprate = 32.0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pcal = 'off' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Rest Freq v2=42820.587, v1=43122.080 MHz ! Dop Schift (v=33.0) 42810.17, 43111.59 ! freqref = 42970.99 ! Freq. center between the two SiO line. firstlo = 42200.00 ! Selected LO value for observing SiO lines. freqoff = -8.0, -8.0, +8.0, +8.0 netside = U, U, U, U bbc = 1, 2, 3, 4 pol = dual format = 'VLBA' station = 'VLBA' / endset / ! ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Source Catalog ==================== ! ========================================================== ! srccat / EQUINOX = 'J2000' !EPOCH='J2000' ! Target Source SOURCE='OH231.8' RA=07:42:16.93 DEC=-14:42:50.2 VEL = 33.0 REMARKS='C.Sanchez et al. 2000' / ! Calibrators SOURCE='J0730-1141','0727-115','J0730-11' RA=07:30:19.1124730 DEC= -11:41:12.600510 RAERR= 0.200 DECERR= 0.300 CALCODE='V' REMARKS='VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro' / ! REMARKS2='USNO, dist=04d12, S=3.3Jy 7mm' / SOURCE='J0423-0120','0420-014','J0423-01' RA=04:23:15.8007290 DEC= -01:20:33.065370 RAERR= 0.200 DECERR= 0.300 CALCODE='V' REMARKS='VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro' / SOURCE='J0854+2006','0851+202','J0854+20','OJ287' RA=08:54:48.8749300 DEC= 20:06:30.640860 RAERR= 0.210 DECERR= 0.400 CALCODE='V' REMARKS='VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro'/ !Other possible calibrators: ! Catalogue of confirmed K-band calibrators. ! http://vlbi.gsfc.nasa.gov/solutions/astro/kband_cal.src ! ! SOURCE='J0737-15', '0734-154', 'J0737-1534', '0734-154' ! RA=07:37:16.2500 DEC=-15:34:06.700 ! CALCODE=V REMARKS='dist:1.48, 999.99 VERA FSSD 0.22/0.21/0.17'/ !! NEW; VLBA K detected ! ! SOURCE='J0735-17' ! RA=07:35:45.812489 DEC=-17:35:48.50223 ! CALCODE=V REMARKS='VLBA, dist=03d16, S=0.4Jy 7mm W'/ ! ! SOURCE='0746-159', 'J0746-1555', '0744-158' ! RA=07:46:18.236023 DEC=-15:55:34.74550 ! REMARKS='VLA Oct01 VERA calib dist=1.552 deg S=0.17Jy 7mm W' / !! VERA FSS: D 0.19 0.21 0.16 0.0 KNO ! ! SOURCE='0748-166', 'J0748-1639', '0745-165' !! VERA NON DETECTED 22GHz ! RA=07:48:03.0880 DEC=-16:39:50.160 ! REMARKS='VLA Oct01 VERA calib dist=2.39 deg S=0.5Jy 7mm W C-VCS4'/ !! Flux: S1 0.47, S2 0.23, X1 0.46, X2 0.26. !! http://veraserver.mtk.nao.ac.jp/restricted/CFP2006/fss_ndt.txt ! 0746-167 J0748-1650 0746-167 C dist : 2.64 ! 07_48_48.6786 -16_50_27.401 ! 1.20 VERA FSS: D 0.20 0.21 0.17 0.0 KNO endcat / ! ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Station Catalog =================== ! ========================================================== ! stafile = '$SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! LST = 'VLBA_PT' ! Schedule in PT LST. year = 2007 !month = 12 day = 61102 start = 02:00:00 ! Best range 03-11H00 (LST VLBA_PT) ! Please, do not change, this optimal start. pcal = off !minpause = 00:00:30 ! ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Note that first "GAP" after START is ignored. ! setup = 'sio_43.set' linename = 'sio_j10' doppler stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK ! ! 02h00 LST PT: ! source = 0420-014 dwel= 00:11:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OJ287 dwel= 00:11:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dwel= 00:11:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:11:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~02h50 LST PT: ! !stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, ! VLBA_PT group 2 repeat 2 source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~03h40 LST PT: antenna SC, HN, NL, FD, LA, PT, KP ! !stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, ! VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV group 2 repeat 2 source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~04h20 LST PT: antenna SC, HN, NL, FD, LA, PT, KP, OV, BR ! !stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, ! VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK group 2 repeat 2 source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~5h30 LST PT: Phase referencing : 40 sec ! source = 0420-014 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dwel= 00:04:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:14:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / group 2 repeat 27 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:20 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:20 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~6h20 LST PT: Phase referencing : 40 sec ! source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / group 2 repeat 27 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:20 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:20 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~7h10 LST PT: Phase referencing : 36 sec ! source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / group 2 repeat 30 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~8h00 LST PT: Phase referencing : 36 sec ! source = 0420-014 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dwel= 00:04:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:14:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / group 2 repeat 30 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~8h40 LST PT: Phase referencing : 36 sec ! source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / group 2 repeat 30 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~9h30 LST PT: Phase referencing : 36 sec ! source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:18:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / group 2 repeat 30 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~10h10 LST PT: Phase referencing : 36 sec ! source = OJ287 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! SC, HN down !stations = VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, ! VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK source = J0730-11 dwel= 00:04:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = OH231.8 dwel= 00:14:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:04:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! NL down !stations = VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, ! VLBA_MK group 2 repeat 26 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dur = 00:00:18 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! END phas ref source = J0730-11 dur = 00:02:20 gap = 00:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! ~11h00-13H00 LST PT: Normal Observations to end time. ! group 2 repeat 4 source = OH231.8 dur = 00:18:00 gap = 02:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / source = J0730-11 dwel= 00:04:00 dopsrc 'OH231.8' / ! ! End ~13h02 ! exit / ! pl sched = bd127.key / ! sched = bd127.key / ! --liOOAslEiF7prFVr-- From jf.desmurs@oan.es Tue Oct 9 01:31:03 2007 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:30:32 +0200 From: JF Desmurs To: "VLBI Observers (Aspen only)" Subject: Re: Schedule project BD128 Dear Lisa, > 1 -In the dynamic constraints for both files, all antennae > are marked as required, but the minimum number of stations > is shown as 9. Please revise your constraints so they are > all in agreement. Also, please be advised that SC will be > down for major maintenance until December. If you like, I > can mark SC as optional and that would take care of it. Yes, it is OK for me .. I just put a minimum of 9 antennas just to mean that if one is missing it is not a big problem, so as SC is not available til December, yes, please, mark it as optional. > 2 - It appears that both files use a UT start time. Dynamic > projects must be scheduled in PT LST. You add a note regarding > LST time - would you like me to change it to that time? Yes, the observations start at 03h00 LST PT! you can delete the comment "UTC time". > 3 - And one final note - you've been granted five epochs for > bd128. Do you wish to use the bd128 key file for all of them, > or just for bd128a? For the moment this schedule will used for the whole five epochs, except if a quick reduction of the first epochs shows some problems. So, yes, file bd128.key will be use for all the epochs. Thank you very much for your comments and of taking care of my observations, Best regards JF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "La découverte d'un met nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre humain que la découverte d'une étoile" (Brillat-Savarin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Francois DESMURS Observatorio Astronomico de Madrid Astronomer Alfonso XII, 3. email : desmurs@oan.es 28014 Madrid (Spain) Phone: (+34) 91 527 01 07 (ext 0336) Fax: (+34) 91 527 19 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------