! ! VLBA observations of VLA-detected ULIRGs - NN Feb03 ! this script is : ! bn022e 9.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 23.0 ! other scripts for: ! (bn022a) 1 times 24.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 0.0 ! (bn022b,c,d) 3 times 11.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 12.0 ! (bn022f) 1 times 9.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 23.0 ! expt = 'BN022 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref observations of ULIRGs' expcode = 'bn022e' version = 1 piname = 'Neil Nagar' address1 = 'Kapteyn Institute' address2 = 'Postbus 800' address3 = '9700 AV Groningen' address4 = 'The Netherlands' phone = '+31 (0)50 3634073' obsphone = '+31 (0)50 3634073' fax = '+31 (0)50 3636100' email = 'neil@arcetri.astro.it' obsmode = 'continuum' obstype = 'VLBA' opminant = 4 opminel = 15 correl = 'VLBA' note1 = 'Target coordinates from 15GHz VLA-Array observations' note2 = 'Fringe finders: J0555+3948, J2253+1608' note3 = 'Phase-referencing used for all sources' note4 = 'This subscript for total of 3 target sources' cornote1 = 'Multiple phase centers to be used for some target sources.' cornote2 = 'Details in file bn022e.extrapos' ! ! ! ========================================================== ! ======================= Setup File ====================== ! ========================================================== ! ! 18-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v18cm-128-4-2-L.set i.e. 128Mbps, 4 BB's, 2bit sampling ! 6-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v6cm-128-4-2-L.set ! 4-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v4cm-128-4-2-R.set ! 2-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v2cm-128-4-2-L.set ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! ! correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 ! default 2sec sampling corchan = 16 ! (continuum) default 16 channels per BB cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'schedule' cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Neil Nagar' corship2 = 'Arcetri Observatory' corship3 = 'Largo E. Fermi 5' corship4 = 'Firenze 50125, Italy' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit ! ! To process only VLBA and VLA stations, uncomment the following line: dosta 'vl' ! ! ! ! ========================================================== ! =================== Tape initialization ================= ! ========================================================== ! tapeini / tpsta = vlba tpdrive = 1 tpindex = 1 tplength= 17600 ndrives = 2 nheadpos= 14 density = H / autotape=2 ! automatic tape handling, so no need to schedule in passes ! ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! srccat / ! ! ---- 1st priority Targets ---------------------------------------------------- ! name,dist,peakflux,prop,catalog of phase ref is listed above target ! ! bn022a: single opt/ir nucleus ! J0141-0928,3deg,0.53@4cmvlba,ircf,slightly extended - use model? source='01298-0744' ra=01:32:21.413 dec=-07:29:08.34 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! ! bn022a: single opt/ir nucleus ! J0513-2159,3.2deg,0.6@4cmvlba,ircf,slightly extended-use model? source='05024-1941' ra=05:04:36.563 dec=-19:37:02.92 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn : singl opt/ir nucleus ! J0756+6347,1.5deg,0.2@4cmvlba,vlba,pointlike ! J0825+6157,3.9deg,0.3@4cmvlba,ircf,slightly extended. Use as position check source='07599+6508' ra=08:04:30.472 dec=+64:59:52.76 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022a: two ir nuclei: other nucleus at (J2000): 09:00:25.67 +39:03:50.2 ! J0923+3849,4.4deg,0.27@4cmvlba,ircf,slightlyextended - use model? source='08572+3915' ra=09:00:25.376 dec=+39:03:54.15 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn : two ir nuclei. The VLA detection is midway between the two. So ! correlate at all three positions ! ir nuclei at (J2000): NEcompo 12:13:46.07 +2:48:42.0 ! : SWcompo 12:13:45.97 +2:48:39.8 ! J1222+0413,2.6deg,0.63@4cmvlba,ircf,pointlike source='12112+0305' ra=12:13:46.027 dec=+02:48:41.03 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022a: single opt/ir nucleus ! J1349+5341,2.3deg,0.3@4cmvlba,ircf,lowestcontours show diffuse emission (lobes?) - use model source='13428+5608' ra=13:44:42.129 dec=+55:53:13.51 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022a: two opt/ir nuclei: our VLA source is midway between IR compos. The ! Ma et al. 1998 position is to the SW. So also correlate at all extra positions ! Ma et al. 1998 (J2000) 13:47:33.361635 +12:17:24.24023 ! Sylvain Wcompo: 13:47:33.38 +12:17:25.4 ! Sylvain Ecompo: 13:47:33.52 +12:17:24.9 ! J1415+1320,7deg,1.23Jy@4cmvlba,ircf,lowestcontours extended but can selfcal target ! 13451+1232=4C~12.5. In USNO with peak ~0.34Jy@4cm, multiple components source='13451+1232' ra=13:47:33.451 dec=+12:17:25.14 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022d: three opt/ir nuclei: other compos are: ! EE: 14:41:04.55 +53:20:09.1 ! W: 14:41:01.15 +53:20:09.8 ! J1439+4958,3,4deg,0.3@4cmvlba,vlba,pointlike ! J1419+5423,3.3deg,0.35@4cmvlba,ircf,extended,use for position check source='14394+5332' ra=14:41:04.396 dec=+53:20:08.78 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn : three opt/ir nuclei: other nuclei at (J2000): ! W : 15:02:30.90 +14:21:36.8 ! WW: 15:02:30.54 +14:21:38.8 ! J1504+1029,3.9deg,0.7@4cmvlba,ircf,lowest contours extended - use model? source='15001+1433' ra=15:02:31.924 dec=+14:21:35.26 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022a: single opt/ir nucleus ! J1516+1932,5.8deg,0.43@4cmvlba,ircf,slightly extended (see USNO map too), use model? source='15327+2340' ra=15:34:57.291 dec=+23:30:11.33 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! ! bn : two opt/ir nuclei: other nucleus (SE) is: 16:18:09.59 +01:39:19.5 ! J1557-0001,5.4deg,0.7@4cmvlba,ircf,pointlike ! or J1617+0246,1.1deg,0.51@4cmvlba,vlba,onesidedjet - use model? source='16156+0146' ra=16:18:09.364 dec=+01:39:21.76 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022d: two opt/ir nuclei: other nucleus (E): 16:49:47.21 +54:42:36.5 ! J1638+5720,3.1deg,0.46@4cmvlba,ircf,small one sided jet - use model source='16487+5447' ra=16:49:46.895 dec=+54:42:35.33 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn : single opt/ir nucleus ! J1716+6836,1.7deg,0.42@4cmvlba,vlba,pointlike ! J1642+6856,2.7deg,0.68@4cmvlba,ircf,structure. use for position check source='17044+6720' ra=17:04:28.450 dec=+67:16:28.21 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022a: single opt/ir nucleus ! J1740+5211,4.1deg,1.5@4cmvlba,ircf,pointlike source='17179+5444' ra=17:18:54.392 dec=+54:41:48.27 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022e: single opt/ir nucleus ! J2011-1546,7.8deg,1.0@4cmvlba,ircf,pointlike source='20414-1651' ra=20:44:18.160 dec=-16:40:16.83 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn : single opt/ir nucleus ! J2321+2732,2.1deg,0.47@4cmvlba,ircf,extended - needs model (nothing better, so...) source='23129+2548' ra=23:15:21.402 dec=+26:04:32.41 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022a: two ir nuclei: other nucleus (S) at: 23:41:30.28 +03:17:24.9 ! J2349+0534,3deg,0.3@4cmvlba,vlba,pointlike (may be faint western extension) ! J2320+0513,5.5deg,0.6@4cmvlba,ircf,double - use for position source='23389+0300' ra=23:41:30.323 dec=+03:17:26.72 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! ---- 2nd priority Targets ---------------------------------------------------------- ! ! bn : single IR nucleus ! J2358-1020,6deg,1.3@4cmvlba,ircf,pointlike source='00188-0856' ra=00:21:26.513 dec=-08:39:26.01 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! J0914+0245,0.6deg,0.46@4cmvlba,ircf,one sided jet - use model source='09116+0334' ra=09:14:13.794 dec=+03:22:01.36 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022d: single opt/ir source ! J1033+4116,4.6deg,0.4@4cmvlba,ircf,extended at lowest contour - probably pointlike for us source='10494+4424' ra=10:52:23.564 dec=+44:08:46.95 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022d: 2 ir sources. We detected the N, the other compo is at (J2000) ! 12:05:47.69 16:51:04.3 ! J1215+1654,2.2deg,0.3@4cmvlba,vlba,pointlike with small double extension at faintest contours source='12032+1707' ra=12:05:47.722 dec=+16:51:08.27 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! J1350+3034,1.9deg,0.33@4cmvlba,vlba,pointlike ! J1407+2827,2.5deg,1.0@4cmvlba,icrf,someextension, use as coordinate checker. source='13539+2920' ra=13:56:09.990 dec=+29:05:35.13 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022d: 2 ir sources, we detected the W. The other compo is at (J2000): ! 16:34:52.77 +46:24:54.2 ! J1637+4717,1deg,0.66@4cmvlba,ircf,pointlike source='16333+4630' ra=16:34:52.349 dec=+46:24:52.63 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn : single IR nucleus ! J2129-1538,2.4deg,0.78@4cmvlba,ircf,slightly extended - use model source='21219-1757' ra=21:24:41.641 dec=-17:44:45.89 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022e: single IR nucleus ! J2320+0513,3deg,0.63@4cmvlba,ircf,double(~3% of main peak),use model? source='23060+0505' ra=23:08:33.954 dec=+05:21:29.76 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! bn022e: 2 IR components, we detected the W compo, the other is (J2000) ! 23:25:56.37 +10:02:49.5 ! J2330+1100,1.5deg,0.41@4cmvlba,ircf,extended(3% of main peak),use model? source='23234+0946' ra=23:25:56.143 dec=+10:02:49.52 epoch='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! 15GHz VLA Array (Nagar et al) ! ! ! fringe finders (from obs status summary): ! J0555+3948=DA193, J0927+3902=4C39.25, J1642+3948=3C345, and J2253+1608=3C454.3 ! ! amp check sources (from obs status summary)" ! J0555+3948=DA193, J0854+2006=OJ287, and J1310+3220 endcat / ! stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba ! ! The following two lines if testing at Socorro !stafile = /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat !srcfile = /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! ! Observing strategy: ! a. Resource allocations. ! tape - 1 thin tape ! b. Do single-poln (L) 128-4-2 at 18,6,2 cm. Will get state counts. ! single-poln (R) at 4cm ! tpmode=1 => 14 passes ! tpspeed=80 => 44 minutes/pass ! => 616 minutes of total tape motion per tape ! ! NOTES : ! # Ant slew rates : EL 30deg/min, AZ 90deg/min ! # with autotape=2 i.e. auto tape handling : ! scans starting within 450 feet of the expected end of tape after the ! first pass will start in the opposite direction. ! 450 feet is 67.5 seconds at 80ips. ! i.e. we could lose upto 14min in the 12 tape reversals. ! # Sensitivities are similar at 18, 6, and 4 cm. 2cm needs ~3 times ! the observing time to get to similar sensitivity. ! # Typical phase referencing cycle times ! 1-4-1 at 18cm ! 1-4-1 at 6cm ! 1-3-1 and 1-2-1 at 4cm ! 1-2.5-1 and 1-2-1 at 2cm ! sumitem = el1, el2, early, dwell ! sched will list these in summary file LST=VLBA_PT ! for PieTown LST, stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK !-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! IMPORTANT : The following 5 lines are for test purposes only ! comment out these lines before submitting to scheduler !-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! for testing set day and time ! since we use LST, we have to use the modified sidereal day i.e. 58378 ! year = 2003 day = 59412 start = 18:30:00 !assumed to be in LST, bec. we used the LST command !-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! this is the only setup used in the script setup = '$SCHED/setups/v6cm-128-4-2-L.set' ! SRC1 pass1 source='J2011-1546' dur=7:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 22 source='20414-1651' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2011-1546' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC2 pass1 source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 9 source='23060+0505' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC1 pass2 source='J2011-1546' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='20414-1651' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2011-1546' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC3 pass1 source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 9 source='23234+0946' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC1 pass3 source='J2011-1546' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 12 source='20414-1651' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2011-1546' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! fringe finder J2253+1608=3C454.3 source='J2253+1608' dur=7:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC2 pass2 source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='23060+0505' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC3 pass2 source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='23234+0946' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC2 pass3 source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='23060+0505' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC3 pass3 source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='23234+0946' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC2 pass4 source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='23060+0505' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2320+0513' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! SRC3 pass4 source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time for slew group 2 rep 10 source='23234+0946' dur=3:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2330+1100' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! fringe finder and amp check: J0555+3948=DA193 source='J0555+3948' dur=7:00 gap=2:01 / ! should be over now ! exit / ! end bn022.key