COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Experiment: BN019b - phase ref obs of NGC5377 Exp. Code: bn019b Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 18 Sept. 2003 PI: Neil Nagar Address: Kapteyn Institute Landleven 12 9747 AD Groningen The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)50 363 4095 EMAIL: neil@astro.rug.nl Fax: +31 (0)50 363 6100 Phone during observation: +31 (0)50 363 4095 Observing mode: continuum Notes: Coordinates VLA A-array Fringe finder: 3C345 = J1642+3948 Phase-referencing : phase reference J1332+4722 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 2 BN019b - phase ref obs of NGC5377 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. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 27 Feb 2004 Day 58 --- Next scan frequencies: 4971.49 4979.49 4987.49 4995.49 Next BBC frequencies: 871.49 879.49 887.49 895.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 09 46 09 J1332+4722 09 50 39 37.6 44.8 -3.7 -101.8 0 1 1 0 09 46 09 09 48 09 =1330+476 09 52 39 37.9 44.7 -3.7 -102.2 120 F 1 798 09 48 09 NGC5377 09 52 39 34.0 45.7 -4.1 -97.3 -14 1 1 798 09 48 09 09 51 08 --- 09 55 39 34.5 45.7 -4.0 -97.9 166 F 1 1995 09 51 08 J1332+4722 09 55 39 38.4 44.6 -3.6 -102.8 -14 1 1 1995 09 51 08 09 52 08 =1330+476 09 56 39 38.6 44.6 -3.6 -103.0 46 F 1 2393 09 52 08 NGC5377 09 56 39 34.7 45.6 -4.0 -98.1 -14 1 1 2393 09 52 08 09 55 08 --- 09 59 39 35.2 45.5 -3.9 -98.7 166 F 1 3590 09 55 08 J1332+4722 09 59 39 39.0 44.4 -3.6 -103.7 -14 1 1 3590 09 55 08 09 56 07 =1330+476 10 00 39 39.2 44.3 -3.5 -103.9 46 F 1 3989 09 56 07 NGC5377 10 00 39 35.3 45.5 -3.9 -98.9 -14 1 1 3989 09 56 07 09 59 07 --- 10 03 39 35.8 45.4 -3.9 -99.5 166 F 1 5186 09 59 07 J1332+4722 10 03 39 39.7 44.2 -3.5 -104.6 -14 1 1 5186 09 59 07 10 00 07 =1330+476 10 04 39 39.9 44.1 -3.5 -104.8 46 F 1 5585 10 00 07 NGC5377 10 04 39 36.0 45.4 -3.9 -99.7 -14 1 1 5585 10 00 07 10 03 06 --- 10 07 39 36.5 45.3 -3.8 -100.3 166 F 1 6781 10 03 06 J1332+4722 10 07 39 40.4 44.0 -3.4 -105.4 -14 1 1 6781 10 03 06 10 04 06 =1330+476 10 08 39 40.5 43.9 -3.4 -105.7 46 F 1 7180 10 04 06 NGC5377 10 08 39 36.7 45.2 -3.8 -100.5 -14 1 1 7180 10 04 06 10 07 06 --- 10 11 39 37.2 45.1 -3.7 -101.1 166 F 1 8377 10 07 06 J1332+4722 10 11 39 41.0 43.7 -3.4 -106.3 -14 1 1 8377 10 07 06 10 08 05 =1330+476 10 12 39 41.2 43.6 -3.3 -106.6 46 F 1 8776 10 08 05 NGC5377 10 12 39 37.3 45.1 -3.7 -101.3 -14 1 1 8776 10 08 05 10 11 05 --- 10 15 39 37.8 44.9 -3.7 -102.0 166 F 1 9973 10 11 05 J1332+4722 10 15 39 41.7 43.5 -3.3 -107.2 -14 1 1 9973 10 11 05 10 12 05 =1330+476 10 16 39 41.8 43.4 -3.3 -107.5 46 F 1 10372 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 3 BN019b - phase ref obs of NGC5377 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. TPStart: Tape motion start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 27 Feb 2004 Day 58 --- 10 12 05 J1642+3948 10 16 39 7.7 50.4 -6.4 -70.6 -74 1 1 10372 10 12 05 10 18 04 =1641+399 10 22 39 8.8 50.7 -6.3 -71.5 285 F 1 12765 10 20 04 J1332+4722 10 24 40 43.1 42.8 -3.1 -109.3 46 1 1 12765 10 20 04 10 21 04 =1330+476 10 25 40 43.3 42.7 -3.1 -109.6 60 F 1 13164 10 21 04 NGC5377 10 25 40 39.5 44.4 -3.5 -104.1 -14 1 1 13164 10 21 04 10 24 04 --- 10 28 40 40.0 44.3 -3.5 -104.8 166 F 1 14361 10 24 04 J1332+4722 10 28 40 43.7 42.5 -3.1 -110.3 -14 1 1 14361 10 24 04 10 25 04 =1330+476 10 29 40 43.9 42.4 -3.1 -110.5 46 F 1 14760 10 25 04 NGC5377 10 29 40 40.1 44.2 -3.4 -105.0 -14 1 1 14760 10 25 04 10 28 03 --- 10 32 40 40.6 44.0 -3.4 -105.7 166 F 1 15956 10 28 03 J1332+4722 10 32 40 44.4 42.2 -3.0 -111.3 -13 1 1 15956 10 28 03 10 29 03 =1330+476 10 33 40 44.5 42.1 -3.0 -111.5 46 F 1 16355 10 29 03 NGC5377 10 33 40 40.8 44.0 -3.4 -105.9 -13 1 1 16355 10 29 03 10 32 02 --- 10 36 40 41.3 43.8 -3.3 -106.6 166 F 1 17552 10 32 02 J1332+4722 10 36 40 45.0 41.8 -2.9 -112.2 -13 1 2 17552 10 32 02 10 33 02 =1330+476 10 37 40 45.2 41.7 -2.9 -112.5 46 R 1 17153 10 33 02 NGC5377 10 37 40 41.5 43.7 -3.3 -106.8 -13 1 2 17153 10 33 02 10 36 02 --- 10 40 40 41.9 43.5 -3.3 -107.5 166 R 1 15956 10 36 02 J1332+4722 10 40 40 45.6 41.4 -2.9 -113.2 -13 1 2 15956 10 36 02 10 37 02 =1330+476 10 41 40 45.8 41.3 -2.9 -113.5 46 R 1 15557 10 37 02 NGC5377 10 41 40 42.1 43.5 -3.2 -107.7 -13 1 2 15557 10 37 02 10 40 01 --- 10 44 40 42.6 43.2 -3.2 -108.4 166 R 1 14361 10 40 01 J1332+4722 10 44 40 46.3 41.0 -2.8 -114.3 -13 1 2 14361 10 40 01 10 41 01 =1330+476 10 45 40 46.4 40.9 -2.8 -114.5 47 R 1 13962 10 41 01 NGC5377 10 45 40 42.7 43.2 -3.2 -108.6 -13 1 2 13962 10 41 01 10 44 00 --- 10 48 40 43.2 42.9 -3.1 -109.3 166 R 1 12765 10 44 00 J1332+4722 10 48 40 46.9 40.6 -2.7 -115.3 -13 1 2 12765 10 44 00 10 45 00 =1330+476 10 49 40 47.0 40.5 -2.7 -115.6 47 R 1 12366 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/setups/v6cm-128-4-2-L.set Matches group v6cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 2.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 133.330 ips, High density - 80.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:44:00 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= U U U U IF = C C C 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: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4971.49 4979.49 4987.49 4995.49 BBC fr= 871.49 879.49 887.49 895.49 Bandwd= 8.000 8.000 8.000 8.000 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 6510 6510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 510 510 6510 6510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_auto SOURCE LIST -- BN019b - phase ref obs of NGC5377 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). Source Source position (RA/Dec) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) * NGC5377 13 54 18.032455 * 13 56 16.834000 13 56 27.731447 47 28 43.99492 * 47 14 06.27000 47 12 37.43624 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1332+4722 13 30 39.878256 * 13 32 45.246441 13 32 56.834381 1330+476 47 37 45.36415 * 47 22 22.66760 47 20 51.81350 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report * J1642+3948 16 41 17.606214 * 16 42 58.809952 16 43 06.749903 1641+399 39 54 10.81489 * 39 48 36.99395 39 47 46.35633 3C345 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 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) NGC5377 123.1 J1332+4722 126.6 J1642+3948 94.7 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