COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Experiment: ToO of J1628-4152 Exp. Code: br094 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 18 Sept. 2003 PI: Amy Mioduszewski Address: NRAO, P.O. Box O Socorro, NM 87801 USA Phone: +1-505-835-7263 (w) / +1-505-838-0393 (h) EMAIL: amiodusz@nrao.edu Fax: +1-505-835-7027 Phone during observation: +1-505-835-7263 (w) / +1-505-838-0393 (h) Observing mode: VLBA Notes: Phase reference source: J1635+3808 Phase reference check : 3C345 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 2 ToO of J1628-4152 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Feb 2004 Day 34 --- Next scan frequencies: 2262.49 2262.49 2270.49 2270.49 8412.49 8412.49 8420.49 8420.49 Next BBC frequencies: 837.51 837.51 829.51 829.51 812.49 812.49 820.49 820.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 12 50 16 J1628-4152 16 54 32 5.0 184.8 0.4 4.7 0 1 1 0 12 50 16 12 51 46 --- 16 56 02 5.0 185.0 0.4 5.0 90 F 1 1197 12 51 46 J1610-3958 16 56 02 6.4 188.7 0.8 8.3 -9 1 1 1197 12 51 46 12 52 46 --- 16 57 02 6.4 188.9 0.8 8.5 51 F 1 1995 12 52 46 J1628-4152 16 57 02 4.9 185.2 0.5 5.1 -9 1 1 1995 12 52 46 12 54 15 --- 16 58 32 4.9 185.5 0.5 5.4 81 F 1 3191 12 54 15 J1610-3958 16 58 32 6.4 189.2 0.8 8.8 -9 1 1 3191 12 54 15 12 55 15 --- 16 59 32 6.3 189.4 0.8 9.0 51 F 1 3989 12 55 15 J1628-4152 16 59 32 4.9 185.7 0.5 5.6 -9 1 1 3989 12 55 15 12 56 45 --- 17 01 02 4.9 186.0 0.5 5.9 81 F 1 5186 12 56 45 J1610-3958 17 01 02 6.3 189.7 0.8 9.2 -9 1 1 5186 12 56 45 12 57 45 --- 17 02 02 6.3 189.9 0.9 9.4 51 F 1 5984 12 57 45 J1628-4152 17 02 02 4.9 186.2 0.5 6.1 -9 1 1 5984 12 57 45 12 59 15 --- 17 03 32 4.8 186.4 0.6 6.3 81 F 1 7180 12 59 15 J1610-3958 17 03 32 6.2 190.2 0.9 9.7 -9 1 1 7180 12 59 15 13 00 14 --- 17 04 32 6.2 190.3 0.9 9.9 51 F 1 7978 13 00 14 J1628-4152 17 04 32 4.8 186.6 0.6 6.5 -9 1 1 7978 13 00 14 13 01 44 --- 17 06 02 4.8 186.9 0.6 6.8 81 F 1 9175 13 01 44 J1610-3958 17 06 02 6.1 190.6 0.9 10.2 -9 1 1 9175 13 01 44 13 02 44 --- 17 07 02 6.1 190.8 0.9 10.3 51 F 1 9973 13 02 44 J1628-4152 17 07 02 4.8 187.1 0.6 7.0 -9 1 1 9973 13 02 44 13 04 14 --- 17 08 32 4.7 187.4 0.7 7.2 81 F 1 11169 13 04 14 J1610-3958 17 08 32 6.0 191.1 1.0 10.6 -9 1 1 11169 13 04 14 13 05 14 --- 17 09 32 6.0 191.3 1.0 10.8 51 F 1 11967 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 3 ToO of J1628-4152 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Feb 2004 Day 34 --- 13 05 14 J1628-4152 17 09 32 4.7 187.5 0.7 7.4 -9 1 1 11967 13 05 14 13 06 43 --- 17 11 02 4.7 187.8 0.7 7.7 81 F 1 13164 13 06 43 J1610-3958 17 11 02 6.0 191.6 1.0 11.1 -9 1 1 13164 13 06 43 13 07 43 --- 17 12 02 5.9 191.8 1.0 11.2 51 F 1 13962 13 07 43 J1628-4152 17 12 02 4.6 188.0 0.7 7.9 -9 1 1 13962 13 07 43 13 09 13 --- 17 13 32 4.6 188.3 0.7 8.1 81 F 1 15158 13 09 13 J1610-3958 17 13 32 5.9 192.1 1.0 11.5 -9 1 1 15158 13 09 13 13 10 13 --- 17 14 32 5.8 192.2 1.1 11.7 51 F 1 15956 13 10 13 J1628-4152 17 14 32 4.6 188.5 0.8 8.3 -9 1 1 15956 13 10 13 13 11 43 --- 17 16 02 4.5 188.7 0.8 8.6 81 F 1 17153 13 11 43 J1610-3958 17 16 02 5.8 192.5 1.1 12.0 -9 1 2 17153 13 11 43 13 12 42 --- 17 17 02 5.7 192.7 1.1 12.1 51 R 1 16355 13 12 42 J1628-4152 17 17 02 4.5 188.9 0.8 8.8 -9 1 2 16355 13 12 42 13 14 12 --- 17 18 32 4.5 189.2 0.8 9.1 81 R 1 15158 13 14 12 J1610-3958 17 18 32 5.7 193.0 1.1 12.4 -9 1 2 15158 13 14 12 13 15 12 --- 17 19 32 5.6 193.2 1.1 12.6 51 R 1 14361 13 15 12 J1628-4152 17 19 32 4.4 189.4 0.8 9.2 -9 1 2 14361 13 15 12 13 16 42 --- 17 21 02 4.4 189.7 0.9 9.5 81 R 1 13164 13 16 42 J1610-3958 17 21 02 5.6 193.5 1.2 12.9 -9 1 2 13164 13 16 42 13 17 42 --- 17 22 02 5.5 193.6 1.2 13.0 51 R 1 12366 13 17 42 J1628-4152 17 22 02 4.3 189.9 0.9 9.7 -9 1 2 12366 13 17 42 13 19 11 --- 17 23 32 4.3 190.1 0.9 10.0 81 R 1 11169 13 19 11 J1610-3958 17 23 32 5.5 193.9 1.2 13.3 -9 1 2 11169 13 19 11 13 20 11 --- 17 24 32 5.4 194.1 1.2 13.5 51 R 1 10372 13 20 11 J1628-4152 17 24 32 4.3 190.3 0.9 10.1 -9 1 2 10372 13 20 11 13 21 41 --- 17 26 02 4.2 190.6 0.9 10.4 81 R 1 9175 13 21 41 J1610-3958 17 26 02 5.3 194.4 1.3 13.7 -9 1 2 9175 13 21 41 13 22 41 --- 17 27 02 5.3 194.6 1.3 13.9 51 R 1 8377 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 4 ToO of J1628-4152 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Feb 2004 Day 34 --- 13 22 41 J1628-4152 17 27 02 4.2 190.8 1.0 10.6 -9 1 2 8377 13 22 41 13 24 11 --- 17 28 32 4.1 191.0 1.0 10.9 81 R 1 7180 13 24 11 J1610-3958 17 28 32 5.2 194.9 1.3 14.2 -9 1 2 7180 13 24 11 13 25 10 --- 17 29 32 5.2 195.1 1.3 14.4 51 R 1 6383 13 25 10 J1628-4152 17 29 32 4.1 191.2 1.0 11.0 -9 1 2 6383 13 25 10 13 26 40 --- 17 31 02 4.0 191.5 1.0 11.3 81 R 1 5186 13 26 40 J1610-3958 17 31 02 5.1 195.3 1.3 14.6 -9 1 2 5186 13 26 40 13 27 40 --- 17 32 02 5.1 195.5 1.4 14.8 51 R 1 4388 13 27 40 J1628-4152 17 32 02 4.0 191.7 1.0 11.5 -9 1 2 4388 13 27 40 13 29 10 --- 17 33 32 3.9 192.0 1.1 11.8 81 R 1 3191 13 29 10 J1610-3958 17 33 32 5.0 195.8 1.4 15.1 -9 1 2 3191 13 29 10 13 30 10 --- 17 34 32 4.9 196.0 1.4 15.3 51 R 1 2393 13 30 10 J1628-4152 17 34 32 3.9 192.1 1.1 11.9 -9 1 2 2393 13 30 10 13 31 39 --- 17 36 02 3.9 192.4 1.1 12.2 81 R 1 1197 13 31 39 J1610-3958 17 36 02 4.9 196.3 1.4 15.5 -9 1 2 1197 13 31 39 13 32 39 --- 17 37 02 4.8 196.4 1.4 15.7 51 R 1 399 13 32 39 J1628-4152 17 37 02 3.8 192.6 1.1 12.4 -9 1 3 399 13 32 39 13 34 09 --- 17 38 32 3.8 192.9 1.2 12.7 81 F 1 1596 13 34 09 J1610-3958 17 38 32 4.7 196.7 1.5 16.0 -9 1 3 1596 13 34 09 13 35 09 --- 17 39 32 4.7 196.9 1.5 16.1 51 F 1 2393 13 35 09 J1628-4152 17 39 32 3.7 193.1 1.2 12.8 -9 1 3 2393 13 35 09 13 36 38 --- 17 41 02 3.6 193.3 1.2 13.1 81 F 1 3590 13 36 38 J1610-3958 17 41 02 4.6 197.2 1.5 16.4 -9 1 3 3590 13 36 38 13 37 38 --- 17 42 02 4.5 197.4 1.5 16.6 51 F 1 4388 13 37 38 J1628-4152 17 42 02 3.6 193.5 1.2 13.3 -9 1 3 4388 13 37 38 13 39 08 --- 17 43 32 3.5 193.8 1.2 13.5 81 F 1 5585 13 39 08 J1610-3958 17 43 32 4.5 197.6 1.5 16.8 -9 1 3 5585 13 39 08 13 40 08 --- 17 44 32 4.4 197.8 1.6 17.0 51 F 1 6383 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 5 ToO of J1628-4152 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Feb 2004 Day 34 --- 13 40 08 J1628-4152 17 44 32 3.5 194.0 1.3 13.7 -9 1 3 6383 13 40 08 13 41 38 --- 17 46 02 3.4 194.2 1.3 14.0 81 F 1 7579 13 41 38 J1610-3958 17 46 02 4.3 198.1 1.6 17.3 -9 1 3 7579 13 41 38 13 42 37 --- 17 47 02 4.3 198.3 1.6 17.4 51 F 1 8377 13 42 37 J1628-4152 17 47 02 3.4 194.4 1.3 14.2 -9 1 3 8377 13 42 37 13 44 07 --- 17 48 32 3.3 194.7 1.3 14.4 81 F 1 9574 13 44 07 J1610-3958 17 48 32 4.2 198.6 1.6 17.7 -9 1 3 9574 13 44 07 13 45 07 --- 17 49 32 4.1 198.7 1.6 H 17.9 0 F 1 10372 13 45 07 J1628-4152 17 49 32 3.3 194.9 1.3 14.6 -9 1 3 10372 13 45 07 13 46 37 --- 17 51 02 3.2 195.1 1.4 14.9 81 F 1 11568 13 46 37 J1610-3958 17 51 02 4.0 199.0 1.7 H 18.1 -9 1 3 11568 13 46 37 13 47 37 --- 17 52 02 4.0 199.2 1.7 H 18.3 0 F 1 12366 13 47 37 J1628-4152 17 52 02 3.2 195.3 1.4 15.1 -9 1 3 12366 13 47 37 13 49 06 --- 17 53 32 3.1 195.6 1.4 15.3 81 F 1 13563 13 49 06 J1610-3958 17 53 32 3.9 199.5 1.7 H 18.6 -9 1 3 13563 13 49 06 13 50 06 --- 17 54 32 3.8 199.7 1.7 H 18.7 0 F 1 14361 13 51 06 J1628-4152 17 55 32 3.0 195.9 1.4 15.7 51 1 3 14361 13 51 06 13 52 36 --- 17 57 02 2.9 196.2 1.5 15.9 90 F 1 15557 13 52 36 J1610-3958 17 57 02 3.7 200.1 1.8 H 19.2 -9 1 3 15557 13 52 36 13 53 36 --- 17 58 02 3.6 200.3 1.8 H 19.4 0 F 1 16355 13 53 36 J1628-4152 17 58 02 2.9 196.4 1.5 16.1 -9 1 3 16355 13 53 36 13 55 05 --- 17 59 32 2.8 196.7 1.5 H 16.4 0 F 1 17552 13 55 05 J1610-3958 17 59 32 3.5 200.6 1.8 H 19.6 -9 1 4 17552 13 55 05 13 56 05 --- 18 00 32 3.4 200.7 1.8 H 19.8 0 R 1 16754 13 56 05 J1628-4152 18 00 32 2.7 196.8 1.5 H 16.6 -9 1 4 16754 13 56 05 13 57 35 --- 18 02 02 2.6 197.1 1.5 H 16.8 0 R 1 15557 13 57 35 J1610-3958 18 02 02 3.3 201.0 1.9 H 20.0 -9 1 4 15557 13 57 35 13 58 35 --- 18 03 02 3.3 201.2 1.9 H 20.2 0 R 1 14760 Schedule for VLBA_HN (Code Hn ) Page 6 ToO of J1628-4152 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 3 Feb 2004 Day 34 --- 13 58 35 J1628-4152 18 03 02 2.6 197.3 1.6 H 17.0 -9 1 4 14760 13 58 35 14 00 05 --- 18 04 32 2.5 197.6 1.6 H 17.3 0 R 1 13563 14 00 05 J1610-3958 18 04 32 3.2 201.5 1.9 H 20.5 -9 1 4 13563 14 00 05 14 01 04 --- 18 05 32 3.1 201.6 1.9 H 20.6 0 R 1 12765 14 01 04 J1628-4152 18 05 32 2.4 197.7 1.6 H 17.4 -9 1 4 12765 14 01 04 14 02 34 --- 18 07 02 2.4 198.0 1.6 H 17.7 0 R 1 11568 14 02 34 J1610-3958 18 07 02 3.0 201.9 1.9 H 20.9 -9 1 4 11568 14 02 34 14 03 34 --- 18 08 02 2.9 202.1 2.0 H 21.1 0 R 1 10771 14 03 34 J1628-4152 18 08 02 2.3 198.2 1.6 H 17.9 -9 1 4 10771 14 03 34 14 05 04 --- 18 09 32 2.2 198.4 1.7 D 18.1 0 R 1 9574 14 05 04 J1610-3958 18 09 32 2.8 202.4 2.0 H 21.3 -9 1 4 9574 14 05 04 14 06 04 --- 18 10 32 2.8 202.5 2.0 H 21.5 0 R 1 8776 14 07 33 J1610-3958 18 12 02 2.7 202.8 2.0 H 21.7 84 1 4 8776 14 07 33 14 08 33 --- 18 13 02 2.6 203.0 2.0 H 21.9 0 R 1 7978 14 10 03 J1610-3958 18 14 32 2.5 203.2 2.1 H 22.2 84 1 4 7978 14 10 03 14 11 03 --- 18 15 32 2.4 203.4 2.1 H 22.3 0 R 1 7180 14 12 33 J1610-3958 18 17 02 2.3 203.7 2.1 H 22.6 84 1 4 7180 14 12 33 14 13 32 --- 18 18 02 2.2 203.9 2.1 D 22.7 0 R 1 6383 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: /home/arana/cwalker/sched/setups/vsx-256-8-2.set Matches group vsx_22 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 1st LO= 3100.00 3100.00 3100.00 3100.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 7600.00 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= L L L L U U U U IF = A C A C B D B D VLBA FE= 13cm 4cm 13cm 4cm VLBA Synth= 7.6 3.1 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 2262.49 2262.49 2270.49 2270.49 8412.49 8412.49 8420.49 8420.49 BBC fr= 837.51 837.51 829.51 829.51 812.49 812.49 820.49 820.49 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: 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 6510 6510 6510 6510 PCALFR2= 510 510 510 510 6510 6510 6510 6510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_auto SOURCE LIST -- ToO of J1628-4152 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) * J1628-4152 16 25 18.560956 * 16 28 47.283000 16 29 02.556945 -41 46 03.55065 *-41 52 39.05000 -41 53 07.20177 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1610-3958 16 06 58.660724 * 16 10 21.879090 16 10 36.862083 -39 51 10.33021 *-39 58 58.32740 -39 59 32.07736 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1604-4441 16 00 59.740734 * 16 04 31.026384 16 04 46.597997 1600-445 -44 33 21.12640 *-44 41 31.85626 -44 42 05.70785 J1604-44 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba 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) J1628-4152 63.7 J1610-3958 67.2 J1604-4441 68.1 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