COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Experiment: No description given. Exp. Code: bb213c Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.02 July 2005 PI: Walter Brisken Address: NRAO PO Box O Socorro, NM 87801 USA Phone: 505-835-7133 EMAIL: wbrisken@nrao.edu Fax: Phone during observation: 505-835-7133 Observing mode: Notes: The optimal observation date is Mar 16, 2006. Please try to observe within 2 weeks of this date. Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 2 No description given. 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). 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2006 Day 59 --- Next scan frequencies: 1409.99 1409.99 1503.99 1503.99 1589.99 1589.99 1679.99 1679.99 Next BBC frequencies: 990.01 990.01 896.01 896.01 810.01 810.01 720.01 720.01 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 02 11 25 J0547+2721 05 46 42 86.7 175.1 0.0 -4.8 0 1 1 0 02 11 15 02 17 54 --- 05 53 12 86.5 199.6 0.1 19.0 389 F 1 0 02 11 33 02 18 24 J0538+28.PT 05 53 42 86.0 235.9 0.2 54.1 0 1 1 0 02 17 54 02 20 24 --- 05 55 42 85.7 239.3 0.3 57.2 120 F 1 0 02 17 54 02 20 50 J0547+2721 05 56 08 86.3 209.2 0.1 28.2 0 1 1 0 02 20 24 02 22 20 --- 05 57 38 86.1 213.5 0.2 32.4 90 F 1 0 02 20 24 02 22 45 J0538+28.PT 05 58 04 85.2 242.7 0.3 60.3 0 1 1 0 02 22 20 02 24 45 --- 06 00 04 84.8 245.1 0.4 62.5 120 F 1 0 02 22 20 02 25 07 J0547+2721 06 00 26 85.7 220.6 0.2 39.1 0 1 1 0 02 24 45 02 26 37 --- 06 01 56 85.5 224.0 0.2 42.3 90 F 1 0 02 24 45 02 26 59 J0538+28.PT 06 02 18 84.4 247.5 0.4 64.6 0 1 1 0 02 26 37 02 28 58 --- 06 04 18 84.0 249.3 0.4 66.1 120 F 1 0 02 26 37 02 29 18 J0547+2721 06 04 37 85.1 229.2 0.3 47.1 0 1 1 0 02 28 58 02 30 47 --- 06 06 07 84.9 231.7 0.3 49.5 90 F 1 0 02 28 58 02 31 08 J0538+28.PT 06 06 27 83.6 251.0 0.5 67.6 1 1 1 0 02 30 47 02 33 07 --- 06 08 27 83.1 252.4 0.5 68.8 120 F 1 0 02 30 47 02 33 28 J0547+2721 06 08 48 84.4 235.7 0.3 53.1 4 1 1 0 02 33 07 02 34 58 --- 06 10 18 84.1 237.6 0.4 54.9 90 F 1 0 02 33 07 02 35 21 J0538+28.PT 06 10 42 82.7 253.8 0.5 69.9 7 1 1 0 02 34 58 02 37 21 --- 06 12 42 82.3 255.0 0.6 70.8 120 F 1 0 02 34 58 02 37 45 J0547+2721 06 13 06 83.6 240.8 0.4 57.8 8 1 1 0 02 37 21 02 39 14 --- 06 14 36 83.3 242.4 0.4 59.1 90 F 1 0 02 37 21 02 39 40 J0538+28.PT 06 15 02 81.8 256.2 0.6 71.7 11 1 1 0 02 39 14 02 41 40 --- 06 17 02 81.4 257.1 0.6 72.4 120 F 1 0 02 39 14 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 3 No description given. 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). 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2006 Day 59 --- 02 42 05 J0547+2721 06 17 27 82.8 245.0 0.5 61.4 11 1 1 0 02 41 40 02 43 35 --- 06 18 57 82.5 246.2 0.5 62.4 90 F 1 0 02 41 40 02 44 01 J0538+28.PT 06 19 23 80.9 258.1 0.7 73.1 12 1 1 0 02 43 35 02 46 01 --- 06 21 23 80.4 258.9 0.7 73.6 120 F 1 0 02 43 35 02 46 25 J0547+2721 06 21 48 81.9 248.3 0.6 64.2 11 1 1 0 02 46 01 02 47 55 --- 06 23 18 81.6 249.3 0.6 65.0 90 F 1 0 02 46 01 02 48 20 J0538+28.PT 06 23 43 80.0 259.7 0.7 74.1 12 1 1 0 02 47 55 02 50 20 --- 06 25 43 79.5 260.4 0.8 74.6 120 F 1 0 02 47 55 02 50 43 J0547+2721 06 26 06 81.0 251.0 0.6 66.4 11 1 1 0 02 50 20 02 52 13 --- 06 27 36 80.7 251.8 0.7 67.0 90 F 1 0 02 50 20 02 52 36 J0538+28.PT 06 27 59 79.1 261.1 0.8 75.0 11 1 1 0 02 52 13 02 54 35 --- 06 29 59 78.6 261.6 0.9 75.3 120 F 1 0 02 52 13 02 54 56 J0547+2721 06 30 20 80.2 253.2 0.7 68.1 9 1 1 0 02 54 35 02 56 26 --- 06 31 50 79.9 253.9 0.7 68.6 90 F 1 0 02 54 35 02 56 47 J0538+28.PT 06 32 11 78.2 262.3 0.9 75.6 9 1 1 0 02 56 26 02 58 47 --- 06 34 11 77.7 262.8 0.9 75.9 120 F 1 0 02 56 26 02 59 06 J0547+2721 06 34 30 79.3 255.1 0.8 69.4 8 1 1 0 02 58 47 03 00 36 --- 06 36 00 79.0 255.7 0.8 69.9 90 F 1 0 02 58 47 03 00 55 J0538+28.PT 06 36 19 77.3 263.3 1.0 76.2 8 1 1 0 03 00 36 03 02 54 --- 06 38 19 76.8 263.8 1.0 76.4 120 F 1 0 03 00 36 03 03 12 J0547+2721 06 38 37 78.5 256.7 0.8 70.6 7 1 1 0 03 02 54 03 04 42 --- 06 40 07 78.1 257.3 0.9 70.9 90 F 1 0 03 02 54 03 04 59 J0538+28.PT 06 40 24 76.4 264.2 1.0 76.6 7 1 1 0 03 04 42 03 06 58 --- 06 42 24 76.0 264.6 1.1 76.8 120 F 1 0 03 04 42 03 07 14 J0547+2721 06 42 40 77.6 258.1 0.9 71.5 6 1 1 0 03 06 58 03 08 44 --- 06 44 10 77.3 258.6 0.9 71.8 90 F 1 0 03 06 58 03 09 00 J0538+28.PT 06 44 26 75.5 265.1 1.1 76.9 6 1 1 0 03 08 44 03 11 00 --- 06 46 26 75.1 265.4 1.1 77.1 120 F 1 0 03 08 44 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 4 No description given. 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). 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2006 Day 59 --- 03 11 15 J0547+2721 06 46 41 76.8 259.4 1.0 72.2 5 1 1 0 03 11 00 03 12 44 --- 06 48 11 76.4 259.8 1.0 72.5 90 F 1 0 03 11 00 03 12 59 J0538+28.PT 06 48 26 74.7 265.8 1.2 77.2 5 1 1 0 03 12 44 03 14 59 --- 06 50 26 74.3 266.2 1.2 77.3 120 F 1 0 03 12 44 03 15 14 J0547+2721 06 50 41 75.9 260.5 1.0 72.9 5 1 1 0 03 14 59 03 16 43 --- 06 52 11 75.6 260.9 1.1 73.1 90 F 1 0 03 14 59 03 16 58 J0538+28.PT 06 52 26 73.8 266.5 1.2 77.4 5 1 1 0 03 16 43 03 18 58 --- 06 54 26 73.4 266.9 1.3 77.5 120 F 1 0 03 16 43 03 19 12 J0547+2721 06 54 40 75.1 261.5 1.1 73.4 5 1 1 0 03 18 58 03 20 42 --- 06 56 10 74.8 261.9 1.1 73.6 90 F 1 0 03 18 58 03 20 57 J0538+28.PT 06 56 25 73.0 267.2 1.3 77.6 5 1 1 0 03 20 42 03 22 57 --- 06 58 25 72.5 267.5 1.3 77.6 120 F 1 0 03 20 42 03 23 11 J0547+2721 06 58 39 74.2 262.5 1.2 73.9 5 1 1 0 03 22 57 03 24 41 --- 07 00 09 73.9 262.8 1.2 74.0 90 F 1 0 03 22 57 03 24 55 J0538+28.PT 07 00 24 72.1 267.8 1.4 77.7 5 1 1 0 03 24 41 03 26 55 --- 07 02 24 71.7 268.1 1.4 77.7 120 F 1 0 03 24 41 03 27 09 J0547+2721 07 02 38 73.4 263.4 1.2 74.2 5 1 1 0 03 26 55 03 28 39 --- 07 04 08 73.0 263.7 1.3 74.4 90 F 1 0 03 26 55 03 28 53 J0538+28.PT 07 04 23 71.3 268.4 1.4 77.8 5 1 1 0 03 28 39 03 30 53 --- 07 06 23 70.8 268.7 1.5 77.8 120 F 1 0 03 28 39 03 31 07 J0547+2721 07 06 37 72.5 264.2 1.3 74.6 4 1 1 0 03 30 53 03 32 37 --- 07 08 07 72.2 264.5 1.3 74.7 90 F 1 0 03 30 53 03 32 51 J0538+28.PT 07 08 21 70.4 269.0 1.5 77.8 4 1 1 0 03 32 37 03 34 50 --- 07 10 21 70.0 269.3 1.5 77.9 120 F 1 0 03 32 37 03 35 04 J0547+2721 07 10 34 71.7 264.9 1.4 74.8 4 1 1 0 03 34 50 03 36 33 --- 07 12 04 71.4 265.2 1.4 74.9 90 F 1 0 03 34 50 03 36 47 J0538+28.PT 07 12 18 69.6 269.5 1.6 77.9 4 1 1 0 03 36 33 03 38 47 --- 07 14 18 69.1 269.8 1.6 77.9 120 F 1 0 03 36 33 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 5 No description given. 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). 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2006 Day 59 --- 03 39 00 J0547+2721 07 14 31 70.8 265.6 1.4 75.0 4 1 1 0 03 38 47 03 40 30 --- 07 16 01 70.5 265.9 1.5 75.1 90 F 1 0 03 38 47 03 40 43 J0538+28.PT 07 16 14 68.7 270.0 1.6 77.9 4 1 1 0 03 40 30 03 42 43 --- 07 18 14 68.3 270.3 1.7 77.9 120 F 1 0 03 40 30 03 42 55 J0547+2721 07 18 27 70.0 266.3 1.5 75.2 3 1 1 0 03 42 43 03 44 25 --- 07 19 57 69.7 266.5 1.5 75.3 90 F 1 0 03 42 43 03 44 38 J0538+28.PT 07 20 10 67.9 270.5 1.7 77.9 3 1 1 0 03 44 25 03 46 38 --- 07 22 10 67.4 270.8 1.7 77.9 120 F 1 0 03 44 25 03 46 50 J0547+2721 07 22 23 69.1 266.9 1.6 75.4 3 1 1 0 03 46 38 03 48 20 --- 07 23 53 68.8 267.2 1.6 75.4 90 F 1 0 03 46 38 03 48 33 J0538+28.PT 07 24 05 67.0 271.0 1.8 77.8 3 1 1 0 03 48 20 03 50 32 --- 07 26 05 66.6 271.2 1.8 77.8 120 F 1 0 03 48 20 03 50 44 J0547+2721 07 26 17 68.3 267.5 1.6 75.5 3 1 1 0 03 50 32 03 52 14 --- 07 27 47 68.0 267.8 1.7 75.5 90 F 1 0 03 50 32 03 52 26 J0538+28.PT 07 28 00 66.2 271.4 1.8 77.8 3 1 1 0 03 52 14 03 54 26 --- 07 30 00 65.7 271.7 1.9 77.8 120 F 1 0 03 52 14 03 54 38 J0547+2721 07 30 11 67.5 268.1 1.7 75.6 2 1 1 0 03 54 26 03 56 07 --- 07 31 41 67.1 268.3 1.7 75.6 90 F 1 0 03 54 26 03 56 19 J0538+28.PT 07 31 53 65.3 271.9 1.9 77.7 2 1 1 0 03 56 07 03 58 19 --- 07 33 53 64.9 272.1 1.9 77.7 120 F 1 0 03 56 07 03 58 30 J0547+2721 07 34 05 66.6 268.7 1.8 75.6 2 1 1 0 03 58 19 04 00 00 --- 07 35 35 66.3 268.9 1.8 75.6 90 F 1 0 03 58 19 04 00 12 J0538+28.PT 07 35 46 64.5 272.3 2.0 77.7 2 1 1 0 04 00 00 04 02 11 --- 07 37 46 64.1 272.5 2.0 77.6 120 F 1 0 04 00 00 04 02 23 J0547+2721 07 37 58 65.8 269.2 1.8 75.7 2 1 1 0 04 02 11 04 03 52 --- 07 39 28 65.5 269.4 1.9 75.7 90 F 1 0 04 02 11 04 04 04 J0538+28.PT 07 39 39 63.7 272.7 2.0 77.6 2 1 1 0 04 03 52 04 06 03 --- 07 41 39 63.2 272.9 2.0 77.5 120 F 1 0 04 03 52 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 6 No description given. 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). 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Feb 2006 Day 59 --- 04 06 14 J0547+2721 07 41 50 65.0 269.7 1.9 75.7 2 1 1 0 04 06 03 04 07 44 --- 07 43 20 64.6 269.9 1.9 75.7 90 F 1 0 04 06 03 04 07 55 J0538+28.PT 07 43 31 62.8 273.1 2.1 77.5 1 1 1 0 04 07 44 04 09 55 --- 07 45 31 62.4 273.3 2.1 77.4 120 F 1 0 04 07 44 04 10 05 J0547+2721 07 45 42 64.1 270.2 2.0 75.7 1 1 1 0 04 09 55 04 11 35 --- 07 47 12 63.8 270.4 2.0 75.7 90 F 1 0 04 09 55 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: v18cm-256-8-2-psrvlb.set Matches group v20cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 4 Station: VLBA_FD Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 2400.00 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 L L L L IF = A C A C A C A C VLBA FE= 20cm omit 20cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 2.4 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1409.99 1409.99 1503.99 1503.99 1589.99 1589.99 1679.99 1679.99 BBC fr= 990.01 990.01 896.01 896.01 810.01 810.01 720.01 720.01 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 = OFF PCALXB1= S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 PCALXB2= M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 PCALFR1= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- No description given. 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) * J0538+28.PT 05 35 11.379995 * 05 38 20.958146 05 38 44.692957 0.00 28 19 07.90556 * 28 20 49.28889 28 21 12.31029 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.931 scan hours, 41.885 baseline hours above horizon. * J0547+2721 05 44 25.905590 * 05 47 34.148941 05 47 57.782371 0.00 27 20 55.67910 * 27 21 56.84240 27 22 14.49409 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.806 scan hours, 36.275 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) J0538+28.PT 105.9 J0547+2721 107.9 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