COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_LA (Code La ) Experiment: Monitoring Knot HST-1 in M87 Jet Exp. Code: BH135D Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.02 July 2005 PI: Teddy Cheung Address: KIPAC, Stanford University Varian Physics Bldg, 382 Via Pueblo Mall Stanford CA 94305-4060, USA Phone: 650 723 8025 EMAIL: teddy3c@stanford.edu Fax: 650 725 4096 Phone during observation: 650 723 8025 Observing mode: 18cm 128-8-1 Notes: COVER LETTER: This is BH135D (item 3 below). BH135C and BH135D should be coordinated near VLA run scheduled to be on February 14/15 0800-1600 LST. BH135 SUMMARY: 1. Oct05 (VLBA L band for 8 hrs = BH135 A) 2. Dec05 (VLBA L band for 8 hrs = BH135 B) 3. Feb06 (VLBA L band, and P+50cm for 8 hrs each = BH135 C, D) coordinated with VLA run. 4. May06 (VLBA L band, and P+50cm for 8 hrs each = BH135 E, F) coordinated with VLA run. 5. Jul06 (VLBA L band, and P+50cm for 8 hrs each = BH135 G, H) coordinated with VLA run. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the official dynamic scheduling sheet: ================================================================ 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 o o o o o o o o r Minimum number of stations [7]: May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [yes] Consult http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~gtaylor/y1gotcha.html to decide. If you adopt the default, then both PT and VLA1 must be in the stations list in the keyin file. 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 d d Weather constraints: [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]: Near the VLA run on February 14/15, 0800-1600 LST. Excluded dates plus reason [none]: Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: Special conditions (e.g., a series with different spacings in time) [See the comments at the top.]: Schedule for VLBA_LA (Code La ) Page 2 Monitoring Knot HST-1 in M87 Jet 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 6 Feb 2006 Day 37 --- Next scan frequencies: 326.49 326.49 328.49 328.49 608.99 608.99 610.99 610.99 Next BBC frequencies: 826.49 826.49 828.49 828.49 608.99 608.99 610.99 610.99 Next scan bandwidths: 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 06 37 26 3C147 08 37 30 55.7 -52.0 2.9 97.4 0 1 1 0 06 37 06 06 42 25 --- 08 42 30 54.9 -52.2 3.0 96.3 299 F 1 0 06 37 29 06 44 54 1148-001 08 45 00 34.2 118.7 -3.1 -45.4 30 1 1 0 06 44 34 06 49 54 --- 08 50 00 35.1 119.8 -3.0 -44.8 299 F 1 0 06 44 57 06 50 53 3C274 08 51 00 35.4 100.9 -3.7 -54.7 41 1 1 0 06 50 33 07 20 48 --- 09 21 00 41.3 106.4 -3.2 -52.8 1795 F 1 0 06 50 56 07 21 48 3C274 09 22 00 41.5 106.6 -3.2 -52.7 54 1 1 0 07 21 28 07 51 43 --- 09 52 00 47.2 113.0 -2.7 -49.9 1795 F 1 0 07 21 51 07 53 48 3C147 09 54 05 43.3 -52.0 4.2 82.7 9 1 1 0 07 53 28 07 58 48 --- 09 59 05 42.5 -51.9 4.3 81.8 299 F 1 0 07 53 51 08 01 06 1148-001 10 01 23 46.4 138.1 -1.8 -32.8 5 1 1 0 08 00 46 08 06 05 --- 10 06 23 47.0 139.7 -1.7 -31.7 299 F 1 0 08 01 09 08 07 05 3C274 10 07 23 50.1 116.7 -2.4 -47.9 39 1 1 0 08 06 45 08 37 00 --- 10 37 23 55.3 125.2 -1.9 -42.7 1795 F 1 0 08 07 08 08 38 00 3C274 10 38 23 55.4 125.5 -1.9 -42.5 54 1 1 0 08 37 40 09 07 55 --- 11 08 23 60.1 136.3 -1.4 -35.0 1795 F 1 0 08 38 03 09 10 00 3C147 11 10 29 31.4 311.6 5.5 70.2 3 1 1 0 09 09 40 09 15 00 --- 11 15 29 30.6 311.9 5.5 69.4 299 F 1 0 09 10 03 09 17 28 1148-001 11 17 58 53.8 165.9 -0.6 -11.4 45 1 1 0 09 17 08 09 22 27 --- 11 22 58 54.0 168.0 -0.5 -9.7 299 F 1 0 09 17 31 09 23 27 3C274 11 23 58 62.1 142.9 -1.1 -30.1 37 1 1 0 09 23 07 09 53 22 --- 11 53 58 65.1 158.0 -0.6 -18.1 1795 F 1 0 09 23 30 09 54 22 3C274 11 54 58 65.2 158.5 -0.6 -17.7 54 1 1 0 09 54 02 10 24 17 --- 12 24 58 66.5 176.2 -0.1 -3.1 1795 F 1 0 09 54 25 Schedule for VLBA_LA (Code La ) Page 3 Monitoring Knot HST-1 in M87 Jet 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 6 Feb 2006 Day 37 --- 10 26 17 3C147 12 26 58 20.3 317.6 6.7 58.1 19 1 1 0 10 25 57 10 31 16 --- 12 31 58 19.6 318.0 6.8 57.3 299 F 1 0 10 26 20 10 33 05 1148-001 12 33 47 53.2 198.0 0.7 14.5 23 1 1 0 10 32 45 10 38 04 --- 12 38 47 52.9 200.0 0.8 16.1 299 F 1 0 10 33 08 10 39 04 3C274 12 39 47 66.5 185.3 0.1 4.4 27 1 1 0 10 38 44 11 08 59 --- 13 09 47 65.0 202.8 0.6 18.8 1795 F 1 0 10 39 07 11 09 58 3C274 13 10 47 64.9 203.4 0.7 19.2 54 1 1 0 11 09 38 11 39 54 --- 13 40 47 61.8 218.2 1.2 30.9 1795 F 1 0 11 10 01 11 40 53 1148-001 13 41 47 46.2 222.2 1.8 33.0 23 1 1 0 11 40 33 11 45 53 --- 13 46 47 45.5 223.7 1.9 34.1 299 F 1 0 11 40 56 11 46 52 3C274 13 47 47 60.9 221.2 1.3 33.2 23 1 1 0 11 46 32 12 16 48 --- 14 17 47 56.4 232.5 1.8 41.2 1795 F 1 0 11 46 55 12 17 47 3C274 14 18 47 56.3 232.8 1.8 41.4 54 1 1 0 12 17 27 12 47 42 --- 14 48 47 51.2 241.7 2.3 47.0 1795 F 1 0 12 17 50 12 48 42 1148-001 14 49 47 35.5 239.7 3.0 44.5 22 1 1 0 12 48 22 12 53 41 --- 14 54 47 34.6 240.8 3.1 45.1 299 F 1 0 12 48 45 12 54 41 3C274 14 55 47 49.9 243.5 2.4 48.0 23 1 1 0 12 54 21 13 24 36 --- 15 25 47 44.3 250.4 2.9 51.5 1795 F 1 0 12 54 44 13 25 36 3C274 15 26 47 44.1 250.7 2.9 51.6 54 1 1 0 13 25 16 13 55 31 --- 15 56 47 38.3 256.5 3.4 53.9 1795 F 1 0 13 25 39 13 56 31 1148-001 15 57 47 22.9 252.8 4.1 50.8 23 1 1 0 13 56 11 14 01 30 --- 16 02 47 21.9 253.7 4.2 51.1 299 F 1 0 13 56 34 14 02 30 3C274 16 03 47 36.9 257.8 3.5 54.3 24 1 1 0 14 02 10 14 32 25 --- 16 33 47 30.9 262.9 4.0 55.5 1795 F 1 0 14 02 33 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: v9050cm Matches group v5090n in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 5 Station: VLBA_LA Total bit rate: 64 Format: VLBA1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 2.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= -500.00 -500.00 -500.00 -500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 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= U U U U U U U U IF = B D B D B D B D VLBA FE= omit 90cm omit 90cm VLBA Synth= 15.4 15.4 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 5 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 326.49 326.49 328.49 328.49 608.99 608.99 610.99 610.99 BBC fr= 826.49 826.49 828.49 828.49 608.99 608.99 610.99 610.99 Bandwd= 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 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 10 10 1510 1510 1010 1010 PCALFR2= 510 510 10 10 1510 1510 1010 1010 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- Monitoring Knot HST-1 in M87 Jet 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) J0542+4951 05 38 43.517527 * 05 42 36.137904 05 43 05.762502 0.33 0538+498 49 49 42.83710 * 49 51 07.23373 49 51 32.88459 0.41 * 3C147 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0542+49 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.582 scan hours, 12.050 baseline hours above horizon. J1150-0023 11 48 10.082183 * 11 50 43.870748 11 51 03.545940 0.22 * 1148-001 00 40 35.24185 * 00 23 54.20538 00 21 46.61377 0.34 J1150-00 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 0.582 scan hours, 22.023 baseline hours above horizon. J1230+1223 12 28 17.569279 * 12 30 49.423381 12 31 08.828571 0.31 1228+126 12 40 01.74900 * 12 23 28.04382 12 21 16.69836 0.20 * 3C274 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1230+12 VLBA Calib Srcs - GSFC sols. - catalog 2004f_astro 6.482 scan hours, 256.797 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) 3C147 124.7 1148-001 139.7 3C274 133.6 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