COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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_MK (Code Mk ) 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 05 20 39 59.6 7.2 -0.4 -169.5 0 1 1 0 06 37 06 06 42 25 --- 05 25 39 59.7 5.6 -0.3 -171.8 299 F 1 2128 06 37 19 07 53 48 3C147 06 37 15 58.1 -16.6 0.9 155.4 4263 1 1 2128 07 53 28 07 58 48 --- 06 42 15 57.7 -17.9 1.0 153.3 299 F 1 4256 07 53 41 08 01 06 1148-001 06 44 33 12.7 94.3 -5.1 -69.8 42 1 1 4256 08 00 46 08 06 05 --- 06 49 33 13.9 94.7 -5.0 -69.7 299 F 1 6384 08 00 59 08 38 00 3C274 07 21 33 15.8 82.3 -5.2 -72.6 1900 1 2 6384 08 37 40 09 07 55 --- 07 51 33 22.9 84.5 -4.7 -73.5 1795 R 1 16716 08 37 53 09 10 00 3C147 07 53 39 50.3 -33.0 2.2 127.4 41 1 2 16716 09 09 40 09 15 00 --- 07 58 39 49.7 -33.7 2.3 125.8 299 R 1 14588 09 09 53 09 17 28 1148-001 08 01 08 30.5 101.8 -3.8 -67.1 52 1 2 14588 09 17 08 09 22 27 --- 08 06 08 31.7 102.4 -3.7 -66.8 299 R 1 12460 09 17 21 09 23 27 3C274 08 07 08 26.5 85.7 -4.4 -73.8 43 1 2 12460 09 23 07 09 53 22 --- 08 37 08 33.5 88.0 -3.9 -74.3 1795 R 1 360 09 23 20 09 54 22 3C274 08 38 08 33.8 88.1 -3.9 -74.3 54 1 1 360 09 54 02 10 24 17 --- 09 08 08 40.8 90.6 -3.4 -74.4 1795 F 2 12460 09 54 15 10 26 17 3C147 09 10 08 39.4 -40.9 3.5 107.1 26 1 1 12460 10 25 57 10 31 16 --- 09 15 08 38.6 -41.2 3.5 105.9 299 F 2 14588 10 26 10 10 33 05 1148-001 09 16 57 47.6 112.6 -2.6 -60.3 0 1 1 14588 10 32 45 10 38 04 --- 09 21 57 48.7 113.5 -2.5 -59.6 299 F 2 16716 10 32 58 10 39 04 3C274 09 22 57 44.3 91.9 -3.1 -74.3 39 1 2 16716 10 38 44 11 08 59 --- 09 52 57 51.4 94.9 -2.6 -73.7 1795 R 2 6384 10 38 57 11 09 58 3C274 09 53 57 51.6 95.1 -2.6 -73.6 54 1 3 6384 11 09 38 11 39 54 --- 10 23 57 58.6 98.8 -2.1 -72.1 1795 F 1 5717 11 09 51 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 --- 11 40 53 1148-001 10 24 57 61.3 130.1 -1.4 -46.0 33 1 3 5717 11 40 33 11 45 53 --- 10 29 57 62.2 132.0 -1.4 -44.4 299 F 1 7845 11 40 46 11 46 52 3C274 10 30 57 60.2 99.9 -2.0 -71.6 32 1 4 7845 11 46 32 12 16 48 --- 11 00 57 67.1 105.6 -1.5 -68.1 1795 R 1 15255 11 46 45 12 17 47 3C274 11 01 57 67.3 105.8 -1.5 -67.9 54 1 4 15255 12 17 27 12 47 42 --- 11 31 57 74.0 115.4 -1.0 -60.4 1795 R 1 3154 12 17 40 12 48 42 1148-001 11 32 57 70.1 166.6 -0.3 -12.6 20 1 4 3154 12 48 22 12 53 41 --- 11 37 57 70.3 170.2 -0.2 -9.2 299 R 1 1026 12 48 35 12 54 41 3C274 11 38 57 75.4 118.8 -0.9 -57.6 20 1 3 1026 12 54 21 13 24 36 --- 12 08 57 80.8 143.6 -0.4 -34.9 1795 F 2 11074 12 54 34 13 25 36 3C274 12 09 57 81.0 144.9 -0.4 -33.7 53 1 4 11074 13 25 16 13 55 31 --- 12 39 57 82.3 196.2 0.1 15.6 1795 R 2 12025 13 25 29 13 56 31 1148-001 12 40 57 67.0 213.6 0.8 31.4 23 1 4 12025 13 56 11 14 01 30 --- 12 45 57 66.4 216.3 0.9 33.8 299 R 2 9897 13 56 24 14 02 30 3C274 12 46 57 81.6 207.6 0.3 26.5 23 1 5 9897 14 02 10 14 32 25 --- 13 16 57 76.7 237.6 0.8 54.4 1795 F 1 2203 14 02 23 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: 10 Station: VLBA_MK Total bit rate: 64 Format: VLBA1:1 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 4.000 Number of channels: 8 Passes/head pos: 2 Speedup factor: 2.00 Tape used at high density at 80.000 ips. Time per pass is 44.00 minutes. 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: 10 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 track2= 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 barrel=roll_auto 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