SUMMARY FILE FOR PROJECT: bp131c COVER INFORMATION: Experiment: bp131; Sample of Ultrarelativistic Jets Exp. Code: bp131c Start Day 47 is Fri 16 Feb 2007 MJD 54147 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Glenn Piner Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy Whittier College Whittier, CA, 90608 USA Phone: 562-464-4556 EMAIL: gpiner@whittier.edu Fax: 562-464-4514 Phone during observation: 562-464-4556 Observing mode: 128-8-1 at 7mm Notes: D-term calibrator: OQ208 Polarization calibrators: 1308+326, 2134+004, 2200+420 No cover letter provided. CORRELATION REQUESTS (Defaults in parentheses): Correlator (Required if recording): SOCORRO Correlator average time (2 sec): 2.000 sec. Alternate average time (for spacecraft). 0.000 sec. Spectral channels per baseband (16): 16 Number of antennas to be correlated: 10 Polarization (ON): ON Correlator weighting function (UNIFORM): UNIFORM Distribution tape (DAT): FTP Source positions from: STANDARD Shipping address for correlator output: Glenn Piner Whittier College, Dept. Physics and Astronomy 13406 E. Philadelphia St Whittier CA 90608 Correlator Notes: DERIVED INFORMATION FOR CORRELATION: Elapsed time for project: 11.97 hours. Total time in scheduled scans: 11.57 hours. Total time in recording scans: 11.57 hours. Total number of baseline hours: 484.67 (Recording scans only) Projected maximum data output rate from the correlator: 112.6 kbytes/sec if processed in one pass. Projected correlator output data set size: 1786.7 Mbytes NOTE: Above numbers assume the same correlator parameters are used for all data. STATIONS USED IN SCHEDULE: Station Code Latitude Longitude Elevation X Y Z VLBA_SC Sc 17.75658 64.58363 -15. 2607848.521 -5488069.685 1932739.540 VLBA_HN Hn 42.93361 71.98658 296. 1446375.116 -4447939.656 4322306.124 VLBA_NL Nl 41.77142 91.57414 222. -130872.254 -4762317.116 4226851.040 VLBA_FD Fd 30.63503 103.94482 1606. -1324009.127 -5332181.966 3231962.474 VLBA_LA La 35.77512 106.24560 1962. -1449752.359 -4975298.588 3709123.928 VLBA_PT Pt 34.30102 108.11919 2365. -1640953.712 -5014816.024 3575411.880 VLBA_KP Kp 31.95630 111.61242 1902. -1995678.626 -5037317.713 3357328.129 VLBA_OV Ov 37.23165 118.27705 1196. -2409150.112 -4478573.229 3838617.399 VLBA_BR Br 48.13122 119.68328 251. -2112064.976 -3705356.516 4726813.798 VLBA_MK Mk 19.80138 155.45550 3763. -5464074.960 -2495249.116 2148296.844 Plate tectonic motion adjustments for MJD 54147 Station Code Station motions (m/yr) Adjusted positions X Y Z MJD0 X Y Z VLBA_SC Sc 0.0082 0.0098 0.0100 50449 2607848.605 -5488069.586 1932739.641 VLBA_HN Hn -0.0145 -0.0009 0.0019 50449 1446374.969 -4447939.665 4322306.144 VLBA_NL Nl -0.0144 0.0013 -0.0039 50449 -130872.400 -4762317.103 4226851.001 VLBA_FD Fd -0.0116 0.0004 -0.0066 50449 -1324009.244 -5332181.962 3231962.407 VLBA_LA La -0.0132 0.0008 -0.0068 50449 -1449752.493 -4975298.580 3709123.859 VLBA_PT Pt -0.0138 -0.0003 -0.0082 50449 -1640953.851 -5014816.027 3575411.797 VLBA_KP Kp -0.0127 0.0006 -0.0081 50449 -1995678.755 -5037317.707 3357328.047 VLBA_OV Ov -0.0175 0.0068 -0.0054 50449 -2409150.289 -4478573.160 3838617.344 VLBA_BR Br -0.0136 0.0008 -0.0095 50449 -2112065.114 -3705356.507 4726813.702 VLBA_MK Mk -0.0137 0.0622 0.0303 50449 -5464075.099 -2495248.486 2148297.150 BASELINE LENGTHS (km) Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk Sc 0 2853 3645 4143 4458 4579 4839 5460 5767 8611 Hn 2853 0 1611 3105 3006 3226 3623 3885 3657 7502 Nl 3645 1611 0 1654 1432 1663 2075 2328 2300 6156 Fd 4143 3105 1654 0 608 564 744 1508 2345 5134 La 4458 3006 1432 608 0 236 652 1088 1757 4970 Pt 4579 3226 1663 564 236 0 417 973 1806 4795 Kp 4839 3623 2075 744 652 417 0 845 1913 4466 Ov 5460 3885 2328 1508 1088 973 845 0 1214 4015 Br 5767 3657 2300 2345 1757 1806 1913 1214 0 4398 Mk 8611 7502 6156 5134 4970 4795 4466 4015 4398 0 RECORDING SYSTEM INFORMATION: DISKS - Stations potentially recording on disks. Station Drive type DAR VLBA_SC MARK5A VLBA VLBA_HN MARK5A VLBA VLBA_NL MARK5A VLBA VLBA_FD MARK5A VLBA VLBA_LA MARK5A VLBA VLBA_PT MARK5A VLBA VLBA_KP MARK5A VLBA VLBA_OV MARK5A VLBA VLBA_BR MARK5A VLBA VLBA_MK MARK5A VLBA EXPERIMENT SUMMARY: Number of input scans: 13 Number of scans scheduled: 13 Number of stations: 10 Number of sources input: 9 Number of setup files used: 1 Station summaries (tape stations): Station Control Scans Scan Tape Tapes Passes Readbacks Formatter Sync Hours Hours Reconfigures Hours Station summaries (disk stations): Station Control Scans Scan Hours Record hrs Gbytes Formatter Sync Reconfigures Hours VLBA_SC VLBA 10 5.58 5.58 324. 0/ 0 0.06 VLBA_HN VLBA 11 7.58 7.58 440. 0/ 0 0.06 VLBA_NL VLBA 12 9.57 9.57 556. 0/ 0 0.07 VLBA_FD VLBA 13 11.57 11.57 672. 0/ 0 0.07 VLBA_LA VLBA 13 11.57 11.57 672. 0/ 0 0.07 VLBA_PT VLBA 13 11.57 11.57 672. 0/ 0 0.07 VLBA_KP VLBA 13 11.57 11.57 672. 0/ 0 0.07 VLBA_OV VLBA 13 11.57 11.57 672. 0/ 0 0.07 VLBA_BR VLBA 13 11.57 11.57 672. 0/ 0 0.08 VLBA_MK VLBA 11 7.58 7.58 440. 0/ 0 0.06 Notes on the station summaries: "Sync Hours" is on-source, in-scan time lost during correlation to resyncing recordings. Resyncs follow tape stoppages and formatter reconfigures. For VLBA DAR stations, total reconfigures and reconfigures during recording are shown. Reconfigures during recording can cause slow correlator sync. Any reconfigure can slow sync at JIVE. The following setup groups are the same as group 1 below. 2:VLBA_HN 3:VLBA_NL 4:VLBA_FD 5:VLBA_LA 6:VLBA_PT 7:VLBA_KP 8:VLBA_OV 9:VLBA_BR 10:VLBA_MK Setup file: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/setups/v7mm-128-8-1.set Matches group v7mm_c8 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA_SC Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Speedup factor: 2.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 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 = A C A C A C A C VLBA FE= 7mm omit 7mm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 7.6 11.6 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 8 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 43201.49 43201.49 43209.49 43209.49 43217.49 43217.49 43225.49 43225.49 BBC fr= 801.49 801.49 809.49 809.49 817.49 817.49 825.49 825.49 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_off SUMMARY for experiment bp131c bp131; Sample of Ultrarelativistic Jets Top item is: Start elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) Bottom item is: End elevation, flag (D=>Down, H=>Below Horizon, t=>Tape Change.) TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 47 is Fri 16 Feb 2007 MJD 54147 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 1 47 09:28:29 1034-293 - --- --- --- 25 21 23 26 22 12 34 47 11:28:10 v7mm-128-8-1 - --- --- --- 10 8 10 14 13 5 40 2 47 11:30:09 1308+326 - 38 50 65 75 77 79 82 85 74 57 47 11:42:07 - - 35 48 63 73 75 77 80 83 74 59 3 47 11:44:07 1404+286 - 47 56 70 84 82 84 86 79 69 48 47 11:56:05 - - 44 54 68 82 81 83 86 80 70 51 4 47 11:58:05 0955+476 - --- 22 33 34 38 39 40 47 53 58 47 13:57:45 - - --- 9 16 15 20 20 20 28 35 41 5 47 13:59:45 1308+326 - 6 24 37 44 47 48 51 57 57 77 47 14:11:43 - - 4 22 35 42 45 46 48 55 55 76 6 47 14:13:42 1404+286 - 14 29 43 52 54 56 59 64 61 79 47 14:25:41 - - 12 27 41 49 52 53 56 61 59 80 7 47 14:27:40 1502+106 - --- --- 40 53 52 55 58 58 50 70 47 16:27:21 - - --- --- 18 28 30 32 35 39 36 76 8 47 16:29:20 2200+420 - 65 83 69 55 56 54 50 48 50 11 47 16:41:18 - - 65 85 71 58 58 56 53 50 52 13 9 47 16:43:18 2134+004 - 71 48 46 48 43 43 42 35 28 7 47 16:55:16 - - 70 48 47 50 45 45 44 37 29 10 10 47 16:57:16 2223-052 - 67 42 37 38 33 33 32 24 18 --- 47 18:56:56 - - 53 38 43 53 48 49 50 42 32 --- Source only 10.0 degrees from the Sun. 11 47 18:58:56 2200+420 - 51 69 83 78 82 80 76 75 75 39 47 19:10:54 - - 49 67 81 78 83 81 78 77 77 41 12 47 19:12:53 2134+004 - 42 36 46 59 55 56 59 53 42 42 47 19:24:51 - - 39 34 44 59 54 56 59 53 42 45 13 47 19:26:51 0229+131 - 66 50 37 29 27 26 23 17 17 --- 47 21:26:31 - - 83 60 56 54 51 50 48 41 36 --- SUMMARY for experiment bp131c bp131; Sample of Ultrarelativistic Jets Top item is: Seconds antenna is on source before scan start. Bottom item is: Seconds antenna is on source during scan. TYPE top: -=> normal scan, P=>Pointing or Ta; bottom: -=>recording, N=>not recording. Day 47 is Fri 16 Feb 2007 MJD 54147 SCAN DAY START UT SOURCE TYPE STATIONS t => tape change STOP UT Sc Hn Nl Fd La Pt Kp Ov Br Mk 1 47 09:28:29 1034-293 - --- --- --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 11:28:10 v7mm-128-8-1 - --- --- --- 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 2 47 11:30:09 1308+326 - 0 0 0 -17 -25 -24 -23 -29 -25 32 47 11:42:07 - - 718 718 718 702 693 694 695 689 693 718 3 47 11:44:07 1404+286 - 90 -116 97 91 77 68 38 57 89 92 47 11:56:05 - - 718 602 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 4 47 11:58:05 0955+476 - --- 51 43 18 29 26 21 14 29 50 47 13:57:45 - - --- 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 5 47 13:59:45 1308+326 - 7338 84 72 55 59 57 53 56 70 41 47 14:11:43 - - 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 6 47 14:13:42 1404+286 - 93 99 98 93 95 94 93 95 100 74 47 14:25:41 - - 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 7 47 14:27:40 1502+106 - --- --- 94 90 89 88 86 84 90 54 47 16:27:21 - - --- --- 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 8 47 16:29:20 2200+420 - 7306 7285 0 11 4 5 7 -2 3 -15 47 16:41:18 - - 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 716 718 703 9 47 16:43:18 2134+004 - -25 38 -78 -79 -83 -83 -85 -90 64 -98 47 16:55:16 - - 693 718 640 639 635 635 633 628 718 620 10 47 16:57:16 2223-052 - 90 102 95 90 90 90 89 89 91 --- 47 18:56:56 - - 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 --- Source only 10.0 degrees from the Sun. 11 47 18:58:56 2200+420 - 59 52 33 13 28 31 37 47 28 7356 47 19:10:54 - - 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 718 12 47 19:12:53 2134+004 - 73 51 42 -13 1 7 15 43 43 76 47 19:24:51 - - 718 718 718 705 718 718 718 718 718 718 13 47 19:26:51 0229+131 - 8 43 44 42 47 48 41 42 58 --- 47 21:26:31 - - 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 7180 --- Automatic tape allocation requested for sites using VLBA control files and having 2 or more drives. SCHED cannot predict tape changes. Number of tapes or GBytes used at each autoaloc station: Includes all disk stations. Station Tapes GBytes VLBA_SC 324.3 VLBA_HN 440.1 VLBA_NL 555.9 VLBA_FD 671.7 VLBA_LA 671.7 VLBA_PT 671.7 VLBA_KP 671.7 VLBA_OV 671.7 VLBA_BR 671.7 VLBA_MK 440.1 ESTIMATED TAPE TIMES (With autoallocation): Times are approximate and assume project starts at the beginning of a tape. Times can be affected by actual tape length. Tape change may occur during scan preceeding indicated time. Tape start time. Tape end time. Station Day Time Day Time (UT) (UT) VLBA_SC 47 11:30:09 47 21:26:31 VLBA_HN 47 11:30:09 47 21:26:31 VLBA_NL 47 11:30:09 47 21:26:31 VLBA_FD 47 09:28:29 47 21:26:31 VLBA_LA 47 09:28:29 47 21:26:31 VLBA_PT 47 09:28:29 47 21:26:31 VLBA_KP 47 09:28:29 47 21:26:31 VLBA_OV 47 09:28:29 47 21:26:31 VLBA_BR 47 09:28:29 47 21:26:31 VLBA_MK 47 09:28:29 47 19:24:51 SOURCE LIST -- bp131; Sample of Ultrarelativistic Jets 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) J0231+1322 02 29 02.524208 * 02 31 45.894055 02 32 09.053616 0.31 * 0229+131 13 09 40.78813 * 13 22 54.71628 13 24 52.19964 0.20 J0231+13 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.995 scan hours, 71.803 baseline hours above horizon. J0958+4725 09 55 08.528426 * 09 58 19.671641 09 58 49.707339 0.30 * 0955+476 47 39 28.28175 * 47 25 07.84244 47 23 01.39873 0.40 J0958+47 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.995 scan hours, 71.803 baseline hours above horizon. J1037-2934 10 34 55.824618 * 10 37 16.079730 10 37 37.507205 0.23 * 1034-293 -29 18 26.97240 *-29 34 02.81329 -29 36 18.72289 0.70 J1037-29 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.995 scan hours, 41.885 baseline hours above horizon. J1310+3220 13 08 07.560131 * 13 10 28.663850 13 10 50.333215 0.24 * 1308+326 32 36 40.23883 * 32 20 43.78290 32 18 08.69838 0.40 J1310+32 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.399 scan hours, 17.684 baseline hours above horizon. J1407+2827 14 04 45.615156 * 14 07 00.394414 14 07 20.722460 0.23 * 1404+286 28 41 29.23520 * 28 27 14.69023 28 24 52.02905 0.40 J1407+28 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba OQ208 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.399 scan hours, 17.661 baseline hours above horizon. J1504+1029 15 02 00.157713 * 15 04 24.979782 15 04 46.193708 0.31 * 1502+106 10 41 17.74000 * 10 29 39.19858 10 27 41.90649 0.20 J1504+10 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.995 scan hours, 55.847 baseline hours above horizon. J2136+0041 21 34 05.207392 * 21 36 38.586327 21 36 59.439262 0.30 2134+00 00 28 25.08018 * 00 41 54.21301 00 43 39.56297 0.20 * 2134+004 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J2136+00 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.399 scan hours, 16.886 baseline hours above horizon. J2202+4216 22 00 39.362507 * 22 02 43.291374 22 02 58.990742 0.27 * 2200+420 42 02 08.59081 * 42 16 39.97995 42 18 38.28257 0.40 BLLAC /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J2202+42 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro VR42220 0.399 scan hours, 17.909 baseline hours above horizon. J2225-0457 22 23 11.077768 * 22 25 47.259295 22 26 08.596890 0.20 * 2223-052 -05 12 17.79946 *-04 57 01.39082 -04 54 59.32024 0.30 3C446 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J2225-04 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.995 scan hours, 71.803 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) 0229+131 72.4 0955+476 144.9 1034-293 137.1 1308+326 131.8 1404+286 120.3 1502+106 105.3 2134+004 14.1 2200+420 54.6 2223-052 10.0 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 Source separations in degrees for pairs closer than 30.00 degrees. 1308+326 1404+286 12.7825 1404+286 1502+106 22.4366 2134+004 2223-052 13.5104 J2000 coordinates formatted for possible transfer to the correlator data base: name = '0229+131' ra = 02h31m45.894055s dec = 13d22'54.71628" name = '0955+476' ra = 09h58m19.671641s dec = 47d25'07.84244" name = '1034-293' ra = 10h37m16.079730s dec = -29d34'02.81329" name = '1308+326' ra = 13h10m28.663850s dec = 32d20'43.78290" name = '1404+286' ra = 14h07m00.394414s dec = 28d27'14.69023" name = '1502+106' ra = 15h04m24.979782s dec = 10d29'39.19858" name = '2134+004' ra = 21h36m38.586327s dec = 00d41'54.21301" name = '2200+420' ra = 22h02m43.291374s dec = 42d16'39.97995" name = '2223-052' ra = 22h25m47.259295s dec = -04d57'01.39082" Catalogs: Station: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat Version: 2006Dec04-17:14:51 Location: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/locations.dat Version: Not known Frequency: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Version: 2006Jun08-14:55:16 Source: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba Version: Not given Code versions: Release version: 6.05 June 2006 Version of VEX standard: 1.50 Version of VEX code: 0.86 Version of plot code: 1.06 Version of ephemeris code: 1.01 Version of PGPLOT: v5.2.0