COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Experiment: Monitoring Knot HST-1 in M87 Jet Exp. Code: BH151B Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Teddy Cheung Address: NASA GSFC Code 661 Greenbelt MD 20771, USA Phone: 301 286 5749 EMAIL: ccheung@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov Fax: 301 286 1682 Phone during observation: Observing mode: 18cm 128-8-1 Notes: 3C286 is for EVPA calibration at 18cm 3C273 is Fringe finder and for use in CROSSPOL COVER LETTER: This is BH151B. Summary: BH151A, B, and C: We request a "mini"-campaign of 3 VLBA L-band observations of M87 for late Jan/early Feb while the TeV telescopes are observing (necessary for dark moon time). The first epoch (A) should begin around Jan 30-Feb 3, then the other two should follow by 5+/- 2 days (epoch B) and 10 +/-2 days (epoch C). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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]: Excluded dates plus reason [none]: Preferred interval between segments in days [none]: This epoch (B) around 5 +/- 2 days after epoch A. Special conditions (e.g., a series with different spacings in time) [See the comments at the top.]: Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) 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. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Feb 2008 Day 40 --- Next scan frequencies: 1651.49 1651.49 1659.49 1659.49 1667.49 1667.49 1675.49 1675.49 Next BBC frequencies: 748.51 748.51 740.51 740.51 732.51 732.51 724.51 724.51 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 06 27 32 3C286 08 46 42 29.8 70.1 -4.7 -69.9 0 1 1 0 06 27 32 06 33 01 --- 08 52 12 30.9 70.6 -4.7 -70.3 329 F 1 5 06 27 55 06 34 01 3C273 08 53 12 31.5 108.4 -3.6 -54.8 29 1 1 5 06 34 01 06 39 30 --- 08 58 42 32.6 109.3 -3.5 -54.3 329 F 1 11 06 34 24 06 40 30 3C274 08 59 42 38.0 98.5 -3.5 -60.6 43 1 1 11 06 40 30 07 10 25 --- 09 29 42 44.4 103.4 -3.0 -59.0 1795 F 1 40 06 40 53 07 11 25 3C274 09 30 42 44.6 103.6 -3.0 -58.9 54 1 1 40 07 11 25 07 41 20 --- 10 00 42 50.8 109.4 -2.5 -56.2 1795 F 1 69 07 11 48 07 43 20 3C286 10 02 42 45.5 76.2 -3.5 -75.8 92 1 1 69 07 43 20 07 48 49 --- 10 08 12 46.6 76.6 -3.4 -76.2 329 F 1 74 07 43 43 07 50 41 3C273 10 10 04 46.3 124.2 -2.3 -45.4 74 1 1 74 07 50 41 07 56 10 --- 10 15 34 47.3 125.6 -2.2 -44.4 329 F 1 79 07 51 04 07 57 10 3C274 10 16 34 53.9 113.0 -2.2 -54.1 41 1 1 79 07 57 10 08 27 05 --- 10 46 34 59.7 121.4 -1.7 -48.8 1795 F 1 108 07 57 33 08 28 05 3C274 10 47 34 59.9 121.7 -1.7 -48.5 54 1 1 108 08 28 05 08 58 00 --- 11 17 34 65.0 133.0 -1.2 -40.1 1795 F 1 137 08 28 28 08 59 59 3C286 11 19 34 61.7 81.8 -2.2 -81.1 79 1 1 137 08 59 59 09 05 28 --- 11 25 04 62.9 82.2 -2.1 -81.5 329 F 1 142 09 00 22 09 06 37 3C273 11 26 13 57.7 149.3 -1.1 -26.0 18 1 1 142 09 06 37 09 12 06 --- 11 31 43 58.3 151.7 -1.0 -24.1 329 F 1 148 09 07 00 09 13 06 3C274 11 32 43 67.2 140.3 -1.0 -34.2 36 1 1 148 09 13 06 09 43 01 --- 12 02 43 70.6 158.6 -0.5 -18.7 1795 F 1 177 09 13 29 09 44 01 3C274 12 03 43 70.6 159.3 -0.5 -18.1 54 1 1 177 09 44 01 10 13 56 --- 12 33 43 71.7 181.9 0.0 1.7 1795 F 1 206 09 44 24 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) 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. For disks, the footages are really the GBytes 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Feb 2008 Day 40 --- 10 15 56 3C286 12 35 43 78.0 87.3 -0.9 -85.6 51 1 1 206 10 15 56 10 21 25 --- 12 41 13 79.2 87.7 -0.8 -85.9 329 F 1 211 10 16 19 10 22 37 3C273 12 42 25 61.2 186.7 0.2 5.8 0 1 1 211 10 22 37 10 28 06 --- 12 47 55 61.0 189.5 0.3 8.2 329 F 1 216 10 23 00 10 29 06 3C274 12 48 55 71.3 193.5 0.3 11.9 33 1 1 216 10 29 06 10 59 01 --- 13 18 55 68.6 213.6 0.8 29.2 1795 F 1 245 10 29 29 11 00 01 3C274 13 19 55 68.5 214.2 0.8 29.7 54 1 1 245 11 00 01 11 29 56 --- 13 49 55 64.2 229.1 1.3 41.7 1795 F 1 274 11 00 24 11 31 56 3C286 13 51 55 85.6 269.0 0.3 86.4 71 1 1 274 11 31 56 11 37 25 --- 13 57 25 84.4 269.9 0.4 86.6 329 F 1 279 11 32 19 11 38 35 3C273 13 58 36 54.5 220.6 1.5 34.1 4 1 1 279 11 38 35 11 44 04 --- 14 04 06 53.7 222.6 1.6 35.6 329 F 1 285 11 38 58 11 45 04 3C274 14 05 06 61.6 235.0 1.6 46.1 38 1 1 285 11 45 04 12 14 59 --- 14 35 06 56.1 244.2 2.1 52.5 1795 F 1 314 11 45 27 12 15 59 3C274 14 36 06 55.9 244.5 2.1 52.6 54 1 1 314 12 15 59 12 45 54 --- 15 06 06 49.9 251.5 2.6 56.6 1795 F 1 343 12 16 22 12 47 54 3C286 15 08 06 69.3 275.7 1.6 83.3 75 1 1 343 12 47 54 12 53 23 --- 15 13 36 68.1 276.1 1.7 83.0 329 F 1 348 12 48 17 12 54 32 3C273 15 14 46 41.6 241.9 2.8 49.4 11 1 1 348 12 54 32 13 00 02 --- 15 20 16 40.5 243.1 2.8 50.1 329 F 1 353 12 54 55 13 01 01 3C274 15 21 16 46.8 254.5 2.8 58.1 41 1 1 353 13 01 01 13 30 57 --- 15 51 16 40.5 259.7 3.3 60.1 1795 F 1 382 13 01 24 13 31 56 3C274 15 52 16 40.3 259.9 3.4 60.1 54 1 1 382 13 31 56 14 01 51 --- 16 22 16 33.9 264.4 3.9 61.2 1795 F 1 411 13 32 19 14 03 53 3C286 16 24 18 53.0 281.1 2.9 78.4 78 1 1 411 14 03 53 14 09 22 --- 16 29 48 51.9 281.5 3.0 78.0 329 F 1 416 14 04 16 14 11 29 3C273 16 31 55 26.1 255.8 4.0 56.6 69 1 1 416 14 11 29 14 16 59 --- 16 37 25 25.0 256.7 4.1 56.9 329 F 1 422 14 11 52 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/setups/v18cm-128-8-1.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: 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= 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= 1651.49 1651.49 1659.49 1659.49 1667.49 1667.49 1675.49 1675.49 BBC fr= 748.51 748.51 740.51 740.51 732.51 732.51 724.51 724.51 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 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) J1229+0203 12 26 33.245836 * 12 29 06.699732 12 29 33.066143 0.30 1226+023 02 19 43.30565 * 02 03 08.59815 02 00 15.55706 0.20 * 3C273 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba 3C273B VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro J1229+02 0.640 scan hours, 24.774 baseline hours above horizon. J1230+1223 12 28 17.569279 * 12 30 49.423381 12 31 15.619911 0.31 1228+126 12 40 01.74901 * 12 23 28.04383 12 20 32.49297 0.20 * 3C274 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1230+12 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 5.984 scan hours, 242.835 baseline hours above horizon. J1331+3030 13 28 49.657756 * 13 31 08.288048 13 31 32.220494 0.37 1328+307 30 45 58.64060 * 30 30 32.95924 30 27 41.74372 0.47 * 3C286 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.640 scan hours, 27.151 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) 3C273 133.9 3C274 135.9 3C286 122.7 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