COVER INFORMATION Station: ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Experiment: sn2008d Exp. Code: gp046a Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: Z. Paragi Address: JIVE Postbus 2 7990 AA Dwingeloo The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)521 596 536 EMAIL: zparagi@jive.nl Fax: Phone during observation: +31 (0)521 596 500 Observing mode: Notes: COVER LETTER: GP046A uses two different bit rates: 1 GB/s for the EVN (files named gp046a) 512 MB/s for the VLBA_HN and VLBA_SC (files named gp046a_us) WB, JB and EF: The full bandwidth is not within the IF (see gp046a.sum file). Please check if changes can be made in order to reach all frequencies. Schedule for ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 2 sn2008d 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Feb 2008 Day 38 --- ---------- pref1 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 807.51 807.51 807.51 807.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 03 40 00 J0911+3349 08 19 35 70.6 34.8 -0.9 -139.4 0 1 1 0 03 40 00 03 41 30 =0908+340 08 21 05 70.8 34.0 -0.9 -140.3 90 F 1 6 03 40 01 03 41 30 NGC2770C 08 21 05 71.6 34.3 -0.8 -140.3 -29 1 1 6 03 41 30 03 44 00 --- 08 23 36 71.9 33.0 -0.8 -141.9 121 F 1 15 03 41 31 03 44 00 NGC2770B 08 23 36 71.9 33.0 -0.8 -141.9 -8 1 1 15 03 44 00 03 46 00 --- 08 25 36 72.2 31.9 -0.7 -143.2 112 F 1 23 03 44 01 ---------- pref1 ---------- 03 46 40 J0911+3349 08 26 16 71.4 31.4 -0.8 -143.5 13 1 1 23 03 46 40 03 47 40 =0908+340 08 27 16 71.6 30.9 -0.8 -144.1 60 F 1 27 03 46 41 03 47 40 SN2008D 08 27 16 72.4 30.9 -0.7 -144.4 -29 1 1 27 03 47 40 03 51 10 --- 08 30 47 72.8 28.9 -0.7 -146.8 181 F 1 41 03 47 41 ---------- pref1 ---------- 03 51 10 J0911+3349 08 30 47 72.0 29.0 -0.7 -146.4 -29 1 1 41 03 51 10 03 52 40 =0908+340 08 32 17 72.2 28.1 -0.7 -147.4 61 F 1 46 03 51 11 03 52 40 SN2008D 08 32 17 73.0 28.0 -0.6 -147.9 -29 1 1 46 03 52 40 03 56 10 --- 08 35 48 73.4 25.8 -0.6 -150.4 181 F 1 60 03 52 41 ---------- pref2 ---------- 03 56 50 J0919+3324 08 36 28 72.1 30.7 -0.7 -144.6 2 1 1 60 03 56 50 03 57 50 =0916+336 08 37 28 72.2 30.1 -0.7 -145.2 60 F 1 64 03 56 51 Schedule for ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 3 sn2008d 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Feb 2008 Day 38 --- ---------- pref1 ---------- 03 57 50 J0911+3349 08 37 28 72.7 25.1 -0.6 -151.1 -23 1 1 64 03 57 50 03 59 20 =0908+340 08 38 58 72.9 24.1 -0.6 -152.2 67 F 1 70 03 57 51 03 59 20 SN2008D 08 38 58 73.7 23.8 -0.5 -152.8 -28 1 1 70 03 59 20 04 02 50 --- 08 42 29 74.0 21.4 -0.5 -155.6 182 F 1 83 03 59 21 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 02 50 J0911+3349 08 42 29 73.2 21.9 -0.5 -154.8 -28 1 1 83 04 02 50 04 04 20 =0908+340 08 43 59 73.3 20.9 -0.5 -155.9 62 F 1 89 04 02 51 04 04 20 SN2008D 08 43 59 74.1 20.3 -0.4 -156.8 -28 1 1 89 04 04 20 04 07 50 --- 08 47 30 74.4 17.8 -0.4 -159.7 182 F 1 103 04 04 21 ---------- pref2 ---------- 04 08 30 J0919+3324 08 48 10 73.4 23.6 -0.5 -152.9 7 1 1 103 04 08 30 04 09 30 =0916+336 08 49 10 73.5 23.0 -0.5 -153.7 60 F 1 106 04 08 31 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 09 30 J0911+3349 08 49 10 73.7 17.4 -0.4 -160.0 -25 1 1 106 04 09 30 04 11 00 =0908+340 08 50 40 73.8 16.3 -0.4 -161.2 65 F 1 112 04 09 31 04 11 00 SN2008D 08 50 40 74.6 15.5 -0.3 -162.4 -28 1 1 112 04 11 00 04 14 30 --- 08 54 11 74.8 12.8 -0.3 -165.5 182 F 1 126 04 11 01 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 14 30 J0911+3349 08 54 11 74.0 13.8 -0.3 -164.2 -27 1 1 126 04 14 30 04 16 00 =0908+340 08 55 41 74.1 12.7 -0.3 -165.4 63 F 1 132 04 14 31 04 16 00 SN2008D 08 55 41 74.9 11.6 -0.2 -166.8 -27 1 1 132 04 16 00 04 19 30 --- 08 59 12 75.0 8.8 -0.2 -170.0 183 F 1 145 04 16 01 ---------- pref2 ---------- 04 20 10 J0919+3324 08 59 52 74.3 15.5 -0.3 -162.3 13 1 1 145 04 20 10 04 21 10 =0916+336 09 00 52 74.4 14.7 -0.3 -163.2 60 F 1 149 04 20 11 Schedule for ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 4 sn2008d 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Feb 2008 Day 38 --- ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 21 10 J0911+3349 09 00 52 74.3 8.9 -0.2 -169.9 -25 1 1 149 04 21 10 04 22 40 =0908+340 09 02 22 74.4 7.7 -0.2 -171.2 65 F 1 155 04 21 11 04 22 40 NGC2770C 09 02 22 75.2 6.3 -0.1 -172.8 -27 1 1 155 04 22 40 04 25 10 --- 09 04 53 75.2 4.3 -0.1 -175.1 123 F 1 165 04 22 41 04 25 10 NGC2770B 09 04 53 75.2 4.3 -0.1 -175.1 -8 1 1 165 04 25 10 04 27 10 --- 09 06 53 75.2 2.7 -0.1 -177.0 112 F 1 172 04 25 11 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 27 50 J0911+3349 09 07 33 74.5 3.7 -0.1 -175.7 14 1 1 172 04 27 50 04 28 50 =0908+340 09 08 33 74.5 2.9 -0.1 -176.6 60 F 1 176 04 27 51 04 28 50 SN2008D 09 08 33 75.2 361.2 0.0 -178.6 -871 1 1 176 04 28 50 04 32 20 --- 09 12 04 75.2 358.3 0.0 178.1 -661 F 1 190 04 28 51 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 32 20 J0911+3349 09 12 04 74.6 360.2 0.0 -179.8 -25 1 1 190 04 32 20 04 33 50 =0908+340 09 13 34 74.6 359.0 0.0 178.9 65 F 1 195 04 32 21 04 33 50 SN2008D 09 13 34 75.2 357.1 0.1 176.7 -25 1 1 195 04 33 50 04 37 20 --- 09 17 05 75.2 354.2 0.1 173.5 185 F 1 209 04 33 51 ---------- pref2 ---------- 04 38 00 J0919+3324 09 17 45 75.0 361.6 0.0 -178.2 11 1 1 209 04 38 00 04 39 00 =0916+336 09 18 45 75.0 360.8 0.0 -179.1 60 F 1 213 04 38 01 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 39 00 J0911+3349 09 18 45 74.5 355.0 0.1 174.3 -25 1 1 213 04 39 00 04 40 30 =0908+340 09 20 15 74.5 353.9 0.1 173.0 65 F 1 219 04 39 01 04 40 30 SN2008D 09 20 15 75.1 351.7 0.2 170.6 -23 1 1 219 04 40 30 04 44 00 --- 09 23 46 74.9 348.9 0.2 167.4 187 F 1 232 04 40 31 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 44 00 J0911+3349 09 23 46 74.3 351.2 0.2 169.9 -22 1 1 232 04 44 00 04 45 30 =0908+340 09 25 16 74.3 350.0 0.2 168.6 68 F 1 238 04 44 01 Schedule for ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 5 sn2008d 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Feb 2008 Day 38 --- 04 45 30 SN2008D 09 25 16 74.9 347.7 0.3 166.1 -22 1 1 238 04 45 30 04 49 00 --- 09 28 46 74.7 345.0 0.3 163.0 188 F 1 252 04 45 31 ---------- pref2 ---------- 04 49 40 J0919+3324 09 29 27 74.8 352.2 0.2 171.1 12 1 1 252 04 49 40 04 50 40 =0916+336 09 30 27 74.8 351.4 0.2 170.2 60 F 1 255 04 49 41 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 50 40 J0911+3349 09 30 27 74.0 346.2 0.3 164.2 -26 1 1 255 04 50 40 04 52 10 =0908+340 09 31 57 73.9 345.1 0.3 162.9 64 F 1 261 04 50 41 04 52 10 SN2008D 09 31 57 74.4 342.7 0.4 160.3 -21 1 1 261 04 52 10 04 55 40 --- 09 35 28 74.2 340.1 0.4 157.3 189 F 1 275 04 52 11 ---------- pref1 ---------- 04 55 40 J0911+3349 09 35 28 73.7 342.6 0.4 160.1 -20 1 1 275 04 55 40 04 57 10 =0908+340 09 36 58 73.6 341.6 0.4 158.9 70 F 1 281 04 55 41 04 57 10 SN2008D 09 36 58 74.1 339.1 0.4 156.1 -19 1 1 281 04 57 10 05 00 40 --- 09 40 28 73.7 336.7 0.5 153.3 191 F 1 294 04 57 11 ---------- pref2 ---------- 05 01 20 J0919+3324 09 41 08 74.2 343.3 0.4 161.0 13 1 1 294 05 01 20 05 02 20 =0916+336 09 42 09 74.1 342.6 0.4 160.1 60 F 1 298 05 01 21 ---------- pref1 ---------- 05 02 20 J0911+3349 09 42 09 73.2 338.1 0.5 154.8 -32 1 1 298 05 02 20 05 03 50 =0908+340 09 43 39 73.0 337.2 0.5 153.7 58 F 1 304 05 02 21 05 03 50 NGC2770C 09 43 39 73.4 334.6 0.6 150.9 -18 1 1 304 05 03 50 05 06 20 --- 09 46 09 73.2 333.0 0.6 149.1 132 F 1 314 05 03 51 05 06 20 NGC2770B 09 46 09 73.2 333.0 0.6 149.1 -8 1 1 314 05 06 20 05 08 20 --- 09 48 10 73.0 331.8 0.6 147.6 112 F 1 321 05 06 21 ---------- pref1 ---------- 05 08 20 J0911+3349 09 48 10 72.6 334.4 0.6 150.4 -17 1 1 321 05 08 20 05 09 50 =0908+340 09 49 40 72.5 333.5 0.6 149.3 73 F 1 327 05 08 21 Schedule for ARECIBO (Code Ar ) Page 6 sn2008d 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Tapes TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell (see above) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 7 Feb 2008 Day 38 --- 05 09 50 SN2008D 09 49 40 72.8 330.9 0.7 146.5 -17 1 1 327 05 09 50 05 13 20 --- 09 53 10 72.4 328.9 0.7 144.1 193 F 1 341 05 09 51 ---------- pref1 ---------- 05 14 00 J0911+3349 09 53 51 72.0 331.0 0.7 146.4 22 1 1 341 05 14 00 05 15 00 =0908+340 09 54 51 71.9 330.5 0.7 145.8 60 F 1 344 05 14 01 05 15 00 SN2008D 09 54 51 72.1 327.9 0.7 143.0 -17 1 1 344 05 15 00 05 18 30 --- 09 58 21 71.7 326.1 0.8 140.8 193 F 1 358 05 15 01 ---------- pref1 ---------- 05 18 30 J0911+3349 09 58 21 71.5 328.6 0.8 143.5 -17 1 1 358 05 18 30 05 20 00 =0908+340 09 59 52 71.3 327.8 0.8 142.5 73 F 1 364 05 18 31 05 20 00 SN2008D 09 59 52 71.5 325.3 0.8 139.8 -17 1 1 364 05 20 00 05 23 30 --- 10 03 22 71.0 323.6 0.9 137.7 193 F 1 377 05 20 01 ---------- pref1 ---------- 05 23 30 J0911+3349 10 03 22 70.8 326.1 0.9 140.4 -17 1 1 377 05 23 30 05 25 00 =0908+340 10 04 52 70.6 325.3 0.9 139.5 73 F 1 383 05 23 31 ---------- pref2 ---------- 05 25 40 J0919+3324 10 05 32 71.8 327.9 0.8 142.8 3 1 1 383 05 25 40 05 30 00 =0916+336 10 09 53 71.2 325.7 0.8 140.1 260 F 1 400 05 25 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: 512Mbps Matches group arcb4 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Using up-down conversion unit + VLBIinp at 1.5 MHz Setup group: 11 Station: ARECIBO Total bit rate: 512 Format: MKIV1:4 Bits per sample: 1 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 5750.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A C A C A C A C A C A C A C A C The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 807.51 807.51 807.51 807.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 775.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 743.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 711.51 Bandwd= 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 16.000 The following pulse cal sets were used with this setup: Pulse cal detection set: 1 PCAL = 1MHZ PCALXB1= S1 S3 S5 S7 S9 S11 S13 S15 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S6 S8 S10 S12 S14 S16 PCALFR1= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 PCALFR2= 490 510 490 510 490 510 490 510 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- sn2008d 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) * SN2008D 09 06 27.042566 * 09 09 30.650600 09 10 02.927588 0.00 33 20 32.86195 * 33 08 20.14000 33 06 17.17209 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 3.325 scan hours, 125.371 baseline hours above horizon. * NGC2770C 09 06 30.126590 * 09 09 33.710000 09 10 05.982533 0.00 33 19 37.57462 * 33 07 24.70000 33 05 21.70271 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.625 scan hours, 23.683 baseline hours above horizon. * NGC2770B 09 06 31.725209 * 09 09 35.300000 09 10 07.571005 0.00 33 19 22.05383 * 33 07 09.10000 33 05 06.08759 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0.500 scan hours, 19.775 baseline hours above horizon. J0319+4130 03 16 29.567289 * 03 19 48.160119 03 20 21.113938 0.28 0316+413 41 19 51.91677 * 41 30 42.10389 41 32 43.72005 0.41 * 3C84 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0319+41 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.100 scan hours, 3.600 baseline hours above horizon. J0521+1638 05 18 16.514027 * 05 21 09.885909 05 21 39.489733 0.34 0518+165 16 35 26.83476 * 16 38 22.05223 16 38 56.53423 0.30 * 3C138 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0521+16 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.100 scan hours, 0.000 baseline hours above horizon. * J0911+3349 09 08 43.699018 * 09 11 47.761484 09 12 20.132588 0.78 0908+340 34 01 36.28032 * 33 49 16.79409 33 47 12.57000 1.78 J0911+33 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 1.817 scan hours, 60.365 baseline hours above horizon. * J0919+3324 09 16 06.251028 * 09 19 08.787122 09 19 40.896373 0.42 0916+336 33 37 22.76417 * 33 24 41.94287 33 22 33.65550 0.73 J0919+33 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.656 scan hours, 26.950 baseline hours above horizon. J0927+3902 09 23 55.319213 * 09 27 03.013934 09 27 36.145449 0.26 0923+392 39 15 23.56648 * 39 02 20.85188 39 00 08.49495 0.40 * 4C39.25 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.200 scan hours, 7.886 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) SN2008D 162.3 NGC2770C 162.3 NGC2770B 162.3 3C84 100.2 3C138 122.9 J0911+3349 161.7 J0919+3324 162.2 4C39.25 156.5 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