COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Experiment: PKS 1510-089 at 18 cm, MFS Exp. Code: BH104 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 02 July 2002 PI: Daniel Homan Address: National Radio Astronomy Observatory 520 Edgemont Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 U.S.A. Phone: 434 296 0286 EMAIL: dhoman@nrao.edu Fax: 434 296 0278 Phone during observation: 434 296 0286 Observing mode: 18cm at 256-8-2 Notes: Non-standard setup to accomidate MFS, see correlator notes OQ208 is the D-term calibrator and a possible gain calibrator 3C286 is for EVPA calibration 3C273 is a Fringe Finder and for CROSSPOL and BPASS Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 2 PKS 1510-089 at 18 cm, MFS 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 9 Jan 2003 Day 9 --- Next scan frequencies: 1402.49 1402.49 1510.49 1510.49 1600.49 1600.49 1675.49 1675.49 Next BBC frequencies: 997.51 997.51 889.51 889.51 799.51 799.51 724.51 724.51 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 10 37 13 3C273 07 29 38 14.9 93.2 -5.0 -70.0 0 1 1 0 10 37 13 10 42 13 --- 07 34 39 16.1 93.7 -4.9 -70.0 300 F 1 4000 11 01 13 OQ208 07 53 42 6.5 62.1 -6.2 -71.0 1113 1 1 4000 11 01 13 11 06 13 --- 07 58 43 7.5 62.4 -6.1 -71.5 300 F 1 8000 11 08 55 3C273 08 01 25 22.3 96.1 -4.5 -69.4 126 1 1 8000 11 08 55 11 13 55 --- 08 06 26 23.5 96.6 -4.4 -69.3 300 F 1 12000 11 32 57 OQ208 08 25 31 13.2 64.2 -5.7 -74.4 1115 1 1 12000 11 32 57 11 37 57 --- 08 30 32 14.2 64.5 -5.6 -74.9 300 F 1 16000 11 56 59 OQ208 08 49 37 18.3 65.5 -5.3 -76.9 1128 1 2 16000 11 56 59 12 01 59 --- 08 54 38 19.4 65.8 -5.2 -77.4 300 R 1 15200 12 21 04 OQ208 09 13 46 23.5 66.7 -4.9 -79.4 1131 1 2 15200 12 21 04 12 26 04 --- 09 18 47 24.6 66.9 -4.8 -79.9 300 R 1 11200 12 45 16 OQ208 09 38 02 28.7 67.7 -4.5 -81.8 1137 1 2 11200 12 45 16 12 50 16 --- 09 43 03 29.8 67.9 -4.4 -82.3 300 R 1 7200 12 52 23 1510-089 09 45 10 4.4 101.3 -5.5 -69.1 70 1 3 7200 12 52 23 13 07 23 --- 10 00 13 7.8 102.7 -5.2 -68.4 900 F 1 4800 13 09 36 OQ208 10 02 26 34.1 68.4 -4.1 -84.3 74 1 3 4800 13 09 36 13 14 36 --- 10 07 27 35.2 68.6 -4.0 -84.9 300 F 1 8800 13 16 26 3C286 10 09 17 43.4 66.3 -3.4 -90.9 88 1 3 8800 13 16 26 13 21 26 --- 10 14 18 44.5 66.3 -3.3 -91.6 300 F 1 12800 13 23 59 1510-089 10 16 51 11.7 104.2 -4.9 -67.5 81 1 4 12800 13 23 59 13 38 59 --- 10 31 54 15.1 105.7 -4.7 -66.5 900 R 1 10400 13 41 17 OQ208 10 34 12 41.0 69.0 -3.5 -87.7 80 1 4 10400 13 41 17 13 46 17 --- 10 39 13 42.1 69.1 -3.5 -88.3 300 R 1 6400 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 3 PKS 1510-089 at 18 cm, MFS 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 9 Jan 2003 Day 9 --- 13 48 33 1510-089 10 41 29 17.2 106.7 -4.5 -65.9 81 1 5 6400 13 48 33 14 03 33 --- 10 56 32 20.6 108.4 -4.3 -64.7 900 F 1 5600 14 05 49 OQ208 10 58 48 46.4 69.2 -3.1 -90.6 78 1 5 5600 14 05 49 14 10 49 --- 11 03 49 47.5 69.1 -3.1 -91.2 300 F 1 9600 14 13 02 1510-089 11 06 02 22.7 109.5 -4.1 -64.0 77 1 6 9600 14 13 02 14 28 02 --- 11 21 04 26.0 111.3 -3.9 -62.6 900 R 1 13600 14 30 05 OQ208 11 23 08 51.8 68.8 -2.7 -93.7 66 1 6 13600 14 30 05 14 35 05 --- 11 28 09 52.9 68.7 -2.6 -94.4 300 R 1 9600 14 37 05 1510-089 11 30 09 28.0 112.5 -3.7 -61.7 64 1 7 9600 14 37 05 14 52 05 --- 11 45 11 31.3 114.6 -3.5 -60.1 900 F 1 2400 14 54 08 OQ208 11 47 15 57.1 68.0 -2.3 -97.3 66 1 7 2400 14 54 08 14 59 08 --- 11 52 16 58.2 67.7 -2.2 -98.2 300 F 1 6400 15 01 10 1510-089 11 54 18 33.2 115.9 -3.3 -59.0 66 1 8 6400 15 01 10 15 16 10 --- 12 09 21 36.4 118.3 -3.1 -57.0 900 R 1 16800 15 18 15 OQ208 12 11 26 62.3 66.2 -1.9 -101.7 67 1 8 16800 15 18 15 15 23 15 --- 12 16 27 63.4 65.7 -1.8 -102.8 300 R 1 12800 15 23 50 3C286 12 17 02 70.1 53.8 -1.2 -118.2 16 1 8 12800 15 23 50 15 28 50 --- 12 22 03 71.1 52.2 -1.2 -120.4 300 R 1 8800 15 32 52 3C345 12 26 05 32.1 54.7 -4.3 -90.1 158 1 8 8800 15 32 52 15 37 52 --- 12 31 06 33.0 54.7 -4.2 -90.9 300 R 1 4800 15 43 48 1510-089 12 37 03 42.0 123.4 -2.6 -52.7 305 1 9 4800 15 43 48 15 58 48 --- 12 52 06 44.9 126.6 -2.3 -49.9 900 F 1 7200 16 00 45 OQ208 12 54 03 71.3 59.1 -1.2 -113.4 58 1 9 7200 16 00 45 16 05 45 --- 12 59 03 72.3 57.6 -1.1 -115.4 300 F 1 11200 16 07 38 1510-089 13 00 57 46.5 128.6 -2.2 -48.1 56 1 10 11200 16 07 38 16 22 38 --- 13 16 00 49.2 132.4 -1.9 -44.7 900 R 1 12000 16 24 28 OQ208 13 17 50 75.8 50.1 -0.8 -124.9 50 1 10 12000 16 24 28 16 29 28 --- 13 22 51 76.7 47.3 -0.7 -128.1 300 R 1 8000 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 4 PKS 1510-089 at 18 cm, MFS 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 9 Jan 2003 Day 9 --- 16 31 16 1510-089 13 24 39 50.7 134.8 -1.8 -42.5 43 1 11 8000 16 31 16 16 46 16 --- 13 39 41 53.1 139.4 -1.6 -38.3 900 F 1 4000 16 48 00 OQ208 13 41 26 79.6 32.9 -0.4 -144.5 27 1 11 4000 16 48 00 16 53 00 --- 13 46 27 80.2 27.6 -0.3 -150.3 300 F 1 8000 16 54 42 1510-089 13 48 09 54.3 142.2 -1.4 -35.7 19 1 12 8000 16 54 42 17 09 42 --- 14 03 11 56.4 147.7 -1.2 -30.6 900 R 1 15200 17 11 24 OQ208 14 04 54 81.3 3.3 0.0 -176.5 0 1 12 15200 17 11 24 17 16 24 --- 14 09 55 81.3 -4.1 0.0 175.6 300 R 1 11200 17 16 59 3C286 14 10 30 76.1 -37.7 0.7 138.1 7 1 12 11200 17 16 59 17 21 59 --- 14 15 31 75.4 -40.9 0.7 134.4 300 R 1 7200 17 24 10 3C345 14 17 41 53.0 49.2 -2.4 -112.0 64 1 12 7200 17 24 10 17 29 10 --- 14 22 42 53.9 48.6 -2.3 -113.3 300 R 1 3200 17 31 35 1510-089 14 25 07 58.8 156.7 -0.8 -22.1 67 1 13 3200 17 31 35 17 47 35 --- 14 41 10 60.0 164.1 -0.5 -15.1 960 F 1 9600 17 49 23 OQ208 14 42 59 78.1 318.3 0.6 134.6 0 1 13 9600 17 49 23 17 54 23 --- 14 48 00 77.3 314.8 0.7 130.6 300 F 1 13600 17 56 07 1510-089 14 49 44 60.5 168.3 -0.4 -11.2 0 1 14 13600 17 56 07 18 12 07 --- 15 05 47 61.0 176.3 -0.1 -3.5 960 R 1 8800 18 13 39 OQ208 15 07 19 73.8 305.1 1.0 118.9 0 1 14 8800 18 13 39 18 18 39 --- 15 12 19 72.8 303.3 1.1 116.6 300 R 1 4800 ----------- Tape Change ------------ 18 20 07 1510-089 15 13 48 61.1 180.4 0.0 0.4 0 2 1 4800 18 20 07 18 36 07 --- 15 29 50 60.8 188.6 0.3 8.1 960 F 1 8000 18 37 31 OQ208 15 31 14 69.0 298.3 1.4 109.6 5 2 1 8000 18 37 31 18 42 31 --- 15 36 15 68.0 297.3 1.5 108.1 300 F 1 12000 18 43 53 1510-089 15 37 38 60.5 192.4 0.4 11.8 7 2 2 12000 18 43 53 18 59 53 --- 15 53 41 59.4 200.0 0.7 19.1 960 R 1 10400 19 01 15 OQ208 15 55 02 64.0 294.6 1.8 103.4 12 2 2 10400 19 01 15 19 06 15 --- 16 00 03 62.9 294.0 1.9 102.3 300 R 1 6400 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) Page 5 PKS 1510-089 at 18 cm, MFS 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). 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 9 Jan 2003 Day 9 --- 19 07 35 1510-089 16 01 24 58.7 203.5 0.8 22.3 14 2 3 6400 19 07 35 19 23 35 --- 16 17 26 57.0 210.2 1.1 28.7 960 F 1 6400 19 24 54 OQ208 16 18 46 58.9 292.5 2.2 98.7 18 2 3 6400 19 24 54 19 29 54 --- 16 23 46 57.8 292.2 2.3 97.9 300 F 1 10400 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: MFS-18cm.set Matches group v20cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat FD filtered above 1760. SC filtered above 1740. Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 8 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 1.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 266.660 ips, High density - 160.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:22:00 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: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 1402.49 1402.49 1510.49 1510.49 1600.49 1600.49 1675.49 1675.49 BBC fr= 997.51 997.51 889.51 889.51 799.51 799.51 724.51 724.51 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_auto SOURCE LIST -- PKS 1510-089 at 18 cm, MFS 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). Source Source position (RA/Dec) (B1950) (J2000) (Date) J1229+0203 12 26 33.245833 * 12 29 06.699729 12 29 15.317546 1226+023 02 19 43.30569 * 02 03 08.59819 02 02 10.54295 * 3C273 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba 3C273B ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report J1229+02 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657691 * 13 31 08.287984 13 31 15.810751 1328+307 30 45 58.64021 * 30 30 32.95885 30 29 28.51347 * 3C286 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 J1407+2827 14 04 45.615151 * 14 07 00.394410 14 07 07.453095 1404+286 28 41 29.23495 * 28 27 14.68998 28 26 14.56145 J1407+28 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba * OQ208 ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report J1512-0905 15 10 08.900192 * 15 12 50.532940 15 12 58.614963 * 1510-089 -08 54 47.61935 *-09 05 59.82950 -09 06 38.58975 J1512-09 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report J1642+3948 16 41 17.606214 * 16 42 58.809952 16 43 02.949643 1641+399 39 54 10.81489 * 39 48 36.99395 39 48 05.89765 * 3C345 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1642+39 ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report 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 103.0 3C286 99.1 OQ208 91.1 1510-089 61.0 3C345 72.2 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