autotape=2 ! bm177.key ! ========================================================== ! ================= Cover Information ==================== ! ========================================================== ! version = 2 expt = 'SiO near GC' expcode = BM177A piname = 'Makoto Miyoshi' address1 = 'VERA Project Office' address2 = 'National Astronomical Observatory' address3 = '2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588,' address4 = ' JAPAN ' phone = '81 422 34 3937 ' obsphone = '81 422 34 3937 ' email = 'miyoshi@miz.nao.ac.jp' fax = '81 422 34 3635 ' obsmode = 'VLBA' obstype = 'VLBA' ! ================================================================ ! 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 ! r r r r r r r r r r ! Minimum number of stations : 10 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? : no ! 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 ! L ! 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: October ! Excluded dates plus reason: ! Middle of December, too close to the Sun ! Preferred interval between segments in days : 30 ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) : none ! ================================================================ ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 0.2 corchan = 128 cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' cortape = DAT corship1 = 'Makoto Miyoshi' corship2 = 'VERA Project Office' corship3 = 'National Astronomical Observatory' corship4 = '2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, JAPAN' note1 = 'Totally 4 passes are need, 1 pass for each IF.' note2 = 'Exact coordinate of Sgr A* for correlation, ' note3 = 'which is different from that of the antenna pointing.' note4 = 'SOURCE=SGRA RA=17:45:40.0392 DEC=-29:00:28.151 EPOCH=J2000' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit ! ! To only process VLBA and VLA stations, uncomment the following line: dosta 'vl' ! ! ========================================================== ! =================== Tape initialization ================= ! ========================================================== !** WARNING: Check with data analysts that the following tape ** !** information is correct for YOUR project! ** ! tapeini / tpsta = vlba tpdrive = 1 tpindex = 1 tplength= 17600 tptime =-1 ndrives = 2 nheadpos= 14 density = H / !end tape initialization stuff ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Station Catalog ===================== ! ========================================================== ! stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat ! ========================================================== ! ==================== Source Catalog ====================== ! ========================================================== srccat / !Delay & Phase calibrator SOURCE='1730-130','J1733-13','NRAO530' EPOCH='J2000' RA=17:33:02.7057824 DEC= -13:04:49.548279 CALCODE='N' REMARKS='USNO - Ref Frame 1998-6, Eubanks June 1998' / !Target sources SOURCE='SGRA' RA=17:45:41.000 DEC=-29:00:10.000 EPOCH='J2000' Vel= 60, -10.0, 60.0, -10.0 / !The coordinate is at beam center, do not be used in correlation. endcat / ! ========================================================== ! ============== Spectral line rest frequecies =========== ! ========================================================== lineinit / lineset='SiO7mm' restfreq=42820.539, 42820.539, 43122.027, 43122.027 / endlines / ! ========================================================== ! =================== Observing setup ==================== ! ========================================================== setinit = bm177.set / format = VLBA1:2 tpmode = 1 nchan = 4 bits = 2 bbfilter = 8.0 samprate = 16.0 netside = U pol = LCP freqoff = 150.0, 140.0, 350.0, 340.0 freqref = 42700.00 firstlo = 42200.00 pcal = 'off' station = VLBA / endset / ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== linename = 'SiO7mm' DOPPLER setup = 'bm177.set' BW = 8.0, 8.0, 8.0, 8.0 ! ========================================================== ! ======================== The Scans ===================== ! ========================================================== stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK LST='VLBA_PT' ! for PieTown LST day=59366 start= 13:30:00 !First 49 min SOURCE = 'NRAO530' GAP = 00:02:00 DUR = 00:06:00 DOPSRC 'SGRA' / SOURCE = 'SGRA' GAP = 00:01:00 DUR = 00:16:00 / SOURCE = 'SGRA' GAP = 00:02:00 DUR = 00:22:00 / GROUP=3 REPEAT=8 SOURCE = 'NRAO530' GAP = 00:02:00 DUR = 00:06:00 DOPSRC 'SGRA' / SOURCE = 'SGRA' GAP = 00:01:00 DUR = 00:16:00 / SOURCE = 'SGRA' GAP = 00:02:00 DUR = 00:22:00 / !+392 min !Last 39 min SOURCE = 'NRAO530' GAP = 00:02:00 DUR = 00:06:00 DOPSRC 'SGRA' / SOURCE = 'SGRA' GAP = 00:01:00 DUR = 00:16:00 / SOURCE = 'SGRA' GAP = 00:02:00 DUR = 00:05:00 / SOURCE = 'NRAO530' GAP = 00:01:00 DUR = 00:06:00 DOPSRC 'SGRA' / !----------- End ----------------------