COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Experiment: BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs Exp. Code: bn021ea Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: Release of 02 July 2002 PI: Neil Nagar Address: Arcetri Observatory Largo E. Fermi 5 Firenze 50125 Italy Phone: +39 55 2752277 EMAIL: neil@arcetri.astro.it Fax: Phone during observation: +39 55 2752277 Observing mode: continuum Notes: Target coordinates from previous VLBA observations Fringe finders: J0927+3902; also try J1159+2914 Phase-referencing used for all sources This subscript for NGC4203 (mainly) and NGC4278. Run up to 6 tim Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 2 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- Next scan frequencies: 4971.49 4979.49 4987.49 4995.49 Next BBC frequencies: 871.49 879.49 887.49 895.49 Next scan bandwidths: 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 10 26 44 J1159+2914 11 16 42 80.6 95.9 -0.7 -78.7 0 1 1 0 10 26 44 10 28 43 =1156+295 11 18 42 81.0 96.4 -0.7 -78.5 120 F 1 798 10 28 43 J1217+3007 11 18 42 77.2 88.6 -1.0 -83.8 -14 1 1 798 10 28 43 10 29 43 =1215+303 11 19 42 77.4 88.7 -1.0 -83.9 46 F 1 1197 10 29 43 NGC4203 11 19 42 78.0 74.2 -0.9 -98.4 -16 1 1 1197 10 29 43 10 31 43 --- 11 21 42 78.4 73.9 -0.9 -99.0 104 F 1 1995 10 31 43 J1159+2914 11 21 42 81.7 97.3 -0.6 -77.9 -22 1 1 1995 10 31 43 10 32 43 =1156+295 11 22 42 81.9 97.6 -0.6 -77.7 38 F 1 2393 10 32 43 J1217+3007 11 22 42 78.1 89.1 -0.9 -83.9 -14 1 1 2393 10 32 43 10 33 43 =1215+303 11 23 42 78.3 89.2 -0.9 -83.9 46 F 1 2792 10 33 43 NGC4278 11 23 42 77.7 92.8 -0.9 -80.1 -8 1 1 2792 10 33 43 10 35 42 --- 11 25 42 78.1 93.2 -0.9 -80.0 111 F 1 3590 10 35 42 J1159+2914 11 25 42 82.5 98.7 -0.6 -77.1 -15 1 1 3590 10 35 42 10 36 42 =1156+295 11 26 42 82.7 99.1 -0.5 -76.8 45 F 1 3989 10 36 42 J1217+3007 11 26 42 78.9 89.5 -0.9 -84.0 -14 1 1 3989 10 36 42 10 37 42 =1215+303 11 27 42 79.1 89.6 -0.8 -84.0 46 F 1 4388 10 37 42 NGC4203 11 27 42 79.6 72.8 -0.8 -100.9 -17 1 1 4388 10 37 42 10 39 42 --- 11 29 42 80.0 72.3 -0.8 -101.7 102 F 1 5186 10 39 42 J1159+2914 11 29 42 83.4 100.3 -0.5 -75.9 -25 1 1 5186 10 39 42 10 40 42 =1156+295 11 30 42 83.6 100.8 -0.5 -75.6 35 F 1 5585 10 40 42 J1217+3007 11 30 42 79.8 90.0 -0.8 -84.0 -14 1 1 5585 10 40 42 10 41 41 =1215+303 11 31 42 80.0 90.1 -0.8 -84.0 46 F 1 5984 10 41 41 NGC4278 11 31 42 79.4 94.4 -0.8 -79.6 -9 1 1 5984 10 41 41 10 43 41 --- 11 33 42 79.8 94.8 -0.8 -79.4 111 F 1 6781 10 43 41 J1159+2914 11 33 42 84.2 102.4 -0.4 -74.3 -15 1 1 6781 10 43 41 10 44 41 =1156+295 11 34 42 84.4 103.0 -0.4 -73.9 45 F 1 7180 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 3 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 10 44 41 J1217+3007 11 34 42 80.6 90.5 -0.7 -84.0 -14 1 1 7180 10 44 41 10 45 41 =1215+303 11 35 42 80.9 90.7 -0.7 -84.0 46 F 1 7579 10 45 41 NGC4203 11 35 42 81.2 70.6 -0.7 -104.2 -19 1 1 7579 10 45 41 10 47 40 --- 11 37 42 81.6 69.8 -0.6 -105.2 100 F 1 8377 10 47 40 J1159+2914 11 37 42 85.0 105.1 -0.4 -72.2 -29 1 1 8377 10 47 40 10 48 40 =1156+295 11 38 42 85.2 105.9 -0.3 -71.5 30 F 1 8776 10 48 40 J1217+3007 11 38 42 81.5 91.1 -0.7 -83.9 -16 1 1 8776 10 48 40 10 49 40 =1215+303 11 39 42 81.7 91.3 -0.6 -83.9 44 F 1 9175 10 49 40 NGC4278 11 39 42 81.1 96.3 -0.7 -78.6 -9 1 1 9175 10 49 40 10 51 40 --- 11 41 42 81.5 96.9 -0.6 -78.3 110 F 1 9973 10 51 40 J1159+2914 11 41 42 85.9 108.7 -0.3 -69.0 -15 1 1 9973 10 51 40 10 52 40 =1156+295 11 42 42 86.1 109.9 -0.3 -68.0 45 F 1 10372 10 52 40 J1217+3007 11 42 42 82.4 91.8 -0.6 -83.7 -18 1 1 10372 10 52 40 10 53 39 =1215+303 11 43 42 82.6 92.0 -0.6 -83.7 42 F 1 10771 10 53 39 NGC4203 11 43 42 82.8 67.1 -0.5 -108.7 -23 1 1 10771 10 53 39 10 55 39 --- 11 45 42 83.2 66.0 -0.5 -110.1 97 F 1 11568 10 55 39 J1159+2914 11 45 42 86.7 114.0 -0.2 -64.2 -38 1 1 11568 10 55 39 10 56 39 =1156+295 11 46 42 86.9 115.8 -0.2 -62.6 22 F 1 11967 10 56 39 J1217+3007 11 46 42 83.2 92.6 -0.5 -83.5 -21 1 1 11967 10 56 39 10 57 39 =1215+303 11 47 42 83.4 92.8 -0.5 -83.4 38 F 1 12366 10 57 39 NGC4278 11 47 42 82.8 99.0 -0.5 -77.0 -10 1 1 12366 10 57 39 10 59 38 --- 11 49 42 83.2 99.8 -0.5 -76.4 110 F 1 13164 10 59 38 J1159+2914 11 49 42 87.4 122.4 -0.2 -56.3 -21 1 1 13164 10 59 38 11 00 38 =1156+295 11 50 42 87.6 125.3 -0.1 -53.6 39 F 1 13563 11 00 38 J1217+3007 11 50 42 84.1 93.5 -0.5 -83.1 -27 1 1 13563 11 00 38 11 01 38 =1215+303 11 51 42 84.3 93.7 -0.4 -82.9 33 F 1 13962 11 01 38 J1207+2754 11 51 42 85.6 127.3 -0.3 -50.8 -28 1 1 13962 11 01 38 11 02 38 =1204+281 11 52 42 85.7 129.1 -0.2 -49.0 31 F 1 14361 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 4 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 11 02 38 J1228+3128 11 52 42 82.3 81.6 -0.6 -93.8 -38 1 1 14361 11 02 38 11 03 38 =1225+317 11 53 42 82.5 81.5 -0.6 -94.0 22 F 1 14760 11 03 38 J1214+3309 11 53 42 85.0 58.7 -0.3 -118.6 -21 1 1 14760 11 03 38 11 04 38 =1211+334 11 54 42 85.2 57.5 -0.3 -119.9 39 F 1 15159 11 04 38 J1228+3706 11 54 42 80.4 45.5 -0.6 -129.8 -15 1 1 15159 11 04 38 11 05 37 =1226+373 11 55 42 80.6 44.7 -0.6 -130.7 44 F 1 15557 11 07 39 J0927+3902 11 57 44 58.2 -64.3 2.5 93.6 43 1 1 15557 11 07 39 11 10 39 =0923+392 12 00 44 57.7 -64.4 2.6 93.1 180 F 1 16754 11 10 39 J1159+2914 12 00 44 88.6 189.2 0.0 9.1 -175 1 2 16754 11 10 39 11 13 08 =1156+295 12 03 14 88.4 208.8 0.1 28.4 -25 R 1 17449 11 13 08 J1217+3007 12 03 14 86.8 98.6 -0.2 -79.5 -79 1 2 17449 11 13 08 11 14 08 =1215+303 12 04 14 87.0 99.4 -0.2 -78.9 -20 R 1 17050 11 14 08 NGC4203 12 04 14 86.5 41.8 -0.2 -136.7 -44 1 2 17050 11 14 08 11 16 08 --- 12 06 14 86.8 36.3 -0.2 -142.5 75 R 1 16252 11 16 08 J1159+2914 12 06 14 88.0 225.6 0.1 44.8 -132 1 2 16252 11 16 08 11 17 08 =1156+295 12 07 14 87.8 229.7 0.1 48.8 -72 R 1 15853 11 17 08 J1217+3007 12 07 14 87.6 102.3 -0.2 -76.3 -91 1 2 15853 11 17 08 11 18 07 =1215+303 12 08 14 87.8 103.7 -0.2 -75.1 -31 R 1 15454 11 18 07 NGC4203 12 08 14 87.1 29.8 -0.1 -149.2 -55 1 2 15454 11 18 07 11 20 07 --- 12 10 14 87.2 22.3 -0.1 -157.0 64 R 1 14656 11 20 07 J1159+2914 12 10 14 87.3 239.0 0.2 57.7 -150 1 2 14656 11 20 07 11 21 07 =1156+295 12 11 14 87.1 241.3 0.2 59.9 -91 R 1 14257 11 21 07 J1217+3007 12 11 14 88.4 109.7 -0.1 -69.4 -94 1 2 14257 11 21 07 11 22 07 =1215+303 12 12 14 88.6 112.9 -0.1 -66.4 -34 R 1 13858 11 22 07 NGC4203 12 12 14 87.4 13.9 -0.1 -165.7 -72 1 2 13858 11 22 07 11 24 06 --- 12 14 14 87.4 4.7 0.0 -175.1 48 R 1 13061 11 24 06 J1159+2914 12 14 14 86.5 246.8 0.2 65.0 -167 1 2 13061 11 24 06 11 25 06 =1156+295 12 15 14 86.3 248.3 0.3 66.3 -108 R 1 12662 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 5 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 11 25 06 J1217+3007 12 15 14 89.2 131.6 0.0 -48.0 -84 1 2 12662 11 25 06 11 26 06 =1215+303 12 16 14 89.3 144.2 0.0 -35.6 -24 R 1 12263 11 26 06 NGC4203 12 16 14 87.4 -4.7 0.0 175.2 -105 1 2 12263 11 26 06 11 28 06 --- 12 18 14 87.4 -13.8 0.0 165.8 14 R 1 11465 11 28 06 J1159+2914 12 18 14 85.7 251.9 0.3 69.5 -183 1 2 11465 11 28 06 11 29 06 =1156+295 12 19 14 85.5 252.8 0.3 70.4 -123 R 1 11066 11 29 06 J1217+3007 12 19 14 89.4 206.0 0.0 25.9 -37 1 2 11066 11 29 06 11 30 05 =1215+303 12 20 14 89.3 221.8 0.0 41.5 23 R 1 10667 11 30 05 NGC4203 12 20 14 87.2 337.7 0.1 157.0 -83 1 2 10667 11 30 05 11 32 05 --- 12 22 14 87.1 330.2 0.1 149.3 36 R 1 9869 11 32 05 J1159+2914 12 22 14 84.9 255.3 0.4 72.5 -56 1 2 9869 11 32 05 11 33 05 =1156+295 12 23 14 84.7 256.1 0.4 73.1 4 R 1 9470 11 33 05 J1217+3007 12 23 14 88.8 244.8 0.1 64.1 -14 1 2 9470 11 33 05 11 34 05 =1215+303 12 24 14 88.6 248.6 0.1 67.8 46 R 1 9072 11 34 05 NGC4203 12 24 14 86.8 323.7 0.1 142.5 -56 1 2 9072 11 34 05 11 36 04 --- 12 26 14 86.5 318.2 0.2 136.7 64 R 1 8274 11 36 04 J1159+2914 12 26 14 84.1 257.9 0.4 74.6 -46 1 2 8274 11 36 04 11 37 04 =1156+295 12 27 14 83.9 258.5 0.5 75.0 14 R 1 7875 11 37 04 J1217+3007 12 27 14 87.9 255.5 0.2 74.3 -14 1 2 7875 11 37 04 11 38 04 =1215+303 12 28 14 87.7 256.9 0.2 75.7 46 R 1 7476 11 38 04 NGC4203 12 28 14 86.2 313.5 0.2 131.8 -44 1 2 7476 11 38 04 11 40 04 --- 12 30 14 85.9 309.6 0.2 127.6 76 R 1 6678 11 40 04 J1159+2914 12 30 14 83.2 259.9 0.5 76.1 -39 1 2 6678 11 40 04 11 41 04 =1156+295 12 31 14 83.0 260.3 0.5 76.4 21 R 1 6279 11 41 04 J1217+3007 12 31 14 87.1 260.2 0.2 78.5 -14 1 2 6279 11 41 04 11 42 03 =1215+303 12 32 14 86.9 261.0 0.2 79.2 46 R 1 5880 11 42 03 NGC4203 12 32 14 85.6 306.3 0.3 124.0 -36 1 2 5880 11 42 03 11 44 03 --- 12 34 14 85.2 303.5 0.3 121.0 83 R 1 5082 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 6 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 11 44 03 J1159+2914 12 34 14 82.4 261.5 0.6 77.2 -34 1 2 5082 11 44 03 11 45 03 =1156+295 12 35 14 82.2 261.9 0.6 77.4 26 R 1 4684 11 45 03 J1217+3007 12 35 14 86.2 262.9 0.3 80.7 -14 1 2 4684 11 45 03 11 46 03 =1215+303 12 36 14 86.0 263.4 0.3 81.1 46 R 1 4285 11 46 03 NGC4203 12 36 14 84.9 301.1 0.3 118.3 -31 1 2 4285 11 46 03 11 48 02 --- 12 38 14 84.5 299.0 0.4 116.0 89 R 1 3487 11 48 02 J1159+2914 12 38 14 81.5 262.9 0.6 78.0 -30 1 2 3487 11 48 02 11 49 02 =1156+295 12 39 14 81.3 263.2 0.7 78.2 30 R 1 3088 11 49 02 J1217+3007 12 39 14 85.4 264.7 0.4 82.0 -14 1 2 3088 11 49 02 11 50 02 =1215+303 12 40 14 85.2 265.0 0.4 82.2 46 R 1 2689 11 50 02 J1207+2754 12 40 14 82.4 251.0 0.5 67.0 -15 1 2 2689 11 50 02 11 51 02 =1204+281 12 41 14 82.2 251.6 0.6 67.5 44 R 1 2290 11 51 02 J1228+3128 12 41 14 87.2 287.7 0.2 106.1 -30 1 2 2290 11 51 02 11 52 02 =1225+317 12 42 14 87.0 286.6 0.2 104.8 30 R 1 1891 11 52 02 J1214+3309 12 42 14 83.5 294.7 0.5 111.0 -13 1 2 1891 11 52 02 11 53 02 =1211+334 12 43 14 83.4 294.1 0.5 110.2 47 R 1 1492 11 53 02 J1228+3706 12 43 14 82.9 336.3 0.2 154.3 -34 1 2 1492 11 53 02 11 54 01 =1226+373 12 44 14 82.8 334.8 0.3 152.7 26 R 1 1093 11 54 01 J1159+2914 12 44 14 80.3 264.5 0.7 78.9 -53 1 2 1093 11 54 01 11 55 01 =1156+295 12 45 14 80.0 264.8 0.8 79.1 7 R 1 694 11 55 01 J1217+3007 12 45 14 84.1 266.5 0.5 83.1 -14 1 2 694 11 55 01 11 56 01 =1215+303 12 46 14 83.9 266.7 0.5 83.2 46 R 1 296 11 56 01 NGC4203 12 46 14 82.9 293.2 0.5 109.1 -24 1 3 296 11 56 01 11 58 01 --- 12 48 14 82.6 292.1 0.5 107.7 96 F 1 1093 11 58 01 J1159+2914 12 48 14 79.4 265.4 0.8 79.4 -24 1 3 1093 11 58 01 11 59 01 =1156+295 12 49 14 79.2 265.7 0.8 79.5 36 F 1 1492 11 59 01 J1217+3007 12 49 14 83.2 267.4 0.5 83.5 -14 1 3 1492 11 59 01 12 00 00 =1215+303 12 50 14 83.0 267.6 0.5 83.5 46 F 1 1891 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 7 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 12 00 00 NGC4278 12 50 14 83.4 259.9 0.5 76.2 -11 1 3 1891 12 00 00 12 02 00 --- 12 52 14 82.9 260.8 0.5 76.8 109 F 1 2689 12 02 00 J1159+2914 12 52 14 78.5 266.3 0.9 79.7 -15 1 3 2689 12 02 00 12 03 00 =1156+295 12 53 14 78.3 266.5 0.9 79.8 45 F 1 3088 12 03 00 J1217+3007 12 53 14 82.4 268.2 0.6 83.7 -14 1 3 3088 12 03 00 12 04 00 =1215+303 12 54 14 82.2 268.4 0.6 83.8 46 F 1 3487 12 04 00 NGC4203 12 54 14 81.3 289.6 0.6 104.5 -20 1 3 3487 12 04 00 12 06 00 --- 12 56 14 80.9 289.0 0.7 103.5 100 F 1 4285 12 06 00 J1159+2914 12 56 14 77.7 267.0 0.9 79.9 -21 1 3 4285 12 06 00 12 06 59 =1156+295 12 57 14 77.5 267.2 1.0 80.0 39 F 1 4684 12 06 59 J1217+3007 12 57 14 81.5 268.9 0.7 83.9 -14 1 3 4684 12 06 59 12 07 59 =1215+303 12 58 14 81.3 269.0 0.7 83.9 46 F 1 5082 12 07 59 NGC4278 12 58 14 81.7 262.9 0.6 78.2 -10 1 3 5082 12 07 59 12 09 59 --- 13 00 14 81.2 263.5 0.7 78.5 110 F 1 5880 12 09 59 J1159+2914 13 00 14 76.8 267.7 1.0 80.1 -15 1 3 5880 12 09 59 12 10 59 =1156+295 13 01 14 76.6 267.9 1.0 80.2 45 F 1 6279 12 10 59 J1217+3007 13 01 14 80.7 269.4 0.7 84.0 -14 1 3 6279 12 10 59 12 11 59 =1215+303 13 02 14 80.5 269.6 0.7 84.0 46 F 1 6678 12 11 59 NGC4203 13 02 14 79.7 287.4 0.8 101.1 -18 1 3 6678 12 11 59 12 13 58 --- 13 04 14 79.3 286.9 0.8 100.4 102 F 1 7476 12 13 58 J1159+2914 13 04 14 76.0 268.3 1.1 80.2 -18 1 3 7476 12 13 58 12 14 58 =1156+295 13 05 14 75.7 268.5 1.1 80.3 41 F 1 7875 12 14 58 J1217+3007 13 05 14 79.8 270.0 0.8 84.0 -14 1 3 7875 12 14 58 12 15 58 =1215+303 13 06 14 79.6 270.1 0.8 84.0 46 F 1 8274 12 15 58 NGC4278 13 06 14 80.0 265.1 0.8 79.3 -9 1 3 8274 12 15 58 12 17 58 --- 13 08 14 79.5 265.5 0.8 79.5 110 F 1 9072 12 17 58 J1159+2914 13 08 14 75.1 268.9 1.1 80.3 -15 1 3 9072 12 17 58 12 18 57 =1156+295 13 09 14 74.9 269.1 1.2 80.3 45 F 1 9470 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 8 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 12 18 57 J1217+3007 13 09 14 78.9 270.5 0.9 84.0 -14 1 3 9470 12 18 57 12 19 57 =1215+303 13 10 14 78.7 270.6 0.9 84.0 46 F 1 9869 12 19 57 NGC4203 13 10 14 78.1 285.9 0.9 98.6 -16 1 3 9869 12 19 57 12 21 57 --- 13 12 14 77.7 285.6 0.9 98.0 103 F 1 10667 12 21 57 J1159+2914 13 12 14 74.2 269.5 1.2 80.4 -17 1 3 10667 12 21 57 12 22 57 =1156+295 13 13 14 74.0 269.6 1.2 80.4 43 F 1 11066 12 22 57 J1217+3007 13 13 14 78.1 270.9 0.9 83.9 -14 1 3 11066 12 22 57 12 23 57 =1215+303 13 14 14 77.9 271.0 0.9 83.9 46 F 1 11465 12 23 57 NGC4278 13 14 14 78.2 266.7 0.9 80.0 -9 1 3 11465 12 23 57 12 25 56 --- 13 16 14 77.8 267.1 0.9 80.1 111 F 1 12263 12 25 56 J1159+2914 13 16 14 73.4 270.0 1.3 80.4 -15 1 3 12263 12 25 56 12 26 56 =1156+295 13 17 14 73.2 270.1 1.3 80.4 45 F 1 12662 12 26 56 J1217+3007 13 17 14 77.2 271.4 1.0 83.8 -14 1 3 12662 12 26 56 12 27 56 =1215+303 13 18 14 77.0 271.5 1.0 83.8 46 F 1 13061 12 27 56 J1207+2754 13 18 14 74.4 264.3 1.2 75.7 -11 1 3 13061 12 27 56 12 28 56 =1204+281 13 19 14 74.2 264.5 1.2 75.7 49 F 1 13459 12 28 56 J1228+3128 13 19 14 79.1 277.6 0.8 91.0 -16 1 3 13459 12 28 56 12 29 56 =1225+317 13 20 14 78.9 277.6 0.9 90.9 44 F 1 13858 12 29 56 J1214+3309 13 20 14 75.8 284.5 1.1 95.7 -12 1 3 13858 12 29 56 12 30 55 =1211+334 13 21 14 75.6 284.4 1.1 95.5 48 F 1 14257 12 30 55 J1228+3706 13 21 14 77.4 304.2 0.9 116.9 -19 1 3 14257 12 30 55 12 31 55 =1226+373 13 22 14 77.2 303.8 0.9 116.4 41 F 1 14656 12 31 55 J1159+2914 13 22 14 72.1 270.7 1.4 80.4 -28 1 3 14656 12 31 55 12 32 55 =1156+295 13 23 14 71.9 270.9 1.4 80.3 32 F 1 15055 12 32 55 J1217+3007 13 23 14 75.9 272.0 1.1 83.7 -14 1 3 15055 12 32 55 12 33 55 =1215+303 13 24 14 75.7 272.1 1.1 83.7 46 F 1 15454 12 33 55 NGC4203 13 24 14 75.2 284.4 1.1 95.2 -14 1 3 15454 12 33 55 12 35 55 --- 13 26 14 74.7 284.2 1.2 94.8 105 F 1 16252 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 9 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 12 35 55 J1159+2914 13 26 14 71.2 271.2 1.4 80.3 -15 1 3 16252 12 35 55 12 36 54 =1156+295 13 27 14 71.0 271.3 1.5 80.3 45 F 1 16651 12 36 54 J1217+3007 13 27 14 75.1 272.4 1.2 83.6 -14 1 3 16651 12 36 54 12 37 54 =1215+303 13 28 14 74.9 272.4 1.2 83.5 46 F 1 17050 12 37 54 NGC4203 13 28 14 74.3 284.1 1.2 94.4 -14 1 4 17050 12 37 54 12 39 54 --- 13 30 14 73.9 284.0 1.2 94.0 106 R 1 17353 12 39 54 J1159+2914 13 30 14 70.4 271.7 1.5 80.2 -14 1 4 17353 12 39 54 12 40 54 =1156+295 13 31 14 70.2 271.8 1.5 80.2 46 R 1 16954 12 40 54 J1217+3007 13 31 14 74.2 272.7 1.2 83.4 -14 1 4 16954 12 40 54 12 41 54 =1215+303 13 32 14 74.0 272.8 1.2 83.4 46 R 1 16555 12 41 54 NGC4203 13 32 14 73.5 283.9 1.3 93.6 -13 1 4 16555 12 41 54 12 43 53 --- 13 34 14 73.1 283.8 1.3 93.3 106 R 1 15757 12 43 53 J1159+2914 13 34 14 69.5 272.1 1.6 80.2 -14 1 4 15757 12 43 53 12 44 53 =1156+295 13 35 14 69.3 272.2 1.6 80.1 46 R 1 15358 12 44 53 J1217+3007 13 35 14 73.4 273.1 1.3 83.3 -14 1 4 15358 12 44 53 12 45 53 =1215+303 13 36 14 73.1 273.2 1.3 83.2 46 R 1 14959 12 45 53 NGC4203 13 36 14 72.7 283.7 1.3 92.9 -13 1 4 14959 12 45 53 12 47 53 --- 13 38 14 72.2 283.7 1.4 92.6 107 R 1 14161 12 47 53 J1159+2914 13 38 14 68.6 272.5 1.6 80.1 -13 1 4 14161 12 47 53 12 48 52 =1156+295 13 39 14 68.4 272.6 1.7 80.0 46 R 1 13762 12 48 52 J1217+3007 13 39 14 72.5 273.4 1.4 83.1 -14 1 4 13762 12 48 52 12 49 52 =1215+303 13 40 14 72.3 273.5 1.4 83.0 46 R 1 13363 12 49 52 NGC4203 13 40 14 71.8 283.6 1.4 92.3 -13 1 4 13363 12 49 52 12 51 52 --- 13 42 14 71.4 283.5 1.4 91.9 107 R 1 12566 12 51 52 J1159+2914 13 42 14 67.8 272.9 1.7 80.0 -13 1 4 12566 12 51 52 12 52 52 =1156+295 13 43 14 67.6 273.0 1.7 79.9 47 R 1 12167 12 52 52 J1217+3007 13 43 14 71.6 273.8 1.4 82.9 -14 1 4 12167 12 52 52 12 53 52 =1215+303 13 44 14 71.4 273.9 1.4 82.9 46 R 1 11768 Schedule for VLBA_FD (Code Fd ) Page 10 BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 17 Jan 2003 Day 17 --- 12 53 52 NGC4203 13 44 14 71.0 283.5 1.5 91.6 -12 1 4 11768 12 53 52 12 55 51 --- 13 46 14 70.6 283.5 1.5 91.3 107 R 1 10970 12 55 51 J1159+2914 13 46 14 66.9 273.3 1.8 79.8 -13 1 4 10970 12 55 51 12 56 51 =1156+295 13 47 14 66.7 273.4 1.8 79.8 47 R 1 10571 12 56 51 J1217+3007 13 47 14 70.8 274.1 1.5 82.7 -14 1 4 10571 12 56 51 12 57 51 =1215+303 13 48 14 70.6 274.2 1.5 82.7 46 R 1 10172 12 57 51 NGC4203 13 48 14 70.1 283.4 1.5 91.0 -12 1 4 10172 12 57 51 12 59 51 --- 13 50 14 69.7 283.4 1.6 90.7 108 R 1 9374 12 59 51 J1159+2914 13 50 14 66.1 273.7 1.8 79.7 -13 1 4 9374 12 59 51 13 00 50 =1156+295 13 51 14 65.9 273.8 1.9 79.7 47 R 1 8975 13 00 50 J1217+3007 13 51 14 69.9 274.4 1.6 82.5 -14 1 4 8975 13 00 50 13 01 50 =1215+303 13 52 14 69.7 274.5 1.6 82.5 46 R 1 8577 13 01 50 NGC4203 13 52 14 69.3 283.4 1.6 90.5 -12 1 4 8577 13 01 50 13 03 50 --- 13 54 14 68.9 283.4 1.6 90.2 108 R 1 7779 13 03 50 J1159+2914 13 54 14 65.2 274.1 1.9 79.6 -13 1 4 7779 13 03 50 13 04 50 =1156+295 13 55 14 65.0 274.2 1.9 79.5 46 R 1 7380 13 04 50 J1217+3007 13 55 14 69.1 274.8 1.6 82.3 -14 1 4 7380 13 04 50 13 05 50 =1215+303 13 56 14 68.9 274.8 1.6 82.3 46 R 1 6981 13 05 50 NGC4203 13 56 14 68.5 283.4 1.7 89.9 -12 1 4 6981 13 05 50 13 07 49 --- 13 58 14 68.0 283.4 1.7 89.6 108 R 1 6183 13 07 49 J1159+2914 13 58 14 64.4 274.5 2.0 79.4 -13 1 4 6183 13 07 49 13 08 49 =1156+295 13 59 14 64.1 274.5 2.0 79.4 46 R 1 5784 13 08 49 J1217+3007 13 59 14 68.2 275.1 1.7 82.1 -14 1 4 5784 13 08 49 13 09 49 =1215+303 14 00 14 68.0 275.2 1.7 82.1 46 R 1 5385 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/v6cm-128-4-2-L.set Matches group v6cm_2 in /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 1 Station: VLBA Total bit rate: 128 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 16.000 Number of channels: 4 Passes/head pos: 1 Speedup factor: 2.00 Tape speeds: Low density - 133.330 ips, High density - 80.00 ips Time per pass for 17600 ft, High density tapes is: 00:44:00 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= U U U U IF = C C C C VLBA FE= 6cm omit 6cm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 4.1 15.4 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 4971.49 4979.49 4987.49 4995.49 BBC fr= 871.49 879.49 887.49 895.49 Bandwd= 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 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 510 510 6510 6510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 510 510 6510 6510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_auto SOURCE LIST -- BN021 - VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref monitoring of LLAGNs 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) * NGC4278 12 17 36.159718 * 12 20 06.825400 12 20 15.773436 29 33 29.26303 * 29 16 50.71500 29 15 42.68924 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * NGC4203 12 12 33.939703 * 12 15 05.051900 12 15 14.099181 33 28 30.45674 * 33 11 50.35900 33 10 41.40283 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0927+3902 09 23 55.319195 * 09 27 03.013916 09 27 15.047455 0923+392 39 15 23.56655 * 39 02 20.85195 39 01 30.72809 4C39.25 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J0927+39 ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report * J1159+2914 11 56 57.786211 * 11 59 31.833912 11 59 41.097322 1156+295 29 31 25.73884 * 29 14 43.82694 29 13 36.23515 J1159+29 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report * J1207+2754 12 04 55.101439 * 12 07 27.900475 12 07 37.032228 1204+281 28 11 40.43094 * 27 54 58.84997 27 53 51.37603 J1207+27 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 * J1214+3309 12 11 32.805775 * 12 14 04.115811 12 14 13.180309 1211+334 33 26 25.95157 * 33 09 45.59525 33 08 36.66446 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 * J1217+3007 12 15 21.141984 * 12 17 52.081985 12 18 01.067940 1215+303 30 23 39.94026 * 30 07 00.63625 30 05 52.41480 J1217+30 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ICRF - Ext.1 Source - 1998 IERS Annual Report * J1228+3128 12 25 56.067929 * 12 28 24.966017 12 28 33.784044 1225+317 31 45 12.51974 * 31 28 37.62894 31 27 29.00587 J1228+31 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib. Survey - ICRF Frame - reduced by GSFC group - Aug 2001 * J1228+3706 12 26 19.753178 * 12 28 47.423660 12 28 56.233961 1226+373 37 22 46.76035 * 37 06 12.09578 37 05 02.09471 J1228+37 /home/filehost/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba 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) NGC4278 120.3 NGC4203 121.8 J0927+3902 153.2 J1159+2914 124.7 J1207+2754 122.8 J1214+3309 122.0 J1217+3007 120.9 J1228+3128 118.8 J1228+3706 119.4 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