! ! ! VLBA observations of SDSS Double Peakers, P.I. N. Nagar ! 24hrs centered on LST_PT 00:00 ! ! ================================================================ ! 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 o ! Minimum number of stations [9 (6 for 3mm)]: 8 ! May we swap PT for a single VLA antenna? [no] ! 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 ! L ! Weather constraints: [none] ! [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]: ! Special conditions (e.g., a series with different ! spacings in time) [none]: ! ================================================================ ! ! expt = 'VLBA fmt 6cm phase ref obs of SDSS Double Peakers' expcode = 'bn035' version = 1 piname = 'Neil Nagar' address1 = 'Departamento de Fisica' address2 = 'Universidad de Concepcion' address3 = 'Casilla 160-C' address4 = 'Concepcion, Chile' phone = '+56 41 207171' obsphone = '+56 41 207171' fax = '+56 41 224520' email = 'nagar@astro-udec.cl' obsmode = 'continuum' obstype = 'VLBA' opminant = 6 opminel = 20 correl = 'VLBA' note1 = 'Target coordinates: VLA-A array maps' note2 = 'Fringe Finders: J0237+2848,J0555+3948,J0927+3902,J1642+3948' note3 = 'Phase-referencing used for all targets' cornote1 = 'Phasecal J2030-0503 is from VCS5 (preliminary position' cornote2 = 'used here). For correlation, use any updated VCS5/schedcat' cornote3 = 'position, or else use the position given in this sched file' ! ! ! ========================================================== ! ======================= Setup File ====================== ! ========================================================== ! ! 18-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v18cm-128-4-2-L.set i.e. 128Mbps, 4 BB's, 2bit sampling ! 6-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v6cm-128-4-2-L.set ! 4-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v4cm-128-4-2-R.set ! 2-cm setup at 128-4-2, standard 1:2 fanout, 80 ips tape speed ! v2cm-128-4-2-L.set ! ! ========================================================== ! ============== Correlator Information ================== ! ========================================================== ! ! correl = 'Socorro' coravg = 2 ! default 2sec sampling corchan = 16 ! (continuum) default 16 channels per BB cornant = 10 corpol = 'off' corwtfn = 'uniform' corsrcs = 'schedule for J2030-0503' cortape = 'FTP' corship1 = 'Neil Nagar' corship2 = 'Dept. de Fisica' corship3 = 'Universidad de Concepcion' corship4 = 'Casilla 160-C, Concepcion, Chile' ! ! ========================================================== ! ================== Program control ===================== ! ========================================================== ! ! Normally SCHED will not overwrite preexisting files. ! If you want this protection, comment this following line. overwrit ! ! To process only VLBA and VLA stations, uncomment the following line: dosta 'vl' ! ! ! ! ========================================================== ! =================== Tape initialization ================= ! ========================================================== ! tapeini / tpsta = vlba,vla1 tpdrive = 1 tpindex = 1 tplength= 17600 ndrives = 2 nheadpos= 14 density = H / autotape=2 ! automatic tape handling, so no need to schedule in passes ! ! ========================================================== ! ======= Standard Source and Station Catalogs ============ ! ========================================================== ! srccat / ! sample selection: all VLA detections with peak flux > 3mJy (16 sources) ! flux for phasecal is the 5000km 4cm flux ! plus (if time) two other sources with peak flux > 2mJy ! source='J022930.92-' ra=02:29:30.91500 dec=-00:08:45.4137 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J0217+0144 dist=3.5 flux=0.97 IRCF, core + weakjet ! source='J075407.96+' ra=07:54:07.96205 dec=+43:16:10.5925 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J0808+4052 dist=3.6 flux=0.66 IRCF, corejet ! source='J080644.41+' ra=08:06:44.42762 dec=+48:41:49.1612 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J0808+4950 dist=1.2 flux=0.62 IRCF corejet ! source='J082133.61+' ra=08:21:33.60288 dec=+47:02:37.3217 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J0808+4950 dist=3.5 flux= same as above phasecal ! source='J081700.40+' ra=08:17:00.40903 dec=+34:35:56.3512 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J0815+3635 dist=2.0 flux=0.59 IRCF, corejet ! source='J083225.35+' ra=08:32:25.35410 dec=+37:07:36.2653 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J0815+3635 dist=3.6 flux= same as above phasecal ! source='J102738.54+' ra=10:27:38.53542 dec=+60:50:16.4512 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1017+6116 dist=1.3 flux=.15 (core + weak jet) ! nothing else significantly stronger within 6deg ! source='J114051.59+' ra=11:40:51.59282 dec=+05:46:31.0618 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1133+0040 dist=5.43 flux=.16 IRCF pointsource ! source='J123807.77+' ra=12:38:07.77471 dec=+53:25:55.9152 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1311+5513 dist=5.12 flux=0.4 VCS1 pointsource ! source='J132834.14-' ra=13:28:34.14424 dec=-01:29:17.6306 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1340-0137 dist=2.9 flux=0.19 VCS, pointsource ! source='J134617.55+' ra=13:46:17.54533 dec=+62:20:45.3778 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1344+6606 dist=3.8 flux=~0.4 IRCF pointsource ! source='J141613.37+' ra=14:16:13.36975 dec=+02:19:07.8163 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1410+0203 dist=1.5 flux=0.39 VCS pointsource ! source='J163856.54+' ra=16:38:56.53805 dec=+43:35:12.5239 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1642+3948 (3C345) dist=3.8 flux=2.11 core+ weakjet ! this is also a fringe finder ! source='J210109.57-' ra=21:01:09.58495 dec=-05:47:47.3340 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J2030-0503 dist=7.8 flux=0.18 , VCS pointsource ! nothing reliable closer than this! ! this phasecal is not yet in SCHED catalog. Lets take its `preliminary' ! position from http://www.vlba.nrao.edu/astro/calib/vlbaCalib.txt ! (the list of calibrators given in the CAlibrator search engine). ! This position is still preliminary. source='J2030-0503' ra=20:30:22.428393 dec=-05:03:12.77497 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from list of calibrators ! source='J230443.47-' ra=23:04:43.47851 dec=-08:41:08.6205 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J2301-0158 dist=6.8 flux=0.31, VCS pointsrc (veryweakext) ! source='J230545.66-' ra=23:05:45.67027 dec=-00:36:08.5807 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J2301-0158 dist=1.8 flux=0.31, same as above ! ! !If extra time, fit in the following (slightly below 3mJy cutoff) source='J113021.42+' ra=11:30:21.41586 dec=+00:58:23.0786 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1133+0040 dist=0.8 flux=.16 IRCF pointsource, used above ! source='J121154.86+' ra=12:11:54.86534 dec=+60:44:26.0045 equinox='J2000' calcode=' ' / ! Position from our VLA A-array ! phasecal=J1128+5925 dist=5.6 flux=0.25 IRCF pointsource ! ! Potential AMPLITUDE CHECK SOURCES ! From obs stat sum J0555+3948=DA193, J0854+2006=OJ287, J1310+3220. ! J0555+3948 is also a fringe finder, so definitely observe it. ! ! Potential FRINGE FINDERS ! DA193=J0555+3948 (preferred, also ampcheck), also 0234+285=J0237+2848 ! 4C39.25=J0927+3902 (preferred), also 3C345=J1642+3948 ! endcat / ! stafile = $SCHED/catalogs/stations.dat srcfile = $SCHED/catalogs/sources.vlba ! ! The following two lines if testing at Socorro !stafile = /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/stations.dat !srcfile = /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba ! ! ========================================================== ! ================= Initial Scan Information ============= ! ========================================================== ! ! Observing strategy: ! a. Resource allocations. ! tape - 1 thin tape ! b. Do single-poln (L) 128-4-2 at 18,6,2 cm. Will get state counts. ! single-poln (R) at 4cm ! tpmode=1 => 14 passes ! tpspeed=80 => 44 minutes/pass ! => 616 minutes of total tape motion per tape ! ! NOTES : ! # Ant slew rates : EL 30deg/min, AZ 90deg/min ! # with autotape=2 i.e. auto tape handling : ! scans starting within 450 feet of the expected end of tape after the ! first pass will start in the opposite direction. ! 450 feet is 67.5 seconds at 80ips. ! i.e. we could lose upto 14min in the 12 tape reversals. ! # Sensitivities are similar at 18, 6, and 4 cm. 2cm needs ~3 times ! the observing time to get to similar sensitivity. ! # Typical phase referencing cycle times ! 1-4-1 at 18cm ! 1-4-1 at 6cm ! 1-3-1 and 1-2-1 at 4cm ! 1-2.5-1 and 1-2-1 at 2cm ! sumitem = el1, el2, early, dwell ! sched will list these in summary file LST='VLBA_PT' ! for PieTown LST, stations = VLBA_SC, VLBA_HN, VLBA_NL, VLBA_FD, VLBA_LA, VLBA_PT, VLBA_KP, VLBA_OV, VLBA_BR, VLBA_MK, VLA1 vlamode = vs ! Single dish VLA mode since we may use VLA1 instead of PT !-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! IMPORTANT : The following 5 lines are for test purposes only ! comment out these lines before submitting to scheduler !-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! for testing set day and time ! since we use LST, we have to use the modified sidereal day i.e. 58378 year = 2006 day=60484 !month=5 start = 12:00:00 ! in LST because we used the LST command !-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! ! **************START OBSERVING HERE ******************* ! this is the only setup used in the script setup = '$SCHED/setups/v6cm-128-4-2-L.set' ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J1133+0040' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J114051.59+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1133+0040' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J1340-0137' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J132834.14-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1340-0137' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J1311+5513' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J123807.77+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1311+5513' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J1340-0137' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J132834.14-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1340-0137' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J1344+6606' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J134617.55+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1344+6606' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J1410+0203' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J141613.37+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1410+0203' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J1344+6606' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J134617.55+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1344+6606' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J1410+0203' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J141613.37+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1410+0203' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1+2, (64 min on source) source='J1642+3948' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 16 source='J163856.54+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1642+3948' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1+2, (64 min on source) source='J2030-0503' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 16 source='J210109.57-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2030-0503' dur=1:10 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (two sources) (32 min on source) source='J2301-0158' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 8 source='J230443.47-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2301-0158' dur=1:05 gap=0:00 / source='J230545.66-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2301-0158' dur=1:05 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (two sources) (32 min on source) source='J2301-0158' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 8 source='J230443.47-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2301-0158' dur=1:05 gap=0:00 / source='J230545.66-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2301-0158' dur=1:05 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J0217+0144' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J022930.92-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0217+0144' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS3-short since we have time (24 min on source) source='J2301-0158' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 6 source='J230443.47-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2301-0158' dur=1:05 gap=0:00 / source='J230545.66-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J2301-0158' dur=1:05 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (extralong since we have time) (40min on source) source='J0217+0144' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 10 source='J022930.92-' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0217+0144' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! FRINGE FINDER 1 ******************************************* ! J0237+2848 source='J0237+2848' dur=4:00 gap=2:01 / ! FRINGE FINDER 2 ******************************************* ! DA193=J0555+3948 source='J0555+3948' dur=4:00 gap=2:01 / ! PASS1 (two sources) (32 min on source) source='J0808+4950' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 8 source='J080644.41+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0808+4950' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / source='J082133.61+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0808+4950' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J0808+4052' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J075407.96+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0808+4052' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J0808+4052' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J075407.96+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0808+4052' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (two sources) (32 min on source) source='J0808+4950' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 8 source='J080644.41+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0808+4950' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / source='J082133.61+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0808+4950' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS1 (two sources) (32 min on source) source='J0815+3635' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 8 source='J081700.40+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0815+3635' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / source='J083225.35+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0815+3635' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! FRINGE FINDER 3 ***************************************** ! fringe finder: 4C39.25=J0927+3902 source='J0927+3902' dur=4:00 gap=2:01 / ! PASS1 (32 min on source) source='J1017+6116' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J102738.54+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1017+6116' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J1133+0040' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J114051.59+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1133+0040' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! moved this later to avoid antennas going through zenith ! PASS2 (two sources) (32 min on source) source='J0815+3635' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 4 rep 8 source='J081700.40+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0815+3635' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / source='J083225.35+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J0815+3635' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J1017+6116' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J102738.54+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1017+6116' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! PASS2 (32 min on source) source='J1311+5513' dur=1:00 gap=2:01 / ! time to slew (and readback) group 2 rep 8 source='J123807.77+' dur=4:00 gap=0:00 / source='J1311+5513' dur=1:00 gap=0:00 / ! ! sched predicts we've used up 24 hrs. Project should be over. exit / ! end bn035.key