COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Experiment: bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee Exp. Code: bw088a Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 6.05 June 2006 PI: R.C. Walker Address: NRAO, P.O. Box O Socorro, NM 87801 USA Phone: +1-505-835-7247 (w) / +1-505-835-3972 (h) EMAIL: cwalker@nrao.edu Fax: +1-505-835-7027 Phone during observation: +1-505-835-7247 (w) / +1-505-835-3972 (h) Observing mode: VLBA Notes: COVER LETTER: This 18 session project is designed to provide a movie of jet component motions near the black hole in M87. Here is the key information from the time allocation email: PROPOSAL STATUS ( 01/10/2007 ): Approved for dynamic scheduling, high priority CURRENT TIME ALLOCATION: 18 times 10.0 hrs dynamically scheduled centered at LST 12.5 with 256 Mbits/sec recording Note request for 32 output spectral channels per baseband. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 2 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- Next scan frequencies: 43119.49 43119.49 43135.49 43135.49 Next BBC frequencies: 719.49 719.49 735.49 735.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 06 17 52 3C274 06 43 45 11.2 84.0 -5.8 -42.8 0 1 1 0 06 17 22 06 37 48 --- 07 03 45 14.6 87.6 -5.5 -43.1 1197 F 1 40 06 17 40 06 41 14 3C274 07 07 11 15.1 88.3 -5.4 -43.1 199 1 1 40 06 40 44 07 01 11 --- 07 27 11 18.5 92.0 -5.1 -43.1 1197 F 1 79 06 41 02 07 06 06 OJ287 07 32 07 57.3 141.9 -1.4 -26.0 211 1 1 79 07 05 36 07 10 05 --- 07 36 07 57.7 143.5 -1.3 -25.0 239 F 1 88 07 05 54 07 12 08 3C274 07 38 10 20.3 94.1 -4.9 -43.0 42 1 1 88 07 11 38 07 32 05 --- 07 58 10 23.6 98.0 -4.6 -42.6 1197 F 1 127 07 11 56 07 35 33 3C274 08 01 39 24.2 98.6 -4.5 -42.5 201 1 1 127 07 35 03 07 40 32 --- 08 06 39 25.0 99.6 -4.4 -42.3 299 F 1 138 07 35 21 07 40 32 M84 08 06 39 26.3 100.4 -4.3 -42.3 -9 1 1 138 07 40 32 07 41 12 --- 08 07 19 26.4 100.5 -4.3 -42.3 31 F 1 139 07 40 32 07 41 12 3C274 08 07 19 25.1 99.8 -4.4 -42.3 -9 1 1 139 07 41 12 07 41 42 --- 08 07 49 25.2 99.9 -4.4 -42.3 21 F 1 140 07 41 12 07 41 42 M84 08 07 49 26.5 100.6 -4.3 -42.3 -9 1 1 140 07 41 42 07 42 22 --- 08 08 29 26.6 100.8 -4.3 -42.3 31 F 1 142 07 41 42 07 42 22 3C274 08 08 29 25.3 100.0 -4.4 -42.3 -9 1 1 142 07 42 22 07 42 52 --- 08 08 59 25.4 100.1 -4.4 -42.3 21 F 1 143 07 42 22 07 42 52 M84 08 08 59 26.7 100.9 -4.3 -42.2 -9 1 1 143 07 42 52 07 43 32 --- 08 09 39 26.8 101.0 -4.3 -42.2 31 F 1 144 07 42 52 07 43 32 3C274 08 09 39 25.5 100.2 -4.4 -42.3 -9 1 1 144 07 43 32 07 44 02 --- 08 10 09 25.6 100.3 -4.4 -42.2 21 F 1 145 07 43 32 07 44 02 M84 08 10 09 26.9 101.1 -4.3 -42.2 -9 1 1 145 07 44 02 07 44 42 --- 08 10 49 27.0 101.3 -4.2 -42.2 31 F 1 146 07 44 02 07 44 51 3C274 08 10 58 25.7 100.5 -4.3 -42.2 0 1 1 146 07 44 42 07 49 50 --- 08 15 58 26.6 101.5 -4.3 -42.0 299 F 1 156 07 44 42 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 3 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- 07 49 54 3C274 08 16 02 26.6 101.5 -4.3 -42.0 0 1 1 156 07 49 50 08 09 51 --- 08 36 02 29.8 105.7 -3.9 -41.1 1197 F 1 195 07 49 50 08 10 35 3C279 08 36 47 11.9 112.9 -4.3 -38.2 2 1 1 195 08 10 05 08 12 35 --- 08 38 47 12.2 113.3 -4.3 -38.0 120 F 1 200 08 10 23 08 13 19 3C274 08 39 31 30.4 106.4 -3.9 -41.0 2 1 1 200 08 12 49 08 33 16 --- 08 59 31 33.5 110.8 -3.5 -39.7 1197 F 1 239 08 13 07 08 34 00 3C279 09 00 15 15.4 117.7 -3.9 -36.4 2 1 1 239 08 33 30 08 36 00 --- 09 02 15 15.7 118.1 -3.9 -36.3 120 F 1 244 08 33 48 08 37 59 OJ287 09 04 15 61.9 184.5 0.2 3.2 21 1 1 244 08 37 29 08 42 59 --- 09 09 15 61.8 187.0 0.2 4.9 299 F 1 255 08 37 47 08 44 40 3C274 09 10 57 35.3 113.4 -3.3 -38.8 43 1 1 255 08 44 10 09 04 37 --- 09 30 57 38.3 118.2 -3.0 -37.0 1197 F 1 294 08 44 28 09 05 21 3C279 09 31 42 19.9 124.4 -3.4 -33.6 1 1 1 294 09 04 51 09 07 21 --- 09 33 42 20.2 124.9 -3.4 -33.4 120 F 1 299 09 05 09 09 08 06 3C274 09 34 27 38.8 119.1 -2.9 -36.7 1 1 1 299 09 07 36 09 28 02 --- 09 54 27 41.7 124.3 -2.6 -34.4 1197 F 1 339 09 07 54 09 28 47 3C279 09 55 11 23.0 129.7 -3.0 -31.1 1 1 1 339 09 28 17 09 30 46 --- 09 57 11 23.3 130.2 -3.0 -30.8 120 F 1 343 09 28 35 09 31 31 3C274 09 57 56 42.1 125.2 -2.6 -33.9 1 1 1 343 09 31 01 09 36 30 --- 10 02 56 42.8 126.6 -2.5 -33.3 299 F 1 354 09 31 19 09 36 30 M84 10 02 56 44.0 127.9 -2.4 -32.7 -8 1 1 354 09 36 30 09 37 10 --- 10 03 36 44.1 128.1 -2.4 -32.6 32 F 1 355 09 36 30 09 37 10 3C274 10 03 36 42.9 126.8 -2.5 -33.2 -8 1 1 355 09 37 10 09 37 40 --- 10 04 06 43.0 127.0 -2.5 -33.1 22 F 1 356 09 37 10 09 37 40 M84 10 04 06 44.1 128.2 -2.4 -32.5 -8 1 1 356 09 37 40 09 38 20 --- 10 04 46 44.2 128.4 -2.3 -32.4 32 F 1 358 09 37 40 09 38 20 3C274 10 04 46 43.0 127.1 -2.4 -33.0 -8 1 1 358 09 38 20 09 38 50 --- 10 05 16 43.1 127.3 -2.4 -32.9 22 F 1 358 09 38 20 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 4 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- 09 38 50 M84 10 05 16 44.3 128.5 -2.3 -32.4 -8 1 1 358 09 38 50 09 39 30 --- 10 05 56 44.4 128.7 -2.3 -32.3 32 F 1 360 09 38 50 09 39 30 3C274 10 05 56 43.2 127.5 -2.4 -32.8 -8 1 1 360 09 39 30 09 40 00 --- 10 06 26 43.3 127.6 -2.4 -32.8 22 F 1 361 09 39 30 09 40 00 M84 10 06 26 44.4 128.9 -2.3 -32.2 -8 1 1 361 09 40 00 09 40 39 --- 10 07 06 44.5 129.1 -2.3 -32.1 32 F 1 362 09 40 00 09 40 48 3C274 10 07 15 43.4 127.8 -2.4 -32.7 1 1 1 362 09 40 39 09 45 47 --- 10 12 15 44.0 129.3 -2.3 -31.9 299 F 1 372 09 40 39 09 45 52 3C274 10 12 19 44.0 129.3 -2.3 -31.9 0 1 1 372 09 45 47 10 05 49 --- 10 32 19 46.5 135.3 -2.0 -28.7 1197 F 1 411 09 45 47 10 06 33 3C279 10 33 03 27.5 138.9 -2.4 -26.2 0 1 1 411 10 06 03 10 08 32 --- 10 35 03 27.8 139.4 -2.4 -25.9 120 F 1 416 10 06 21 10 09 17 3C274 10 35 48 46.9 136.4 -1.9 -28.1 0 1 1 416 10 08 47 10 29 13 --- 10 55 48 49.1 142.9 -1.6 -24.3 1197 F 1 455 10 09 05 10 29 58 3C279 10 56 32 30.0 145.0 -2.0 -22.7 0 1 1 455 10 29 28 10 31 57 --- 10 58 32 30.1 145.5 -2.0 -22.3 120 F 1 460 10 29 46 10 34 13 OJ287 11 00 48 52.3 233.1 2.1 34.6 72 1 1 460 10 33 43 10 38 13 --- 11 04 48 51.7 234.3 2.2 35.2 239 F 1 469 10 34 01 10 40 02 3C274 11 06 38 50.1 146.7 -1.4 -22.0 45 1 1 469 10 39 32 10 59 59 --- 11 26 38 51.8 154.0 -1.1 -17.4 1197 F 1 508 10 39 50 11 00 43 3C279 11 27 23 32.6 153.4 -1.5 -17.5 0 1 1 508 11 00 13 11 02 43 --- 11 29 23 32.7 153.9 -1.5 -17.1 120 F 1 513 11 00 31 11 03 28 3C274 11 30 07 52.0 155.3 -1.0 -16.6 0 1 1 513 11 02 58 11 23 24 --- 11 50 07 53.2 163.1 -0.7 -11.5 1197 F 1 553 11 03 16 11 24 09 3C279 11 50 52 34.1 160.1 -1.1 -13.2 0 1 1 553 11 23 39 11 26 08 --- 11 52 52 34.3 160.7 -1.1 -12.8 120 F 1 557 11 23 57 11 26 53 3C274 11 53 36 53.4 164.5 -0.6 -10.5 0 1 1 557 11 26 23 11 31 52 --- 11 58 36 53.6 166.5 -0.5 -9.2 299 F 1 568 11 26 41 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 5 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- 11 31 52 M84 11 58 36 54.3 168.8 -0.4 -7.7 -7 1 1 568 11 31 52 11 32 32 --- 11 59 16 54.3 169.0 -0.4 -7.5 32 F 1 569 11 31 52 11 32 32 3C274 11 59 16 53.6 166.8 -0.5 -9.0 -7 1 1 569 11 32 32 11 33 02 --- 11 59 46 53.6 167.0 -0.5 -8.8 22 F 1 570 11 32 32 11 33 02 M84 11 59 46 54.3 169.2 -0.4 -7.3 -7 1 1 570 11 33 02 11 33 42 --- 12 00 26 54.3 169.5 -0.4 -7.2 32 F 1 572 11 33 02 11 33 42 3C274 12 00 26 53.6 167.3 -0.5 -8.7 -7 1 1 572 11 33 42 11 34 12 --- 12 00 56 53.7 167.5 -0.5 -8.5 22 F 1 573 11 33 42 11 34 12 M84 12 00 56 54.3 169.7 -0.4 -7.0 -7 1 1 573 11 34 12 11 34 52 --- 12 01 36 54.4 170.0 -0.4 -6.8 32 F 1 574 11 34 12 11 34 52 3C274 12 01 36 53.7 167.7 -0.5 -8.3 -7 1 1 574 11 34 52 11 35 21 --- 12 02 06 53.7 167.9 -0.5 -8.2 22 F 1 575 11 34 52 11 35 21 M84 12 02 06 54.4 170.2 -0.4 -6.7 -7 1 1 575 11 35 21 11 36 01 --- 12 02 46 54.4 170.5 -0.4 -6.5 32 F 1 576 11 35 21 11 36 10 3C274 12 02 55 53.7 168.3 -0.5 -8.0 1 1 1 576 11 36 01 11 41 09 --- 12 07 55 53.9 170.3 -0.4 -6.6 299 F 1 586 11 36 01 11 41 14 3C274 12 08 00 53.9 170.4 -0.4 -6.6 0 1 1 586 11 41 09 12 01 11 --- 12 28 00 54.2 178.7 -0.1 -0.9 1197 F 1 625 11 41 09 12 01 54 3C279 12 28 43 35.7 171.5 -0.5 -5.7 0 1 1 625 12 01 24 12 03 53 --- 12 30 43 35.7 172.1 -0.4 -5.3 120 F 1 630 12 01 42 12 04 36 3C274 12 31 26 54.2 180.1 0.0 0.1 0 1 1 630 12 04 06 12 24 33 --- 12 51 26 54.0 188.4 0.3 5.7 1197 F 1 669 12 04 24 12 25 15 3C279 12 52 08 36.0 178.6 -0.1 -0.9 0 1 1 669 12 24 45 12 27 15 --- 12 54 08 36.0 179.3 0.0 -0.5 120 F 1 674 12 25 03 12 29 16 J1635+3808 12 56 09 49.6 83.4 -3.7 -57.4 51 1 1 674 12 28 46 12 33 15 =1633+38 13 00 09 50.3 84.0 -3.6 -57.5 239 F 1 683 12 29 04 12 35 14 3C274 13 02 08 53.6 192.8 0.5 8.7 40 1 1 683 12 34 44 12 55 10 --- 13 22 08 52.7 200.8 0.8 14.0 1197 F 1 722 12 35 02 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 6 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- 12 55 50 3C279 13 22 48 35.7 188.0 0.4 5.4 0 1 1 722 12 55 10 12 57 50 --- 13 24 48 35.7 188.7 0.5 5.8 120 F 1 727 12 55 10 12 58 29 3C274 13 25 28 52.5 202.1 0.9 14.9 0 1 1 727 12 57 50 13 18 26 --- 13 45 28 51.0 209.6 1.2 19.7 1197 F 1 767 12 57 50 13 19 05 3C279 13 46 07 35.0 195.1 0.8 10.1 1 1 1 767 13 18 26 13 21 04 --- 13 48 07 34.9 195.7 0.9 10.5 120 F 1 772 13 18 26 13 21 44 3C274 13 48 46 50.7 210.8 1.3 20.5 2 1 1 772 13 21 04 13 26 43 --- 13 53 46 50.3 212.6 1.4 21.6 299 F 1 783 13 21 04 13 26 43 M84 13 53 46 50.2 215.0 1.5 23.1 -8 1 1 783 13 26 43 13 27 23 --- 13 54 26 50.2 215.2 1.5 23.2 32 F 1 785 13 26 43 13 27 23 3C274 13 54 26 50.2 212.9 1.4 21.8 -8 1 1 785 13 27 23 13 27 53 --- 13 54 56 50.2 213.0 1.4 21.9 22 F 1 786 13 27 23 13 27 53 M84 13 54 56 50.1 215.4 1.5 23.3 -8 1 1 786 13 27 53 13 28 33 --- 13 55 36 50.0 215.6 1.5 23.5 32 F 1 787 13 27 53 13 28 33 3C274 13 55 36 50.1 213.3 1.4 22.0 -8 1 1 787 13 28 33 13 29 03 --- 13 56 06 50.1 213.5 1.4 22.1 22 F 1 788 13 28 33 13 29 03 M84 13 56 06 50.0 215.8 1.5 23.6 -8 1 1 788 13 29 03 13 29 43 --- 13 56 46 49.9 216.0 1.5 23.7 32 F 1 789 13 29 03 13 29 43 3C274 13 56 46 50.0 213.7 1.4 22.3 -8 1 1 789 13 29 43 13 30 12 --- 13 57 16 50.0 213.9 1.4 22.4 22 F 1 790 13 29 43 13 30 12 M84 13 57 16 49.9 216.2 1.5 23.8 -8 1 1 790 13 30 12 13 30 52 --- 13 57 56 49.8 216.4 1.5 24.0 32 F 1 791 13 30 12 13 31 01 3C274 13 58 05 49.9 214.1 1.4 22.6 1 1 1 791 13 30 52 13 36 00 --- 14 03 05 49.4 215.9 1.5 23.6 299 F 1 801 13 30 52 13 36 05 3C274 14 03 10 49.4 215.9 1.5 23.6 0 1 1 801 13 36 00 13 56 02 --- 14 23 10 47.3 222.5 1.9 27.5 1197 F 1 840 13 36 00 13 56 45 3C279 14 23 53 32.7 206.1 1.5 17.2 8 1 1 840 13 56 15 13 58 44 --- 14 25 53 32.6 206.7 1.5 17.5 120 F 1 845 13 56 33 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 7 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- 13 59 28 3C274 14 26 37 46.9 223.6 1.9 28.1 9 1 1 845 13 58 58 14 19 25 --- 14 46 37 44.5 229.7 2.3 31.4 1197 F 1 884 13 59 16 14 20 09 3C279 14 47 21 30.8 212.6 1.8 21.2 11 1 1 884 14 19 39 14 22 09 --- 14 49 21 30.6 213.1 1.9 21.5 120 F 1 889 14 19 57 14 24 26 J1635+3808 14 51 39 68.7 108.4 -1.7 -53.6 56 1 1 889 14 23 56 14 28 26 =1633+38 14 55 39 69.3 109.8 -1.7 -53.0 239 F 1 898 14 24 14 14 30 41 3C274 14 57 55 43.0 232.9 2.4 33.0 47 1 1 898 14 30 11 14 50 38 --- 15 17 55 40.3 238.3 2.8 35.6 1197 F 1 938 14 30 29 14 51 16 3C279 15 18 33 27.7 220.7 2.4 26.0 7 1 1 938 14 50 38 14 53 16 --- 15 20 33 27.5 221.2 2.4 26.2 120 F 1 943 14 50 38 14 53 53 3C274 15 21 11 39.8 239.2 2.8 35.9 7 1 1 943 14 53 16 15 13 50 --- 15 41 11 36.9 244.2 3.2 37.9 1197 F 1 982 14 53 16 15 14 27 3C279 15 41 48 25.0 226.4 2.8 29.1 7 1 1 982 15 13 50 15 16 26 --- 15 43 48 24.8 226.9 2.8 29.3 120 F 1 987 15 13 50 15 17 03 3C274 15 44 25 36.4 244.9 3.2 38.2 8 1 1 987 15 16 26 15 22 02 --- 15 49 25 35.6 246.1 3.3 38.7 299 F 1 998 15 16 26 15 22 02 M84 15 49 25 35.1 247.8 3.4 39.3 -7 1 1 998 15 22 02 15 22 42 --- 15 50 05 35.0 248.0 3.4 39.4 33 F 1 1000 15 22 02 15 22 42 3C274 15 50 05 35.5 246.3 3.3 38.7 -7 1 1 1000 15 22 42 15 23 12 --- 15 50 35 35.4 246.4 3.3 38.8 23 F 1 1001 15 22 42 15 23 12 M84 15 50 35 34.9 248.1 3.4 39.4 -7 1 1 1001 15 23 12 15 23 52 --- 15 51 15 34.8 248.3 3.4 39.5 33 F 1 1002 15 23 12 15 23 52 3C274 15 51 15 35.3 246.5 3.3 38.8 -7 1 1 1002 15 23 52 15 24 22 --- 15 51 45 35.3 246.7 3.3 38.9 23 F 1 1003 15 23 52 15 24 22 M84 15 51 45 34.7 248.4 3.4 39.5 -7 1 1 1003 15 24 22 15 25 02 --- 15 52 25 34.6 248.5 3.4 39.6 33 F 1 1004 15 24 22 15 25 02 3C274 15 52 25 35.1 246.8 3.4 38.9 -7 1 1 1004 15 25 02 15 25 32 --- 15 52 55 35.1 246.9 3.4 38.9 23 F 1 1005 15 25 02 Schedule for VLBA_BR (Code Br ) Page 8 bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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. 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) SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 27 Jan 2007 Day 27 --- 15 25 32 M84 15 52 55 34.6 248.6 3.5 39.6 -7 1 1 1005 15 25 32 15 26 12 --- 15 53 35 34.5 248.8 3.5 39.7 33 F 1 1006 15 25 32 15 26 20 3C274 15 53 43 34.9 247.1 3.4 39.0 2 1 1 1006 15 26 12 15 31 19 --- 15 58 43 34.2 248.3 3.5 39.4 299 F 1 1016 15 26 12 15 31 24 3C274 15 58 48 34.2 248.3 3.5 39.4 0 1 1 1016 15 31 19 15 51 21 --- 16 18 48 31.0 252.7 3.8 40.7 1197 F 1 1055 15 31 19 15 51 54 3C279 16 19 22 20.2 235.1 3.4 33.4 6 1 1 1055 15 51 21 15 53 54 --- 16 21 22 19.9 235.5 3.4 33.6 120 F 1 1060 15 51 21 15 54 28 3C274 16 21 55 30.5 253.4 3.8 40.9 7 1 1 1060 15 53 54 16 09 25 --- 16 36 55 28.1 256.6 4.1 41.6 898 F 1 1090 15 53 54 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. Setup file: bw088.set Matches group v7mm_c8 in /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/freq.dat Setup group: 9 Station: VLBA_BR Total bit rate: 256 Format: VLBA1:4 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 42400.00 Net SB= U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= U U U U IF = A C A C VLBA FE= 7mm omit 7mm omit VLBA Synth= 15.4 7.6 11.6 The following frequency sets based on this setup were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used pcal sets: 1 LO sum= 43119.49 43119.49 43135.49 43135.49 BBC fr= 719.49 719.49 735.49 735.49 Bandwd= 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 S1 S3 S1 S2 S3 S4 PCALXB2= S2 S4 S2 S4 M1 M2 M3 M4 PCALFR1= 510 510 13510 13510 0 0 0 0 PCALFR2= 510 510 13510 13510 0 0 0 0 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19 barrel=roll_off SOURCE LIST -- bw088 M87 movie. Walker, Ly, Junor, Hardee 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) J0854+2006 08 51 57.250618 * 08 54 48.874930 08 55 14.988113 0.21 0851+202 20 17 58.41741 * 20 06 30.64086 20 04 51.88642 0.40 J0854+20 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba * OJ287 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.216 scan hours, 9.125 baseline hours above horizon. J1225+1253 12 22 31.582015 * 12 25 03.743331 12 25 26.303359 0.32 * M84 13 09 49.76862 * 12 53 13.13923 12 50 40.72650 0.31 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.222 scan hours, 6.947 baseline hours above horizon. J1230+1223 12 28 17.569279 * 12 30 49.423381 12 31 11.902851 0.31 1228+126 12 40 01.74901 * 12 23 28.04383 12 20 55.94713 0.20 * 3C274 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1230+12 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 7.853 scan hours, 303.152 baseline hours above horizon. J1256-0547 12 53 35.831291 * 12 56 11.166559 12 56 33.833530 0.20 1253-055 -05 31 07.99586 *-05 47 21.52472 -05 49 45.84849 0.30 * 3C279 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1256-05 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.665 scan hours, 23.336 baseline hours above horizon. * J1635+3808 16 33 30.625096 * 16 35 15.492971 16 35 29.701202 0.26 1633+38 38 14 10.08280 * 38 08 04.50057 38 06 50.41846 0.40 1633+382 /home/arana/cwalker/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1635+38 VLBA Calib Survey - GSFC sols. - created L.Petrov 2005f_astro 0.133 scan hours, 5.984 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) OJ287 175.7 M84 125.2 3C274 123.7 3C279 111.9 J1635+3808 80.2 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