AIPS Reduction of AM858: VLA Obs. of 17mar06 ============================================ mpr 21mar06-22mar06 ***finished first round*** Still to do: THE BASICS: On-line disk FILLM w/ doweight=1 ; douvcomp=-1 ; cparm(8)=1/6; bparm=0 ==> set up for calibration of weights (docal=2), 10s CL table entries, and DEFAULT GAIN/OPACITY CORRECTIONS 17mar06 is MJD 53811.0 A configuration Integration time: 3.3sec for all Known problems: * Wind/API rms phase/clouds: 13:31 0.3 m/s 1.6d 70% stratiform clouds * ant. 14,16 positions recently updated * ant. 13,18 moved recently -- lousy positions ***EVLA ant. 13,14,16,18 included*** * EVLA ant. 18 working only on IFs AC (IF 1) at 4cm * 13:35-14:02 correlator errors in quad 4, array 2 -- had to re-seat multiplier card * Ptg. failures: 13:51 1924+156 all ok! 14:15 1331+305 all ok! 14:22 2007+404 mostly bad (all but 16!) Location Of VLA Antennas N72 ( 1) N56 (27) N48 (20) N40 ( 2) N32 ( 7) N24 (26) N16 (14)* N8 ( 9) N6 (18)* ( 6) W8 E8 (10) ( 8) W16 E16 (17) (23) W24 E24 (16)* (11) W32 E32 (19) ( ) E40 (15) ( 4) W48 E48 (12) ( 5) W56 E56 ( 3) (21) W64 E64 (25) (22) W72 E72 (28) EVLA:MP (13) VLA: OUT (24) VPT: OUT (29) * => EVLA ANTENNA MP=> Master Pad EVLA evaluation: 4cm: no data on ant. 18 except 1L ant. 18 IF 1L phase is very odd: with 3.3s records, we get one value, no data, phase jumps by 100d, then repeats amp. is basically steady, and consistent with others all great, except ant. 13 last scan (0 14 10 - 0 14 15) raw amps. all fine eccept ant. 13 vanishes in last scan (factor 50) 1.3cm: no ant. 13,18 otherwise great phases raw amps.: ant. 14-VLA fine ant. 16-VLA and EVLA low by 1.4-1.6 =============================================================================== ---- 4cm ---- *Analyzed 22mar06* 0. IF 1: 8435.1 GHz 50 MHz IF 2: 8485.1 GHz 50 MHz The Sources ----------- 1331+305 flux cal. 3C286 elev yy 4cm uvra 50, 300 A: inner 3 ant./arm; ABC: reduce flux by 1% 4cm 14:11:40-14:13:20 --> 0.59201 days 1.7mins 19247+15407 aka 1924+156 phase cal. for 19152+10567 aka G1915+105 5.3 degs elev yy 4cm uvra 0, 0 ; secondary ; 0.44 Jy 4cm 13:36:03-13:49:10 --> 0.57135 days 5.7mins 19152+10567 aka G1915+105 5.3 degs. elev yy 4cm 13:34:20-13:48:30 --> 0.57049 days 9.2mins 0. EVLA tests a. VPLOT phase vs. time docal -1 ; calcode '*' ; nplot 9; bparm 0,2 ; dotv 1 flagver -1; do3col 1 ante 13, 14, 16, 18, 1, 2, 3, 0 base ante stokes 'rr'; bif 0; eif 0 stokes 'll'; bif 0; eif 0 --> no data on ant. 18 except 1L ant. 18 IF 1L phase is very odd: with 3.3s records, we get one value, no data, phase jumps by 100d, then repeats amp. is basically steady, and consistent with others all great, except ant. 13 last scan (0 14 10 - 0 14 15) raw amps. all fine eccept ant. 13 vanishes in last scan (factor 50) 1. Skipped PCAL transfer for now (no recent solutions yet) 2. TVFLG -> FG/1 source '' ; docal -1 ; flagver 1 ; docat -1 ; calcode '*' ; dparm(6) 3.33333 dparm(3) 1 : EVLA ant. 13: random phases on 1331+305 : EVLA ant. 18: random phases on IF 1L -- seems to bop up and down --> phase diff < 19.2 degrees on 1331+305 (ant. 21, 22 -- end of W arm) < 12.3 degrees on 1924+156 3. SETJY 1331+305 sour '1331+305','' ; opty 'calc'; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; freqid 1 zerosp 0 ; calcode '' ; aparm 0 SETJY1: BIF = 1 EIF = 2 /Range of IFs SETJY1: '1331+305 ' IF = 1 FLUX = 5.2158 (Jy calcd) SETJY1: '1331+305 ' IF = 2 FLUX = 5.1947 (Jy calcd) SETJY1: / Using (1999.2) VLA or Reynolds (1934-638) coefficients SETJY1: Appears to have ended successfully SETJY1: scamper 31DEC06 TST: Cpu= 0.0 Real= 0 4a. CALRD object '3c286' ; band 'X' 4b. CALIB CL/1, FG/1 -> SN/1-2 USE DOCAL=1, per Juan a. calsour '1331+305','' --> SN/1 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0 ; solmode '' soltype 'l1' cparm 0 ; cparm(5) 0 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 10 ; minphser 10 ; cparm(3) 1 ; cparm(4) 1 refant 10 (E8) doflag -2.5 in2na '3c286_X' ; in2cla 'model' ; in2se 1 ; inver 1 ; ncomp 1e5 nmap 1 cmethod 'dft' NOTE that I use VECTOR averaging (cparm(5)=0), since phases are OK --> 100 good sol'ns No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0008 +- 0.0001 b. calsour '19247+15407','' --> SN/2 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0 ; solmode '' soltype 'l1' cparm 0 ; cparm(5) 0 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 10 ; minphser 10 ; cparm(3) 1 ; cparm(4) 1 refant 10 (E8) doflag -2.5 NOTE that I use VECTOR averaging (cparm(5)=0), since phases are OK --> 612 good sol'ns No closure errors Avg. closures up to 1.1%/0.5d CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0012 +- 0.0002 5. GETJY SN/1-2 calsour '1331+305','' sour '19247+15407','' freqid 1 snver 0 ante -13,-14,-16,-18,0 --> GETJY1: Source:Qual CALCODE IF Flux (Jy) GETJY1: 19247+15407 : 0 A 1 0.78879 +/- 0.00128 GETJY1: 2 0.78819 +/- 0.00124 GETJY1: Appears to have ended successfully GETJY1: scamper 31DEC06 TST: Cpu= 0.0 Real= 0 5b. EVLA checks a. LISTR/GAIN --> amp. fine --> phase wrap on 13 (80d in 14mins) 6. CLCAL CL/1, SN/1-2 -> CL/2 a. Gains for all calibrators snver 0 ; gainver 1 ; gainuse 2 calsour '1331+305','19247+15407','' calcode ' ' sour calsour soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'self' dobtween -1 cutoff 10 --> CL/2 b. snver 0 ; gainver 1 ; gainuse 2 calsour '19247+15407','' calcode ' ' sour '19152+10567','' soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'simp' cutoff 10 --> CL/2 7. TVFLG CL/2, FG/1 -> FG/1 docal 2 ; gainuse 2 ; flagver 1 ; sour '' ; docat -1 dparm 0 ; dparm(6) 3.3333333 ; dparm(3) 1 a. calcode '*' --> amp. diff. < 132 mJy (EVLA ant. 14 LCP higher than the rest) --> phase < 12 degs. b. calcode '-cal' --> amp. diff. < 95 mJy 8. SNPLT inext 'ty' ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; stokes '' ; xinc 1 nplots 9 ; opcode 'alsi' a. TSYS nominal sensitivities opty 'tsys' ; xaxis 0 SKIPPED FOR NOW --> spiffy: 0.yy-0.yy mostly ant. yy: b. TANT opty 'tant' ; xaxis 2 SKIPPED FOR NOW --> yy-yyy K, for elev. yy to yy, except ant. yy: yyy-yyy K 8c. VPLOT/weights docal 2 ; gainuse 2 ; flagver 1 ; nplot 9 ; bparm 0 16 0 ; doarray 1 bif 1 ; eif 2 ; avgif -1 ; do3col 1 ; stokes 'RR' ; ante 17 0 --> weights 650-1100, except ant. 12: 580-770 EVLA ant. 13: RCP 950-980 (missing 3c286, which is lower weight for all others) LCP 830 IF 1L; 940 IF 2L EVLA ant. 14: RCP 640-700 IF 1R, 560-590 IF 2R LCP 300-430, as expected EVLA ant. 16: 550-900 ant. 19: 450-650 9. Pol'n calibration -> postponed until PCAL works and/or we can transfer 10. TASAV -> XTASAV.1 11. SPLIT -> * 811.XSPLIT docal 2 ; gainuse 2 ; DOPOL -1 ; flagver 1 ; outcla 'Xsplit' ; outseq 0 sour '' ; calcode '-cal' ; DOUVCOMP -1 12. IMAGR a. GRS1915 811.XSPLIT -> XBM001, XCL001 5.3degs. (-1) UVFLG EVLA ants. -> FG/1 flagver 1 ; reason 'evla ant'; opcode 'flag' ; dohist 1 ante 13, 14, 16, 18,0 (0) Outseq XXX: The Big Picture -- skipped, based on B config. (1) Outseq 1: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.02 ; imsize 2048 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 6 ; clbox 0 clbox(1,1)~ -1 3 1026 1022 clbox(1,2)~1010 995 1018 1005 clbox(1,3)~1013 1003 1024 1015 clbox(1,4)~1019 1013 1027 1023 clbox(1,5)~1023 1024 1031 1030 clbox(1,6)~1025 1029 1031 1035 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 1000 "noise" box: blc 600,590 ; trc 1450,940 --> 25491 vis. 221 x 193 mas at 6.8 deg WTNOISE 1.311 CLEANed 13.121 mJy -0.456 to 11.882 mJy/beam (20,20-2020,2020: -0.418,11.882 mJy/beam; peak at 1026,1022) rms 80.3 microJy/beam, from histogram Fine detection TVMAX pixr -0.36e-3,0.36e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 1025.60 1022.06 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.54752 DEC 10 56 44.7082 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 11.933 Milli JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 1017.98 1005.52 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.55788 DEC 10 56 44.3773 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 469.418 Micro JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 1022.39 1010.57 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.55188 DEC 10 56 44.4783 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 925.177 Micro JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 978, 967 ; trc 1074,1077 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gwid 0 ; gpos 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 978, 967 ; trc 1074,1077 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gwid 0 ; gpos 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 978, 967 ; trc 1074,1077 --> 11.882 +/- 0.0803 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 13.016 mJy [pk @ 1026,1022] [1114 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.0803 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (2) Outseq 2: Robust 0.5, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust 0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.02 ; imsize 2048 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 4 ; clbox 0 clbox(1,1)~ -1 3 1026 1022 clbox(1,2)~1012 999 1019 1007 clbox(1,3)~1016 1008 1022 1016 clbox(1,4)~ -1 4 1030 1034 $ this is very iffy do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 1000 "noise" box: blc 600,590 ; trc 1450,940 --> 25491 vis. 247 x 210 mas at -6.4 deg WTNOISE 1.081 CLEANed 13.245 mJy -0.411 to 11.899 mJy/beam (20,20-2020,2020: -0.351,11.899 mJy/beam; peak at 1026,1022) rms 67.3 microJy/beam, from histogram Lovely detection TVMAX pixr -0.30e-3,0.30e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 1025.60 1022.05 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.54753 DEC 10 56 44.7080 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 11.944 Milli JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 1022.45 1011.58 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.55181 DEC 10 56 44.4986 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.978 Milli JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 1016.26 1003.50 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.56021 DEC 10 56 44.3371 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 556.273 Micro JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 978, 967 ; trc 1074,1077 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gwid 0 ; gpos 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 978, 967 ; trc 1074,1077 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gwid 0 ; gpos 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 978, 967 ; trc 1074,1077 --> 11.899 +/- 0.0673 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 13.045 mJy [pk @ 1026,1022] [1301 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- -1.0673 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy ================================================================================ ----- 1.3cm ----- *Analyzed 22mar06* 0. IF 1: 22485.1 GHz IF 2: 22435.1 GHz The Sources ----------- 1331+305 flux cal. 3C286 elev yy 1.3cm uvra 0, 185 inner 2 ant./arm 1.3cm 14:16:20-14:17:20 --> 0.59502 days 1.1mins 19247+15407 aka 1924+156 phase cal. for 19152+10567 aka G1915+105 5.3 degs. elev yy 1.3cm uvra 0, 0 ; secondary ; 0.40-0.65 Jy 1.3cm 13:54:03-14:07:30 --> 0.58387 days 6.0mins 19152+10567 aka G1915+105 5.3 degs. elev yy 1.3cm 13:52:20-14:09:00 --> 0.58386 days 10.8mins 20077+40298 aka 2007+404 phase cal. for 20324+40575 aka CygX-3 4.7 degs. elev yy 1.3cm uvra 0, 0 ; secondary ; 2.3-1.1 Jy 1.3cm 14:25:23-14:31:13 --> 0.60301 days 2.9mins 20324+40575 aka CygX-3 4.7 degs. elev yy 1.3cm 14:23:40-14:30:20 --> 0.60213 days 4.7mins 0. EVLA tests a. VPLOT phase vs. time docal -1 ; calcode '*' ; nplot 9; bparm 0,2 ; dotv 1 flagver -1; do3col 1 ante 13, 14, 16, 18, 1, 2, 3, 0 base ante stokes 'rr'; bif 0; eif 0 stokes 'll'; bif 0; eif 0 --> no ant. 13,18 otherwise great phases raw amps.: ant. 14-VLA fine ant. 16-VLA and EVLA low by 1.4-1.6 1. Skipped PCAL transfer for now (no recent solutions yet) 2. TVFLG -> FG/1 source '' ; docal -1 ; flagver 1 ; docat -1 ; calcode '*' ; dparm(6) 3.33333 dparm(3) 1 --> phase diff < 23.9 degrees on 1924+156 < 31.2 degrees on 1331+305 < 24.0 degrees on 2007+404 3. Elevation dependences: already done in FILLM! 4. SETJY 1331+305 sour '1331+305','' ; opty 'calc'; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; freqid 1 zerosp 0 ; calcode '' ; aparm 0 SETJY1: BIF = 1 EIF = 2 /Range of IFs SETJY1: '1331+305 ' IF = 1 FLUX = 2.5170 (Jy calcd) SETJY1: '1331+305 ' IF = 2 FLUX = 2.5214 (Jy calcd) SETJY1: / Using (1999.2) VLA or Reynolds (1934-638) coefficients SETJY1: Appears to have ended successfully SETJY1: scamper 31DEC06 TST: Cpu= 0.0 Real= 0 5a. CALRD object '3c286' ; band 'K' 5b. CALIB phases: CL/1, FG/1 -> SN/1 USE DOCAL=1, per Juan a. calsour '1331+305','' --> SN/1 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 1/3 ; solmode 'p' soltype 'l1' cparm 0 ; cparm(5) 0 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 10 ; minphser 10 ; cparm(3) 1 ; cparm(4) 1 refant 10 (E8) doflag -2.5 in2na '3c286_K' ; in2cla 'model' ; in2se 1 ; inver 1 ; ncomp 1e5 nmap 1 cmethod 'dft' snver 1 NOTE that I use VECTOR averaging (cparm(5)=0), since phases are OK --> 287 good sol'ns 1 failed No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0150 +- 0.0033 b. calsour '19247+15407','20077+40298','' --> SN/2 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 1/3 ; solmode 'p' soltype 'l1' cparm 0 ; cparm(5) 0 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 10 ; minphser 10 ; cparm(3) 1 ; cparm(4) 1 refant 10 (E8) doflag -2.5 snver 1 NOTE that I use VECTOR averaging (cparm(5)=0), since phases are OK --> 1800 good sol'ns No closure errors Avg. closures up to 1.4d on 1924+156 CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0210 +- 0.0071 5c. SNPLT to check phases: SN/1 inext 'sn' ; inver 1 ; pixr -180,180 ; nplot 9 ; xinc 1 opty 'phas' ; opcode 'alsi' ; do3col 1 ; dotv 1 --> looks ok! 6. CLCAL phases: CL/1, SN/1 -> CL/2 a. Gains for all calibrators snver 1 ; gainver 1 ; gainuse 2 calsour '1331+305','19247+15407','20077+40298','' calcode ' ' sour calsour soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'self' dobtween -1 cutoff 10 --> CL/2 b. snver 1 ; gainver 1 ; gainuse 2 calsour '19247+15407','' calcode ' ' sour '19152+10567','' soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'simp' cutoff 10 --> CL/2 c. snver 1 ; gainver 1 ; gainuse 2 calsour '20077+40298','' calcode ' ' sour '20324+40575','' soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'simp' cutoff 10 --> CL/2 7. CALIB amplitudes: CL/2, FG/1 -> SN/2 USE DOCAL=1, per Juan a. calsour '1331+305','' --> SN/1 docal 1 ; gainuse 2 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0 ; solmode '' soltype 'l1' cparm 0 ; cparm(5) 0 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 10 ; minphser 10 ; cparm(3) 1 ; cparm(4) 1 refant 10 (E8) doflag -2.5 in2na '3c286_K' ; in2cla 'model' ; in2se 1 ; inver 1 ; ncomp 1e5 nmap 1 cmethod 'dft' snver 2 NOTE that I use VECTOR averaging (cparm(5)=0), since phases are now OK --> 100 good sol'ns No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0011 +- 0.0000 b. calsour '19247+15407','20077+40298','' --> SN/2 docal 1 ; gainuse 2 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0 ; solmode '' soltype 'l1' cparm 0 ; cparm(5) 0 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 10 ; minphser 10 ; cparm(3) 1 ; cparm(4) 1 refant 10 (E8) doflag -2.5 snver 2 NOTE that I use VECTOR averaging (cparm(5)=0), since phases are OK --> 900 good sol'ns No closure errors Avg. closures up to 1.6%/0.9d on 1924+156 CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0017 +- 0.0001 8. GETJY SN/2 calsour '1331+305','' sour '19247+15407','20077+40298','' freqid 1 snver 2 ante -13,-14,-16,-18,0 --> GETJY1: Source:Qual CALCODE IF Flux (Jy) GETJY1: 19247+15407 : 0 A 1 0.75241 +/- 0.00472 GETJY1: 2 0.75228 +/- 0.00487 GETJY1: 20077+40298 : 0 A 1 1.87302 +/- 0.01704 GETJY1: 2 1.87386 +/- 0.01707 GETJY1: Appears to have ended successfully GETJY1: scamper 31DEC06 TST: Cpu= 0.0 Real= 0 8b. EVLA checks a. LISTR/GAIN EVLA ant. 14 gains higher on 2007+404 -- elevation effect? also high gains in LCP EVLA ant. 16 much higher gains than the rest, and even more so on 2007+404 No sign of mis-pointing. Hmm. 8b. SNPLT to check amplitudes: SN/2 inext 'sn' ; inver 2 ; pixr 0 ; nplot 9 ; xinc 1 opty 'amp' ; opcode 'alsi' ; do3col 1 ; dotv 1 --> OK except as above 9. CLCAL A&P: CL/2, SN/2 -> CL/3 a. Gains for all calibrators snver 2 ; gainver 2 ; gainuse 3 calsour '1331+305','19247+15407','20077+40298','' calcode ' ' sour calsour soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'self' dobtween -1 cutoff 10 --> CL/2 b. snver 2 ; gainver 2 ; gainuse 3 calsour '19247+15407','' calcode ' ' sour '19152+10567','' soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'simp' cutoff 10 --> CL/2 c. snver 2 ; gainver 2 ; gainuse 3 calsour '20077+40298','' calcode ' ' sour '20324+40575','' soucode ' ' freqid 1 refant 10 (E8) interpol 'simp' cutoff 10 --> CL/2 10. TVFLG CL/3, FG/1 -> FG/1 docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 ; sour '' ; docat -1 dparm 0 ; dparm(6) 3.3333333 ; dparm(3) 1 a. calcode '*' --> amp. diff. < 302 mJy --> phase < 24.1 degs. ...EVLA ant. 16 noisier than the rest b. calcode '-cal' : IF 1L huge amp. on most baselines (up to 762 Jy) 14:03:30-13:03:40 inclusive -- just after correlator error report --> amp. diff. < 311 mJy --> ph. diff. < 40.7d on CygX-3 11. SNPLT inext 'ty' ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; stokes '' ; xinc 1 nplots 9 ; opcode 'alsi' a. TSYS nominal sensitivities opty 'tsys' ; xaxis 0 SKIPPED FOR NOW --> spiffy: 0.yy-0.yy mostly ant. yy: b. TANT opty 'tant' ; xaxis 2 SKIPPED FOR NOW --> yy-yyy K, for elev. yy to yy, except ant. yy: yyy-yyy K 11c. VPLOT/weights docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 ; nplot 9 ; bparm 0 16 0 ; doarray 1 bif 1 ; eif 2 ; avgif -1 ; do3col 1 ; stokes 'LL' ; ante 20 0 --> weights 70-300 except EVLA ant. 14: 60-140 --> lower than VLA -- all IFs comparable EVLA ant. 16: 50-140 --> lower than VLA -- all IFs comparable 12. Pol'n calibration -> postponed until PCAL works and/or we can transfer 13. TASAV -> KTASAV.1 14. SPLIT -> * 811.KSPLIT docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; DOPOL -1 ; flagver 1 ; outcla 'Ksplit' ; outseq 0 sour '' ; calcode '-cal' ; DOUVCOMP -1 15. IMAGR a. GRS1915 811.KSPLIT -> KBM001, KCL001 5.3degs. (-1) UVFLG EVLA ants. -> FG/1 flagver 1 ; reason 'evla ant'; opcode 'flag' ; dohist 1 ante 13, 14, 16, 18,0 (0) Outseq XXX: The Big Picture -- skipped, based on B config. (1) Outseq 1: NA, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 $ no EVLA antennas timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn 'na' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.01 ; imsize 4096 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,5,2052,2044 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 1230,2290 ; trc 2700,3000 --> 34508 vis. 110.2 x 86.8 mas at -3.9 deg WTNOISE 1.000 CLEANed 9.004 mJy -0.627 to 8.649 mJy/beam (40,40-4050,4050: -0.593, 8.649 mJy/beam; peak at 2051,2043) rms 119.4 microJy/beam, from histogram OK detection TVMAX pixr -0.60e-3,0.60e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 2051.41 2043.25 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 19 15 11.5473821 DEC 10 56 44.709513 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 22460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 8.704 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 2016,2006 ; trc 2087,2080 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 ...no obvious residuals JMFIT: blc 2016,2006 ; trc 2087,2080 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 2016,2006 ; trc 2087,2080 --> 8.6487 +/- 0.1194 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 9.2946 mJy [pk @ 2051,2043] [622 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.1194 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (2) Outseq 2: Robust 0.5 FLAGVER 1 $ no EVLA antennas timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust 0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.01 ; imsize 4096 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,5,2051,2043 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 1230,2290 ; trc 2700,3000 --> 34508 vis. 92.1 x 75.3 mas at -1.3 deg WTNOISE 1.077 CLEANed 9.001 mJy -0.715 to 8.554 mJy/beam (40,40-4050,4050: -0.663, 8.554 mJy/beam; peak at 2051,2043) rms 124.2 microJy/beam, from histogram OK detection TVMAX pixr -0.58e-3,0.58e-3 JMFIT: blc 2016,2006 ; trc 2087,2080 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 ...no obvious residuals JMFIT: blc 2016,2006 ; trc 2087,2080 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 2016,2006 ; trc 2087,2080 --> 8.5541 +/- 0.1242 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 9.1122 mJy [pk @ 2051,2043] [464 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.1242 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy b. CYGX-3 811.KSPLIT -> KBM001, KCL001 4.7degs. (-1) UVFLG EVLA ants. -> FG/1 flagver 1 ; reason 'evla ant'; opcode 'flag' ; dohist 1 ante 13, 14, 16, 18,0 (0) Outseq XXX: The Big Picture -- skipped, based on B config. (1) Outseq 1: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 $ no EVLA antennas timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.01 ; imsize 4096 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,4,2070,2041 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 1230,2290 ; trc 2700,3000 --> 17304 vis. 84.0 x 67.0 mas at 24.6 deg WTNOISE 1.328 CLEANed 671.572 mJy -37.901 to 605.266 mJy/beam (40,40-4050,4050: -37.901,605.27 mJy/beam; peak at 2070,2040) rms 4560.1 microJy/beam, from histogram Fine detection, needs self-cal TVMAX pixr -38e-3,38e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 2069.75 2040.39 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.7716990 DEC 40 57 27.930865 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 22460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 608.989 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 2035,2003 ; trc 2105,2078 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 ...no obvious residuals JMFIT: blc 2035,2003 ; trc 2105,2078 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 2035,2003 ; trc 2105,2078 --> 605.266 +/- 4.560 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 672.94 mJy [pk @ 2070,2040] [425 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 4.560 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (1b) CALIB phase-only, dot, SOLINT 1/3 -- > KPCAL .1 calsour '' ; wtuv 0.01 ; docal -1 ; flagver 1 clr2na ; nmap 0 ; ncomp 0 ; flux -1e6 ; cmethod 'dft' outna ''; outseq 0 refant 10 $ E8 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 0 ; minphser 100 ; cparm 0 0 0 100 0 snver 0 smodel 0.7,0 uvra 0 ; solint 1/3 ; soltype 'l1' ; solmode 'p' ; outcla 'Kpcal' solcon 0 aparm(3) 0 ; aparm(5) 0 $ DO NOT average IFs/pol'ns --> 1196 good sol'ns CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0282 +- 0.0042 (11) KPCAL.1 -> Outseq 11: Robust -0.5, uvra 0, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 $ no EVLA antennas timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.01 ; imsize 4096 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,4,2048,2049 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 1230,2290 ; trc 2700,3000 --> 17304 vis. 84.0 x 67.0 mas at 24.6 deg WTNOISE 1.328 CLEANed 726.982 mJy -7.162 to 650.445 mJy/beam (40,40-4050,4050: -7.172, 650.44 mJy/beam; peak at 2048,2049) rms 776.5 microJy/beam, from histogram Much better. Still hints of N/S extension -- must track this down!! TVMAX pixr -6.9e-3,6.9e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 2048.00 2049.01 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.7908996 DEC 40 57 28.017112 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 22460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 649.851 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 ...no obvious residuals JMFIT: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 --> 650.445 +/- 0.7765 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 725.69 mJy [pk @ 2048,2049] [642 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.7765 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (11b) KPCAL.1: CALIB A&P, dot, SOLINT 1 -- > KAPCAL .1 calsour '' ; wtuv 0.01 ; docal -1 ; flagver 1 clr2na ; nmap 0 ; ncomp 0 ; flux -1e6 ; cmethod 'dft' outna ''; outseq 0 refant 10 $ E8 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 0 ; minphser 100 ; cparm 0 0 0 100 0 snver 0 smodel 0.725,0 uvra 0 ; solint 1 ; soltype 'l1' ; solmode 'a&p' ; outcla 'Kapcal' solcon 0 aparm(3) 0 ; aparm(5) 0 $ DO NOT average IFs/pol'ns cparm(2) 1 $ normalize gains to unity to avoid flux wander --> 552 good sol'ns CALIB1: All selected antennas are used in the gain normalization CALIB1: RPOL, IF= 1 The average gain over these antennas is 1.048E+00 CALIB1: RPOL, IF= 2 The average gain over these antennas is 1.048E+00 CALIB1: LPOL, IF= 1 The average gain over these antennas is 1.047E+00 CALIB1: LPOL, IF= 2 The average gain over these antennas is 1.048E+00 CALIB1: The global average gain which is actually CALIB1: applied to all data, is 1.048E+00 CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0694 +- 0.0061 (21) KAPCAL.1 -> Outseq 21: Robust -0.5, uvra 0, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 $ no EVLA antennas timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.01 ; imsize 4096 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,4,2048,2049 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 1230,2290 ; trc 2700,3000 --> 17304 vis. 86.2 x 67.1 mas at 21.6 deg WTNOISE 1.366 CLEANed 684.318 mJy -7.135 to 654.250 mJy/beam (40,40-4050,4050: -7.135, 654.25 mJy/beam; peak at 2048,2049) rms 1097.0 microJy/beam, from histogram Worse than phase-only. Hmmm.... TVMAX pixr -8.7e-3,8.7e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 2048.00 2049.01 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.7908991 DEC 40 57 28.017083 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 22460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 653.612 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 ...no obvious residuals JMFIT: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 --> 654.250 +/- 1.097 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 693.31 mJy [pk @ 2048,2049] [706 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 1.097 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (11c) KPCAL.1: CALIB A&P, CLEAN model, SOLINT 1 -- > KAPCAL .2 calsour '' ; wtuv 0.01 ; docal -1 ; flagver 1 clr2na ; nmap 0 ; ncomp 0 ; flux -1e6 ; cmethod 'dft' in2na inna; in2cla 'icl001'; in2se 11 ; ncomp 1e6,0; nmap 1 outna ''; outseq 0 refant 10 $ E8 aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 0 ; minphser 100 ; cparm 0 0 0 100 0 snver 0 smodel 0 uvra 0 ; solint 1 ; soltype 'l1' ; solmode 'a&p' ; outcla 'Kapcal' solcon 0 aparm(3) 0 ; aparm(5) 0 $ DO NOT average IFs/pol'ns cparm(2) 1 $ normalize gains to unity to avoid flux wander --> 552 good sol'ns CALIB1: All selected antennas are used in the gain normalization CALIB1: RPOL, IF= 1 The average gain over these antennas is 1.002E+00 CALIB1: RPOL, IF= 2 The average gain over these antennas is 1.001E+00 CALIB1: LPOL, IF= 1 The average gain over these antennas is 1.001E+00 CALIB1: LPOL, IF= 2 The average gain over these antennas is 1.001E+00 CALIB1: The global average gain which is actually CALIB1: applied to all data, is 1.001E+00 CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0344 +- 0.0121 (31) KAPCAL.2 -> Outseq 31: Robust -0.5, uvra 0, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER 1 $ no EVLA antennas timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.01 ; imsize 4096 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,4,2048,2049 added clbox(1,2)~ 2045,2043,2051,2056 during CLEAN !! do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 500 "noise" box: blc 1230,2290 ; trc 2700,3000 --> 17304 vis. 84.0 x 66.9 mas at 24.7 deg WTNOISE 1.329 CLEANed 727.520 mJy -1.799 to 647.365 mJy/beam (40,40-4050,4050: -1.799, 647.37 mJy/beam; peak at 2048,2049) rms 303.0 microJy/beam, from histogram MUCH better TVMAX pixr -1.8e-3,1.8e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 2048.00 2049.01 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.7908991 DEC 40 57 28.017125 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 22460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 646.779 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 ...no obvious residuals JMFIT: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 2012,2011 ; trc 2083,2088 --> 647.365 +/- 0.3030 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 727.97 mJy [pk @ 2048,2049] [729 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.3030 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy ================================================================================ ================================================================================