AIPS Reduction of AR603: VLA Obs. of 10jul06 ============================================ mpr 17jul06- ***4cm finished*** 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 10jul06 is MJD 53926.0 B configuration Integration time: 3.3sec for all Known problems: ***Dynamics: AR603-A-B-P,C-B-P x2 * Wind/API rms phase/clouds: 10:58 1.6 m/s 2.8d 20% mixed clouds 12:28 2.3 m/s 12.3d sky clear 13:59 0.6 m/s 2.3d sky clear * ant. 13,14,16,18,24 stolen for EVLA * ant. 6 stowed due to subreflector problems * ant. 13 18 moved recently -- lousy positions * Ptg. failures: no ref. ptg. in this run =============================================================================== ---- 4cm ---- *Analyzed 16aug06* 0. IF 1: 8435.1 GHz 50 MHz IF 2: 8485.1 GHz 50 MHz The Sources ----------- 0137+331 flux cal. 3C48 elev yy 4cm uvra 0, 40 B: inner 6 ant./arm 4cm 11:49:20-11:50:50 --> 0.49311 days 1.6mins 0319+415 pol'n cal. aka 3C84 elev yy 4cm uvra 0, 0 ; primary ; 20.70 Jy 4cm 11:53:03-14:27:53 --> 0.55295 days 4.5mins 02450+62281 aka 0244+624 phase cal. for 02405+61138 aka LS61303 1.34 degs. elev yy 4cm uvra 0, 0 ; primary ; 1.88 Jy 4cm 13:02:10-14:14:50 --> 0.56840 days 8.9mins N0239+60 phase cal. for 02405+61138 aka LS61303 ???? degs. elev yy 4cm uvra 0, 0 ; ??? ; ???? Jy 4cm 13:15:50-14:17:00 --> 0.57390 days 2.8mins 02405+61138 aka LS61303 1.34 degs. elev yy 4cm 12:59:50-14:15:20 --> 0.56830 days 20.3mins 20077+40298 aka 2007+404 phase cal. for 20324+40575 aka CygX-3 4.7 degs. elev yy 4cm uvra 0, 0 ; primary ; 2.85 Jy 4cm 11:03:50-11:44:10 --> 0.47371 days 4.8mins 20324+40575 aka CygX-3 4.7 degs. elev yy 4cm 11:01:20-11:45:40 --> 0.47524 days 16.2mins 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 : ant. 12: high ph.diff. in latter half of one scan --> phase diff < 24.5 degrees 3. Elevation dependences: already done in FILLM! 4. SETJY 0137+331 sour '0137+331','' ; opty 'calc'; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; freqid 1 zerosp 0 ; calcode '' ; aparm 0 SETJY1: BIF = 1 EIF = 2 /Range of IFs SETJY1: '0137+331 ' IF = 1 FLUX = 3.1637 (Jy calcd) SETJY1: '0137+331 ' IF = 2 FLUX = 3.1449 (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 '3c48' ; band 'X' 5b. CALIB phases: CL/1, FG/1 -> SN/1 USE DOCAL=1, per Juan a. calsour '0137+331','' --> SN/1 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0.1667 ; 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 '3c48_X' ; 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 --> 672 good sol'ns No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0059 +- 0.0011 b. calsour '0319+415','' $ --> SN/2 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 $ [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0.1667 ; 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 --> 1756 good sol'ns No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0035 +- 0.0008 c. calsour '02450+62281','20077+40298','' --> SN/3 docal 1 ; gainuse 1 uvra 0, 0 wtuv 0.0 [avoids closure errors] ante 0 flagver 1 solint 0.1667 ; 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 --> 7656 good sol'ns No closure errors Avg. closures on 0244+624 up to 1.6d CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0172 +- 0.0084 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 '0137+331','0319+415','02450+62281','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 '02450+62281','' calcode ' ' sour 'N0239+60','02405+61138','' 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 '0137+331','' --> 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 in2na '3c48_X' ; 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 --> 84 good sol'ns No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0009 +- 0.0001 b. calsour '0319+415','' $ --> 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 now OK --> 252 good sol'ns No closure errors CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0105 +- 0.0033 c. calsour '02450+62281','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 --> 1428 good sol'ns No closure errors Avg. closures on 0244+624 up to 1.2%/0.5d CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0014 +- 0.0004 8. GETJY SN/2 calsour '0137+331','' sour '0319+415','02450+62281','20077+40298','' freqid 1 snver 2 --> GETJY1: Source:Qual CALCODE IF Flux (Jy) GETJY1: 20077+40298 : 0 A 1 2.27146 +/- 0.00567 GETJY1: 2 2.26860 +/- 0.00565 GETJY1: 0319+415 : 0 B 1 15.86484 +/- 0.03410 GETJY1: 2 15.86946 +/- 0.03223 GETJY1: 02450+62281 : 0 B 1 0.69100 +/- 0.00180 GETJY1: 2 0.69296 +/- 0.00182 GETJY1: Appears to have ended successfully GETJY1: scamper 31DEC06 TST: Cpu= 0.0 Real= 0 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 --> ant. yyy seem to be mis-pointing 9. CLCAL A&P: CL/2, SN/2 -> CL/3 a. Gains for all calibrators snver 2 ; gainver 2 ; gainuse 3 calsour '0137+331','0319+415','02450+62281','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 '02450+62281','' calcode ' ' sour 'N0239+60','02405+61138','' 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. < 207 mJy --> phase < 12.5 degs. b. calcode '-cal' --> amp. diff. < 101 mJy 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. ANBPL/weights docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 ; nplot 9 ; bparm 0 17 0 ; doarray 1 bif 1 ; eif 2 ; avgif -1 ; do3col 1 ; stokes '' ; ante 0; opcode 'alsi' --> weights 450-1400 except ant. 19: 350- 575 ant. 28: 350- 850 -- also starts low, vs. others start high -- cooling? 12. TVFLG RLLR CL/3, FG/1 -> FG/1 docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 ; sour '' ; docat -1 dparm 0 ; dparm(6) 3.3333333 ; dparm(3) 1; STOKES 'RLLR' a. calcode '*' --> amp. diff. < 109 mJy b. calcode '-cal' --> amp. diff. < 99 mJy 12b. TVFLG V CL/3, FG/1 -> FG/1 docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 ; sour '' ; docat -1 dparm 0 ; dparm(6) 3.3333333 ; dparm(3) 1; STOKES 'V' a. calcode '*' --> amp. diff. < 835 mJy b. calcode '-cal' --> amp. diff. < 70 mJy 13. TASAV -> XTASAV.1 14. Pol'n calibration using unpolarized source, per Greg Taylor a. PCAL N.B. pmodel=0 gives `Solution indeterminate' calsour '0319+415','' docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 pmodel 15.867,0,0,0 solint 1/6 ; soltype 'appr' prtlev 1 refant 10 $ (E8) --> IF 1: Largest RCP amp.: ant. 7 0.03399 +/- 0.00016 No solutions in RCP for ant.: 6 10 13 14 16 18 24 26 29 Largest LCP amp.: ant. 22 0.02949 +/- 0.00017 No solutions in LCP for ant.: 6 13 14 16 18 24 26 29 IF 2: Largest RCP amp.: ant. 7 0.04174 +/- 0.00018 No solutions in RCP for ant.: 6 10 13 14 16 18 24 26 29 Largest LCP amp.: ant. 22 0.02647 +/- 0.00018 No solutions in LCP for ant.: 6 13 14 16 18 24 26 29 b. RLDIF sour '0137+331','' docal 2 ; gainuse 3 ; flagver 1 dopol 1 uvra 0, 40 wtuv 0.0 $ [avoids closure errors] ante 00 --> IF 1: Ampscalar average of matrix = 93.06( 0.123) sigma = 0.945 Vector average of upper data = 96.73 sigma = 12.204 Vector average of lower data = 90.11 sigma = 11.938 IF 2: Ampscalar average of matrix = 100.37( 0.236) sigma = 1.811 Vector average of upper data = 104.07 sigma = 11.422 Vector average of lower data = 97.29 sigma = 11.835 outputs: AIPS 1: RLDIF: Task to return Right - Left phase difference AIPS 1: Adverbs Values Comments AIPS 1: ---------------------------------------------------------------- AIPS 1: CLCORPRM 93.06 100.3729 R-L phase difference returned AIPS 1: *rest 0 c. CLCOR -> CL/4 for i=1:2 ; clcorp(i)=-138-clcorp(i);end sour ''; ante 0 ; timer 0 ; bif 1 ; eif 2 ; freqid 1 gainver 3 ; gainuse 0 opcode 'polr' stokes 'l' d. RLDIF as above, with new GAINUSE --> -138.00 degs., as expected! 15. TASAV -> XTASAV.11 16. SPLIT -> * 926.XSPLIT docal 2 ; gainuse 4 ; dopol 1 ; flagver 1 ; outcla 'Xsplit' ; outseq 0 sour '' ; calcode '-cal' ; DOUVCOMP -1 17. IMAGR a. N0239+60 926.XSPLIT.1 -> XBM001, XCL001 ref'd to 0244+644 (1) Outseq 1: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; stokes '' ; ante 0 ; base 0 flagver -1 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.04 ; imsize 1024 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,5,512,513 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 100,100 ; trc 900, 350 --> 10080 vis. 776 x 641 mas at 15.1 deg WTNOISE 1.205 CLEANed 129.144 mJy -4.928 to 128.3060 mJy/beam (10,10-1010,1010: -4.928, 128.31 mJy/bm; pk at 551, 513) rms 924.2 microJy/beam, from histogram Fine detection, obvious phase errors TVMAX pixr -5.4e-3,5.4e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 511.45 513.30 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 39 37.95524 DEC 60 05 41.9231 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 128.683 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 430,432 ; trc 587,596 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 430,432 ; trc 587,596 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 430,432 ; trc 587,596 --> 128.3060 +/- 0.924 mJy; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 131.47 mJy [pk @ 511,513] [2006 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.924 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (1b) Outse 1: Robust 0.5, Stokes QUV --> 10080 vis. 807 x 674 mas at 11.6 deg WTNOISE 1.044 Q: NADA rms 119.8 microJy/beam U: -0.713 mJy rms 122.7 microJy/beam clbox -1,6,537,479 V: -0.073 mJy rms 122.7 microJy/beam clbox -1,2,514,504, -1,2,512,522 (one pos., one neg.) (1c) CALIB phase-only, SOLINT 1/6 -- > XPCAL .1 calsour '' ; wtuv 0.01 ; docal -1 ; flagver 2 clr2na ; ncomp 0; nmap 0 ; outna ''; outseq 0 refant 10 $ (E8) aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 0 ; minphser 100 ; cparm 0 0 0 100 0 snver 0 smodel 0.13,0,0 uvra 0 ; solint 1/6 ; soltype 'l1' ; solmode 'p' ; outcla 'xpcal' solcon 0 --> 1344 good sol'ns CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.0983 +- 0.0086 (11) XPCAL.1 -> Outseq 11: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; stokes '' ; ante 0 ; base 0 flagver -1 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.04 ; imsize 1024 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 10 ; clbox 0 clbox(1, 1)~ -1 6 513 513 clbox(1, 2)~ 529 467 543 489 clbox(1, 3)~ 541 441 561 475 clbox(1, 4)~ 549 435 571 459 clbox(1, 5)~ 569 387 593 423 clbox(1, 6)~ 519 483 539 509 clbox(1, 7)~ 545 389 573 429 clbox(1, 8)~ 587 323 615 357 clbox(1, 9)~ 525 117 689 293 clbox(1,10)~ 467 535 507 589 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 2000 "noise" box: blc 100,100 ; trc 350, 900 --> 10080 (lost 0) vis. 776 x 641 mas at 15.1 deg WTNOISE 1.205 CLEANed 147.793 mJy -0.421 to 132.0744 mJy/beam (10,10-1010,1010: -0.421, 132.07 mJy/bm; pk at 512, 513) rms 100.5 microJy/beam, from histogram Much nicer TVMAX pixr -0.35e-3,0.35e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 512.00 513.00 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 39 37.95228 DEC 60 05 41.9110 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 132.068 Milli JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 550.01 450.48 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 39 37.74898 DEC 60 05 39.4102 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.319 Milli JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 576.12 397.32 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 39 37.60935 DEC 60 05 37.2838 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.322 Milli JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 598.69 338.63 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 39 37.48865 DEC 60 05 34.9362 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 643.743 Micro JY/BEAM AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 487.54 552.13 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 39 38.08314 DEC 60 05 43.4763 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 565.200 Micro JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 430,432 ; trc 587,596 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 430,432 ; trc 587,596 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 430,432 ; trc 587,596 --> 132.0744 +/- 0.1005 mJy; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 132.58 mJy [pk @ 512,513] [3098 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.1005 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy b. LSI61303 926.XSPLIT.1 -> XBM001, XCL001 1.3 degs. (0) Outseq XXX: The Big Picture -- skipped based on 6cm (1) Outseq 1: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER -1 timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; stokes '' ; ante 0 ; base 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.04 ; imsize 1024 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,5,512,488 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 100,100; trc 300, 900 --> 73060 vis. 754 x 567 mas at 15.7 deg WTNOISE 1.353 CLEANed 66.160 mJy -0.897 to 66.0387 mJy/beam (10,10-1010,1010: -0.896, 66.039 mJy/beam; peak at 512,488) rms 166.1 microJy/beam, from histogram Fine detection; some phase errors TVMAX: pixr -0.83e-3,0.83e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 511.88 488.20 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 40 31.66457 DEC 61 13 45.5999 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 66.063 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 444,423 ; trc 580,555 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 444,423 ; trc 580,555 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 444,423 ; trc 580,555 --> 66.0387 +/- 0.1661 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 65.830 mJy [pk @ 512,488] [2019 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.1661 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (1b) Outse 1: Robust 0.5, Stokes QUV --> 73040 vis. 790 x 628 mas at 14.5 deg WTNOISE 1.075 Q: nada rms 47.5 microJy/beam U: nada rms 49.8 microJy/beam V: nada rms 54.7 microJy/beam (1c) CALIB phase-only, SOLINT 1/6 -- > XPCAL .1 calsour '' ; wtuv 0.01 ; docal -1 ; flagver 2 clr2na ; ncomp 0; nmap 0 ; outna ''; outseq 0 refant 10 $ (E8) aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 0 ; minphser 0 ; cparm 0 0 0 0 0 snver 0 smodel 0.066,0,0 uvra 0 ; solint 1/6 ; soltype 'l1' ; solmode 'p' ; outcla 'xpcal' solcon 0 --> 9912 good sol'ns CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.2032 +- 0.0246 (11) XPCAL.1 -> Outseq 11: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER -1 timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; stokes '' ; ante 0 ; base 0 uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 cells 0.04 ; imsize 1024 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 1 ; clbox -1,5,512,513 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 200 "noise" box: blc 100,100; trc 300, 900 --> 73060 (lost 0) vis. 754 x 567 mas at 15.7 deg WTNOISE 1.353 CLEANed 66.937 mJy -0.391 to 66.9645 mJy/beam (10,10-1010,1010: -0.391, 66.964 mJy/beam; peak at 512,513) rms 67.7 microJy/beam, from histogram Much better; a hint of variability TVMAX: pixr -0.39e-3,0.39e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 511.99 512.99 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 02 40 31.66394 DEC 61 13 46.5918 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 66.960 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 433,430 ; trc 591,600 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 433,430 ; trc 591,600 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 433,430 ; trc 591,600 --> 66.9645 +/- 0.0677 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 65.830 mJy [pk @ 512,513] [2019 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.0677 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (11b) UVPLT bparm 11 9 0 ; bparm(8) 100 --> timer 0 13 00 0, 0 13 20 0 is 68.3 mJy timer 0 13 58 0, 0 14 15 0 is 65.5 mJy bparm 11 10 0 ; bparm(8) 100 --> steady at +/- 0.3 mJy c. CYGX-3 926.XSPLIT.1 -> XBM001, XCL001 4.7 degs. (0) Outseq XXX: The Big Picture -- skipped based on earlier stuff (1) Outseq 1: Robust -0.5, careful boxed CLEAN FLAGVER -1 timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; ante 0 ; base 0; stokes '' uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 $ REVISED BELOW cells 0.02 ; imsize 1024 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 3 ; clbox 0 clbox(1,1)~ -1 5 523 512 clbox(1,2)~ 508 482 539 544 clbox(1,3)~ 507 466 533 489 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 600 $ Try for more careful cleaning: gain 0.02 ; minpa 513; factor -0.3 ; cmethod 'dft' "noise" box: blc 100,100 ; trc 400,900 --> 55540 vis. 757 x 594 mas at -69.9 deg WTNOISE 1.329 CLEANed 11.415 mJy -0.333 to 7.5822 mJy/beam (10,10-1010,1010: -0.258, 7.5822 mJy/beam; peak at 523,511) rms 69.8 microJy/beam, from histogram TVMAX pixr -0.28e-3,0.28e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 521.34 496.54 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77441 DEC 40 57 27.6879 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 6.023 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 367,348 ; trc 683,682 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 367,348 ; trc 683,682 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 367,348 ; trc 683,682 --> 7.5822 +/- 0.0698 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 11.652 mJy [pk @ 523,511] [10552 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.0698 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (1b) CCRES ICL001.1 --> IRS001.1 bmaj 0.05 ; bmin 0.05; bpa 0 TVMAX AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 523.00 517.00 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77148 DEC 40 57 28.0969 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.052 Milli JY/BEAM ...N1 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 523.89 534.15 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.76991 DEC 40 57 28.4400 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.865 Milli JY/BEAM ...N2 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.96 511.72 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77155 DEC 40 57 27.9915 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 3.482 Milli JY/BEAM ...peak -- center? AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.91 510.85 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77164 DEC 40 57 27.9740 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 2.789 Milli JY/BEAM ...S1 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.65 493.01 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77209 DEC 40 57 27.6172 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.472 Milli JY/BEAM ...S2 (1c) Outse 1: Robust 0.5, Stokes QUV --> 55540 vis. 832 x 653 mas at -77.2 deg WTNOISE 1.086 Q: -0.721 mJy rms 47.7 microJy/beam niter 200; clbox -1,5,526,507 U: nada rms 47.6 microJy/beam V: nada rms 46.1 microJy/beam (1d) CALIB phase-only, SOLINT 2 -- > XPCAL .1 calsour '' ; wtuv 0.01 ; docal -1 ; flagver -1 clr2na in2na inna ; in2cla 'xcl001'; in2se 1; in2di indi ncomp 1e6,0; nmap 1 ; inver 0 outna ''; outseq 0 refant 10 $ (E8) aparm 0 ; aparm(6) 2 ; minamper 0 ; minphser 0 ; cparm 0 0 0 0 0 snver 0 smodel 0 uvra 0 ; solint 2 ; soltype 'l1' ; solmode 'p' ; outcla 'xpcal' solcon 0 aparm(3) 1 $ avg. CPs aparm(5) 0 $ DON'T avg. CPs aparm(7) 4 $ SNR >= 4 cparm(2) 1 $ normalize gains --> 982 good sol'ns 26 failed CALIB1: Average closure rms = 0.4746 +- 0.1413 (11) XPCAL.1 -> Outseq 11: Robust -0.5, boxed CLEAN FLAGVER -1 timer 0 ; bif 0 ; eif 0 ; ante 0 ; base 0; stokes '' uvwtfn '' ; uvsize 0 ; robust -0.5 ; uvbox 0 uvra 0, 0 ; uvtap 0 minpa 255 $ REVISED BELOW cells 0.02 ; imsize 1024 ; fldsize 0 nfield 1 rash 0 ; decsh 0 boxfile '' oboxfile 'MPR1:tmp.oboxes nbox 3 ; clbox 0 clbox(1,1)~ -1 5 523 512 clbox(1,2)~ 505 484 543 545 clbox(1,3)~ 509 463 535 491 do3d 1 ; overlap 2 niter 1000 $ Try for more careful cleaning: gain 0.02 ; minpa 513; factor -0.3 ; cmethod 'dft' "noise" box: blc 100,100 ; trc 400,900 --> 55540 (lost 0) vis. 757 x 594 mas at -69.9 deg WTNOISE 1.329 CLEANed 11.927 mJy -0.274 to 7.7661 mJy/beam (10,10-1010,1010: -0.206, 7.7661 mJy/beam; peak at 523,511) rms 63.8 microJy/beam, from histogram Much better TVMAX pixr -0.20e-3,0.20e-3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.79 511.24 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77185 DEC 40 57 27.9818 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 7.768 Milli JY/BEAM JMFIT: blc 367,348 ; trc 683,682 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid -1,-1,-1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 JMFIT: blc 367,348 ; trc 683,682 ngauss 2 ; ctype 0 3 0 gmax 0 ; gpos 0 ; gwid 0 dowid 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 niter 2000 IMEAN: blc 367,348 ; trc 683,682 --> 7.7661 +/- 0.0638 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. 11.933 mJy [pk @ 523,511] [11452 pix.] Corr. for JMFIT zero: +/- 0.0698 mJy/bm; int. mJy; TVSTAT int. mJy (11b) CCRES ICL001.1 --> IRS001.11 bmaj 0.05 ; bmin 0.05; bpa 0 TVMAX AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 524.04 531.46 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.76964 DEC 40 57 28.3863 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 1.177 Milli JY/BEAM ...N2 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.83 511.76 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77177 DEC 40 57 27.9921 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 3.438 Milli JY/BEAM ...peak -- center??? AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.78 498.05 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77187 DEC 40 57 27.7179 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 817.398 Micro JY/BEAM ...S2 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 523.36 476.96 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77085 DEC 40 57 27.2962 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 395.690 Micro JY/BEAM ...S3 AIPS 1: Map pixel position: 522.29 509.41 AIPS 1: Skypos: RA 20 32 25.77273 DEC 40 57 27.9451 AIPS 1: Skypos: IPOL 8460.100 MHZ AIPS 1: PEAK = 234.099 Micro JY/BEAM ...S1 ------------------ ================================================================================ ================================================================================