COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: RadioAstron polarization imaging Exp. Code: gg083d Schedule Version: 1.20 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Jose L. Gomez Address: Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC Glorieta de la Astronomia E-18008 Granada, Spain Phone: +79165452842 EMAIL: jlgomez@iaa.es, alobanov@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: Phone during observation: +79165452842 Observing mode: K-band dual-pol Notes: K-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup P-CAL is ON Tsys is ON auto-level (AGC) is ON Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 2 RadioAstron polarization imaging UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Feb 2018 Day 39 --- ---------- This is an 8-min pointing & focus scan for EFLSBERG ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 22 20 00 1226+023 08 03 25 16.1 107.2 -4.4 -37.4 0 0 Stopped 22 28 00 --- 08 11 26 17.4 108.9 -4.3 -37.0 480 0 22 28 30 1226+023 08 11 57 17.4 109.0 -4.3 -37.0 19 0 22 28 19 22 38 00 --- 08 21 28 18.9 111.0 -4.1 -36.4 570 37 22 28 20 ---------- EVN EVPA + FF calibration K-band ---------- 22 40 30 0923+392 08 23 58 73.8 129.5 -1.1 -39.1 -92 37 22 40 19 22 50 30 --- 08 34 00 75.0 135.3 -0.9 -35.1 508 77 22 40 20 ---------- Block Q-K-bands on target ---------- Next scan frequencies: 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 Next BBC frequencies: 726.75 726.75 726.75 726.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 22 51 30 1226+023 08 35 00 20.8 113.9 -3.9 -35.6 -176 77 22 51 19 23 03 30 --- 08 47 02 22.6 116.5 -3.7 -34.7 544 124 22 51 20 ---------- K-band target ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 23 04 30 1226+023 08 48 02 22.7 116.8 -3.7 -34.6 49 124 23 04 19 23 14 30 --- 08 58 04 24.1 119.0 -3.5 -33.8 600 163 23 04 20 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 14 30 1226+023 08 58 04 24.1 119.0 -3.5 -33.8 -9 163 No stop 23 24 30 --- 09 08 06 25.5 121.3 -3.4 -32.9 591 202 23 14 31 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 24 30 1226+023 09 08 06 25.5 121.3 -3.4 -32.9 -9 202 No stop 23 34 30 --- 09 18 07 26.8 123.7 -3.2 -32.0 591 241 23 24 31 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 34 30 1226+023 09 18 07 26.8 123.7 -3.2 -32.0 -9 241 No stop 23 44 30 --- 09 28 09 28.2 126.1 -3.0 -30.9 591 279 23 34 31 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 3 RadioAstron polarization imaging UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Feb 2018 Day 39 --- ---------- This is an 8-min pointing & focus scan for EFLSBERG ---------- 23 46 30 1226+023 09 30 09 28.4 126.6 -3.0 -30.7 108 279 Stopped 23 54 30 --- 09 38 11 29.4 128.6 -2.9 -29.8 480 279 --- Start: Thu 8 Feb 2018 Day 39 -- Stop: Fri 9 Feb 2018 Day 40 --- 23 55 00 1226+023 09 38 41 29.5 128.7 -2.9 -29.8 19 279 23 54 49 00 14 30 --- 09 58 14 31.8 133.7 -2.5 -27.4 1170 355 23 54 50 ---------- K-band VLBI scans. Space segment 02: 1226+023 with EVN ---------- 00 15 00 1226+023 09 58 44 31.9 133.8 -2.5 -27.3 19 355 00 14 49 00 25 00 --- 10 08 46 33.0 136.4 -2.4 -26.0 600 395 00 14 50 00 25 30 1226+023 10 09 16 33.1 136.6 -2.3 -25.9 19 395 00 25 19 00 35 00 --- 10 18 47 34.1 139.2 -2.2 -24.6 570 432 00 25 20 00 35 30 1226+023 10 19 17 34.1 139.3 -2.2 -24.5 19 432 00 35 19 00 45 00 --- 10 28 49 35.1 142.0 -2.0 -23.1 570 469 00 35 20 00 45 30 1226+023 10 29 19 35.1 142.1 -2.0 -23.0 19 469 00 45 19 00 55 00 --- 10 38 51 36.0 144.8 -1.9 -21.5 570 507 00 45 20 00 55 30 1226+023 10 39 21 36.1 144.9 -1.8 -21.4 19 507 00 55 19 01 05 00 --- 10 48 52 36.9 147.7 -1.7 -19.9 570 544 00 55 20 01 05 30 1226+023 10 49 22 37.0 147.9 -1.7 -19.8 19 544 01 05 19 01 15 00 --- 10 58 54 37.7 150.7 -1.5 -18.1 570 582 01 05 20 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 01 15 30 1226+023 10 59 24 37.8 150.8 -1.5 -18.1 19 582 01 15 19 01 25 30 --- 11 09 26 38.5 153.9 -1.3 -16.3 600 621 01 15 20 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 01 25 30 1226+023 11 09 26 38.5 153.9 -1.3 -16.3 -9 621 No stop 01 35 30 --- 11 19 27 39.2 157.0 -1.2 -14.4 591 660 01 25 31 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 01 35 30 1226+023 11 19 27 39.2 157.0 -1.2 -14.4 -9 660 No stop 01 45 30 --- 11 29 29 39.8 160.1 -1.0 -12.5 591 698 01 35 31 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 4 RadioAstron polarization imaging UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 9 Feb 2018 Day 40 --- ---------- This is an 8-min pointing & focus scan for EFLSBERG ---------- 01 46 30 1226+023 11 30 29 39.8 160.5 -1.0 -12.3 48 698 Stopped 01 54 30 --- 11 38 30 40.2 163.0 -0.9 -10.7 480 698 ---------- EVN EVPA + FF calibration K-band ---------- 02 00 00 0923+392 11 44 01 63.6 257.3 2.3 52.9 75 698 01 59 49 02 10 00 --- 11 54 03 62.0 259.8 2.4 53.6 600 738 01 59 50 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 02 10 00 1226+023 11 54 03 40.8 168.1 -0.6 -7.6 -247 738 No stop 02 33 30 --- 12 17 37 41.4 175.9 -0.2 -2.6 1163 829 02 10 01 02 34 00 1226+023 12 18 07 41.4 176.0 -0.2 -2.5 18 829 02 33 49 02 57 00 --- 12 41 11 41.4 183.7 0.2 2.4 1380 918 02 33 50 Next scan frequencies: 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 Next BBC frequencies: 726.75 726.75 726.75 726.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 03 01 00 0923+392 12 45 11 53.9 270.8 3.3 54.8 1 918 03 00 49 03 06 00 --- 12 50 12 53.1 271.7 3.4 54.8 300 938 03 00 50 Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 03 07 00 0923+392 12 51 12 52.9 271.9 3.4 54.8 49 938 03 06 49 03 12 00 --- 12 56 13 52.2 272.8 3.5 54.7 300 958 03 06 50 ---------- EVN back to target K-band ---------- 03 12 00 1226+023 12 56 13 41.1 188.7 0.4 5.5 -229 958 No stop 03 23 30 --- 13 07 45 40.8 192.5 0.6 7.9 461 1003 03 12 01 ---------- This is an 8-min pointing & focus scan for EFLSBERG ---------- 03 24 00 1226+023 13 08 15 40.8 192.6 0.6 8.0 18 1003 Stopped 03 32 00 --- 13 16 16 40.4 195.3 0.8 9.6 480 1003 ---------- rest in K-band ---------- 03 32 00 1226+023 13 16 16 40.4 195.3 0.8 9.6 -9 1003 03 32 00 03 38 00 --- 13 22 17 40.2 197.2 0.9 10.8 351 1026 03 32 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 5 RadioAstron polarization imaging UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 9 Feb 2018 Day 40 --- Next scan frequencies: 15385.00 15385.00 15385.00 15385.00 15417.00 15417.00 15417.00 15417.00 Next BBC frequencies: 785.00 785.00 785.00 785.00 817.00 817.00 817.00 817.00 03 39 00 1226+023 13 23 18 40.1 197.5 0.9 11.0 48 1026 03 38 49 03 45 00 --- 13 29 19 39.8 199.4 1.0 12.2 360 1050 03 38 50 ---------- Q-band target ---------- Next scan frequencies: 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 Next BBC frequencies: 726.75 726.75 726.75 726.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 03 46 00 1226+023 13 30 19 39.8 199.8 1.0 12.4 48 1050 03 45 49 03 54 00 --- 13 38 20 39.3 202.3 1.1 14.0 480 1081 03 45 50 ---------- K-band VLBI scans. Space segment 03: 1226+023 with EVN+GBT+VLBA ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 03 55 00 1226+023 13 39 20 39.3 202.6 1.2 14.2 48 1081 03 54 49 04 05 00 --- 13 49 22 38.6 205.7 1.3 16.0 600 1121 03 54 50 04 05 30 1226+023 13 49 52 38.6 205.9 1.3 16.1 19 1121 04 05 19 04 15 00 --- 13 59 23 37.9 208.8 1.5 17.8 570 1158 04 05 20 04 15 30 1226+023 13 59 54 37.8 208.9 1.5 17.9 19 1158 04 15 19 04 25 00 --- 14 09 25 37.1 211.8 1.7 19.6 570 1196 04 15 20 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: ra1cm2.set --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 18 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 Net SB= U U L L U U L L IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 13 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 BBC fr= 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 13 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: ra7mm2.set --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 59 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 43870.00 Net SB= U U L L U U L L IF SB = L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 19 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43143.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 43175.25 BBC fr= 726.75 726.75 726.75 726.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 694.75 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 19 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off ======== Setup file: ra2cm2.set --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 44 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 14600.00 14600.00 14600.00 14600.00 14600.00 14600.00 14600.00 14600.00 Net SB= U U L L U U L L IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 51 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 15385.00 15385.00 15385.00 15385.00 15417.00 15417.00 15417.00 15417.00 BBC fr= 785.00 785.00 785.00 785.00 817.00 817.00 817.00 817.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 51 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * FAKERA 11 57 21.769299 * 12 00 00.000000 12 01 00.483936 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 53 47.52470 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at 1328+307 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 58.208451 0.00 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64060 * 30 30 32.95924 30 24 50.67595 0.00 * 3C286 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron WSRT calibrator, not for 92cm, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 542 observati * 0727-115 07 27 58.097813 * 07 30 19.112473 07 31 10.802612 0.00 J0730-1141 -11 34 52.58107 *-11 41 12.60063 -11 43 44.55700 0.00 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 155894 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO2- * 0923+392 09 23 55.319218 * 09 27 03.013939 09 28 11.366254 0.00 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 57 28.85387 0.00 4C39.25 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 245863 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3- * 1226+023 12 26 33.245835 * 12 29 06.699731 12 30 02.412902 0.00 J1229+0203 02 19 43.30547 * 02 03 08.59797 01 57 07.17814 0.00 3C273B ./gg083d_sources.radioastron 3C273 AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 32011 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3-0 1253-055 12 53 35.831289 * 12 56 11.166557 12 57 07.519618 0.00 J1256-0547 -05 31 07.99603 *-05 47 21.52489 -05 53 12.02711 0.00 * 3C279 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 7924 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3-05 SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline FAKERA ra1cm2.set 14 5.283 0.000 3C286 ra1cm2.set 53 0.500 0.000 ra2cm2.set 54 0.500 0.000 ra7mm2.set 52 0.500 0.000 0727-115 ra1cm2.set 56 57 58 59 60 1.686 16.383 0923+392 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 29 47 + 1.583 49.745 ra2cm2.set 38 54 0.667 20.333 ra7mm2.set 15 16 19 20 52 1.483 32.239 1226+023 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 29 47 + 20.494 1018.787 ra2cm2.set 38 51 54 0.883 38.200 ra7mm2.set 15 16 19 20 52 1.642 47.821 3C279 ra1cm2.set 56 57 58 59 60 0.164 1.590 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA 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) FAKERA 108.7 3C286 123.0 0727-115 140.1 0923+392 155.6 1226+023 134.3 3C279 125.2 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