COVER INFORMATION Station: ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Experiment: Radioastron-EVN-Gb-Ev: 0642+449 Exp. Code: gk047a Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 10.20 Release of about July 12, 2012 PI: Yuri Kovalev Address: ASC Lebedev Profsoyuznaya 84/32 117997 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-495-3332167 EMAIL: yyk@asc.rssi.ru Fax: +7-495-3332378 Phone during observation: +7-915-1546281 Observing mode: L-band, dual-pol Notes: L-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup PCAL is ON Mk5 disk packs should be sent for correlation to Bonn Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 2 Radioastron-EVN-Gb-Ev: 0642+449 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Mar 2013 Day 68 --- Next scan frequencies: 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 Next BBC frequencies: 408.00 408.00 408.00 408.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 20 00 45 0642+449 09 57 41 56.5 288.8 3.2 74.6 0 0 20 00 45 20 07 45 --- 10 05 02 55.2 289.4 3.3 73.8 420 14 20 00 46 20 13 57 0851+202 10 10 55 61.5 579.5 1.3 29.3 74 14 20 13 57 20 20 47 --- 10 18 06 60.7 582.5 1.4 31.3 410 27 20 13 58 20 26 14 1328+307 10 23 14 50.7 453.6 -3.1 -56.7 179 27 20 26 14 20 32 34 --- 10 29 55 51.9 454.9 -3.0 -56.5 380 39 20 26 15 20 44 00 0642+449 10 41 03 49.1 292.6 3.9 70.0 507 39 20 44 00 20 53 30 --- 10 50 34 47.6 293.5 4.1 69.0 570 57 20 44 01 20 54 00 0642+449 10 51 05 47.5 293.6 4.1 68.9 24 57 20 54 00 21 03 30 --- 11 00 36 45.9 294.5 4.2 67.9 570 76 20 54 01 21 04 00 0642+449 11 01 06 45.8 294.5 4.2 67.9 24 76 21 04 00 21 13 30 --- 11 10 38 44.3 295.4 4.4 66.8 570 94 21 04 01 21 14 00 0642+449 11 11 08 44.2 295.5 4.4 66.8 24 94 21 14 00 21 23 30 --- 11 20 39 42.6 296.4 4.6 65.7 570 113 21 14 01 21 24 00 0642+449 11 21 09 42.6 296.5 4.6 65.7 24 113 21 24 00 21 34 00 --- 11 31 11 40.9 297.5 4.7 64.6 600 132 21 24 01 21 40 56 0851+202 11 38 08 48.8 608.1 2.7 45.5 98 132 21 40 56 21 50 56 --- 11 48 29 47.0 610.6 2.9 46.5 600 151 21 40 57 21 57 40 1328+307 11 54 55 66.7 476.8 -1.6 -48.4 251 151 21 57 40 22 07 50 --- 12 05 27 68.3 480.8 -1.4 -46.0 610 171 21 57 41 22 20 19 0642+449 12 17 37 33.7 302.3 5.5 59.3 554 171 22 20 19 22 30 19 --- 12 27 59 32.1 303.5 5.7 58.1 600 190 22 20 20 22 31 00 0642+449 12 28 20 32.1 303.5 5.7 58.1 34 190 22 31 00 22 40 30 --- 12 37 52 30.6 304.6 5.8 57.0 570 209 22 31 01 22 41 00 0642+449 12 38 22 30.6 304.6 5.8 56.9 24 209 22 41 00 22 50 30 --- 12 47 54 29.2 305.7 6.0 55.8 570 227 22 41 01 22 51 00 0642+449 12 48 24 29.1 305.8 6.0 55.7 24 227 22 51 00 23 00 30 --- 12 57 55 27.7 306.9 6.2 54.5 570 245 22 51 01 Schedule for ZELENCHK (Code Zc ) Page 3 Radioastron-EVN-Gb-Ev: 0642+449 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 9 Mar 2013 Day 68 --- 23 01 00 0642+449 12 58 25 27.6 306.9 6.2 54.5 24 245 23 01 00 23 10 30 --- 13 07 57 26.3 308.0 6.3 53.3 570 264 23 01 01 23 11 00 0642+449 13 08 27 26.2 308.1 6.3 53.2 24 264 23 11 00 23 21 10 --- 13 18 39 24.7 309.3 6.5 52.0 610 284 23 11 01 23 28 50 0851+202 13 26 20 29.7 630.0 4.5 50.2 133 284 23 28 50 23 39 00 --- 13 36 52 27.8 631.9 4.7 50.2 610 303 23 28 51 23 46 57 1328+307 13 44 30 76.4 551.8 0.2 9.8 370 303 23 46 57 23 57 07 --- 13 55 02 75.9 561.0 0.4 17.4 610 323 23 46 58 --- Sun 10 Mar 2013 Day 69 --- 00 09 11 0642+449 14 06 47 18.3 675.4 7.3 45.7 591 323 00 09 11 00 19 21 --- 14 17 19 17.0 676.7 7.5 44.2 610 343 00 09 12 00 20 00 0642+449 14 17 38 17.0 676.8 7.5 44.2 33 343 00 20 00 00 29 30 --- 14 27 10 15.8 678.1 7.7 42.9 570 361 00 20 01 00 30 00 0642+449 14 27 40 15.7 678.1 7.7 42.8 24 361 00 30 00 00 39 30 --- 14 37 12 14.6 679.4 7.8 41.5 570 379 00 30 01 00 40 00 0642+449 14 37 42 14.6 679.5 7.8 41.4 24 379 00 40 00 00 49 30 --- 14 47 13 13.4 680.8 8.0 40.0 570 398 00 40 01 00 50 00 0642+449 14 47 43 13.4 680.9 8.0 40.0 24 398 00 50 00 00 59 30 --- 14 57 15 12.3 682.2 8.2 38.6 570 416 00 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess113.L256 Matching groups in /usr/local/sched/catalogs/freq.dat: kvzr_l Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 9 Station: ZELENCHK Total bit rate: 256 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 1260.00 Net SB= L L U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 BBC SB= L L U U IF = A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. LO sum= 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 BBC fr= 408.00 408.00 408.00 408.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 12 13 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8 barrel=roll_off SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS -- Radioastron-EVN-Gb-Ev: 0642+449 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) J0646+4451 06 42 53.021452 * 06 46 32.025999 06 47 31.646758 0.14 * 0642+449 44 54 30.82734 * 44 51 16.59009 44 50 22.84237 0.10 J0646+44 /usr/local/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 125872 observations 10.258 scan and 388.050 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L256 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 J0854+2006 08 51 57.250618 * 08 54 48.874930 08 55 36.082187 0.11 * 0851+202 20 17 58.41733 * 20 06 30.64078 20 03 15.97687 0.10 J0854+20 /usr/local/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba OJ287 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 191510 observations 1.069 scan and 48.286 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L256 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 J1331+3030 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 46.592508 0.20 3C286 30 45 58.64061 * 30 30 32.95925 30 26 13.73130 0.19 * 1328+307 /usr/local/sched/catalogs/sources.vlba J1331+30 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 542 observations 0.708 scan and 29.036 baseline hours in setup: sess113.L256 Frequency sets (dups not shown): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 12 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) 0642+449 108.3 0851+202 141.3 1328+307 139.5 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