COVER INFORMATION Station: ATCA (Code At ) Experiment: Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields Exp. Code: ga030d Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.20 Release of Jan. 22, 2014 - update 1 PI: Andrei Lobanov Address: MPIfR Bonn Auf dem Huegel 69 53121 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49 (228) 525 191 EMAIL: alobanov@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: +49 228 525 229 Phone during observation: +7 903 661 4865 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 Please, send Mk5 disk packs to MPIfR-Bonn Schedule for ATCA (Code At ) Page 2 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 --- ---------- Ground segment 01: ATCA Phasing Scan ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 Next BBC frequencies: 3236.00 3236.00 3236.00 3236.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 14 12 00 1253-055 11 22 59 57.1 46.8 -1.6 -140.7 0 0 14 12 00 14 14 20 --- 11 25 19 57.4 46.0 -1.5 -141.4 140 4 14 12 01 ---------- Space segment 01 ---------- 14 15 00 1253-055 11 25 59 57.5 45.7 -1.5 -141.6 37 4 14 15 00 14 24 30 --- 11 35 31 59.0 42.1 -1.4 -144.4 570 23 14 15 01 14 25 00 1253-055 11 36 01 59.0 41.9 -1.3 -144.5 27 23 14 25 00 14 34 30 --- 11 45 33 60.3 38.1 -1.2 -147.7 570 41 14 25 01 14 35 00 1253-055 11 46 03 60.4 37.8 -1.2 -147.8 26 41 14 35 00 14 44 30 --- 11 55 34 61.6 33.6 -1.0 -151.3 570 59 14 35 01 ---------- Ground segment 02: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 14 45 00 1253-055 11 56 04 61.7 33.4 -1.0 -151.5 26 59 14 45 00 14 47 00 --- 11 58 05 61.9 32.5 -1.0 -152.2 120 63 14 45 01 14 47 40 1253-055 11 58 45 62.0 32.1 -1.0 -152.5 36 63 14 47 40 14 52 40 --- 12 03 46 62.5 29.8 -0.9 -154.5 300 73 14 47 41 14 53 20 1243-072 12 04 26 65.2 25.8 -0.7 -157.7 28 73 14 53 20 14 58 20 --- 12 09 27 65.7 23.0 -0.6 -160.1 300 82 14 53 21 14 59 00 1253-055 12 10 07 63.2 26.6 -0.8 -157.1 28 82 14 59 00 15 04 00 --- 12 15 07 63.7 24.0 -0.7 -159.3 300 92 14 59 01 15 04 40 1243-072 12 15 48 66.1 19.3 -0.5 -163.2 27 92 15 04 40 15 09 40 --- 12 20 48 66.5 16.3 -0.4 -165.8 300 101 15 04 41 15 10 20 1253-055 12 21 29 64.2 20.6 -0.6 -162.2 27 101 15 10 20 15 15 20 --- 12 26 29 64.5 17.9 -0.5 -164.6 300 111 15 10 21 15 16 00 1243-072 12 27 09 66.8 12.5 -0.3 -169.2 26 111 15 16 00 15 21 00 --- 12 32 10 67.0 9.3 -0.2 -171.9 300 121 15 16 01 15 21 40 1253-055 12 32 50 64.9 14.3 -0.4 -167.7 26 121 15 21 40 15 26 40 --- 12 37 51 65.1 11.4 -0.3 -170.2 300 130 15 21 41 Schedule for ATCA (Code At ) Page 3 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 --- 15 27 20 1243-072 12 38 31 67.2 5.3 -0.1 -175.4 25 130 15 27 20 15 32 20 --- 12 43 32 67.3 2.1 -0.1 -178.2 300 140 15 27 21 15 33 00 1253-055 12 44 12 65.4 7.6 -0.2 -173.4 25 140 15 33 00 15 38 00 --- 12 49 13 65.5 4.6 -0.1 -176.0 300 149 15 33 01 15 38 40 1243-072 12 49 53 67.3 -2.0 0.1 178.3 25 149 15 38 40 15 43 40 --- 12 54 54 67.2 -5.2 0.1 175.5 300 159 15 38 41 15 44 20 1253-055 12 55 34 65.6 0.8 -0.0 -179.3 25 159 15 44 20 15 46 20 --- 12 57 34 65.6 -0.4 0.0 179.7 120 163 15 44 21 15 47 00 1253-055 12 58 15 65.6 -0.8 0.0 179.3 36 163 15 47 00 15 49 00 --- 13 00 15 65.5 -2.0 0.1 178.3 120 167 15 47 01 ---------- Space segment 02 ---------- 15 50 00 1253-055 13 01 15 65.5 -2.6 0.1 177.8 56 167 15 50 00 15 59 30 --- 13 10 47 65.3 -8.3 0.2 172.8 570 185 15 50 01 16 00 00 1253-055 13 11 17 65.3 -8.6 0.2 172.6 26 185 16 00 00 16 09 30 --- 13 20 48 64.9 -14.1 0.4 167.8 570 203 16 00 01 16 10 00 1253-055 13 21 18 64.9 -14.4 0.4 167.5 26 203 16 10 00 16 19 30 --- 13 30 50 64.3 -19.7 0.6 163.0 570 221 16 10 01 ---------- Ground segment 03: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 16 20 00 1253-055 13 31 20 64.3 -20.0 0.6 162.7 26 221 16 20 00 16 22 00 --- 13 33 20 64.1 -21.1 0.6 161.8 120 225 16 20 01 16 22 40 1253-055 13 34 00 64.1 -21.5 0.6 161.5 36 225 16 22 40 16 27 40 --- 13 39 01 63.6 -24.1 0.7 159.2 300 235 16 22 41 16 28 20 1243-072 13 39 41 64.1 -31.3 0.9 153.1 24 235 16 28 20 16 33 20 --- 13 44 42 63.5 -33.8 1.0 151.0 300 244 16 28 21 16 34 00 1253-055 13 45 22 63.0 -27.4 0.8 156.5 24 244 16 34 00 16 39 00 --- 13 50 23 62.5 -29.9 0.9 154.4 300 254 16 34 01 16 39 40 1243-072 13 51 03 62.8 -36.8 1.1 148.6 24 254 16 39 40 16 44 40 --- 13 56 04 62.1 -39.0 1.2 146.7 300 264 16 39 41 16 45 20 1253-055 13 56 44 61.8 -32.9 1.0 151.9 24 264 16 45 20 16 50 20 --- 14 01 45 61.2 -35.2 1.1 150.0 300 273 16 45 21 Schedule for ATCA (Code At ) Page 4 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 --- 16 51 00 1243-072 14 02 25 61.2 -41.8 1.3 144.5 24 273 16 51 00 16 56 00 --- 14 07 26 60.5 -43.8 1.3 142.9 300 283 16 51 01 16 56 40 1253-055 14 08 06 60.4 -37.9 1.2 147.8 25 283 16 56 40 17 01 40 --- 14 13 07 59.7 -40.0 1.3 146.1 300 292 16 56 41 17 02 20 1243-072 14 13 47 59.5 -46.3 1.4 141.0 25 292 17 02 20 17 07 20 --- 14 18 48 58.7 -48.2 1.5 139.5 300 302 17 02 21 17 08 00 1253-055 14 19 28 58.8 -42.6 1.4 144.1 25 302 17 08 00 17 13 00 --- 14 24 29 58.1 -44.5 1.5 142.6 300 312 17 08 01 17 13 40 1243-072 14 25 09 57.7 -50.4 1.6 137.8 25 312 17 13 40 17 18 40 --- 14 30 10 56.8 -52.1 1.7 136.6 300 321 17 13 41 17 19 20 1253-055 14 30 50 57.1 -46.8 1.6 140.8 26 321 17 19 20 17 26 20 --- 14 37 51 55.9 -49.2 1.7 138.9 420 335 17 19 21 17 27 00 1253-055 14 38 31 55.8 -49.4 1.7 138.8 37 335 17 27 00 17 29 00 --- 14 40 31 55.5 -50.1 1.7 138.3 120 339 17 27 01 ---------- Space segment 03 ---------- 17 30 00 1253-055 14 41 31 55.3 -50.4 1.7 138.0 57 339 17 30 00 17 39 30 --- 14 51 03 53.7 -53.4 1.9 135.8 570 357 17 30 01 17 40 00 1253-055 14 51 33 53.6 -53.5 1.9 135.7 27 357 17 40 00 17 49 30 --- 15 01 05 52.0 -56.3 2.1 133.8 570 375 17 40 01 17 50 00 1253-055 15 01 35 51.9 -56.4 2.1 133.7 27 375 17 50 00 17 59 30 --- 15 11 06 50.1 -59.0 2.2 131.9 570 393 17 50 01 ---------- Ground segment 04: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 18 00 00 1253-055 15 11 36 50.0 -59.1 2.2 131.8 27 393 18 00 00 18 02 00 --- 15 13 37 49.7 -59.6 2.3 131.5 120 397 18 00 01 18 02 40 1253-055 15 14 17 49.5 -59.8 2.3 131.4 37 397 18 02 40 18 07 40 --- 15 19 18 48.6 -61.1 2.4 130.6 300 407 18 02 41 18 08 20 1243-072 15 19 58 47.6 -65.6 2.6 127.5 27 407 18 08 20 18 13 20 --- 15 24 59 46.6 -66.7 2.6 126.9 300 416 18 08 21 18 14 00 1253-055 15 25 39 47.4 -62.6 2.5 129.6 28 416 18 14 00 18 19 00 --- 15 30 40 46.4 -63.7 2.6 128.9 300 426 18 14 01 Schedule for ATCA (Code At ) Page 5 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 --- 18 19 40 1243-072 15 31 20 45.3 -68.0 2.7 126.1 28 426 18 19 40 18 24 40 --- 15 36 20 44.3 -69.1 2.8 125.6 300 436 18 19 41 18 25 20 1253-055 15 37 01 45.2 -65.1 2.7 128.0 28 436 18 25 20 18 30 20 --- 15 42 01 44.2 -66.2 2.8 127.4 300 445 18 25 21 18 31 00 1243-072 15 42 41 43.0 -70.3 2.9 124.9 28 445 18 31 00 18 36 00 --- 15 47 42 42.0 -71.3 3.0 124.4 300 455 18 31 01 18 36 40 1253-055 15 48 22 42.9 -67.5 2.9 126.7 28 455 18 36 40 18 41 40 --- 15 53 23 41.9 -68.5 2.9 126.1 300 464 18 36 41 18 42 20 1243-072 15 54 03 40.7 -72.5 3.1 123.9 28 464 18 42 20 18 47 20 --- 15 59 04 39.7 -73.4 3.2 123.4 300 474 18 42 21 18 48 00 1253-055 15 59 44 40.6 -69.8 3.0 125.5 28 474 18 48 00 18 53 00 --- 16 04 45 39.6 -70.7 3.1 125.0 300 484 18 48 01 18 53 40 1243-072 16 05 25 38.4 -74.5 3.3 122.9 28 484 18 53 40 18 58 40 --- 16 10 26 37.3 -75.3 3.4 122.6 300 493 18 53 41 18 59 20 1253-055 16 11 06 38.3 -71.9 3.2 124.4 29 493 18 59 20 19 06 20 --- 16 18 07 36.9 -73.1 3.4 123.9 420 507 18 59 21 19 07 00 1253-055 16 18 47 36.7 -73.2 3.4 123.8 37 507 19 07 00 19 09 00 --- 16 20 48 36.3 -73.6 3.4 123.7 120 510 19 07 01 ---------- Space segment 04 ---------- 19 10 00 1253-055 16 21 48 36.1 -73.7 3.4 123.6 57 510 19 10 00 19 19 30 --- 16 31 19 34.1 -75.3 3.6 122.9 570 529 19 10 01 19 20 00 1253-055 16 31 50 34.0 -75.4 3.6 122.9 27 529 19 20 00 19 29 30 --- 16 41 21 32.0 -76.9 3.7 122.3 570 547 19 20 01 19 30 00 1253-055 16 41 51 31.9 -77.0 3.7 122.3 27 547 19 30 00 19 39 30 --- 16 51 23 29.9 -78.5 3.9 121.8 570 565 19 30 01 ---------- Ground segment 05: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 19 40 00 1253-055 16 51 53 29.8 -78.5 3.9 121.7 27 565 19 40 00 19 42 00 --- 16 53 53 29.4 -78.8 3.9 121.6 120 569 19 40 01 19 42 40 1253-055 16 54 33 29.3 -78.9 4.0 121.6 37 569 19 42 40 19 47 40 --- 16 59 34 28.2 -79.7 4.0 121.4 300 579 19 42 41 Schedule for ATCA (Code At ) Page 6 Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 --- 19 48 20 1243-072 17 00 14 26.8 -82.9 4.2 120.2 29 579 19 48 20 19 53 20 --- 17 05 15 25.7 -83.6 4.3 120.1 300 588 19 48 21 19 54 00 1253-055 17 05 55 26.8 -80.6 4.1 121.1 29 588 19 54 00 19 59 00 --- 17 10 56 25.8 -81.3 4.2 120.9 300 598 19 54 01 19 59 40 1243-072 17 11 36 24.3 -84.5 4.4 119.9 29 598 19 59 40 20 04 40 --- 17 16 37 23.3 -85.1 4.5 119.8 300 607 19 59 41 20 05 20 1253-055 17 17 17 24.4 -82.2 4.3 120.7 30 607 20 05 20 20 10 20 --- 17 22 18 23.3 -82.9 4.4 120.5 300 617 20 05 21 20 11 00 1243-072 17 22 58 21.9 -86.0 4.6 119.7 29 617 20 11 00 20 16 00 --- 17 27 59 20.8 -86.6 4.7 119.6 300 627 20 11 01 20 16 40 1253-055 17 28 39 22.0 -83.8 4.5 120.4 30 627 20 16 40 20 21 40 --- 17 33 40 20.9 -84.5 4.6 120.3 300 636 20 16 41 20 22 20 1243-072 17 34 20 19.4 -87.5 4.8 119.5 30 636 20 22 20 20 27 20 --- 17 39 21 18.4 -88.1 4.9 119.5 300 646 20 22 21 20 28 00 1253-055 17 40 01 19.5 -85.3 4.7 120.1 30 646 20 28 00 20 33 00 --- 17 45 02 18.5 -86.0 4.8 120.0 300 655 20 28 01 20 33 40 1243-072 17 45 42 17.0 -88.9 5.0 119.4 30 655 20 33 40 20 38 40 --- 17 50 42 15.9 -89.6 5.1 119.4 300 665 20 33 41 20 39 20 1253-055 17 51 23 17.1 -86.8 4.9 119.9 30 665 20 39 20 20 46 20 --- 17 58 24 15.6 -87.7 5.0 119.9 420 678 20 39 21 20 47 00 1253-055 17 59 04 15.4 -87.8 5.0 119.9 37 678 20 47 00 20 49 00 --- 18 01 04 15.0 -88.0 5.1 119.8 120 682 20 47 01 ---------- Space segment 05 ---------- 20 50 00 1253-055 18 02 04 14.8 -88.2 5.1 119.8 57 682 20 50 00 20 59 30 --- 18 11 36 12.7 -89.4 5.2 119.8 570 700 20 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: ra1cm2.set Matching groups in ./ga030d_freq_sess313rdbe.dat: at1cm Setup group: 5 Station: ATCA Total bit rate: 256 Format: LBA 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= 19000.00 19000.00 19000.00 19000.00 Net SB= L U L U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP RCP LCP LCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 BBC SB= L U L U IF = 2N 2N 1N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 3236.00 3236.00 3236.00 3236.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 Track assignments are: track1= 0, 2, 4, 6 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 00 52.227615 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 55 07.17888 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at * 1243-072 12 43 28.787939 * 12 46 04.232101 12 46 50.196736 0.00 J1246-0730 -07 14 23.49353 *-07 30 46.57479 -07 35 34.31825 0.00 ./ga030d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 1300 observations * 1253-055 12 53 35.831289 * 12 56 11.166557 12 56 57.054431 0.00 J1256-0547 -05 31 07.99603 *-05 47 21.52489 -05 52 06.28974 0.00 3C279 ./ga030d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 7924 observations 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 11 4.433 0.000 1243-072 ra1cm2.set 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 1 + 2.733 236.700 1253-055 ra1cm2.set 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 1 + 7.917 669.650 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 98.9 1243-072 156.3 1253-055 154.8 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