COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 --- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 Next BBC frequencies: 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 14 35 00 1253-055 08 36 42 10.3 473.5 -4.3 -34.8 0 0 14 35 00 14 44 30 --- 08 46 14 11.7 475.5 -4.2 -34.2 570 18 14 35 01 ---------- Ground segment 02: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 14 45 00 1253-055 08 46 44 11.7 475.6 -4.2 -34.1 24 18 14 45 00 14 47 00 --- 08 48 44 12.0 476.0 -4.1 -34.0 120 22 14 45 01 14 47 40 1253-055 08 49 24 12.1 476.2 -4.1 -33.9 34 22 14 47 40 14 52 40 --- 08 54 25 12.8 477.2 -4.0 -33.6 300 32 14 47 41 14 53 20 1243-072 08 55 05 12.8 480.5 -3.9 -32.5 19 32 14 53 20 14 58 20 --- 09 00 06 13.5 481.6 -3.8 -32.1 300 41 14 53 21 14 59 00 1253-055 09 00 46 13.7 478.6 -3.9 -33.1 19 41 14 59 00 15 04 00 --- 09 05 47 14.3 479.7 -3.9 -32.7 300 51 14 59 01 15 04 40 1243-072 09 06 27 14.3 483.0 -3.7 -31.6 19 51 15 04 40 15 09 40 --- 09 11 28 15.0 484.1 -3.6 -31.1 300 61 15 04 41 15 10 20 1253-055 09 12 08 15.2 481.1 -3.7 -32.2 19 61 15 10 20 15 15 20 --- 09 17 09 15.9 482.2 -3.7 -31.8 300 70 15 10 21 15 16 00 1243-072 09 17 49 15.8 485.5 -3.5 -30.6 19 70 15 16 00 15 21 00 --- 09 22 50 16.4 486.6 -3.4 -30.1 300 80 15 16 01 15 21 40 1253-055 09 23 30 16.7 483.6 -3.6 -31.2 19 80 15 21 40 15 26 40 --- 09 28 31 17.3 484.7 -3.5 -30.8 300 89 15 21 41 15 27 20 1243-072 09 29 11 17.2 488.0 -3.3 -29.5 19 89 15 27 20 15 32 20 --- 09 34 11 17.8 489.1 -3.2 -29.0 300 99 15 27 21 15 33 00 1253-055 09 34 52 18.1 486.1 -3.4 -30.2 19 99 15 33 00 15 38 00 --- 09 39 52 18.7 487.2 -3.3 -29.7 300 109 15 33 01 15 38 40 1243-072 09 40 33 18.5 490.6 -3.1 -28.3 19 109 15 38 40 15 43 40 --- 09 45 33 19.1 491.8 -3.0 -27.8 300 118 15 38 41 15 44 20 1253-055 09 46 13 19.5 488.7 -3.2 -29.0 19 118 15 44 20 15 46 20 --- 09 48 14 19.8 489.2 -3.1 -28.8 120 122 15 44 21 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 47 00 1253-055 09 48 54 19.8 489.3 -3.1 -28.8 34 122 15 47 00 15 49 00 --- 09 50 54 20.1 489.8 -3.1 -28.6 120 126 15 47 01 ---------- Space segment 02 ---------- 15 50 00 1253-055 09 51 54 20.2 490.0 -3.1 -28.4 54 126 15 50 00 15 59 30 --- 10 01 26 21.3 492.3 -2.9 -27.4 570 144 15 50 01 16 00 00 1253-055 10 01 56 21.4 492.4 -2.9 -27.4 24 144 16 00 00 16 09 30 --- 10 11 28 22.4 494.7 -2.8 -26.3 570 162 16 00 01 16 10 00 1253-055 10 11 58 22.5 494.8 -2.7 -26.2 24 162 16 10 00 16 19 30 --- 10 21 29 23.5 497.1 -2.6 -25.1 570 181 16 10 01 ---------- Ground segment 03: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 16 20 00 1253-055 10 21 59 23.6 497.2 -2.6 -25.0 24 181 16 20 00 16 22 00 --- 10 24 00 23.8 497.7 -2.5 -24.7 120 185 16 20 01 16 22 40 1253-055 10 24 40 23.8 497.9 -2.5 -24.7 34 185 16 22 40 16 27 40 --- 10 29 41 24.4 499.1 -2.5 -24.0 300 194 16 22 41 16 28 20 1243-072 10 30 21 23.8 502.6 -2.3 -22.3 19 194 16 28 20 16 33 20 --- 10 35 22 24.3 503.8 -2.2 -21.6 300 204 16 28 21 16 34 00 1253-055 10 36 02 25.0 500.7 -2.3 -23.2 19 204 16 34 00 16 39 00 --- 10 41 02 25.5 502.0 -2.3 -22.5 300 213 16 34 01 16 39 40 1243-072 10 41 43 24.9 505.4 -2.1 -20.7 19 213 16 39 40 16 44 40 --- 10 46 43 25.3 506.7 -2.0 -20.0 300 223 16 39 41 16 45 20 1253-055 10 47 23 26.1 503.6 -2.2 -21.7 19 223 16 45 20 16 50 20 --- 10 52 24 26.5 504.9 -2.1 -21.0 300 233 16 45 21 16 51 00 1243-072 10 53 04 25.8 508.4 -1.9 -19.1 19 233 16 51 00 16 56 00 --- 10 58 05 26.2 509.7 -1.8 -18.4 300 242 16 51 01 16 56 40 1253-055 10 58 45 27.1 506.6 -2.0 -20.0 19 242 16 56 40 17 01 40 --- 11 03 46 27.5 507.9 -1.9 -19.3 300 252 16 56 41 17 02 20 1243-072 11 04 26 26.7 511.4 -1.7 -17.4 19 252 17 02 20 17 07 20 --- 11 09 27 27.1 512.7 -1.6 -16.6 300 262 17 02 21 17 08 00 1253-055 11 10 07 28.0 509.6 -1.8 -18.4 19 262 17 08 00 17 13 00 --- 11 15 08 28.4 510.9 -1.7 -17.6 300 271 17 08 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 --- 17 13 40 1243-072 11 15 48 27.5 514.4 -1.5 -15.7 19 271 17 13 40 17 18 40 --- 11 20 49 27.8 515.7 -1.4 -14.9 300 281 17 13 41 17 19 20 1253-055 11 21 29 28.9 512.6 -1.6 -16.6 19 281 17 19 20 17 26 20 --- 11 28 30 29.3 514.6 -1.5 -15.5 420 294 17 19 21 17 27 00 1253-055 11 29 10 29.4 514.7 -1.5 -15.4 34 294 17 27 00 17 29 00 --- 11 31 11 29.5 515.3 -1.4 -15.1 120 298 17 27 01 ---------- Space segment 03 ---------- 17 30 00 1253-055 11 32 11 29.6 515.6 -1.4 -14.9 54 298 17 30 00 17 39 30 --- 11 41 42 30.2 518.2 -1.3 -13.3 570 316 17 30 01 17 40 00 1253-055 11 42 12 30.2 518.4 -1.2 -13.3 24 316 17 40 00 17 49 30 --- 11 51 44 30.7 521.0 -1.1 -11.7 570 335 17 40 01 17 50 00 1253-055 11 52 14 30.7 521.2 -1.1 -11.6 24 335 17 50 00 17 59 30 --- 12 01 46 31.2 523.9 -0.9 -9.9 570 353 17 50 01 ---------- Ground segment 04: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 18 00 00 1253-055 12 02 16 31.2 524.0 -0.9 -9.8 24 353 18 00 00 18 02 00 --- 12 04 16 31.3 524.6 -0.9 -9.5 120 357 18 00 01 18 02 40 1253-055 12 04 56 31.3 524.8 -0.9 -9.4 34 357 18 02 40 18 07 40 --- 12 09 57 31.5 526.3 -0.8 -8.5 300 366 18 02 41 18 08 20 1243-072 12 10 37 30.1 529.6 -0.6 -6.5 19 366 18 08 20 18 13 20 --- 12 15 38 30.3 531.0 -0.5 -5.6 300 376 18 08 21 18 14 00 1253-055 12 16 18 31.7 528.1 -0.7 -7.4 19 376 18 14 00 18 19 00 --- 12 21 19 31.9 529.5 -0.6 -6.5 300 386 18 14 01 18 19 40 1243-072 12 21 59 30.4 532.9 -0.4 -4.5 19 386 18 19 40 18 24 40 --- 12 27 00 30.5 534.3 -0.3 -3.6 300 395 18 19 41 18 25 20 1253-055 12 27 40 32.0 531.4 -0.5 -5.3 19 395 18 25 20 18 30 20 --- 12 32 41 32.1 532.9 -0.4 -4.4 300 405 18 25 21 18 31 00 1243-072 12 33 21 30.6 536.1 -0.2 -2.4 19 405 18 31 00 18 36 00 --- 12 38 22 30.6 537.6 -0.1 -1.5 300 414 18 31 01 18 36 40 1253-055 12 39 02 32.2 534.7 -0.3 -3.3 20 414 18 36 40 18 41 40 --- 12 44 03 32.3 536.2 -0.2 -2.4 300 424 18 36 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 42 20 1243-072 12 44 43 30.6 539.4 -0.0 -0.4 19 424 18 42 20 18 47 20 --- 12 49 44 30.6 540.8 0.0 0.5 300 434 18 42 21 18 48 00 1253-055 12 50 24 32.3 538.1 -0.1 -1.2 20 434 18 48 00 18 53 00 --- 12 55 24 32.4 539.5 -0.0 -0.3 300 443 18 48 01 18 53 40 1243-072 12 56 05 30.6 542.7 0.2 1.7 20 443 18 53 40 18 58 40 --- 13 01 05 30.6 544.1 0.2 2.6 300 453 18 53 41 18 59 20 1253-055 13 01 45 32.4 541.4 0.1 0.9 20 453 18 59 20 19 06 20 --- 13 08 47 32.3 543.5 0.2 2.2 420 466 18 59 21 19 07 00 1253-055 13 09 27 32.3 543.7 0.2 2.3 34 466 19 07 00 19 09 00 --- 13 11 27 32.3 544.3 0.2 2.7 120 470 19 07 01 21 31 20 1253-055 15 34 10 23.3 583.3 2.6 25.3 8530 470 21 31 20 21 36 20 --- 15 39 11 22.8 584.6 2.7 25.9 300 480 21 31 21 21 37 00 1243-072 15 39 51 20.1 586.3 2.9 26.8 20 480 21 37 00 21 42 00 --- 15 44 52 19.5 587.5 3.0 27.4 300 489 21 37 01 21 42 40 1253-055 15 45 32 22.1 586.1 2.8 26.6 20 489 21 42 40 21 47 40 --- 15 50 33 21.5 587.3 2.9 27.2 300 499 21 42 41 21 48 20 1243-072 15 51 13 18.8 589.0 3.1 28.1 20 499 21 48 20 21 53 20 --- 15 56 14 18.2 590.1 3.2 28.6 300 509 21 48 21 21 54 00 1253-055 15 56 54 20.8 588.8 3.0 27.9 20 509 21 54 00 21 59 00 --- 16 01 55 20.2 590.0 3.1 28.4 300 518 21 54 01 21 59 40 1243-072 16 02 35 17.4 591.6 3.3 29.3 20 518 21 59 40 22 04 40 --- 16 07 36 16.8 592.7 3.3 29.8 300 528 21 59 41 22 05 20 1253-055 16 08 16 19.4 591.4 3.2 29.1 20 528 22 05 20 22 10 20 --- 16 13 17 18.8 592.6 3.3 29.6 300 537 22 05 21 22 11 00 1243-072 16 13 57 16.0 594.1 3.5 30.4 20 537 22 11 00 22 16 00 --- 16 18 58 15.4 595.2 3.5 30.8 300 547 22 11 01 22 16 40 1253-055 16 19 38 18.0 594.0 3.4 30.2 20 547 22 16 40 22 21 40 --- 16 24 39 17.4 595.2 3.5 30.7 300 557 22 16 41 22 22 20 1243-072 16 25 19 14.6 596.6 3.6 31.4 20 557 22 22 20 22 27 20 --- 16 30 20 13.9 597.7 3.7 31.9 300 566 22 22 21 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 --- 22 28 00 1253-055 16 31 00 16.6 596.6 3.6 31.3 20 566 22 28 00 22 33 00 --- 16 36 01 16.0 597.7 3.7 31.7 300 576 22 28 01 22 33 40 1243-072 16 36 41 13.1 599.1 3.8 32.4 20 576 22 33 40 22 38 40 --- 16 41 42 12.4 600.1 3.9 32.8 300 586 22 33 41 22 39 20 1253-055 16 42 22 15.1 599.1 3.8 32.2 20 586 22 39 20 22 44 20 --- 16 47 22 14.4 600.2 3.8 32.7 300 595 22 39 21 22 45 00 1243-072 16 48 03 11.5 601.5 4.0 33.3 20 595 22 45 00 22 50 00 --- 16 53 03 10.9 602.6 4.1 33.6 300 605 22 45 01 22 50 40 1253-055 16 53 43 13.6 601.5 3.9 33.1 20 605 22 50 40 22 54 20 --- 16 57 24 13.1 602.3 4.0 33.4 220 612 22 50 41 ---------- Space segment 06 ---------- 22 55 00 1253-055 16 58 04 13.0 602.5 4.0 33.5 34 612 22 55 00 23 04 30 --- 17 07 36 11.7 604.5 4.2 34.1 570 630 22 55 01 23 05 00 1253-055 17 08 06 11.6 604.6 4.2 34.2 24 630 23 05 00 23 14 30 --- 17 17 37 10.3 606.6 4.3 34.8 570 648 23 05 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: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 11 Station: BADARY 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= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 Net SB= U U L L IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 BBC SB= U U L L IF = A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 24 25 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 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 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