COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 --- ---------- Space segment 05 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 20 50 00 1253-055 08 31 20 10.0 112.2 -4.4 H -36.3 0 0 20 50 00 20 59 30 --- 08 40 51 11.4 114.2 -4.3 -35.7 0 18 20 50 01 21 00 00 1253-055 08 41 21 11.5 114.3 -4.3 -35.6 19 18 21 00 00 21 09 30 --- 08 50 53 12.9 116.2 -4.1 -35.0 570 37 21 00 01 21 10 00 1253-055 08 51 23 12.9 116.4 -4.1 -34.9 19 37 21 10 00 21 19 30 --- 09 00 54 14.3 118.4 -3.9 -34.2 570 55 21 10 01 ---------- Ground segment 06: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 21 20 00 1253-055 09 01 25 14.4 118.5 -3.9 -34.2 19 55 21 20 00 21 25 00 --- 09 06 25 15.0 119.5 -3.8 -33.8 300 64 21 20 01 21 25 40 1243-072 09 07 05 15.1 122.8 -3.7 -32.6 6 64 21 25 40 21 30 40 --- 09 12 06 15.7 123.9 -3.6 -32.2 300 74 21 25 41 21 31 20 1253-055 09 12 46 15.9 120.9 -3.7 -33.3 6 74 21 31 20 21 36 20 --- 09 17 47 16.6 122.0 -3.7 -32.8 300 84 21 31 21 21 37 00 1243-072 09 18 27 16.6 125.3 -3.5 -31.6 5 84 21 37 00 21 42 00 --- 09 23 28 17.2 126.4 -3.4 -31.1 300 93 21 37 01 21 42 40 1253-055 09 24 08 17.5 123.4 -3.5 -32.3 6 93 21 42 40 21 47 40 --- 09 29 09 18.1 124.5 -3.5 -31.8 300 103 21 42 41 21 48 20 1243-072 09 29 49 18.0 127.8 -3.3 -30.4 5 103 21 48 20 21 53 20 --- 09 34 50 18.6 129.0 -3.2 -29.9 300 112 21 48 21 21 54 00 1253-055 09 35 30 18.9 125.9 -3.4 -31.2 6 112 21 54 00 21 59 00 --- 09 40 31 19.6 127.0 -3.3 -30.7 300 122 21 54 01 21 59 40 1243-072 09 41 11 19.4 130.4 -3.1 -29.2 5 122 21 59 40 22 04 40 --- 09 46 12 20.0 131.6 -3.0 -28.7 300 132 21 59 41 22 05 20 1253-055 09 46 52 20.4 128.5 -3.2 -30.0 6 132 22 05 20 22 10 20 --- 09 51 53 21.0 129.7 -3.1 -29.5 300 141 22 05 21 22 11 00 1243-072 09 52 33 20.8 133.1 -2.9 -27.9 5 141 22 11 00 22 16 00 --- 09 57 34 21.3 134.2 -2.8 -27.4 300 151 22 11 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 --- 22 16 40 1253-055 09 58 14 21.8 131.1 -3.0 -28.8 6 151 22 16 40 22 21 40 --- 10 03 15 22.4 132.3 -2.9 -28.2 300 161 22 16 41 22 22 20 1243-072 10 03 55 22.1 135.7 -2.7 -26.6 5 161 22 22 20 22 27 20 --- 10 08 56 22.6 136.9 -2.6 -26.0 300 170 22 22 21 22 28 00 1253-055 10 09 36 23.1 133.8 -2.8 -27.5 6 170 22 28 00 22 33 00 --- 10 14 37 23.7 135.0 -2.7 -26.8 300 180 22 28 01 22 33 40 1243-072 10 15 17 23.3 138.5 -2.5 -25.2 5 180 22 33 40 22 38 40 --- 10 20 17 23.8 139.7 -2.4 -24.5 300 189 22 33 41 22 39 20 1253-055 10 20 58 24.4 136.6 -2.6 -26.1 6 189 22 39 20 22 44 20 --- 10 25 58 24.9 137.8 -2.5 -25.4 300 199 22 39 21 22 45 00 1243-072 10 26 38 24.5 141.3 -2.3 -23.6 5 199 22 45 00 22 50 00 --- 10 31 39 24.9 142.6 -2.3 -23.0 300 209 22 45 01 22 50 40 1253-055 10 32 19 25.6 139.4 -2.4 -24.6 6 209 22 50 40 22 54 20 --- 10 36 00 26.0 140.3 -2.3 -24.1 220 216 22 50 41 ---------- Space segment 06 ---------- 22 55 00 1253-055 10 36 40 26.0 140.5 -2.3 -24.0 29 216 22 55 00 23 04 30 --- 10 46 12 27.0 142.9 -2.2 -22.7 570 234 22 55 01 23 05 00 1253-055 10 46 42 27.0 143.1 -2.2 -22.6 19 234 23 05 00 23 14 30 --- 10 56 13 27.9 145.5 -2.0 -21.2 570 252 23 05 01 23 15 00 1253-055 10 56 43 27.9 145.7 -2.0 -21.1 19 252 23 15 00 23 24 30 --- 11 06 15 28.8 148.2 -1.8 -19.7 570 271 23 15 01 23 25 00 1253-055 11 06 45 28.8 148.3 -1.8 -19.6 19 271 23 25 00 23 34 30 --- 11 16 17 29.6 150.9 -1.7 -18.1 570 289 23 25 01 23 35 00 1253-055 11 16 47 29.6 151.0 -1.7 -18.0 19 289 23 35 00 23 44 30 --- 11 26 18 30.3 153.6 -1.5 -16.5 570 307 23 35 01 23 45 00 1253-055 11 26 48 30.3 153.8 -1.5 -16.4 19 307 23 45 00 23 54 30 --- 11 36 20 31.0 156.4 -1.3 -14.8 570 325 23 45 01 --- Start: Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 -- Stop: Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 23 55 00 1253-055 11 36 50 31.0 156.6 -1.3 -14.7 19 325 23 55 00 00 04 30 --- 11 46 22 31.6 159.3 -1.2 -13.1 570 344 23 55 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 00 05 00 1253-055 11 46 52 31.6 159.4 -1.2 -13.0 19 344 00 05 00 00 14 30 --- 11 56 23 32.1 162.1 -1.0 -11.3 570 362 00 05 01 00 15 00 1253-055 11 56 53 32.1 162.3 -1.0 -11.2 19 362 00 15 00 00 24 30 --- 12 06 25 32.6 165.0 -0.8 -9.5 570 380 00 15 01 00 25 00 1253-055 12 06 55 32.6 165.2 -0.8 -9.4 19 380 00 25 00 00 34 30 --- 12 16 26 32.9 168.0 -0.7 -7.7 570 398 00 25 01 00 35 00 1253-055 12 16 57 32.9 168.1 -0.7 -7.6 19 398 00 35 00 00 44 30 --- 12 26 28 33.2 170.9 -0.5 -5.8 570 417 00 35 01 00 45 00 1253-055 12 26 58 33.2 171.1 -0.5 -5.7 19 417 00 45 00 00 54 30 --- 12 36 30 33.4 173.9 -0.3 -3.9 570 435 00 45 01 00 55 00 1253-055 12 37 00 33.4 174.1 -0.3 -3.8 19 435 00 55 00 01 04 30 --- 12 46 31 33.6 176.9 -0.2 -2.0 570 453 00 55 01 ---------- Ground segment 07: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 01 05 00 1253-055 12 47 01 33.6 177.0 -0.2 -1.9 19 453 01 05 00 01 10 00 --- 12 52 02 33.6 178.5 -0.1 -0.9 300 463 01 05 01 01 10 40 1243-072 12 52 42 31.9 181.7 0.1 1.1 6 463 01 10 40 01 15 40 --- 12 57 43 31.8 183.2 0.2 2.0 300 472 01 10 41 01 16 20 1253-055 12 58 23 33.6 180.4 0.0 0.3 7 472 01 16 20 01 21 20 --- 13 03 24 33.6 181.9 0.1 1.2 300 482 01 16 21 01 22 00 1243-072 13 04 04 31.8 185.0 0.3 3.2 6 482 01 22 00 01 27 00 --- 13 09 05 31.7 186.5 0.4 4.2 300 492 01 22 01 01 27 40 1253-055 13 09 45 33.5 183.8 0.2 2.4 8 492 01 27 40 01 32 40 --- 13 14 46 33.5 185.3 0.3 3.4 300 501 01 27 41 01 33 20 1243-072 13 15 26 31.6 188.3 0.5 5.3 7 501 01 33 20 01 38 20 --- 13 20 27 31.4 189.8 0.6 6.3 300 511 01 33 21 01 39 00 1253-055 13 21 07 33.4 187.2 0.4 4.6 8 511 01 39 00 01 44 00 --- 13 26 08 33.3 188.7 0.5 5.5 300 521 01 39 01 01 44 40 1243-072 13 26 48 31.2 191.6 0.7 7.4 7 521 01 44 40 01 49 40 --- 13 31 49 31.1 193.0 0.7 8.3 300 530 01 44 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 01 50 20 1253-055 13 32 29 33.1 190.6 0.6 6.7 8 530 01 50 20 01 54 20 --- 13 36 30 33.0 191.7 0.7 7.5 240 538 01 50 21 01 55 00 1243-072 13 37 10 30.9 194.6 0.8 9.3 8 538 01 55 00 01 59 00 --- 13 41 10 30.7 195.7 0.9 10.0 240 546 01 55 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 --- 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: 14 Station: EFLSBERG 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= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 Net SB= U U L L IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 BBC SB= U U L L IF = A1 B3 A1 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 23 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 23 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