COVER INFORMATION Station: HOBART (Code Ho ) 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 HOBART (Code Ho ) 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 01 ---------- 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 15 00 1253-055 11 17 28 47.0 37.9 -1.7 87.3 0 0 14 15 00 14 24 30 --- 11 27 00 48.1 34.7 -1.5 87.6 570 18 14 15 01 14 25 00 1253-055 11 27 30 48.1 34.5 -1.5 87.6 26 18 14 25 00 14 34 30 --- 11 37 02 49.1 31.2 -1.3 87.9 570 36 14 25 01 14 35 00 1253-055 11 37 32 49.1 31.1 -1.3 87.9 26 36 14 35 00 14 44 30 --- 11 47 03 50.0 27.7 -1.2 88.2 570 55 14 35 01 ---------- Ground segment 02: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 14 45 00 1253-055 11 47 33 50.0 27.5 -1.2 88.2 26 55 14 45 00 14 47 00 --- 11 49 34 50.2 26.8 -1.1 88.2 120 59 14 45 01 14 47 40 1253-055 11 50 14 50.2 26.5 -1.1 88.2 36 59 14 47 40 14 52 40 --- 11 55 15 50.6 24.7 -1.0 88.4 300 68 14 47 41 14 53 20 1243-072 11 55 55 53.0 21.3 -0.8 88.3 18 68 14 53 20 14 58 20 --- 12 00 55 53.4 19.3 -0.8 88.5 300 78 14 53 21 14 59 00 1253-055 12 01 36 51.1 22.3 -0.9 88.6 19 78 14 59 00 15 04 00 --- 12 06 36 51.4 20.3 -0.8 88.7 300 87 14 59 01 15 04 40 1243-072 12 07 17 53.7 16.7 -0.7 88.7 19 87 15 04 40 15 09 40 --- 12 12 17 54.0 14.7 -0.6 88.9 300 97 15 04 41 15 10 20 1253-055 12 12 57 51.8 17.9 -0.7 88.9 19 97 15 10 20 15 15 20 --- 12 17 58 52.1 15.9 -0.6 89.0 300 107 15 10 21 15 16 00 1243-072 12 18 38 54.2 12.0 -0.5 89.1 19 107 15 16 00 15 21 00 --- 12 23 39 54.4 9.9 -0.4 89.2 300 116 15 16 01 15 21 40 1253-055 12 24 19 52.4 13.4 -0.5 89.2 19 116 15 21 40 15 26 40 --- 12 29 20 52.6 11.3 -0.5 89.3 300 126 15 21 41 15 27 20 1243-072 12 30 00 54.6 7.2 -0.3 89.4 19 126 15 27 20 15 32 20 --- 12 35 01 54.7 5.1 -0.2 89.6 300 135 15 27 21 15 33 00 1253-055 12 35 41 52.8 8.8 -0.4 89.5 19 135 15 33 00 15 38 00 --- 12 40 42 52.9 6.7 -0.3 89.6 300 145 15 33 01 Schedule for HOBART (Code Ho ) 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 38 40 1243-072 12 41 22 54.8 2.3 -0.1 89.8 19 145 15 38 40 15 43 40 --- 12 46 23 54.8 0.2 -0.0 90.0 300 155 15 38 41 15 44 20 1253-055 12 47 03 53.0 4.1 -0.2 89.7 19 155 15 44 20 15 46 20 --- 12 49 03 53.0 3.3 -0.1 89.8 120 158 15 44 21 15 47 00 1253-055 12 49 43 53.0 3.0 -0.1 89.8 36 158 15 47 00 15 49 00 --- 12 51 44 53.0 2.2 -0.1 89.9 120 162 15 47 01 ---------- Space segment 02 ---------- 15 50 00 1253-055 12 52 44 53.1 1.7 -0.1 89.9 56 162 15 50 00 15 59 30 --- 13 02 16 53.0 357.8 0.1 90.1 570 180 15 50 01 16 00 00 1253-055 13 02 46 53.0 357.6 0.1 90.1 26 180 16 00 00 16 09 30 --- 13 12 17 52.9 353.7 0.3 90.4 570 199 16 00 01 16 10 00 1253-055 13 12 47 52.9 353.5 0.3 90.4 26 199 16 10 00 16 19 30 --- 13 22 19 52.6 349.6 0.4 90.7 570 217 16 10 01 ---------- Ground segment 03: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 16 20 00 1253-055 13 22 49 52.6 349.4 0.4 90.7 26 217 16 20 00 16 22 00 --- 13 24 49 52.6 348.6 0.5 90.7 120 221 16 20 01 16 22 40 1253-055 13 25 29 52.5 348.3 0.5 90.7 36 221 16 22 40 16 27 40 --- 13 30 30 52.3 346.3 0.6 90.9 300 230 16 22 41 16 28 20 1243-072 13 31 10 53.5 341.3 0.7 91.5 19 230 16 28 20 16 33 20 --- 13 36 11 53.2 339.3 0.8 91.7 300 240 16 28 21 16 34 00 1253-055 13 36 51 52.0 343.7 0.7 91.0 19 240 16 34 00 16 39 00 --- 13 41 52 51.8 341.8 0.7 91.2 300 250 16 34 01 16 39 40 1243-072 13 42 32 52.7 336.8 0.9 91.9 19 250 16 39 40 16 44 40 --- 13 47 33 52.3 334.9 1.0 92.1 300 259 16 39 41 16 45 20 1253-055 13 48 13 51.4 339.3 0.9 91.3 19 259 16 45 20 16 50 20 --- 13 53 14 51.0 337.4 0.9 91.5 300 269 16 45 21 16 51 00 1243-072 13 53 54 51.8 332.4 1.1 92.3 19 269 16 51 00 16 56 00 --- 13 58 55 51.4 330.6 1.2 92.5 300 278 16 51 01 16 56 40 1253-055 13 59 35 50.6 335.0 1.0 91.6 20 278 16 56 40 17 01 40 --- 14 04 36 50.2 333.2 1.1 91.8 300 288 16 56 41 Schedule for HOBART (Code Ho ) 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 02 20 1243-072 14 05 16 50.8 328.3 1.3 92.7 19 288 17 02 20 17 07 20 --- 14 10 17 50.3 326.5 1.4 92.9 300 298 17 02 21 17 08 00 1253-055 14 10 57 49.6 330.9 1.2 92.0 20 298 17 08 00 17 13 00 --- 14 15 58 49.1 329.1 1.3 92.1 300 307 17 08 01 17 13 40 1243-072 14 16 38 49.6 324.2 1.5 93.1 19 307 17 13 40 17 18 40 --- 14 21 39 49.1 322.5 1.6 93.3 300 317 17 13 41 17 19 20 1253-055 14 22 19 48.5 326.9 1.4 92.3 20 317 17 19 20 17 26 20 --- 14 29 20 47.8 324.5 1.5 92.5 420 330 17 19 21 17 27 00 1253-055 14 30 00 47.7 324.3 1.6 92.5 36 330 17 27 00 17 29 00 --- 14 32 00 47.5 323.6 1.6 92.6 120 334 17 27 01 ---------- Space segment 03 ---------- 17 30 00 1253-055 14 33 00 47.4 323.3 1.6 92.6 56 334 17 30 00 17 39 30 --- 14 42 32 46.3 320.2 1.8 92.9 570 352 17 30 01 17 40 00 1253-055 14 43 02 46.3 320.0 1.8 92.9 26 352 17 40 00 17 49 30 --- 14 52 34 45.1 317.1 1.9 93.2 570 371 17 40 01 17 50 00 1253-055 14 53 04 45.0 316.9 1.9 93.2 26 371 17 50 00 17 59 30 --- 15 02 35 43.8 314.1 2.1 93.6 570 389 17 50 01 ---------- Ground segment 04: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 18 00 00 1253-055 15 03 05 43.8 313.9 2.1 93.6 26 389 18 00 00 18 02 00 --- 15 05 06 43.5 313.3 2.1 93.7 120 393 18 00 01 18 02 40 1253-055 15 05 46 43.4 313.1 2.1 93.7 36 393 18 02 40 18 07 40 --- 15 10 47 42.7 311.7 2.2 93.9 300 402 18 02 41 18 08 20 1243-072 15 11 27 42.6 307.4 2.4 95.5 19 402 18 08 20 18 13 20 --- 15 16 28 41.9 306.0 2.5 95.8 300 412 18 08 21 18 14 00 1253-055 15 17 08 41.8 309.9 2.3 94.1 19 412 18 14 00 18 19 00 --- 15 22 08 41.1 308.6 2.4 94.3 300 421 18 14 01 18 19 40 1243-072 15 22 49 40.9 304.4 2.6 96.1 19 421 18 19 40 18 24 40 --- 15 27 49 40.2 303.1 2.7 96.4 300 431 18 19 41 18 25 20 1253-055 15 28 29 40.2 306.9 2.5 94.5 19 431 18 25 20 18 30 20 --- 15 33 30 39.5 305.6 2.6 94.8 300 441 18 25 21 Schedule for HOBART (Code Ho ) 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 31 00 1243-072 15 34 10 39.2 301.5 2.8 96.7 19 441 18 31 00 18 36 00 --- 15 39 11 38.4 300.3 2.9 97.0 300 450 18 31 01 18 36 40 1253-055 15 39 51 38.5 304.0 2.7 95.0 19 450 18 36 40 18 41 40 --- 15 44 52 37.7 302.7 2.8 95.3 300 460 18 36 41 18 42 20 1243-072 15 45 32 37.4 298.7 3.0 97.4 18 460 18 42 20 18 47 20 --- 15 50 33 36.6 297.6 3.1 97.8 300 469 18 42 21 18 48 00 1253-055 15 51 13 36.7 301.2 2.9 95.6 18 469 18 48 00 18 53 00 --- 15 56 14 36.0 300.0 3.0 95.8 300 479 18 48 01 18 53 40 1243-072 15 56 54 35.5 296.1 3.2 98.2 18 479 18 53 40 18 58 40 --- 16 01 55 34.7 295.0 3.3 98.6 300 489 18 53 41 18 59 20 1253-055 16 02 35 34.9 298.5 3.1 96.1 17 489 18 59 20 19 06 20 --- 16 09 36 33.8 296.9 3.2 96.5 420 502 18 59 21 19 07 00 1253-055 16 10 16 33.7 296.7 3.2 96.6 36 502 19 07 00 19 09 00 --- 16 12 17 33.4 296.3 3.3 96.7 120 506 19 07 01 ---------- Space segment 04 ---------- 19 10 00 1253-055 16 13 17 33.2 296.1 3.3 96.7 56 506 19 10 00 19 19 30 --- 16 22 48 31.6 294.0 3.4 97.3 570 524 19 10 01 19 20 00 1253-055 16 23 18 31.5 293.9 3.4 97.3 26 524 19 20 00 19 29 30 --- 16 32 50 29.9 291.8 3.6 98.0 570 542 19 20 01 19 30 00 1253-055 16 33 20 29.8 291.7 3.6 98.0 26 542 19 30 00 19 39 30 --- 16 42 52 28.2 289.8 3.8 98.8 570 561 19 30 01 ---------- Ground segment 05: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 19 40 00 1253-055 16 43 22 28.1 289.7 3.8 98.8 26 561 19 40 00 19 42 00 --- 16 45 22 27.8 289.3 3.8 99.0 120 564 19 40 01 19 42 40 1253-055 16 46 02 27.7 289.1 3.8 99.0 36 564 19 42 40 19 47 40 --- 16 51 03 26.8 288.1 3.9 99.5 300 574 19 42 41 19 48 20 1243-072 16 51 43 26.1 284.7 4.1 103.5 13 574 19 48 20 19 53 20 --- 16 56 44 25.2 283.7 4.2 104.2 300 584 19 48 21 19 54 00 1253-055 16 57 24 25.7 286.9 4.0 100.1 13 584 19 54 00 19 59 00 --- 17 02 25 24.8 285.9 4.1 100.6 300 593 19 54 01 Schedule for HOBART (Code Ho ) 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 59 40 1243-072 17 03 05 24.1 282.5 4.3 105.2 12 593 19 59 40 20 04 40 --- 17 08 06 23.2 281.6 4.4 106.0 300 603 19 59 41 20 05 20 1253-055 17 08 46 23.7 284.7 4.2 101.3 11 603 20 05 20 20 10 20 --- 17 13 47 22.8 283.7 4.3 101.9 300 612 20 05 21 20 11 00 1243-072 17 14 27 22.0 280.4 4.5 107.2 10 612 20 11 00 20 16 00 --- 17 19 28 21.1 279.5 4.5 108.2 300 622 20 11 01 20 16 40 1253-055 17 20 08 21.6 282.6 4.4 102.8 9 622 20 16 40 20 21 40 --- 17 25 09 20.7 281.6 4.5 103.6 300 632 20 16 41 20 22 20 1243-072 17 25 49 20.0 278.3 4.6 109.7 8 632 20 22 20 20 27 20 --- 17 30 50 19.1 277.4 4.7 111.0 300 641 20 22 21 20 28 00 1253-055 17 31 30 19.6 280.5 4.6 104.6 7 641 20 28 00 20 33 00 --- 17 36 30 18.7 279.6 4.7 105.6 300 651 20 28 01 20 33 40 1243-072 17 37 11 17.9 276.3 4.8 112.8 6 651 20 33 40 20 38 40 --- 17 42 11 17.0 275.4 4.9 114.5 300 660 20 33 41 20 39 20 1253-055 17 42 52 17.5 278.4 4.8 107.0 5 660 20 39 20 20 46 20 --- 17 49 53 16.3 277.2 4.9 108.7 420 674 20 39 21 20 47 00 1253-055 17 50 33 16.1 277.1 4.9 108.9 36 674 20 47 00 20 49 00 --- 17 52 33 15.8 276.7 4.9 109.5 120 678 20 47 01 ---------- Space segment 05 ---------- 20 50 00 1253-055 17 53 33 15.6 276.5 4.9 109.8 56 678 20 50 00 20 59 30 --- 18 03 05 13.9 274.9 5.1 113.1 570 696 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: ho1cm Confirmed 11/06/2003 email from Brett Reid Setup group: 7 Station: HOBART 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: 7 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: 7 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