COVER INFORMATION Station: KALYAZIN (Code Kl ) 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 KALYAZIN (Code Kl ) 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: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 18 59 20 1253-055 08 44 25 9.1 116.0 -4.2 -29.3 0 0 18 59 20 19 06 20 --- 08 51 27 9.9 117.6 -4.1 -28.8 420 13 18 59 21 19 07 00 1253-055 08 52 07 10.0 117.7 -4.1 -28.8 20 13 19 07 00 19 09 00 --- 08 54 07 10.2 118.2 -4.0 -28.7 120 17 19 07 01 ---------- Space segment 04 ---------- 19 10 00 1253-055 08 55 07 10.3 118.4 -4.0 -28.6 40 17 19 10 00 19 19 30 --- 09 04 39 11.5 120.5 -3.9 -28.0 570 36 19 10 01 19 20 00 1253-055 09 05 09 11.5 120.6 -3.9 -27.9 10 36 19 20 00 19 29 30 --- 09 14 40 12.6 122.8 -3.7 -27.2 570 54 19 20 01 19 30 00 1253-055 09 15 10 12.7 122.9 -3.7 -27.2 10 54 19 30 00 19 39 30 --- 09 24 42 13.7 125.1 -3.5 -26.5 570 72 19 30 01 ---------- Ground segment 05: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 19 40 00 1253-055 09 25 12 13.8 125.2 -3.5 -26.4 10 72 19 40 00 19 42 00 --- 09 27 12 14.0 125.6 -3.5 -26.3 120 76 19 40 01 19 42 40 1253-055 09 27 53 14.1 125.8 -3.5 -26.2 20 76 19 42 40 19 47 40 --- 09 32 53 14.6 126.9 -3.4 -25.8 300 86 19 42 41 19 48 20 1243-072 09 33 33 14.2 130.2 -3.2 -24.7 14 86 19 48 20 19 53 20 --- 09 38 34 14.7 131.4 -3.1 -24.2 300 95 19 48 21 19 54 00 1253-055 09 39 14 15.3 128.4 -3.3 -25.2 14 95 19 54 00 19 59 00 --- 09 44 15 15.9 129.6 -3.2 -24.8 300 105 19 54 01 19 59 40 1243-072 09 44 55 15.4 132.9 -3.0 -23.6 14 105 19 59 40 20 04 40 --- 09 49 56 15.9 134.0 -2.9 -23.1 300 114 19 59 41 20 05 20 1253-055 09 50 36 16.5 131.1 -3.1 -24.2 14 114 20 05 20 20 10 20 --- 09 55 37 17.0 132.3 -3.0 -23.7 300 124 20 05 21 20 11 00 1243-072 09 56 17 16.5 135.6 -2.8 -22.5 14 124 20 11 00 20 16 00 --- 10 01 18 16.9 136.8 -2.8 -22.0 300 134 20 11 01 20 16 40 1253-055 10 01 58 17.6 133.8 -2.9 -23.1 14 134 20 16 40 20 21 40 --- 10 06 59 18.1 135.0 -2.8 -22.6 300 143 20 16 41 Schedule for KALYAZIN (Code Kl ) 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 --- 20 22 20 1243-072 10 07 39 17.5 138.3 -2.7 -21.3 14 143 20 22 20 20 27 20 --- 10 12 40 18.0 139.5 -2.6 -20.8 300 153 20 22 21 20 28 00 1253-055 10 13 20 18.7 136.5 -2.7 -22.0 14 153 20 28 00 20 33 00 --- 10 18 21 19.2 137.8 -2.6 -21.5 300 162 20 28 01 20 33 40 1243-072 10 19 01 18.5 141.1 -2.5 -20.1 14 162 20 33 40 20 38 40 --- 10 24 02 18.9 142.3 -2.4 -19.5 300 172 20 33 41 20 39 20 1253-055 10 24 42 19.8 139.3 -2.5 -20.8 14 172 20 39 20 20 46 20 --- 10 31 43 20.4 141.1 -2.4 -20.0 420 186 20 39 21 20 47 00 1253-055 10 32 23 20.4 141.2 -2.4 -19.9 20 186 20 47 00 20 49 00 --- 10 34 23 20.6 141.7 -2.4 -19.7 120 189 20 47 01 ---------- Space segment 05 ---------- 20 50 00 1253-055 10 35 24 20.7 142.0 -2.4 -19.6 40 189 20 50 00 20 59 30 --- 10 44 55 21.4 144.4 -2.2 -18.5 570 208 20 50 01 21 00 00 1253-055 10 45 25 21.5 144.5 -2.2 -18.4 10 208 21 00 00 21 09 30 --- 10 54 57 22.2 147.0 -2.0 -17.3 570 226 21 00 01 21 10 00 1253-055 10 55 27 22.2 147.1 -2.0 -17.2 10 226 21 10 00 21 19 30 --- 11 04 58 22.9 149.5 -1.9 -16.0 570 244 21 10 01 ---------- Ground segment 06: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 21 20 00 1253-055 11 05 29 23.0 149.7 -1.9 -16.0 10 244 21 20 00 21 25 00 --- 11 10 29 23.3 151.0 -1.8 -15.3 300 254 21 20 01 21 25 40 1243-072 11 11 09 22.3 154.3 -1.6 -13.7 14 254 21 25 40 21 30 40 --- 11 16 10 22.6 155.6 -1.5 -13.1 300 263 21 25 41 21 31 20 1253-055 11 16 50 23.7 152.6 -1.7 -14.5 14 263 21 31 20 21 36 20 --- 11 21 51 24.0 154.0 -1.6 -13.8 300 273 21 31 21 21 37 00 1243-072 11 22 31 22.9 157.2 -1.4 -12.2 14 273 21 37 00 21 42 00 --- 11 27 32 23.2 158.5 -1.3 -11.5 300 283 21 37 01 21 42 40 1253-055 11 28 12 24.4 155.6 -1.5 -13.0 14 283 21 42 40 21 47 40 --- 11 33 13 24.6 157.0 -1.4 -12.3 300 292 21 42 41 21 48 20 1243-072 11 33 53 23.5 160.2 -1.2 -10.6 14 292 21 48 20 21 53 20 --- 11 38 54 23.7 161.6 -1.1 -9.9 300 302 21 48 21 Schedule for KALYAZIN (Code Kl ) 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 --- 21 54 00 1253-055 11 39 34 25.0 158.7 -1.3 -11.4 14 302 21 54 00 21 59 00 --- 11 44 35 25.2 160.0 -1.2 -10.7 300 312 21 54 01 21 59 40 1243-072 11 45 15 24.0 163.3 -1.0 -9.1 14 312 21 59 40 22 04 40 --- 11 50 16 24.2 164.6 -0.9 -8.3 300 321 21 59 41 22 05 20 1253-055 11 50 56 25.5 161.8 -1.1 -9.8 14 321 22 05 20 22 10 20 --- 11 55 57 25.7 163.1 -1.0 -9.1 300 331 22 05 21 22 11 00 1243-072 11 56 37 24.4 166.3 -0.8 -7.4 14 331 22 11 00 22 16 00 --- 12 01 38 24.5 167.7 -0.8 -6.7 300 340 22 11 01 22 16 40 1253-055 12 02 18 25.9 164.9 -0.9 -8.2 14 340 22 16 40 22 21 40 --- 12 07 19 26.1 166.2 -0.8 -7.4 300 350 22 16 41 22 22 20 1243-072 12 07 59 24.7 169.4 -0.6 -5.8 14 350 22 22 20 22 27 20 --- 12 13 00 24.8 170.8 -0.6 -5.0 300 360 22 22 21 22 28 00 1253-055 12 13 40 26.3 168.0 -0.7 -6.5 14 360 22 28 00 22 33 00 --- 12 18 41 26.4 169.4 -0.6 -5.8 300 369 22 28 01 22 33 40 1243-072 12 19 21 24.9 172.5 -0.5 -4.1 14 369 22 33 40 22 38 40 --- 12 24 21 25.0 173.9 -0.4 -3.4 300 379 22 33 41 22 39 20 1253-055 12 25 02 26.6 171.1 -0.5 -4.8 14 379 22 39 20 22 44 20 --- 12 30 02 26.7 172.5 -0.4 -4.1 300 388 22 39 21 22 45 00 1243-072 12 30 43 25.1 175.6 -0.3 -2.4 14 388 22 45 00 22 50 00 --- 12 35 43 25.1 177.0 -0.2 -1.7 300 398 22 45 01 22 50 40 1253-055 12 36 23 26.8 174.3 -0.3 -3.1 14 398 22 50 40 22 54 20 --- 12 40 04 26.8 175.3 -0.3 -2.6 220 405 22 50 41 ---------- Space segment 06 ---------- 22 55 00 1253-055 12 40 44 26.8 175.5 -0.3 -2.5 20 405 22 55 00 23 04 30 --- 12 50 16 26.9 178.1 -0.1 -1.0 570 423 22 55 01 23 05 00 1253-055 12 50 46 26.9 178.3 -0.1 -0.9 10 423 23 05 00 23 14 30 --- 13 00 17 26.9 180.9 0.1 0.5 570 442 23 05 01 23 15 00 1253-055 13 00 47 26.9 181.1 0.1 0.6 10 442 23 15 00 23 24 30 --- 13 10 19 26.8 183.7 0.2 2.0 570 460 23 15 01 Schedule for KALYAZIN (Code Kl ) 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 --- 23 25 00 1253-055 13 10 49 26.8 183.9 0.2 2.1 10 460 23 25 00 23 34 30 --- 13 20 21 26.7 186.5 0.4 3.5 570 478 23 25 01 23 35 00 1253-055 13 20 51 26.7 186.7 0.4 3.6 10 478 23 35 00 23 44 30 --- 13 30 22 26.5 189.3 0.6 5.0 570 496 23 35 01 23 45 00 1253-055 13 30 52 26.5 189.4 0.6 5.1 10 496 23 45 00 23 54 30 --- 13 40 24 26.3 192.1 0.7 6.5 570 515 23 45 01 --- Start: Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 -- Stop: Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 23 55 00 1253-055 13 40 54 26.3 192.2 0.7 6.6 10 515 23 55 00 00 04 30 --- 13 50 26 26.0 194.8 0.9 8.0 570 533 23 55 01 00 05 00 1253-055 13 50 56 26.0 195.0 0.9 8.1 10 533 00 05 00 00 14 30 --- 14 00 27 25.6 197.6 1.1 9.5 570 551 00 05 01 00 15 00 1253-055 14 00 57 25.6 197.7 1.1 9.5 10 551 00 15 00 00 24 30 --- 14 10 29 25.2 200.3 1.2 10.9 570 570 00 15 01 00 25 00 1253-055 14 10 59 25.1 200.4 1.2 10.9 10 570 00 25 00 00 34 30 --- 14 20 30 24.7 203.0 1.4 12.3 570 588 00 25 01 00 35 00 1253-055 14 21 01 24.6 203.1 1.4 12.3 10 588 00 35 00 00 44 30 --- 14 30 32 24.1 205.6 1.6 13.6 570 606 00 35 01 00 45 00 1253-055 14 31 02 24.1 205.8 1.6 13.7 10 606 00 45 00 00 54 30 --- 14 40 34 23.5 208.3 1.7 14.9 570 624 00 45 01 00 55 00 1253-055 14 41 04 23.4 208.4 1.7 15.0 10 624 00 55 00 01 04 30 --- 14 50 35 22.8 210.9 1.9 16.2 570 643 00 55 01 ---------- Ground segment 07: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 01 05 00 1253-055 14 51 05 22.8 211.0 1.9 16.3 10 643 01 05 00 01 10 00 --- 14 56 06 22.4 212.3 2.0 16.9 300 652 01 05 01 01 10 40 1243-072 14 56 46 20.0 214.5 2.2 18.0 10 652 01 10 40 01 15 40 --- 15 01 47 19.6 215.8 2.2 18.6 300 662 01 10 41 01 16 20 1253-055 15 02 27 22.0 213.9 2.1 17.7 10 662 01 16 20 01 21 20 --- 15 07 28 21.6 215.2 2.2 18.3 300 671 01 16 21 01 22 00 1243-072 15 08 08 19.1 217.3 2.4 19.3 10 671 01 22 00 01 27 00 --- 15 13 09 18.7 218.6 2.4 19.9 300 681 01 22 01 Schedule for KALYAZIN (Code Kl ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 01 27 40 1253-055 15 13 49 21.1 216.8 2.3 19.0 10 681 01 27 40 01 32 40 --- 15 18 50 20.6 218.1 2.4 19.6 300 691 01 27 41 01 33 20 1243-072 15 19 30 18.1 220.1 2.5 20.6 10 691 01 33 20 01 38 20 --- 15 24 31 17.7 221.3 2.6 21.1 300 700 01 33 21 01 39 00 1253-055 15 25 11 20.1 219.7 2.5 20.3 10 700 01 39 00 01 44 00 --- 15 30 12 19.7 220.9 2.6 20.9 300 710 01 39 01 01 44 40 1243-072 15 30 52 17.1 222.9 2.7 21.8 10 710 01 44 40 01 49 40 --- 15 35 53 16.6 224.1 2.8 22.3 300 720 01 44 41 01 50 20 1253-055 15 36 33 19.1 222.5 2.7 21.6 10 720 01 50 20 01 54 20 --- 15 40 34 18.7 223.5 2.7 22.0 240 727 01 50 21 01 55 00 1243-072 15 41 14 16.1 225.4 2.9 22.9 10 727 01 55 00 01 59 00 --- 15 45 14 15.7 226.3 3.0 23.3 240 735 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: 21 Station: KALYAZIN 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 L U L IF SB = U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 BBC SB= U L U L IF = A A B B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off 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: 11 Frequency Set: 14 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: 14 15 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