COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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: 272.00 272.00 272.00 272.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 19 54 00 1253-055 07 54 14 6.0 464.3 -5.0 -44.0 0 0 19 54 00 19 59 00 --- 07 59 14 6.8 465.2 -5.0 -43.8 300 10 19 54 04 19 59 40 1243-072 07 59 55 7.4 468.3 -4.8 -43.1 32 10 19 59 40 20 04 40 --- 08 04 55 8.3 469.3 -4.7 -42.8 300 19 19 59 44 20 05 20 1253-055 08 05 35 7.9 466.3 -4.9 -43.5 32 19 20 05 20 20 10 20 --- 08 10 36 8.8 467.3 -4.8 -43.2 300 29 20 05 24 20 11 00 1243-072 08 11 16 9.3 470.4 -4.6 -42.4 32 29 20 11 00 20 16 00 --- 08 16 17 10.2 471.4 -4.5 -42.1 300 38 20 11 04 20 16 40 1253-055 08 16 57 9.8 468.4 -4.7 -42.8 32 38 20 16 40 20 21 40 --- 08 21 58 10.7 469.4 -4.6 -42.5 300 48 20 16 44 20 22 20 1243-072 08 22 38 11.2 472.6 -4.4 -41.6 32 48 20 22 20 20 27 20 --- 08 27 39 12.0 473.5 -4.3 -41.3 300 58 20 22 24 20 28 00 1253-055 08 28 19 11.8 470.5 -4.5 -42.2 32 58 20 28 00 20 33 00 --- 08 33 20 12.6 471.5 -4.4 -41.8 300 67 20 28 04 20 33 40 1243-072 08 34 00 13.1 474.7 -4.2 -40.8 32 67 20 33 40 20 38 40 --- 08 39 01 13.9 475.7 -4.1 -40.4 300 77 20 33 44 20 39 20 1253-055 08 39 41 13.6 472.7 -4.3 -41.4 32 77 20 39 20 20 46 20 --- 08 46 42 14.8 474.1 -4.2 -40.9 420 90 20 39 24 20 47 00 1253-055 08 47 22 14.9 474.2 -4.2 -40.8 37 90 20 47 00 20 49 00 --- 08 49 23 15.2 474.6 -4.1 -40.7 120 94 20 47 04 ---------- Space segment 05 ---------- 20 50 00 1253-055 08 50 23 15.4 474.8 -4.1 -40.6 57 94 20 50 00 20 59 30 --- 08 59 54 16.9 476.7 -4.0 -39.8 570 112 20 50 04 21 00 00 1253-055 09 00 24 17.0 476.8 -3.9 -39.8 27 112 21 00 00 21 09 30 --- 09 09 56 18.5 478.7 -3.8 -39.0 570 131 21 00 04 21 10 00 1253-055 09 10 26 18.6 478.8 -3.8 -38.9 27 131 21 10 00 21 19 30 --- 09 19 58 20.0 480.8 -3.6 -38.0 570 149 21 10 04 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 --- ---------- Ground segment 06: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 21 20 00 1253-055 09 20 28 20.1 480.9 -3.6 -38.0 27 149 21 20 00 21 25 00 --- 09 25 29 20.9 481.9 -3.5 -37.5 300 158 21 20 04 21 25 40 1243-072 09 26 09 21.1 485.3 -3.3 -35.9 32 158 21 25 40 21 30 40 --- 09 31 09 21.8 486.4 -3.3 -35.4 300 168 21 25 44 21 31 20 1253-055 09 31 50 21.8 483.3 -3.4 -36.8 32 168 21 31 20 21 36 20 --- 09 36 50 22.6 484.3 -3.3 -36.3 300 178 21 31 24 21 37 00 1243-072 09 37 31 22.7 487.8 -3.2 -34.6 32 178 21 37 00 21 42 00 --- 09 42 31 23.4 488.9 -3.1 -34.0 300 187 21 37 04 21 42 40 1253-055 09 43 11 23.5 485.7 -3.2 -35.6 32 187 21 42 40 21 47 40 --- 09 48 12 24.2 486.9 -3.1 -35.0 300 197 21 42 44 21 48 20 1243-072 09 48 52 24.3 490.3 -3.0 -33.2 32 197 21 48 20 21 53 20 --- 09 53 53 25.0 491.5 -2.9 -32.6 300 206 21 48 24 21 54 00 1253-055 09 54 33 25.1 488.3 -3.0 -34.2 32 206 21 54 00 21 59 00 --- 09 59 34 25.8 489.4 -3.0 -33.6 300 216 21 54 04 21 59 40 1243-072 10 00 14 25.8 493.0 -2.8 -31.8 32 216 21 59 40 22 04 40 --- 10 05 15 26.5 494.1 -2.7 -31.1 300 226 21 59 44 22 05 20 1253-055 10 05 55 26.7 490.9 -2.9 -32.8 32 226 22 05 20 22 10 20 --- 10 10 56 27.4 492.1 -2.8 -32.1 300 235 22 05 24 22 11 00 1243-072 10 11 36 27.3 495.7 -2.6 -30.2 31 235 22 11 00 22 16 00 --- 10 16 37 27.9 496.9 -2.5 -29.5 300 245 22 11 04 22 16 40 1253-055 10 17 17 28.2 493.6 -2.7 -31.3 32 245 22 16 40 22 21 40 --- 10 22 18 28.8 494.8 -2.6 -30.6 300 254 22 16 44 22 22 20 1243-072 10 22 58 28.6 498.4 -2.4 -28.5 31 254 22 22 20 22 27 20 --- 10 27 59 29.2 499.7 -2.3 -27.7 300 264 22 22 24 22 28 00 1253-055 10 28 39 29.6 496.4 -2.5 -29.6 31 264 22 28 00 22 33 00 --- 10 33 40 30.2 497.6 -2.4 -28.9 300 274 22 28 04 22 33 40 1243-072 10 34 20 29.9 501.3 -2.2 -26.7 31 274 22 33 40 22 38 40 --- 10 39 21 30.5 502.6 -2.1 -25.9 300 283 22 33 44 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 --- 22 39 20 1253-055 10 40 01 31.0 499.3 -2.3 -27.9 31 283 22 39 20 22 44 20 --- 10 45 02 31.6 500.5 -2.2 -27.1 300 293 22 39 24 22 45 00 1243-072 10 45 42 31.2 504.2 -2.0 -24.9 31 293 22 45 00 22 50 00 --- 10 50 43 31.7 505.6 -1.9 -24.0 300 302 22 45 04 22 50 40 1253-055 10 51 23 32.3 502.2 -2.1 -26.1 31 302 22 50 40 22 54 20 --- 10 55 03 32.7 503.2 -2.0 -25.4 220 309 22 50 44 ---------- Space segment 06 ---------- 22 55 00 1253-055 10 55 43 32.7 503.4 -2.0 -25.3 37 309 22 55 00 23 04 30 --- 11 05 15 33.7 505.9 -1.9 -23.7 570 328 22 55 04 23 05 00 1253-055 11 05 45 33.8 506.1 -1.9 -23.6 27 328 23 05 00 23 14 30 --- 11 15 17 34.7 508.7 -1.7 -21.8 570 346 23 05 04 23 15 00 1253-055 11 15 47 34.7 508.9 -1.7 -21.8 27 346 23 15 00 23 24 30 --- 11 25 18 35.6 511.6 -1.5 -20.0 570 364 23 15 04 23 25 00 1253-055 11 25 48 35.6 511.7 -1.5 -19.9 27 364 23 25 00 23 34 30 --- 11 35 20 36.4 514.5 -1.4 -18.0 570 382 23 25 04 23 35 00 1253-055 11 35 50 36.4 514.6 -1.4 -17.9 27 382 23 35 00 23 44 30 --- 11 45 21 37.1 517.5 -1.2 -15.9 570 401 23 35 04 23 45 00 1253-055 11 45 52 37.1 517.6 -1.2 -15.8 27 401 23 45 00 23 54 30 --- 11 55 23 37.7 520.5 -1.0 -13.8 570 419 23 45 04 --- Start: Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 -- Stop: Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 23 55 00 1253-055 11 55 53 37.8 520.6 -1.0 -13.7 27 419 23 55 00 00 04 30 --- 12 05 25 38.3 523.6 -0.9 -11.7 570 437 23 55 04 00 05 00 1253-055 12 05 55 38.3 523.7 -0.9 -11.6 27 437 00 05 00 00 14 30 --- 12 15 26 38.8 526.7 -0.7 -9.5 570 455 00 05 04 00 15 00 1253-055 12 15 56 38.8 526.9 -0.7 -9.4 27 455 00 15 00 00 24 30 --- 12 25 28 39.1 529.9 -0.5 -7.2 570 474 00 15 04 00 25 00 1253-055 12 25 58 39.1 530.0 -0.5 -7.1 27 474 00 25 00 00 34 30 --- 12 35 30 39.4 533.1 -0.4 -4.9 570 492 00 25 04 00 35 00 1253-055 12 36 00 39.4 533.3 -0.3 -4.8 27 492 00 35 00 00 44 30 --- 12 45 31 39.5 536.3 -0.2 -2.6 570 510 00 35 04 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 --- 00 45 00 1253-055 12 46 01 39.6 536.5 -0.2 -2.5 27 510 00 45 00 00 54 30 --- 12 55 33 39.6 539.5 -0.0 -0.3 570 528 00 45 04 00 55 00 1253-055 12 56 03 39.6 539.7 -0.0 -0.2 27 528 00 55 00 01 04 30 --- 13 05 35 39.6 542.8 0.1 2.0 570 547 00 55 04 ---------- Ground segment 07: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 01 05 00 1253-055 13 06 05 39.6 542.9 0.2 2.1 27 547 01 05 00 01 10 00 --- 13 11 06 39.5 544.6 0.2 3.3 300 556 01 05 04 01 10 40 1243-072 13 11 46 37.6 547.8 0.4 5.6 32 556 01 10 40 01 15 40 --- 13 16 46 37.5 549.4 0.5 6.7 300 566 01 10 44 01 16 20 1253-055 13 17 27 39.4 546.6 0.3 4.7 31 566 01 16 20 01 21 20 --- 13 22 27 39.3 548.2 0.4 5.9 300 575 01 16 24 01 22 00 1243-072 13 23 07 37.2 551.3 0.6 8.1 31 575 01 22 00 01 27 00 --- 13 28 08 37.1 552.9 0.7 9.2 300 585 01 22 04 01 27 40 1253-055 13 28 48 39.1 550.2 0.5 7.3 31 585 01 27 40 01 32 40 --- 13 33 49 38.9 551.8 0.6 8.4 300 595 01 27 44 01 33 20 1243-072 13 34 29 36.8 554.8 0.8 10.6 31 595 01 33 20 01 38 20 --- 13 39 30 36.5 556.3 0.9 11.7 300 604 01 33 24 01 39 00 1253-055 13 40 10 38.7 553.8 0.7 9.9 31 604 01 39 00 01 44 00 --- 13 45 11 38.5 555.4 0.8 11.0 300 614 01 39 04 01 44 40 1243-072 13 45 51 36.2 558.2 1.0 13.0 31 614 01 44 40 01 49 40 --- 13 50 52 35.9 559.7 1.1 14.1 300 623 01 44 44 01 50 20 1253-055 13 51 32 38.1 557.4 0.9 12.3 31 623 01 50 20 01 54 20 --- 13 55 33 37.9 558.6 1.0 13.2 240 631 01 50 24 01 55 00 1243-072 13 56 13 35.6 561.3 1.2 15.2 31 631 01 55 00 01 59 00 --- 14 00 14 35.3 562.5 1.2 16.0 240 639 01 55 04 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: mc13mm values confirmed Maccaferri (CR 30Nov00) Setup group: 3 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 256 Format: MKIV1:4 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= 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 21964.00 Net SB= L L U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 2 1 BBC SB= L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 19 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 272.00 272.00 272.00 272.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 19 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 18, 3, 19 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