COVER INFORMATION Station: METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 --- ---------- Ground segment 05: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 Next BBC frequencies: 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 19 40 00 1253-055 08 31 10 6.2 113.5 -4.4 -27.3 0 0 19 40 00 19 42 00 --- 08 33 11 6.5 113.9 -4.4 -27.2 120 4 19 40 01 19 42 40 1253-055 08 33 51 6.5 114.1 -4.4 -27.1 38 4 19 42 40 19 47 40 --- 08 38 52 7.1 115.2 -4.3 -26.9 300 13 19 42 41 19 48 20 1243-072 08 39 32 6.8 118.4 -4.1 -26.2 31 13 19 48 20 19 53 20 --- 08 44 33 7.3 119.5 -4.0 -25.9 300 23 19 48 21 19 54 00 1253-055 08 45 13 7.8 116.6 -4.2 -26.5 31 23 19 54 00 19 59 00 --- 08 50 14 8.4 117.7 -4.1 -26.2 300 33 19 54 01 19 59 40 1243-072 08 50 54 8.0 120.9 -3.9 -25.5 31 33 19 59 40 20 04 40 --- 08 55 54 8.5 122.1 -3.8 -25.1 300 42 19 59 41 20 05 20 1253-055 08 56 35 9.1 119.2 -4.0 -25.8 31 42 20 05 20 20 10 20 --- 09 01 35 9.6 120.3 -3.9 -25.5 300 52 20 05 21 20 11 00 1243-072 09 02 15 9.2 123.5 -3.7 -24.7 31 52 20 11 00 20 16 00 --- 09 07 16 9.7 124.6 -3.7 -24.3 300 62 20 11 01 20 16 40 1253-055 09 07 56 10.3 121.8 -3.8 -25.1 31 62 20 16 40 20 21 40 --- 09 12 57 10.8 122.9 -3.7 -24.8 300 71 20 16 41 20 22 20 1243-072 09 13 37 10.3 126.1 -3.6 -23.9 31 71 20 22 20 20 27 20 --- 09 18 38 10.8 127.3 -3.5 -23.5 300 81 20 22 21 20 28 00 1253-055 09 19 18 11.5 124.4 -3.6 -24.3 31 81 20 28 00 20 33 00 --- 09 24 19 12.0 125.5 -3.5 -24.0 300 90 20 28 01 20 33 40 1243-072 09 24 59 11.5 128.7 -3.4 -23.0 31 90 20 33 40 20 38 40 --- 09 30 00 11.9 129.9 -3.3 -22.6 300 100 20 33 41 20 39 20 1253-055 09 30 40 12.6 127.0 -3.4 -23.5 31 100 20 39 20 20 46 20 --- 09 37 41 13.3 128.7 -3.3 -23.0 420 113 20 39 21 20 47 00 1253-055 09 38 21 13.4 128.8 -3.3 -22.9 38 113 20 47 00 20 49 00 --- 09 40 22 13.6 129.3 -3.3 -22.7 120 117 20 47 01 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 --- ---------- Space segment 05 ---------- 20 50 00 1253-055 09 41 22 13.7 129.5 -3.3 -22.7 58 117 20 50 00 20 59 30 --- 09 50 53 14.6 131.8 -3.1 -21.9 570 136 20 50 01 21 00 00 1253-055 09 51 24 14.6 131.9 -3.1 -21.8 28 136 21 00 00 21 09 30 --- 10 00 55 15.5 134.2 -2.9 -21.0 570 154 21 00 01 21 10 00 1253-055 10 01 25 15.5 134.3 -2.9 -20.9 28 154 21 10 00 21 19 30 --- 10 10 57 16.3 136.6 -2.8 -20.1 570 172 21 10 01 ---------- Ground segment 06: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 21 20 00 1253-055 10 11 27 16.4 136.7 -2.8 -20.0 28 172 21 20 00 21 25 00 --- 10 16 28 16.8 138.0 -2.7 -19.5 300 182 21 20 01 21 25 40 1243-072 10 17 08 16.0 141.2 -2.5 -18.3 31 182 21 25 40 21 30 40 --- 10 22 09 16.4 142.4 -2.4 -17.8 300 191 21 25 41 21 31 20 1253-055 10 22 49 17.3 139.5 -2.6 -18.9 31 191 21 31 20 21 36 20 --- 10 27 49 17.7 140.8 -2.5 -18.4 300 201 21 31 21 21 37 00 1243-072 10 28 30 16.9 144.0 -2.3 -17.1 31 201 21 37 00 21 42 00 --- 10 33 30 17.3 145.2 -2.2 -16.6 300 211 21 37 01 21 42 40 1253-055 10 34 11 18.2 142.3 -2.4 -17.8 31 211 21 42 40 21 47 40 --- 10 39 11 18.6 143.6 -2.3 -17.2 300 220 21 42 41 21 48 20 1243-072 10 39 51 17.7 146.8 -2.1 -15.9 31 220 21 48 20 21 53 20 --- 10 44 52 18.0 148.1 -2.0 -15.4 300 230 21 48 21 21 54 00 1253-055 10 45 32 19.0 145.2 -2.2 -16.6 31 230 21 54 00 21 59 00 --- 10 50 33 19.4 146.5 -2.1 -16.0 300 239 21 54 01 21 59 40 1243-072 10 51 13 18.4 149.7 -1.9 -14.7 31 239 21 59 40 22 04 40 --- 10 56 14 18.8 150.9 -1.8 -14.1 300 249 21 59 41 22 05 20 1253-055 10 56 54 19.8 148.1 -2.0 -15.3 31 249 22 05 20 22 10 20 --- 11 01 55 20.1 149.4 -1.9 -14.7 300 259 22 05 21 22 11 00 1243-072 11 02 35 19.1 152.6 -1.7 -13.4 31 259 22 11 00 22 16 00 --- 11 07 36 19.4 153.8 -1.7 -12.8 300 268 22 11 01 22 16 40 1253-055 11 08 16 20.5 151.0 -1.8 -14.0 31 268 22 16 40 22 21 40 --- 11 13 17 20.8 152.3 -1.7 -13.4 300 278 22 16 41 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 22 20 1243-072 11 13 57 19.7 155.5 -1.5 -12.0 31 278 22 22 20 22 27 20 --- 11 18 58 20.0 156.8 -1.5 -11.4 300 287 22 22 21 22 28 00 1253-055 11 19 38 21.2 153.9 -1.6 -12.7 31 287 22 28 00 22 33 00 --- 11 24 39 21.5 155.2 -1.5 -12.1 300 297 22 28 01 22 33 40 1243-072 11 25 19 20.3 158.4 -1.4 -10.6 31 297 22 33 40 22 38 40 --- 11 30 20 20.5 159.7 -1.3 -10.0 300 307 22 33 41 22 39 20 1253-055 11 31 00 21.8 156.9 -1.4 -11.3 31 307 22 39 20 22 44 20 --- 11 36 01 22.0 158.2 -1.3 -10.7 300 316 22 39 21 22 45 00 1243-072 11 36 41 20.8 161.4 -1.2 -9.2 31 316 22 45 00 22 50 00 --- 11 41 42 21.0 162.7 -1.1 -8.6 300 326 22 45 01 22 50 40 1253-055 11 42 22 22.3 159.9 -1.2 -9.9 31 326 22 50 40 22 54 20 --- 11 46 02 22.5 160.9 -1.2 -9.4 220 333 22 50 41 ---------- Space segment 06 ---------- 22 55 00 1253-055 11 46 42 22.5 161.0 -1.2 -9.3 38 333 22 55 00 23 04 30 --- 11 56 14 22.8 163.6 -1.0 -8.1 570 351 22 55 01 23 05 00 1253-055 11 56 44 22.9 163.7 -1.0 -8.0 28 351 23 05 00 23 14 30 --- 12 06 16 23.2 166.3 -0.8 -6.8 570 370 23 05 01 23 15 00 1253-055 12 06 46 23.2 166.4 -0.8 -6.7 28 370 23 15 00 23 24 30 --- 12 16 17 23.4 169.0 -0.7 -5.5 570 388 23 15 01 23 25 00 1253-055 12 16 47 23.4 169.1 -0.7 -5.4 28 388 23 25 00 23 34 30 --- 12 26 19 23.6 171.7 -0.5 -4.1 570 406 23 25 01 23 35 00 1253-055 12 26 49 23.6 171.8 -0.5 -4.1 28 406 23 35 00 23 44 30 --- 12 36 21 23.8 174.4 -0.3 -2.8 570 424 23 35 01 23 45 00 1253-055 12 36 51 23.8 174.5 -0.3 -2.7 28 424 23 45 00 23 54 30 --- 12 46 22 23.9 177.1 -0.2 -1.4 570 443 23 45 01 --- Start: Mon 10 Mar 2014 Day 69 -- Stop: Tue 11 Mar 2014 Day 70 --- 23 55 00 1253-055 12 46 52 23.9 177.3 -0.2 -1.4 28 443 23 55 00 00 04 30 --- 12 56 24 23.9 179.8 -0.0 -0.1 570 461 23 55 01 00 05 00 1253-055 12 56 54 23.9 180.0 -0.0 -0.0 28 461 00 05 00 00 14 30 --- 13 06 25 23.9 182.6 0.2 1.3 570 479 00 05 01 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 15 00 1253-055 13 06 56 23.9 182.7 0.2 1.4 28 479 00 15 00 00 24 30 --- 13 16 27 23.8 185.3 0.3 2.6 570 497 00 15 01 00 25 00 1253-055 13 16 57 23.8 185.4 0.3 2.7 28 497 00 25 00 00 34 30 --- 13 26 29 23.7 188.0 0.5 4.0 570 516 00 25 01 00 35 00 1253-055 13 26 59 23.6 188.2 0.5 4.1 28 516 00 35 00 00 44 30 --- 13 36 30 23.5 190.7 0.7 5.3 570 534 00 35 01 00 45 00 1253-055 13 37 00 23.4 190.9 0.7 5.4 28 534 00 45 00 00 54 30 --- 13 46 32 23.2 193.4 0.8 6.7 570 552 00 45 01 00 55 00 1253-055 13 47 02 23.2 193.6 0.8 6.7 28 552 00 55 00 01 04 30 --- 13 56 34 22.9 196.1 1.0 8.0 570 571 00 55 01 ---------- Ground segment 07: Scans on target and D-term calibrator ---------- 01 05 00 1253-055 13 57 04 22.9 196.3 1.0 8.0 28 571 01 05 00 01 10 00 --- 14 02 05 22.7 197.6 1.1 8.7 300 580 01 05 01 01 10 40 1243-072 14 02 45 20.5 200.1 1.3 9.9 32 580 01 10 40 01 15 40 --- 14 07 46 20.3 201.4 1.3 10.6 300 590 01 10 41 01 16 20 1253-055 14 08 26 22.4 199.3 1.2 9.5 32 590 01 16 20 01 21 20 --- 14 13 26 22.2 200.6 1.3 10.1 300 599 01 16 21 01 22 00 1243-072 14 14 07 20.0 203.1 1.5 11.3 32 599 01 22 00 01 27 00 --- 14 19 07 19.8 204.4 1.5 11.9 300 609 01 22 01 01 27 40 1253-055 14 19 47 21.9 202.3 1.4 10.9 32 609 01 27 40 01 32 40 --- 14 24 48 21.7 203.6 1.5 11.5 300 619 01 27 41 01 33 20 1243-072 14 25 28 19.4 206.0 1.6 12.7 32 619 01 33 20 01 38 20 --- 14 30 29 19.2 207.3 1.7 13.3 300 628 01 33 21 01 39 00 1253-055 14 31 09 21.4 205.3 1.6 12.3 32 628 01 39 00 01 44 00 --- 14 36 10 21.1 206.6 1.7 12.9 300 638 01 39 01 01 44 40 1243-072 14 36 50 18.8 208.9 1.8 14.0 32 638 01 44 40 01 49 40 --- 14 41 51 18.5 210.2 1.9 14.6 300 647 01 44 41 01 50 20 1253-055 14 42 31 20.7 208.2 1.8 13.7 32 647 01 50 20 01 54 20 --- 14 46 32 20.5 209.2 1.8 14.1 240 655 01 50 21 Schedule for METSAHOV (Code Mh ) 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 55 00 1243-072 14 47 12 18.1 211.5 2.0 15.2 32 655 01 55 00 01 59 00 --- 14 51 13 17.9 212.5 2.1 15.6 240 663 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: 18 Station: METSAHOV 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= 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 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 = A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 18 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 756.00 756.00 756.00 756.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 18 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