COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: RadioAstron AGN polarization imaging Exp. Code: gg079a Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Jose L. Gomez, Andrei Lobanov Address: Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC Glorieta de la Astronomia E-18008 Granada, Spain Phone: +79165452842 EMAIL: jlgomez@iaa.es, alobanov@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: Phone during observation: +79165452842 Observing mode: L-band, dual-pol Notes: L-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup P-CAL is ON Tsys is ON auto-level (AGC) is ON Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 RadioAstron AGN polarization imaging 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 30 Mar 2016 Day 90 --- Next scan frequencies: 1636.00 1636.00 1636.00 1636.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 Next BBC frequencies: 126.00 126.00 126.00 126.00 158.00 158.00 158.00 158.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 22 59 20 1641+399 13 25 06 9.7 36.4 -3.3 0.0 0 0 22 59 20 23 08 50 --- 13 34 38 11.0 35.1 -3.1 0.0 570 37 22 59 21 23 09 20 1641+399 13 35 08 11.0 35.0 -3.1 0.0 9 37 23 09 20 23 18 50 --- 13 44 40 12.2 33.6 -3.0 0.0 570 73 23 09 21 ---------- EVN-only polar. calib. 3C286 at L ---------- 23 22 10 3C286 13 48 00 33.6 355.8 0.3 0.0 76 73 23 22 10 23 31 40 --- 13 57 32 33.4 353.4 0.4 0.0 570 110 23 22 11 ---------- EVN-only scans on 1641+399 ---------- 23 35 00 1641+399 14 00 52 14.2 31.1 -2.7 0.0 78 110 23 35 00 23 44 30 --- 14 10 24 15.3 29.6 -2.6 0.0 570 146 23 35 01 23 45 00 1641+399 14 10 54 15.3 29.5 -2.5 0.0 9 146 23 45 00 23 54 30 --- 14 20 25 16.4 27.9 -2.4 0.0 570 183 23 45 01 --- Start: Wed 30 Mar 2016 Day 90 -- Stop: Thu 31 Mar 2016 Day 91 --- ---------- L-band VLBI scans. Space segment 02 ---------- 23 55 00 1641+399 14 20 55 16.4 27.8 -2.4 0.0 9 183 23 55 00 00 11 20 --- 14 37 18 18.0 25.0 -2.1 0.0 980 246 23 55 01 00 11 50 1641+399 14 37 48 18.1 24.9 -2.1 0.0 9 246 00 11 50 00 28 10 --- 14 54 11 19.6 22.0 -1.8 0.0 980 308 00 11 51 00 28 40 1641+399 14 54 41 19.6 21.9 -1.8 0.0 9 308 00 28 40 00 45 00 --- 15 11 04 20.9 18.8 -1.5 0.0 980 371 00 28 41 00 45 30 1641+399 15 11 34 20.9 18.7 -1.5 0.0 9 371 00 45 30 00 55 00 --- 15 21 05 21.6 16.9 -1.4 0.0 570 408 00 45 31 ---------- Pol. calibrator at L ---------- 00 59 40 3C286 15 25 46 27.4 332.4 1.9 0.0 156 408 00 59 40 01 09 10 --- 15 35 18 26.4 330.4 2.1 0.0 570 444 00 59 41 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 RadioAstron AGN polarization imaging 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 31 Mar 2016 Day 91 --- ---------- target source 1641+399 at L ---------- 01 13 00 1641+399 15 39 08 22.6 13.4 -1.1 0.0 108 444 01 13 00 01 18 00 --- 15 44 09 22.9 12.3 -1.0 0.0 300 463 01 13 01 01 18 30 1641+399 15 44 39 22.9 12.2 -1.0 0.0 9 463 01 18 30 01 28 00 --- 15 54 11 23.3 10.3 -0.8 0.0 570 500 01 18 31 01 28 30 1641+399 15 54 41 23.4 10.2 -0.8 0.0 9 500 01 28 30 01 38 00 --- 16 04 12 23.7 8.2 -0.7 0.0 570 537 01 28 31 ---------- Pol. calibrator at L ---------- 01 43 50 3C286 16 10 03 22.2 323.7 2.6 0.0 226 537 01 43 50 01 53 20 --- 16 19 35 20.9 321.9 2.8 0.0 570 573 01 43 51 ---------- target source 1641+399 at L ---------- 01 53 50 1641+399 16 20 05 24.1 4.9 -0.4 0.0 -92 573 01 53 50 02 03 20 --- 16 29 37 24.3 2.9 -0.2 0.0 478 610 01 53 51 02 03 50 1641+399 16 30 07 24.3 2.8 -0.2 0.0 9 610 02 03 50 02 13 20 --- 16 39 38 24.3 0.8 -0.1 0.0 570 646 02 03 51 ---------- L-band pol. calibrator ---------- 02 19 10 3C286 16 45 29 17.1 317.6 3.2 0.0 226 646 02 19 10 02 28 40 --- 16 55 01 15.6 316.1 3.4 0.0 570 683 02 19 11 ---------- target source 1641+399 at L ---------- 02 29 40 1641+399 16 56 01 24.3 357.4 0.2 0.0 -62 683 02 29 40 02 39 10 --- 17 05 32 24.1 355.4 0.4 0.0 508 719 02 29 41 ---------- L-band VLBI scans. Space segment 03 ---------- 02 40 00 1641+399 17 06 23 24.1 355.2 0.4 0.0 29 719 02 40 00 02 56 20 --- 17 22 45 23.7 351.8 0.7 0.0 980 782 02 40 01 02 56 50 1641+399 17 23 15 23.7 351.7 0.7 0.0 9 782 02 56 50 03 13 10 --- 17 39 38 23.0 348.3 0.9 0.0 980 845 02 56 51 03 13 40 1641+399 17 40 08 23.0 348.2 0.9 0.0 9 845 03 13 40 03 30 00 --- 17 56 31 22.2 344.9 1.2 0.0 980 908 03 13 41 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 4 RadioAstron AGN polarization imaging 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 31 Mar 2016 Day 91 --- ---------- Ground-only segment 04 ---------- 03 30 30 1641+399 17 57 01 22.1 344.8 1.2 0.0 9 908 03 30 30 03 40 00 --- 18 06 32 21.5 343.0 1.4 0.0 570 944 03 30 31 03 40 30 1641+399 18 07 03 21.5 342.9 1.4 0.0 9 944 03 40 30 03 50 00 --- 18 16 34 20.8 341.1 1.6 0.0 570 981 03 40 31 03 50 30 1641+399 18 17 04 20.8 341.0 1.6 0.0 9 981 03 50 30 04 00 00 --- 18 26 36 20.1 339.2 1.7 0.0 570 1017 03 50 31 04 00 30 1641+399 18 27 06 20.0 339.1 1.7 0.0 9 1017 04 00 30 04 10 00 --- 18 36 37 19.2 337.3 1.9 0.0 570 1054 04 00 31 04 10 30 1641+399 18 37 07 19.2 337.2 1.9 0.0 9 1054 04 10 30 04 20 00 --- 18 46 39 18.3 335.5 2.1 0.0 570 1090 04 10 31 04 20 30 1641+399 18 47 09 18.3 335.4 2.1 0.0 9 1090 04 20 30 04 30 00 --- 18 56 41 17.4 333.8 2.2 0.0 570 1127 04 20 31 04 30 30 1641+399 18 57 11 17.3 333.7 2.2 0.0 9 1127 04 30 30 04 40 00 --- 19 06 42 16.3 332.1 2.4 0.0 570 1163 04 30 31 04 40 30 1641+399 19 07 12 16.3 332.0 2.4 0.0 9 1163 04 40 30 04 50 00 --- 19 16 44 15.3 330.4 2.6 0.0 570 1200 04 40 31 04 50 30 1641+399 19 17 14 15.2 330.3 2.6 0.0 9 1200 04 50 30 05 00 00 --- 19 26 46 14.1 328.8 2.7 0.0 570 1237 04 50 31 05 00 30 1641+399 19 27 16 14.1 328.7 2.7 0.0 9 1237 05 00 30 05 10 00 --- 19 36 47 12.9 327.3 2.9 0.0 570 1273 05 00 31 05 10 30 1641+399 19 37 17 12.9 327.2 2.9 0.0 9 1273 05 10 30 05 17 10 --- 19 43 58 12.0 326.2 3.0 0.0 400 1299 05 10 31 05 17 40 1641+399 19 44 29 12.0 326.1 3.0 0.0 9 1299 05 17 40 05 24 20 --- 19 51 10 11.1 325.1 3.1 0.0 400 1324 05 17 41 ---------- L-band VLBI scans. Space segment 04 ---------- 05 25 00 1641+399 19 51 50 11.0 325.0 3.1 0.0 19 1324 05 25 00 05 41 20 --- 20 08 12 8.9 322.7 3.4 0.0 980 1387 05 25 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: ra18cm2.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: 20 Station: HART Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 Net SB= U U L L U U L L IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 14 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 1636.00 1636.00 1636.00 1636.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 1668.00 BBC fr= 126.00 126.00 126.00 126.00 158.00 158.00 158.00 158.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 14 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 4, 8, 12, 16 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 56.741257 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 54 38.38204 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at 1328+307 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 54.206774 0.00 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64060 * 30 30 32.95924 30 25 28.58949 0.00 * 3C286 ./gg079a_sources.radioastron WSRT calibrator, not for 92cm, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 542 observati 0316+413 03 16 29.567283 * 03 19 48.160114 03 20 51.642341 0.00 J0319+4130 41 19 51.91847 * 41 30 42.10559 41 34 05.47448 0.00 * 3C84 ./gg079a_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 15448 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO2-1 0851+202 08 51 57.250618 * 08 54 48.874930 08 55 44.920816 0.00 J0854+2006 20 17 58.41733 * 20 06 30.64078 20 02 37.68080 0.00 * OJ287 ./gg079a_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 213710 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3- * 1641+399 16 41 17.606226 * 16 42 58.809963 16 43 32.203998 0.00 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81479 * 39 48 36.99385 39 46 41.97815 0.00 3C345 ./gg079a_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 51938 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3-0 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 ra18cm2.set 12 4.083 0.000 3C286 ra18cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 14 25 0.883 55.135 3C84 ra18cm2.set 25 0.083 3.750 ra6cm2.set 45 0.067 3.000 ra4cm2.set 15 0.083 3.750 ra2cm2.set 35 0.100 4.500 OJ287 ra18cm2.set 25 1.000 29.800 ra6cm2.set 45 0.767 21.933 ra4cm2.set 15 0.944 28.967 ra2cm2.set 35 1.256 34.817 1641+399 ra18cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 13 14 25 + 10.694 1261.236 ra6cm2.set 45 0.333 15.000 ra4cm2.set 15 0.417 18.750 ra2cm2.set 35 0.500 22.475 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 90.7 3C286 143.1 3C84 51.7 OJ287 119.8 1641+399 109.0 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