COVER INFORMATION Station: WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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: 389.00 389.00 389.00 389.00 421.00 421.00 421.00 421.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 21 43 40 1641+399 10 44 52 30.9 63.6 -6.0 0.0 0 0 21 43 40 22 00 00 --- 11 01 15 33.1 66.2 -5.7 0.0 980 63 21 43 41 ---------- Ground-only segment 02, EVN L-band scans on 1641+399 ---------- 22 00 30 1641+399 11 01 45 33.2 66.2 -5.7 0.0 19 63 22 00 30 22 10 00 --- 11 11 16 34.5 67.8 -5.5 0.0 570 99 22 00 31 22 10 30 1641+399 11 11 46 34.6 67.9 -5.5 0.0 19 99 22 10 30 22 18 50 --- 11 20 08 35.7 69.2 -5.4 0.0 500 131 22 10 31 22 19 20 1641+399 11 20 38 35.8 69.3 -5.4 0.0 19 131 22 19 20 22 28 50 --- 11 30 09 37.2 70.8 -5.2 0.0 570 168 22 19 21 22 29 20 1641+399 11 30 39 37.2 70.9 -5.2 0.0 19 168 22 29 20 22 38 50 --- 11 40 11 38.6 72.4 -5.1 0.0 570 204 22 29 21 22 39 20 1641+399 11 40 41 38.7 72.5 -5.0 0.0 19 204 22 39 20 22 48 50 --- 11 50 13 40.0 74.1 -4.9 0.0 570 241 22 39 21 22 49 20 1641+399 11 50 43 40.1 74.2 -4.9 0.0 19 241 22 49 20 22 58 50 --- 12 00 14 41.5 75.7 -4.7 0.0 570 278 22 49 21 22 59 20 1641+399 12 00 44 41.6 75.8 -4.7 0.0 19 278 22 59 20 23 08 50 --- 12 10 16 43.0 77.4 -4.6 0.0 570 314 22 59 21 23 09 20 1641+399 12 10 46 43.0 77.5 -4.5 0.0 19 314 23 09 20 23 18 50 --- 12 20 18 44.5 79.1 -4.4 0.0 570 351 23 09 21 ---------- EVN-only polar. calib. 3C286 at L ---------- 23 22 10 3C286 12 23 38 64.3 144.3 -1.1 0.0 25 351 23 22 10 23 31 40 --- 12 33 10 65.1 148.7 -1.0 0.0 570 387 23 22 11 ---------- EVN-only scans on 1641+399 ---------- 23 35 00 1641+399 12 36 30 46.9 82.0 -4.1 0.0 30 387 23 35 00 23 44 30 --- 12 46 02 48.3 83.7 -4.0 0.0 570 424 23 35 01 23 45 00 1641+399 12 46 32 48.4 83.7 -4.0 0.0 19 424 23 45 00 23 54 30 --- 12 56 03 49.8 85.5 -3.8 0.0 570 460 23 45 01 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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 12 56 34 49.9 85.6 -3.8 0.0 19 460 23 55 00 00 11 20 --- 13 12 56 52.3 88.7 -3.5 0.0 980 523 23 55 01 00 11 50 1641+399 13 13 26 52.4 88.8 -3.5 0.0 19 523 00 11 50 00 28 10 --- 13 29 49 54.9 92.1 -3.2 0.0 980 586 00 11 51 00 28 40 1641+399 13 30 19 55.0 92.2 -3.2 0.0 19 586 00 28 40 00 45 00 --- 13 46 42 57.4 95.7 -2.9 0.0 980 649 00 28 41 00 45 30 1641+399 13 47 12 57.5 95.8 -2.9 0.0 19 649 00 45 30 00 55 00 --- 13 56 43 58.9 98.0 -2.8 0.0 570 685 00 45 31 ---------- Pol. calibrator at L ---------- 00 59 40 3C286 14 01 24 66.9 196.4 0.5 0.0 105 685 00 59 40 01 09 10 --- 14 10 56 66.4 201.4 0.7 0.0 570 722 00 59 41 ---------- target source 1641+399 at L ---------- 01 13 00 1641+399 14 14 46 61.6 102.5 -2.5 0.0 60 722 01 13 00 01 18 00 --- 14 19 47 62.3 103.8 -2.4 0.0 300 741 01 13 01 01 18 30 1641+399 14 20 17 62.4 103.9 -2.4 0.0 19 741 01 18 30 01 28 00 --- 14 29 49 63.8 106.6 -2.2 0.0 570 778 01 18 31 01 28 30 1641+399 14 30 19 63.9 106.7 -2.2 0.0 19 778 01 28 30 01 38 00 --- 14 39 50 65.2 109.5 -2.1 0.0 570 814 01 28 31 ---------- Pol. calibrator at L ---------- 01 43 50 3C286 14 45 41 63.8 218.2 1.2 0.0 175 814 01 43 50 01 53 20 --- 14 55 13 62.9 222.2 1.4 0.0 570 851 01 43 51 ---------- target source 1641+399 at L ---------- 01 53 50 1641+399 14 55 43 67.4 114.8 -1.8 0.0 -140 851 01 53 50 02 03 20 --- 15 05 15 68.7 118.3 -1.6 0.0 430 887 01 53 51 02 03 50 1641+399 15 05 45 68.8 118.4 -1.6 0.0 19 887 02 03 50 02 13 20 --- 15 15 16 70.0 122.3 -1.5 0.0 570 924 02 03 51 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) 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 --- ---------- L-band pol. calibrator ---------- 02 19 10 3C286 15 21 07 60.0 232.3 1.8 0.0 175 924 02 19 10 02 28 40 --- 15 30 39 58.8 235.6 2.0 0.0 570 960 02 19 11 ---------- target source 1641+399 at L ---------- 02 29 40 1641+399 15 31 39 72.0 129.8 -1.2 0.0 -110 960 02 29 40 02 39 10 --- 15 41 11 73.1 134.7 -1.0 0.0 460 997 02 29 41 ---------- L-band VLBI scans. Space segment 03 ---------- 02 40 00 1641+399 15 42 01 73.2 135.2 -1.0 0.0 39 997 02 40 00 02 56 20 --- 15 58 23 74.8 145.1 -0.8 0.0 980 1060 02 40 01 02 56 50 1641+399 15 58 53 74.8 145.4 -0.7 0.0 19 1060 02 56 50 03 13 10 --- 16 15 16 76.0 157.0 -0.5 0.0 980 1122 02 56 51 03 13 40 1641+399 16 15 46 76.0 157.4 -0.5 0.0 19 1122 03 13 40 03 30 00 --- 16 32 09 76.7 170.4 -0.2 0.0 980 1185 03 13 41 ---------- Ground-only segment 04 ---------- 03 30 30 1641+399 16 32 39 76.7 170.9 -0.2 0.0 19 1185 03 30 30 03 40 00 --- 16 42 11 76.9 178.8 -0.0 0.0 570 1222 03 30 31 03 40 30 1641+399 16 42 41 76.9 179.3 -0.0 0.0 19 1222 03 40 30 03 50 00 --- 16 52 12 76.8 187.3 0.1 0.0 570 1258 03 40 31 03 50 30 1641+399 16 52 42 76.8 187.7 0.2 0.0 19 1258 03 50 30 04 00 00 --- 17 02 14 76.5 195.5 0.3 0.0 570 1295 03 50 31 04 00 30 1641+399 17 02 44 76.5 195.9 0.3 0.0 19 1295 04 00 30 04 10 00 --- 17 12 15 76.0 203.4 0.5 0.0 570 1331 04 00 31 04 10 30 1641+399 17 12 46 75.9 203.7 0.5 0.0 19 1331 04 10 30 04 20 00 --- 17 22 17 75.3 210.6 0.6 0.0 570 1368 04 10 31 04 20 30 1641+399 17 22 47 75.3 211.0 0.7 0.0 19 1368 04 20 30 04 30 00 --- 17 32 19 74.4 217.3 0.8 0.0 570 1404 04 20 31 04 30 30 1641+399 17 32 49 74.4 217.6 0.8 0.0 19 1404 04 30 30 04 40 00 --- 17 42 20 73.5 223.3 1.0 0.0 570 1441 04 30 31 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 5 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 --- 04 40 30 1641+399 17 42 50 73.4 223.5 1.0 0.0 19 1441 04 40 30 04 50 00 --- 17 52 22 72.4 228.7 1.1 0.0 570 1478 04 40 31 04 50 30 1641+399 17 52 52 72.3 228.9 1.2 0.0 19 1478 04 50 30 05 00 00 --- 18 02 24 71.2 233.6 1.3 0.0 570 1514 04 50 31 05 00 30 1641+399 18 02 54 71.1 233.8 1.3 0.0 19 1514 05 00 30 05 10 00 --- 18 12 25 70.0 238.0 1.5 0.0 570 1551 05 00 31 05 10 30 1641+399 18 12 55 69.9 238.2 1.5 0.0 19 1551 05 10 30 05 17 10 --- 18 19 36 69.0 240.9 1.6 0.0 400 1576 05 10 31 05 17 40 1641+399 18 20 07 69.0 241.1 1.6 0.0 19 1576 05 17 40 05 24 20 --- 18 26 48 68.1 243.6 1.7 0.0 400 1602 05 17 41 ---------- L-band VLBI scans. Space segment 04 ---------- 05 25 00 1641+399 18 27 28 68.0 243.8 1.7 0.0 29 1602 05 25 00 05 41 20 --- 18 43 50 65.7 249.4 2.0 0.0 980 1665 05 25 01 05 41 50 1641+399 18 44 21 65.6 249.6 2.0 0.0 19 1665 05 41 50 05 58 10 --- 19 00 43 63.3 254.4 2.3 0.0 980 1728 05 41 51 05 58 40 1641+399 19 01 13 63.2 254.6 2.3 0.0 19 1728 05 58 40 06 15 00 --- 19 17 36 60.8 258.9 2.6 0.0 980 1790 05 58 41 ---------- Ground-only segment 05 ---------- 06 15 30 1641+399 19 18 06 60.7 259.0 2.6 0.0 19 1790 06 15 30 06 24 30 --- 19 27 08 59.4 261.2 2.7 0.0 540 1825 06 15 31 06 25 00 1641+399 19 27 38 59.3 261.4 2.7 0.0 19 1825 06 25 00 06 30 00 --- 19 32 38 58.6 262.5 2.8 0.0 300 1844 06 25 01 06 30 30 1641+399 19 33 09 58.5 262.6 2.8 0.0 19 1844 06 30 30 06 40 00 --- 19 42 40 57.1 264.8 3.0 0.0 570 1881 06 30 31 06 40 30 1641+399 19 43 10 57.0 264.9 3.0 0.0 19 1881 06 40 30 06 50 00 --- 19 52 42 55.6 267.0 3.2 0.0 570 1917 06 40 31 06 50 30 1641+399 19 53 12 55.5 267.1 3.2 0.0 19 1917 06 50 30 07 00 00 --- 20 02 43 54.1 269.0 3.3 0.0 570 1954 06 50 31 07 00 30 1641+399 20 03 13 54.0 269.1 3.3 0.0 19 1954 07 00 30 07 10 00 --- 20 12 45 52.5 271.0 3.5 0.0 570 1990 07 00 31 Schedule for WSTRBORK (Code Wb ) Page 6 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 --- 07 10 30 1641+399 20 13 15 52.5 271.1 3.5 0.0 19 1990 07 10 30 07 20 00 --- 20 22 47 51.0 273.0 3.7 0.0 570 2027 07 10 31 07 20 30 1641+399 20 23 17 51.0 273.1 3.7 0.0 19 2027 07 20 30 07 30 00 --- 20 32 48 49.5 274.8 3.8 0.0 570 2063 07 20 31 07 30 30 1641+399 20 33 18 49.4 274.9 3.8 0.0 19 2063 07 30 30 07 40 00 --- 20 42 50 48.0 276.7 4.0 0.0 570 2100 07 30 31 07 40 30 1641+399 20 43 20 47.9 276.8 4.0 0.0 19 2100 07 40 30 07 50 00 --- 20 52 52 46.5 278.4 4.2 0.0 570 2137 07 40 31 07 50 30 1641+399 20 53 22 46.4 278.5 4.2 0.0 19 2137 07 50 30 07 59 30 --- 21 02 23 45.1 280.1 4.3 0.0 540 2171 07 50 31 ---------- L-band VLBI scans. Space segment 05 ---------- 08 00 00 1641+399 21 02 53 45.0 280.2 4.3 0.0 19 2171 08 00 00 08 16 20 --- 21 19 16 42.6 283.0 4.6 0.0 980 2234 08 00 01 08 16 50 1641+399 21 19 46 42.5 283.1 4.6 0.0 19 2234 08 16 50 08 33 10 --- 21 36 09 40.1 285.8 4.9 0.0 980 2297 08 16 51 08 33 40 1641+399 21 36 39 40.1 285.9 4.9 0.0 19 2297 08 33 40 08 50 00 --- 21 53 01 37.7 288.6 5.2 0.0 980 2360 08 33 41 ---------- Ground-only segment 06 ---------- 08 50 30 1641+399 21 53 32 37.6 288.6 5.2 0.0 19 2360 08 50 30 09 00 00 --- 22 03 03 36.3 290.2 5.3 0.0 570 2396 08 50 31 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: 22 Station: WSTRBORK 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= 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 1247.00 Net SB= U U L L U U L L IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 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= 389.00 389.00 389.00 389.00 421.00 421.00 421.00 421.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 11 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