COVER INFORMATION Station: PUSH (Code Pu ) Experiment: RadioAstron AGN polarization imaging Exp. Code: gg081c Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Jose L. Gomez 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: K-band,Q-band, dual-pol Notes: K-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup P-CAL is ON Tsys is ON auto-level (AGC) is ON Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 7 Mar 2017 Day 66 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22300.00 22300.00 22300.00 22300.00 22332.00 22332.00 22332.00 22332.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 832.00 832.00 832.00 832.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 13 00 00 FAKERA 02 32 16 50.7 4.9 -9.5 -33.9 0 0 12 59 49 13 10 00 --- 02 42 18 50.8 5.2 -9.3 -36.2 600 78 12 59 50 13 10 30 FAKERA 02 42 48 50.8 5.2 -9.3 -36.3 10 78 13 10 19 13 20 00 --- 02 52 19 50.9 5.5 -9.1 -38.4 570 153 13 10 20 13 20 30 FAKERA 02 52 49 51.0 5.5 -9.1 -38.6 10 153 13 20 19 13 30 00 --- 03 02 21 51.1 5.8 -9.0 -40.7 570 227 13 20 20 13 30 30 FAKERA 03 02 51 51.1 5.8 -9.0 -40.8 10 227 13 30 19 13 40 00 --- 03 12 23 51.2 6.0 -8.8 -43.0 570 302 13 30 20 13 40 30 FAKERA 03 12 53 51.2 6.1 -8.8 -43.1 10 302 13 40 19 13 50 00 --- 03 22 24 51.4 6.3 -8.6 -45.3 570 376 13 40 20 13 50 30 FAKERA 03 22 54 51.4 6.3 -8.6 -45.4 10 376 13 50 19 14 00 00 --- 03 32 26 51.6 6.5 -8.5 -47.6 570 451 13 50 20 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 16 35 00 FAKERA 06 07 51 54.7 8.8 -5.9 -84.5 9280 451 16 34 49 16 45 00 --- 06 17 53 54.9 8.9 -5.7 -87.0 600 529 16 34 50 16 45 30 FAKERA 06 18 23 54.9 8.9 -5.7 -87.1 10 529 16 45 19 16 55 00 --- 06 27 55 55.1 8.9 -5.6 -89.5 570 604 16 45 20 16 55 30 FAKERA 06 28 25 55.1 8.9 -5.5 -89.6 10 604 16 55 19 17 05 00 --- 06 37 56 55.3 8.9 -5.4 -92.0 570 678 16 55 20 17 05 30 FAKERA 06 38 26 55.3 8.9 -5.4 -92.1 10 678 17 05 19 17 15 00 --- 06 47 58 55.5 8.8 -5.2 -94.5 570 753 17 05 20 17 15 30 FAKERA 06 48 28 55.6 8.8 -5.2 -94.6 10 753 17 15 19 17 25 00 --- 06 58 00 55.8 8.8 -5.1 -97.0 570 827 17 15 20 17 25 30 FAKERA 06 58 30 55.8 8.8 -5.0 -97.1 10 827 17 25 19 17 35 00 --- 07 08 01 56.0 8.7 -4.9 -99.6 570 902 17 25 20 Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 7 Mar 2017 Day 66 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 20 10 00 FAKERA 09 43 27 58.9 5.6 -2.3 -140.9 9280 902 20 09 49 20 20 00 --- 09 53 28 59.0 5.2 -2.1 -143.7 600 980 20 09 50 20 20 30 FAKERA 09 53 58 59.1 5.2 -2.1 -143.9 10 980 20 20 19 20 30 00 --- 10 03 30 59.2 4.9 -2.0 -146.5 570 1054 20 20 20 20 30 30 FAKERA 10 04 00 59.2 4.9 -1.9 -146.7 10 1054 20 30 19 20 40 00 --- 10 13 32 59.3 4.5 -1.8 -149.3 570 1129 20 30 20 20 40 30 FAKERA 10 14 02 59.3 4.5 -1.8 -149.5 10 1129 20 40 19 20 50 00 --- 10 23 33 59.4 4.1 -1.6 -152.2 570 1203 20 40 20 20 50 30 FAKERA 10 24 03 59.4 4.1 -1.6 -152.3 10 1203 20 50 19 21 00 00 --- 10 33 35 59.5 3.7 -1.5 -155.0 570 1278 20 50 20 21 00 30 FAKERA 10 34 05 59.5 3.7 -1.4 -155.1 10 1278 21 00 19 21 10 00 --- 10 43 37 59.6 3.3 -1.3 -157.8 570 1352 21 00 20 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: 34 Station: PUSH Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 Net SB= U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP RCP RCP LCP LCP RCP RCP LCP LCP RCP RCP LCP LCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 5 5 2 2 6 6 3 3 7 7 4 4 8 8 BBC SB= U L U L U L U L U L U L U L U L IF = A1 A1 B3 B3 A1 A1 B3 B3 A1 A1 B3 B3 A1 A1 B3 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 21 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = 1MHz LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22300.00 22300.00 22300.00 22300.00 22332.00 22332.00 22332.00 22332.00 BBC fr= 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 768.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 800.00 832.00 832.00 832.00 832.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 21 54 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 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 59.861040 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 54 12.96182 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at * 1814-637 18 14 45.949299 * 18 19 35.002600 18 21 12.288328 0.00 -63 47 03.20742 *-63 45 48.20500 -63 44 57.59250 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. possble calibrator source for LBA?? 1328+307 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 56.345486 0.00 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64060 * 30 30 32.95924 30 25 08.66218 0.00 * 3C286 ./gg081c_sources.radioastron WSRT calibrator, not for 92cm, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 542 observati * 0716+714 07 16 13.029739 * 07 21 53.448474 07 23 50.595719 0.00 J0721+7120 71 26 15.17406 * 71 20 36.36340 71 18 40.38874 0.00 ./gg081c_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 42370 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO2-1 * 0851+202 08 51 57.250618 * 08 54 48.874930 08 55 48.283390 0.00 J0854+2006 20 17 58.41733 * 20 06 30.64078 20 02 24.49441 0.00 OJ287 ./gg081c_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 213710 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3- 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 21 5.750 0.000 1814-637 ra1cm2.set 9 10 11 12 13 2.639 20.990 3C286 ra1cm2.set 51 0.267 0.000 ra7mm2.set 52 0.367 0.000 0716+714 ra1cm2.set 1 2 5 6 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 + 12.436 152.486 ra2cm2.set 43 55 0.450 14.171 ra7mm2.set 23 36 59 60 4.575 33.390 0851+202 ra1cm2.set 1 2 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 + 17.411 1982.713 ra2cm2.set 43 55 0.864 39.108 ra7mm2.set 36 52 59 60 0.911 54.094 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 99.9 1814-637 78.3 3C286 138.8 0716+714 104.6 0851+202 143.1 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