COVER INFORMATION Station: DSS63 (Code Ro ) 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 DSS63 (Code Ro ) 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 8 Mar 2017 Day 67 --- ---------- Ground-only rest of EVN+GBT at K-band on target source ---------- 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: 322.00 322.00 322.00 322.00 354.00 354.00 354.00 354.00 386.00 386.00 386.00 386.00 418.00 418.00 418.00 418.00 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 02 27 30 0851+202 13 14 28 31.9 270.0 4.3 54.1 0 0 02 27 19 02 37 30 --- 13 24 30 30.0 271.6 4.5 54.1 600 78 02 27 23 02 38 00 0851+202 13 25 00 29.9 271.7 4.5 54.1 20 78 02 37 49 02 39 00 --- 13 26 00 29.7 271.9 4.5 54.1 60 87 02 37 53 02 39 10 0851+202 13 26 10 29.7 271.9 4.5 54.1 0 87 No stop 02 49 30 --- 13 36 32 27.7 273.5 4.7 54.0 620 168 02 39 04 ---------- Ground-only rest of EVN at K-band on target source ---------- 02 51 00 0716+714 13 38 02 36.8 336.5 6.2 71.6 -173 168 02 50 49 02 56 30 --- 13 43 33 36.4 336.6 6.3 70.4 157 212 02 50 53 02 57 30 0716+714 13 44 33 36.3 336.7 6.3 70.2 50 212 02 57 19 02 58 30 --- 13 45 34 36.2 336.7 6.4 70.0 60 221 02 57 23 02 58 40 0716+714 13 45 44 36.2 336.7 6.4 69.9 0 221 No stop 03 01 30 --- 13 48 34 36.0 336.8 6.4 69.3 170 244 02 58 34 03 02 00 0716+714 13 49 04 36.0 336.8 6.4 69.2 20 244 03 01 49 03 03 00 --- 13 50 04 35.9 336.9 6.4 69.0 60 253 03 01 53 03 03 10 0716+714 13 50 14 35.9 336.9 6.4 69.0 0 253 No stop 03 08 00 --- 13 55 05 35.5 337.0 6.5 67.9 290 291 03 03 04 ---------- Ground-only rest of EVN at K-band on target source ---------- 03 09 00 0716+714 13 56 05 35.5 337.1 6.5 67.7 50 291 03 08 49 03 16 00 --- 14 03 06 34.9 337.3 6.7 66.2 420 346 03 08 53 ---------- K-band VLBI scans. Space segment 05: 0851+202 with EVN+VLBA+VLA27+GBT ---------- 03 20 00 0851+202 14 07 07 21.9 278.2 5.2 53.3 -7 346 03 19 49 03 21 00 --- 14 08 07 21.7 278.4 5.2 53.3 53 355 03 19 53 Schedule for DSS63 (Code Ro ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 8 Mar 2017 Day 67 --- 03 21 10 0851+202 14 08 17 21.7 278.4 5.2 53.3 0 355 No stop 03 30 00 --- 14 17 09 20.0 279.7 5.4 53.0 530 425 03 21 04 03 30 30 0851+202 14 17 39 19.9 279.8 5.4 53.0 20 425 03 30 19 03 31 30 --- 14 18 39 19.7 279.9 5.4 52.9 60 434 03 30 23 03 31 40 0851+202 14 18 49 19.7 280.0 5.4 52.9 0 434 No stop 03 40 00 --- 14 27 10 18.1 281.2 5.5 52.6 500 499 03 31 34 03 40 30 0851+202 14 27 40 18.0 281.3 5.5 52.6 20 499 03 40 19 03 41 30 --- 14 28 41 17.9 281.4 5.5 52.6 60 508 03 40 23 03 41 40 0851+202 14 28 51 17.8 281.5 5.6 52.6 0 508 No stop 03 50 00 --- 14 37 12 16.3 282.7 5.7 52.2 500 573 03 41 34 03 50 30 0851+202 14 37 42 16.2 282.8 5.7 52.2 20 573 03 50 19 03 51 30 --- 14 38 42 16.0 282.9 5.7 52.2 60 582 03 50 23 03 51 40 0851+202 14 38 52 16.0 283.0 5.7 52.1 0 582 No stop 04 00 00 --- 14 47 14 14.4 284.2 5.9 51.8 500 648 03 51 34 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 ./gg081c_freq.dat: ro1cm LO from Harbison, e-mail 03/02/97 other values guesses Setup group: 14 Station: DSS63 Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MKIV1:2 Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 0.50 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 21914.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 5 6 5 8 7 8 7 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 64 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= 322.00 322.00 322.00 322.00 354.00 354.00 354.00 354.00 386.00 386.00 386.00 386.00 418.00 418.00 418.00 418.00 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: 64 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 3, 11, 19, 27, 66, 74, 82, 90, 67, 75, 83, 91 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