COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields Exp. Code: ga030b Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.10 Version 11.1 Beta of about April 26, 201 PI: James M Anderson Address: MPIfR Bonn Auf dem Huegel 69 53121 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49 (228) 525 356 EMAIL: anderson@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de Fax: +49 228 525 229 Phone during observation: +7 903 661 48 65 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 BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 11 Nov 2013 Day 315 --- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 Next BBC frequencies: 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 02 28 50 2021+614 12 39 23 34.3 391.2 -7.7 -42.4 0 0 02 28 50 02 33 00 --- 12 43 33 34.7 391.6 -7.6 -43.1 250 8 02 28 51 02 34 20 1823+568 12 44 54 43.5 408.6 -5.7 -58.1 38 8 02 34 20 02 39 30 --- 12 50 04 44.1 409.1 -5.6 -58.9 310 18 02 34 21 02 40 50 2021+614 12 51 25 35.3 392.4 -7.5 -44.4 38 18 02 40 50 02 46 00 --- 12 56 36 35.7 393.0 -7.4 -45.2 310 28 02 40 51 02 47 20 1823+568 12 57 56 45.0 409.9 -5.4 -60.0 38 28 02 47 20 02 52 30 --- 13 03 07 45.6 410.4 -5.4 -60.7 310 38 02 47 21 02 53 50 2021+614 13 04 27 36.4 393.8 -7.3 -46.5 38 38 02 53 50 02 59 00 --- 13 09 38 36.9 394.3 -7.2 -47.3 310 48 02 53 51 03 00 40 2200+420 13 11 18 12.5 393.6 -8.9 -27.6 36 48 03 00 40 03 08 00 --- 13 18 39 13.2 394.8 -8.7 -28.6 440 62 03 00 41 03 09 30 2021+614 13 20 09 37.8 395.3 -7.0 -49.0 26 62 03 09 30 03 18 00 --- 13 28 41 38.6 396.2 -6.9 -50.3 510 78 03 09 31 ---------- BLOCK 04: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 2 ---------- 03 20 00 2200+420 13 30 41 14.3 396.8 -8.5 -30.1 56 78 03 20 00 03 29 30 --- 13 40 13 15.2 398.4 -8.4 -31.3 570 96 03 20 01 03 30 00 2200+420 13 40 43 15.2 398.5 -8.4 -31.4 24 96 03 30 00 03 39 30 --- 13 50 14 16.2 400.0 -8.2 -32.6 570 115 03 30 01 03 40 00 2200+420 13 50 44 16.2 400.1 -8.2 -32.7 24 115 03 40 00 03 49 30 --- 14 00 16 17.2 401.7 -8.1 -33.8 570 133 03 40 01 03 50 00 2200+420 14 00 46 17.2 401.7 -8.0 -33.9 24 133 03 50 00 03 59 30 --- 14 10 18 18.2 403.3 -7.9 -35.0 570 151 03 50 01 04 00 00 2200+420 14 10 48 18.3 403.3 -7.9 -35.1 24 151 04 00 00 04 09 30 --- 14 20 19 19.3 404.9 -7.7 -36.2 570 170 04 00 01 04 10 00 2200+420 14 20 49 19.4 404.9 -7.7 -36.3 24 170 04 10 00 04 19 30 --- 14 30 21 20.4 406.4 -7.5 -37.4 570 188 04 10 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 11 Nov 2013 Day 315 --- 04 20 00 2200+420 14 30 51 20.5 406.5 -7.5 -37.4 24 188 04 20 00 04 29 30 --- 14 40 23 21.5 408.0 -7.4 -38.5 570 206 04 20 01 04 30 00 2200+420 14 40 53 21.6 408.1 -7.4 -38.5 24 206 04 30 00 04 39 30 --- 14 50 24 22.7 409.5 -7.2 -39.6 570 224 04 30 01 04 40 00 2200+420 14 50 54 22.8 409.6 -7.2 -39.6 24 224 04 40 00 04 49 30 --- 15 00 26 23.9 411.1 -7.0 -40.7 570 243 04 40 01 04 50 00 2200+420 15 00 56 24.0 411.2 -7.0 -40.7 24 243 04 50 00 04 59 30 --- 15 10 27 25.1 412.6 -6.9 -41.7 570 261 04 50 01 05 00 00 2200+420 15 10 58 25.2 412.7 -6.9 -41.8 24 261 05 00 00 05 09 30 --- 15 20 29 26.4 414.1 -6.7 -42.7 570 279 05 00 01 05 10 00 2200+420 15 20 59 26.4 414.2 -6.7 -42.8 24 279 05 10 00 05 19 30 --- 15 30 31 27.6 415.7 -6.5 -43.7 570 297 05 10 01 05 20 00 2200+420 15 31 01 27.7 415.7 -6.5 -43.8 24 297 05 20 00 05 29 30 --- 15 40 32 28.9 417.2 -6.4 -44.7 570 316 05 20 01 05 30 00 2200+420 15 41 02 29.0 417.2 -6.4 -44.8 24 316 05 30 00 05 39 30 --- 15 50 34 30.3 418.7 -6.2 -45.7 570 334 05 30 01 05 40 00 2200+420 15 51 04 30.3 418.7 -6.2 -45.7 24 334 05 40 00 05 49 30 --- 16 00 36 31.6 420.2 -6.0 -46.6 570 352 05 40 01 05 50 00 2200+420 16 01 06 31.7 420.2 -6.0 -46.6 24 352 05 50 00 06 00 00 --- 16 11 07 33.0 421.7 -5.9 -47.5 600 371 05 50 01 06 00 30 2200+420 16 11 37 33.1 421.8 -5.9 -47.6 24 371 06 00 30 06 10 00 --- 16 21 09 34.4 423.2 -5.7 -48.4 570 390 06 00 31 ---------- BLOCK 05: K-band VLBI scans, Ground telescope segment 3 ---------- 06 11 20 2021+614 16 22 29 57.0 408.9 -4.0 -79.4 20 390 06 11 20 06 17 00 --- 16 28 10 57.6 409.1 -3.9 -80.5 340 401 06 11 21 06 18 20 1823+568 16 29 30 72.6 421.7 -1.9 -94.8 35 401 06 18 20 06 24 00 --- 16 35 11 73.4 421.4 -1.8 -96.3 340 412 06 18 21 06 25 20 2021+614 16 36 32 58.6 409.4 -3.8 -82.1 35 412 06 25 20 06 31 00 --- 16 42 12 59.3 409.6 -3.7 -83.2 340 422 06 25 21 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 11 Nov 2013 Day 315 --- 06 32 20 1823+568 16 43 33 74.6 420.9 -1.7 -98.5 35 422 06 32 20 06 38 00 --- 16 49 14 75.3 420.4 -1.6 -100.2 340 433 06 32 21 06 39 20 2021+614 16 50 34 60.3 409.8 -3.5 -84.8 35 433 06 39 20 06 45 00 --- 16 56 15 60.9 409.9 -3.4 -86.0 340 444 06 39 21 06 46 20 1823+568 16 57 35 76.4 419.5 -1.4 -102.8 34 444 06 46 20 06 52 00 --- 17 03 16 77.2 418.6 -1.4 -104.8 340 455 06 46 21 06 53 20 2021+614 17 04 36 61.9 410.0 -3.3 -87.7 34 455 06 53 20 06 59 00 --- 17 10 17 62.6 410.1 -3.2 -88.9 340 466 06 53 21 07 00 20 1823+568 17 11 37 78.3 417.1 -1.2 -108.1 34 466 07 00 20 07 06 00 --- 17 17 18 79.0 415.8 -1.1 -110.5 340 477 07 00 21 07 07 20 2021+614 17 18 38 63.6 410.1 -3.1 -90.8 34 477 07 07 20 07 13 00 --- 17 24 19 64.3 410.0 -3.0 -92.1 340 488 07 07 21 07 21 20 2021+614 17 32 41 65.3 409.9 -2.8 -94.0 494 488 07 21 20 07 27 00 --- 17 38 22 65.9 409.8 -2.7 -95.4 340 499 07 21 21 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3a ---------- 07 30 00 2200+420 17 41 22 46.0 435.3 -4.4 -54.1 124 499 07 30 00 07 39 30 --- 17 50 54 47.4 436.8 -4.2 -54.6 570 517 07 30 01 07 40 00 2200+420 17 51 24 47.5 436.9 -4.2 -54.6 24 517 07 40 00 07 49 30 --- 18 00 55 48.9 438.4 -4.0 -55.1 570 535 07 40 01 07 50 00 2200+420 18 01 25 49.0 438.5 -4.0 -55.1 24 535 07 50 00 07 59 30 --- 18 10 57 50.4 440.1 -3.9 -55.6 570 554 07 50 01 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3b ---------- 08 00 00 2200+420 18 11 27 50.5 440.1 -3.9 -55.6 24 554 08 00 00 08 09 30 --- 18 20 59 52.0 441.7 -3.7 -56.0 570 572 08 00 01 08 10 00 2200+420 18 21 29 52.0 441.8 -3.7 -56.0 24 572 08 10 00 08 19 30 --- 18 31 00 53.5 443.4 -3.5 -56.3 570 590 08 10 01 08 20 00 2200+420 18 31 30 53.6 443.5 -3.5 -56.3 24 590 08 20 00 08 29 30 --- 18 41 02 55.1 445.2 -3.4 -56.6 570 608 08 20 01 08 30 00 2200+420 18 41 32 55.1 445.3 -3.4 -56.6 24 608 08 30 00 08 39 30 --- 18 51 04 56.6 447.0 -3.2 -56.7 570 627 08 30 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 11 Nov 2013 Day 315 --- 08 40 00 2200+420 18 51 34 56.7 447.1 -3.2 -56.7 24 627 08 40 00 08 49 30 --- 19 01 05 58.1 448.9 -3.0 -56.8 570 645 08 40 01 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3c ---------- 08 50 00 2200+420 19 01 35 58.2 449.0 -3.0 -56.8 24 645 08 50 00 08 59 30 --- 19 11 07 59.7 450.8 -2.9 -56.9 570 663 08 50 01 09 00 00 2200+420 19 11 37 59.8 450.9 -2.9 -56.8 24 663 09 00 00 09 09 30 --- 19 21 09 61.2 452.9 -2.7 -56.7 570 681 09 00 01 09 10 00 2200+420 19 21 39 61.3 453.0 -2.7 -56.7 24 681 09 10 00 09 19 30 --- 19 31 10 62.8 455.1 -2.5 -56.5 570 700 09 10 01 09 20 00 2200+420 19 31 40 62.9 455.2 -2.5 -56.5 24 700 09 20 00 09 29 30 --- 19 41 12 64.3 457.4 -2.4 -56.1 570 718 09 20 01 09 30 00 2200+420 19 41 42 64.4 457.5 -2.4 -56.1 24 718 09 30 00 09 40 00 --- 19 51 44 65.9 460.0 -2.2 -55.6 600 737 09 30 01 ---------- BLOCK 07: K-band VLBI scans, Ground telescope segment 4 ---------- 09 43 30 1823+568 19 55 14 75.9 300.0 1.5 101.5 23 737 09 43 30 09 51 00 --- 20 02 45 74.9 299.3 1.6 99.2 450 752 09 43 31 09 52 40 2021+614 20 04 26 79.8 372.1 -0.3 -164.1 1 752 09 52 40 10 00 00 --- 20 11 47 80.0 367.2 -0.2 -170.5 440 766 09 52 41 10 01 40 1823+568 20 13 27 73.4 298.6 1.8 96.3 6 766 10 01 40 10 10 00 --- 20 21 48 72.3 298.2 2.0 94.2 500 782 10 01 41 10 22 00 2200+420 20 33 50 72.2 473.1 -1.5 -50.4 521 782 10 22 00 10 29 20 --- 20 41 12 73.2 476.1 -1.4 -48.8 440 796 10 22 01 10 32 00 2021+614 20 43 52 79.7 345.6 0.4 161.1 3 796 10 32 00 10 39 00 --- 20 50 53 79.4 341.4 0.5 155.4 420 809 10 32 01 10 40 20 1823+568 20 52 13 68.1 298.0 2.5 87.6 11 809 10 40 20 10 48 00 --- 20 59 55 67.1 298.2 2.6 86.2 460 824 10 40 21 10 49 20 2021+614 21 01 15 78.8 335.7 0.6 147.5 17 824 10 49 20 10 56 50 --- 21 08 46 78.3 332.0 0.8 142.3 450 838 10 49 21 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 11 Nov 2013 Day 315 --- ---------- BLOCK 08: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 4 ---------- 11 00 00 2200+420 21 11 57 77.2 492.2 -0.9 -38.3 2 838 11 00 00 11 09 30 --- 21 21 28 78.2 498.9 -0.7 -33.4 570 857 11 00 01 11 10 00 2200+420 21 21 58 78.3 499.3 -0.7 -33.1 23 857 11 10 00 11 19 30 --- 21 31 30 79.1 507.1 -0.5 -27.1 570 875 11 10 01 11 20 00 2200+420 21 32 00 79.2 507.5 -0.5 -26.7 22 875 11 20 00 11 29 30 --- 21 41 32 79.9 516.5 -0.4 -19.5 570 893 11 20 01 11 30 00 2200+420 21 42 02 79.9 517.0 -0.4 -19.1 22 893 11 30 00 11 39 30 --- 21 51 33 80.4 526.9 -0.2 D -10.9 0 912 11 30 01 12 10 00 2200+420 22 22 08 80.1 560.6 0.3 D 17.1 1816 912 12 10 00 12 19 30 --- 22 31 40 79.4 569.8 0.5 24.6 0 930 12 10 01 12 20 00 2200+420 22 32 10 79.4 570.3 0.5 25.0 22 930 12 20 00 12 29 30 --- 22 41 41 78.6 578.4 0.6 31.3 570 948 12 20 01 12 30 00 2200+420 22 42 11 78.5 578.8 0.6 31.6 23 948 12 30 00 12 39 30 --- 22 51 43 77.5 585.8 0.8 36.9 570 966 12 30 01 12 40 00 2200+420 22 52 13 77.5 586.1 0.8 37.1 23 966 12 40 00 12 49 30 --- 23 01 45 76.3 592.1 1.0 41.4 570 985 12 40 01 12 50 00 2200+420 23 02 15 76.3 592.4 1.0 41.6 23 985 12 50 00 13 00 00 --- 23 12 16 75.0 597.9 1.1 45.2 600 1004 12 50 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 Matching groups in ./ga030b_freq.sess313rdbe.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 22 Station: BADARY 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= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 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 = A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 27 Setup file default. LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 27 28 42 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 27.958002 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 55 03.41567 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for the TS to look at J1824+5651 18 23 14.951494 * 18 24 07.068372 18 24 20.014978 0.18 * 1823+568 56 49 18.07194 * 56 51 01.49075 56 51 53.19192 0.10 J1824+56 ./ga030b_sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 7564 observations J2022+6136 20 21 13.300235 * 20 22 06.681753 20 22 21.338208 0.21 * 2021+614 61 27 18.15575 * 61 36 58.80476 61 40 07.95163 0.10 J2022+61 ./ga030b_sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 3249 observations J2157+3127 21 55 15.930441 * 21 57 28.823886 21 58 06.638673 0.12 * 2155+312 31 12 41.62468 * 31 27 01.35172 31 31 22.41858 0.11 ./ga030b_sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 793 observations J2202+4216 22 00 39.362504 * 22 02 43.291371 22 03 18.806963 0.14 BLLAC 42 02 08.59073 * 42 16 39.97987 42 21 06.43229 0.10 * 2200+420 ./ga030b_sources.vlba J2202+42 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 59418 observations VR422201 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 41 10.167 0.000 1823+568 ra1cm2.set 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 + 3.436 151.619 2021+614 ra1cm2.set 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 + 3.892 237.230 2155+312 ra1cm2.set 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 0.361 13.000 ra2cm2.set 11 12 0.765 25.474 ra7mm2.set 1 2 0.882 30.396 2200+420 ra1cm2.set 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 + 10.943 1739.544 ra2cm2.set 11 12 0.882 34.263 ra7mm2.set 1 2 0.799 31.217 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 103.9 1823+568 85.0 2021+614 100.3 2155+312 109.9 2200+420 112.1 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