COVER INFORMATION Station: VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Nov 2013 Day 314 --- ---------- BLOCK 02: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 1 ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 Next BBC frequencies: 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 22 00 00 2200+420 14 59 03 2.1 45.3 -7.1 D -64.8 0 0 22 00 00 22 09 30 --- 15 08 35 3.7 46.0 -6.9 -66.4 0 18 22 00 01 22 10 00 2200+420 15 09 05 3.7 46.1 -6.9 -66.4 24 18 22 10 00 22 19 30 --- 15 18 36 5.4 46.7 -6.7 -68.0 570 37 22 10 01 22 20 00 2200+420 15 19 06 5.4 46.8 -6.7 -68.1 24 37 22 20 00 22 29 30 --- 15 28 38 7.1 47.4 -6.6 -69.6 570 55 22 20 01 22 30 00 2200+420 15 29 08 7.2 47.4 -6.6 -69.7 24 55 22 30 00 22 39 30 --- 15 38 40 8.8 48.0 -6.4 -71.2 570 73 22 30 01 22 40 00 2200+420 15 39 10 8.9 48.1 -6.4 -71.3 24 73 22 40 00 22 49 30 --- 15 48 41 10.6 48.6 -6.2 -72.8 570 91 22 40 01 22 50 00 2200+420 15 49 11 10.7 48.6 -6.2 -72.9 24 91 22 50 00 22 59 30 --- 15 58 43 12.4 49.2 -6.1 -74.4 570 110 22 50 01 23 00 00 2200+420 15 59 13 12.5 49.2 -6.1 -74.5 24 110 23 00 00 23 09 30 --- 16 08 44 14.2 49.6 -5.9 -76.0 570 128 23 00 01 23 10 00 2200+420 16 09 15 14.3 49.7 -5.9 -76.0 24 128 23 10 00 23 19 30 --- 16 18 46 16.0 50.1 -5.7 -77.5 570 146 23 10 01 23 20 00 2200+420 16 19 16 16.1 50.1 -5.7 -77.6 24 146 23 20 00 23 29 30 --- 16 28 48 17.8 50.5 -5.6 -79.1 570 164 23 20 01 23 30 00 2200+420 16 29 18 17.9 50.5 -5.6 -79.2 24 164 23 30 00 23 39 30 --- 16 38 49 19.6 50.8 -5.4 -80.7 570 183 23 30 01 23 40 00 2200+420 16 39 19 19.7 50.8 -5.4 -80.8 24 183 23 40 00 23 49 30 --- 16 48 51 21.4 51.1 -5.2 -82.3 570 201 23 40 01 23 50 00 2200+420 16 49 21 21.5 51.1 -5.2 -82.3 24 201 23 50 00 23 59 30 --- 16 58 53 23.3 51.3 -5.1 -83.9 570 219 23 50 01 --- Mon 11 Nov 2013 Day 315 --- 00 00 00 2200+420 16 59 23 23.4 51.4 -5.1 -83.9 24 219 00 00 00 00 09 30 --- 17 08 54 25.1 51.5 -4.9 -85.5 570 237 00 00 01 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 --- 00 10 00 2200+420 17 09 24 25.2 51.5 -4.9 -85.6 24 237 00 10 00 00 19 30 --- 17 18 56 27.0 51.7 -4.7 -87.1 570 256 00 10 01 00 20 00 2200+420 17 19 26 27.1 51.7 -4.7 -87.2 24 256 00 20 00 00 29 30 --- 17 28 58 28.8 51.7 -4.6 -88.8 570 274 00 20 01 00 30 00 2200+420 17 29 28 28.9 51.7 -4.6 -88.8 24 274 00 30 00 00 39 30 --- 17 38 59 30.7 51.8 -4.4 -90.4 570 292 00 30 01 00 40 00 2200+420 17 39 29 30.8 51.8 -4.4 -90.5 24 292 00 40 00 00 49 30 --- 17 49 01 32.5 51.7 -4.2 -92.2 570 311 00 40 01 00 50 00 2200+420 17 49 31 32.6 51.7 -4.2 -92.2 24 311 00 50 00 00 59 30 --- 17 59 03 34.4 51.6 -4.1 -93.9 570 329 00 50 01 01 00 00 2200+420 17 59 33 34.5 51.6 -4.1 -94.0 24 329 01 00 00 01 09 30 --- 18 09 04 36.2 51.4 -3.9 -95.7 570 347 01 00 01 01 10 00 2200+420 18 09 34 36.3 51.4 -3.9 -95.8 24 347 01 10 00 01 19 30 --- 18 19 06 38.1 51.1 -3.7 -97.6 570 365 01 10 01 01 20 00 2200+420 18 19 36 38.2 51.1 -3.7 -97.7 24 365 01 20 00 01 29 30 --- 18 29 07 39.9 50.8 -3.6 -99.5 570 384 01 20 01 01 30 00 2200+420 18 29 38 40.0 50.8 -3.6 -99.6 24 384 01 30 00 01 40 00 --- 18 39 39 41.8 50.3 -3.4 -101.6 600 403 01 30 01 ---------- BLOCK 04: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 2 ---------- 03 20 00 2200+420 20 19 56 58.6 38.3 -1.7 -128.0 5993 403 03 20 00 03 29 30 --- 20 29 27 60.0 36.1 -1.6 -131.5 570 421 03 20 01 03 30 00 2200+420 20 29 57 60.1 35.9 -1.6 -131.7 24 421 03 30 00 03 39 30 --- 20 39 29 61.3 33.5 -1.4 -135.4 570 439 03 30 01 03 40 00 2200+420 20 39 59 61.4 33.3 -1.4 -135.6 24 439 03 40 00 03 49 30 --- 20 49 30 62.6 30.5 -1.2 -139.7 570 458 03 40 01 03 50 00 2200+420 20 50 01 62.7 30.4 -1.2 -139.9 24 458 03 50 00 03 59 30 --- 20 59 32 63.7 27.3 -1.1 -144.3 570 476 03 50 01 04 00 00 2200+420 21 00 02 63.8 27.1 -1.1 -144.5 24 476 04 00 00 04 09 30 --- 21 09 34 64.8 23.7 -0.9 -149.2 570 494 04 00 01 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 --- 04 10 00 2200+420 21 10 04 64.8 23.6 -0.9 -149.4 24 494 04 10 00 04 19 30 --- 21 19 35 65.6 19.9 -0.7 -154.4 570 512 04 10 01 04 20 00 2200+420 21 20 05 65.7 19.7 -0.7 -154.6 24 512 04 20 00 04 29 30 --- 21 29 37 66.4 15.7 -0.6 -159.9 570 531 04 20 01 04 30 00 2200+420 21 30 07 66.4 15.4 -0.6 -160.2 24 531 04 30 00 04 39 30 --- 21 39 39 66.9 11.2 -0.4 -165.7 570 549 04 30 01 04 40 00 2200+420 21 40 09 66.9 11.0 -0.4 -166.0 24 549 04 40 00 04 49 30 --- 21 49 40 67.3 6.5 -0.2 -171.7 570 567 04 40 01 04 50 00 2200+420 21 50 10 67.3 6.3 -0.2 -172.0 24 567 04 50 00 04 59 30 --- 21 59 42 67.4 1.7 -0.1 -177.8 570 586 04 50 01 05 00 00 2200+420 22 00 12 67.4 1.5 -0.1 -178.1 24 586 05 00 00 05 09 30 --- 22 09 44 67.4 -3.1 0.1 176.1 570 604 05 00 01 05 10 00 2200+420 22 10 14 67.4 -3.3 0.1 175.8 24 604 05 10 00 05 19 30 --- 22 19 45 67.2 -7.9 0.3 170.0 570 622 05 10 01 05 20 00 2200+420 22 20 15 67.2 -8.1 0.3 169.7 24 622 05 20 00 05 29 30 --- 22 29 47 66.8 -12.5 0.4 164.0 570 640 05 20 01 05 30 00 2200+420 22 30 17 66.7 -12.7 0.4 163.8 24 640 05 30 00 05 39 30 --- 22 39 49 66.2 -16.9 0.6 158.3 570 659 05 30 01 05 40 00 2200+420 22 40 19 66.1 -17.1 0.6 158.1 24 659 05 40 00 05 49 30 --- 22 49 50 65.4 -21.0 0.8 152.9 570 677 05 40 01 05 50 00 2200+420 22 50 20 65.4 -21.2 0.8 152.6 24 677 05 50 00 06 00 00 --- 23 00 22 64.4 -25.0 1.0 147.5 600 696 05 50 01 06 00 30 2200+420 23 00 52 64.4 -25.1 1.0 147.3 24 696 06 00 30 06 10 00 --- 23 10 24 63.4 -28.4 1.1 142.7 570 714 06 00 31 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3a ---------- 07 30 00 2200+420 00 30 37 51.7 -45.6 2.5 114.5 4793 714 07 30 00 07 39 30 --- 00 40 08 50.1 -46.7 2.6 112.0 570 733 07 30 01 07 40 00 2200+420 00 40 38 50.0 -46.8 2.6 111.9 24 733 07 40 00 07 49 30 --- 00 50 10 48.4 -47.7 2.8 109.6 570 751 07 40 01 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 --- 07 50 00 2200+420 00 50 40 48.3 -47.8 2.8 109.5 24 751 07 50 00 07 59 30 --- 01 00 12 46.6 -48.6 2.9 107.3 570 769 07 50 01 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3b ---------- 08 00 00 2200+420 01 00 42 46.5 -48.6 3.0 107.1 24 769 08 00 00 08 09 30 --- 01 10 13 44.8 -49.3 3.1 105.0 570 787 08 00 01 08 10 00 2200+420 01 10 43 44.7 -49.4 3.1 104.9 24 787 08 10 00 08 19 30 --- 01 20 15 43.0 -50.0 3.3 102.9 570 806 08 10 01 08 20 00 2200+420 01 20 45 42.9 -50.0 3.3 102.8 24 806 08 20 00 08 29 30 --- 01 30 16 41.2 -50.5 3.4 100.9 570 824 08 20 01 08 30 00 2200+420 01 30 47 41.1 -50.5 3.5 100.8 24 824 08 30 00 08 39 30 --- 01 40 18 39.4 -50.9 3.6 98.9 570 842 08 30 01 08 40 00 2200+420 01 40 48 39.3 -50.9 3.6 98.8 24 842 08 40 00 08 49 30 --- 01 50 20 37.5 -51.2 3.8 97.0 570 861 08 40 01 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3c ---------- 08 50 00 2200+420 01 50 50 37.5 -51.2 3.8 96.9 24 861 08 50 00 08 59 30 --- 02 00 21 35.7 -51.5 4.0 95.2 570 879 08 50 01 09 00 00 2200+420 02 00 51 35.6 -51.5 4.0 95.1 24 879 09 00 00 09 09 30 --- 02 10 23 33.9 -51.6 4.1 93.4 570 897 09 00 01 09 10 00 2200+420 02 10 53 33.8 -51.6 4.1 93.3 24 897 09 10 00 09 19 30 --- 02 20 25 32.0 -51.7 4.3 91.7 570 915 09 10 01 09 20 00 2200+420 02 20 55 31.9 -51.7 4.3 91.6 24 915 09 20 00 09 29 30 --- 02 30 26 30.2 -51.8 4.5 90.0 570 934 09 20 01 09 30 00 2200+420 02 30 56 30.1 -51.8 4.5 89.9 24 934 09 30 00 09 40 00 --- 02 40 58 28.2 -51.7 4.6 88.2 600 953 09 30 01 09 52 40 2021+614 02 53 40 13.7 -28.9 6.5 73.6 724 953 09 52 40 10 00 00 --- 03 01 01 12.9 -28.7 6.6 72.1 440 967 09 52 41 10 11 20 2021+614 03 12 23 11.6 -28.2 6.8 69.7 674 967 10 11 20 10 20 00 --- 03 21 05 10.7 -27.8 7.0 H 67.8 0 984 10 11 21 10 22 00 2200+420 03 23 05 20.5 -51.0 5.3 81.4 91 984 10 22 00 10 29 20 --- 03 30 26 19.1 -50.7 5.5 80.3 440 998 10 22 01 Schedule for VLBA_MK (Code Mk ) 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 04 01 11 13.6 -49.5 6.0 75.4 1833 998 11 00 00 11 09 30 --- 04 10 43 11.9 -49.0 6.1 73.9 570 1016 11 00 01 11 10 00 2200+420 04 11 13 11.8 -49.0 6.1 73.9 24 1016 11 10 00 11 19 30 --- 04 20 44 10.1 -48.5 6.3 H 72.3 0 1034 11 10 01 11 20 00 2200+420 04 21 14 10.0 -48.4 6.3 H 72.3 24 1034 11 20 00 11 29 30 --- 04 30 46 8.3 -47.9 6.5 H 70.8 0 1053 11 20 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: v1cm_b3 Setup group: 10 Station: VLBA_MK Total bit rate: 256 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 4 DBE type: RDBE_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 Net SB= L L U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 2 3 4 BBC SB= L L U U IF = B D B D VLBA FE= omit 1cm omit 1cm VLBA Synth= 9.1 15.1 12.4 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 31 Setup file default. LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 736.00 736.00 736.00 736.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 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