COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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: 236.00 236.00 236.00 236.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 04 30 00 2200+420 13 40 39 8.7 37.4 -8.4 -36.6 0 0 04 30 00 04 39 30 --- 13 50 11 9.7 38.8 -8.2 -38.0 570 18 04 30 04 04 40 00 2200+420 13 50 41 9.8 38.9 -8.2 -38.1 28 18 04 40 00 04 49 30 --- 14 00 12 10.9 40.3 -8.1 -39.4 570 37 04 40 04 04 50 00 2200+420 14 00 42 11.0 40.4 -8.0 -39.5 28 37 04 50 00 04 59 30 --- 14 10 14 12.1 41.7 -7.9 -40.8 570 55 04 50 04 05 00 00 2200+420 14 10 44 12.2 41.8 -7.9 -40.9 28 55 05 00 00 05 09 30 --- 14 20 16 13.3 43.2 -7.7 -42.2 570 73 05 00 04 05 10 00 2200+420 14 20 46 13.4 43.2 -7.7 -42.3 28 73 05 10 00 05 19 30 --- 14 30 17 14.6 44.6 -7.6 -43.5 570 91 05 10 04 05 20 00 2200+420 14 30 47 14.6 44.6 -7.5 -43.6 28 91 05 20 00 05 29 30 --- 14 40 19 15.9 45.9 -7.4 -44.9 570 110 05 20 04 05 30 00 2200+420 14 40 49 15.9 46.0 -7.4 -44.9 28 110 05 30 00 05 39 30 --- 14 50 21 17.2 47.3 -7.2 -46.2 570 128 05 30 04 05 40 00 2200+420 14 50 51 17.3 47.4 -7.2 -46.2 28 128 05 40 00 05 49 30 --- 15 00 22 18.5 48.6 -7.0 -47.5 570 146 05 40 04 05 50 00 2200+420 15 00 52 18.6 48.7 -7.0 -47.5 28 146 05 50 00 06 00 00 --- 15 10 54 20.0 50.0 -6.9 -48.8 600 165 05 50 04 06 00 30 2200+420 15 11 24 20.1 50.1 -6.9 -48.8 28 165 06 00 30 06 10 00 --- 15 20 56 21.4 51.3 -6.7 -50.0 570 184 06 00 34 ---------- BLOCK 05: K-band VLBI scans, Ground telescope segment 3 ---------- 06 11 20 2021+614 15 22 16 44.0 39.6 -5.0 -77.0 32 184 06 11 20 06 17 00 --- 15 27 57 44.7 39.8 -4.9 -78.1 340 195 06 11 24 06 18 20 1823+568 15 29 17 59.6 48.4 -2.9 -97.1 47 195 06 18 20 06 24 00 --- 15 34 58 60.4 48.2 -2.8 -98.5 340 205 06 18 24 06 25 20 2021+614 15 36 18 45.6 40.1 -4.8 -79.8 47 205 06 25 20 06 31 00 --- 15 41 59 46.3 40.2 -4.7 -80.9 340 216 06 25 24 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 --- 06 32 20 1823+568 15 43 19 61.5 47.8 -2.7 -100.6 47 216 06 32 20 06 38 00 --- 15 49 00 62.3 47.4 -2.6 -102.1 340 227 06 32 24 06 39 20 2021+614 15 50 20 47.3 40.4 -4.5 -82.6 47 227 06 39 20 06 45 00 --- 15 56 01 47.9 40.5 -4.4 -83.8 340 238 06 39 24 06 46 20 1823+568 15 57 22 63.4 46.9 -2.4 -104.3 46 238 06 46 20 06 52 00 --- 16 03 03 64.1 46.4 -2.4 -105.9 340 249 06 46 24 06 53 20 2021+614 16 04 23 48.9 40.7 -4.3 -85.5 46 249 06 53 20 06 59 00 --- 16 10 04 49.6 40.8 -4.2 -86.7 340 260 06 53 24 07 00 20 1823+568 16 11 24 65.2 45.6 -2.2 -108.4 46 260 07 00 20 07 06 00 --- 16 17 05 66.0 45.0 -2.1 -110.1 340 271 07 00 24 07 07 20 2021+614 16 18 25 50.6 40.8 -4.1 -88.5 46 271 07 07 20 07 13 00 --- 16 24 06 51.3 40.8 -4.0 -89.7 340 282 07 07 24 07 14 20 1823+568 16 25 26 67.0 44.0 -2.0 -112.9 46 282 07 14 20 07 20 00 --- 16 31 07 67.7 43.1 -1.9 -114.8 340 293 07 14 24 07 21 20 2021+614 16 32 27 52.3 40.8 -3.8 -91.6 46 293 07 21 20 07 27 00 --- 16 38 08 52.9 40.8 -3.7 -92.9 340 304 07 21 24 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3a ---------- 07 30 00 2200+420 16 41 09 33.5 60.9 -5.4 -59.1 137 304 07 30 00 07 39 30 --- 16 50 40 35.0 62.0 -5.2 -60.1 570 322 07 30 04 07 40 00 2200+420 16 51 10 35.1 62.1 -5.2 -60.2 28 322 07 40 00 07 49 30 --- 17 00 42 36.6 63.1 -5.0 -61.2 570 340 07 40 04 07 50 00 2200+420 17 01 12 36.7 63.2 -5.0 -61.2 28 340 07 50 00 07 59 30 --- 17 10 44 38.2 64.2 -4.9 -62.2 570 358 07 50 04 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3b ---------- 08 00 00 2200+420 17 11 14 38.3 64.3 -4.9 -62.2 28 358 08 00 00 08 09 30 --- 17 20 45 39.9 65.3 -4.7 -63.2 570 377 08 00 04 08 10 00 2200+420 17 21 15 40.0 65.4 -4.7 -63.2 28 377 08 10 00 08 19 30 --- 17 30 47 41.5 66.4 -4.5 -64.1 570 395 08 10 04 08 20 00 2200+420 17 31 17 41.6 66.5 -4.5 -64.2 28 395 08 20 00 08 29 30 --- 17 40 49 43.2 67.5 -4.4 -65.1 570 413 08 20 04 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 --- 08 30 00 2200+420 17 41 19 43.3 67.5 -4.4 -65.2 28 413 08 30 00 08 39 30 --- 17 50 50 44.9 68.5 -4.2 -66.1 570 431 08 30 04 08 40 00 2200+420 17 51 20 45.0 68.6 -4.2 -66.1 28 431 08 40 00 08 49 30 --- 18 00 52 46.6 69.6 -4.0 -67.0 570 450 08 40 04 ---------- BLOCK 06: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 3c ---------- 08 50 00 2200+420 18 01 22 46.7 69.7 -4.0 -67.0 28 450 08 50 00 08 59 30 --- 18 10 53 48.3 70.7 -3.9 -67.9 570 468 08 50 04 09 00 00 2200+420 18 11 24 48.4 70.7 -3.9 -68.0 28 468 09 00 00 09 09 30 --- 18 20 55 50.0 71.7 -3.7 -68.8 570 486 09 00 04 09 10 00 2200+420 18 21 25 50.1 71.8 -3.7 -68.8 28 486 09 10 00 09 19 30 --- 18 30 57 51.8 72.7 -3.5 -69.7 570 504 09 10 04 09 20 00 2200+420 18 31 27 51.9 72.8 -3.5 -69.7 28 504 09 20 00 09 29 30 --- 18 40 58 53.5 73.8 -3.4 -70.5 570 523 09 20 04 09 30 00 2200+420 18 41 28 53.6 73.8 -3.4 -70.6 28 523 09 30 00 09 40 00 --- 18 51 30 55.4 74.9 -3.2 -71.4 600 542 09 30 04 ---------- BLOCK 07: K-band VLBI scans, Ground telescope segment 4 ---------- 09 43 30 1823+568 18 55 01 75.8 -17.2 0.5 156.8 115 542 09 43 30 09 51 00 --- 19 02 32 75.3 -21.0 0.6 151.7 450 556 09 43 34 09 52 40 2021+614 19 04 12 68.5 25.6 -1.3 -138.6 49 556 09 52 40 10 00 00 --- 19 11 33 69.0 23.8 -1.2 -142.0 440 571 09 52 44 10 01 40 1823+568 19 13 14 74.5 -25.7 0.8 144.8 47 571 10 01 40 10 10 00 --- 19 21 35 73.8 -29.0 1.0 139.9 500 587 10 01 44 10 11 20 2021+614 19 22 55 69.8 20.6 -1.0 -147.4 26 587 10 11 20 10 20 00 --- 19 31 37 70.3 18.0 -0.8 -151.8 520 603 10 11 24 10 22 00 2200+420 19 33 37 62.8 79.3 -2.5 -74.8 55 603 10 22 00 10 29 20 --- 19 40 58 64.1 80.1 -2.4 -75.3 440 617 10 22 04 10 32 00 2021+614 19 43 39 70.9 14.1 -0.6 -158.1 91 617 10 32 00 10 39 00 --- 19 50 40 71.2 11.7 -0.5 -161.9 420 631 10 32 04 10 40 20 1823+568 19 52 00 70.8 -38.2 1.5 124.7 26 631 10 40 20 10 48 00 --- 19 59 41 69.9 -40.0 1.6 121.5 460 646 10 40 24 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 --- 10 49 20 2021+614 20 01 02 71.5 8.0 -0.4 -167.7 28 646 10 49 20 10 56 50 --- 20 08 33 71.7 5.2 -0.2 -172.0 450 660 10 49 24 ---------- BLOCK 08: K-band VLBI scans, Space telescope segment 4 ---------- 11 00 00 2200+420 20 11 43 69.6 83.5 -1.9 -77.3 108 660 11 00 00 11 09 30 --- 20 21 15 71.4 84.6 -1.7 -77.9 570 678 11 00 04 11 10 00 2200+420 20 21 45 71.4 84.7 -1.7 -77.9 28 678 11 10 00 11 19 30 --- 20 31 16 73.2 85.9 -1.5 -78.4 570 696 11 10 04 11 20 00 2200+420 20 31 47 73.3 85.9 -1.5 -78.4 28 696 11 20 00 11 29 30 --- 20 41 18 75.0 87.2 -1.4 -78.8 570 715 11 20 04 11 30 00 2200+420 20 41 48 75.1 87.3 -1.4 -78.8 28 715 11 30 00 11 39 30 --- 20 51 20 76.8 88.7 -1.2 -79.0 570 733 11 30 04 11 40 00 2200+420 20 51 50 76.9 88.7 -1.2 -79.0 28 733 11 40 00 11 49 30 --- 21 01 21 78.6 90.3 -1.0 -79.1 570 751 11 40 04 11 50 00 2200+420 21 01 51 78.7 90.4 -1.0 -79.1 28 751 11 50 00 11 59 30 --- 21 11 23 80.4 92.3 -0.9 -78.9 570 770 11 50 04 12 00 00 2200+420 21 11 53 80.5 92.4 -0.9 -78.9 28 770 12 00 00 12 09 30 --- 21 21 25 82.3 94.7 -0.7 -78.1 570 788 12 00 04 12 10 00 2200+420 21 21 55 82.3 94.9 -0.7 -78.1 28 788 12 10 00 12 19 30 --- 21 31 26 84.1 98.1 -0.5 -76.4 570 806 12 10 04 12 20 00 2200+420 21 31 56 84.1 98.3 -0.5 -76.3 28 806 12 20 00 12 29 30 --- 21 41 28 85.8 103.8 -0.4 -72.5 570 824 12 20 04 12 30 00 2200+420 21 41 58 85.9 104.2 -0.4 -72.2 28 824 12 30 00 12 39 30 --- 21 51 30 87.6 116.3 -0.2 -61.6 570 843 12 30 04 12 40 00 2200+420 21 52 00 87.6 117.4 -0.2 -60.7 27 843 12 40 00 12 49 30 --- 22 01 31 88.8 163.5 -0.0 D -16.2 0 861 12 40 04 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: ur1cmd Dummy dual-pol entry, only LCP available (CR 2Jul02). Setup group: 14 Station: URUMQI 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= 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 22000.00 Net SB= L L U U IF SB = U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 2 1 2 1 BBC SB= L L U U IF = 2N 1N 2N 1N The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 47 Setup file default. LO sum= 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 BBC fr= 236.00 236.00 236.00 236.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 47 Track assignments are: track1= 8, 6, 4, 2 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