COVER INFORMATION Station: SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Experiment: RadioAstron polarization imaging Exp. Code: gg083d Schedule Version: 1.20 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 dual-pol Notes: K-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup P-CAL is ON Tsys is ON auto-level (AGC) is ON Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 2 RadioAstron 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Feb 2018 Day 39 --- Next scan frequencies: 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22236.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 22268.00 Next BBC frequencies: 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00 348.00 348.00 348.00 348.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 22 00 00 1226+023 09 14 57 20.7 486.5 -3.3 -23.3 0 0 21 59 49 22 07 30 --- 09 22 29 21.4 488.4 -3.1 -22.7 450 30 21 59 50 ---------- K-band VLBI scans. Space segment 01: 1226+023 with EVN ---------- 22 08 00 1226+023 09 22 59 21.5 488.5 -3.1 -22.7 24 30 22 07 49 22 18 00 --- 09 33 00 22.4 491.0 -3.0 -21.8 600 69 22 07 50 22 18 30 1226+023 09 33 30 22.5 491.1 -2.9 -21.8 24 69 22 18 19 22 28 00 --- 09 43 02 23.4 493.5 -2.8 -20.9 570 106 22 18 20 22 28 30 1226+023 09 43 32 23.4 493.7 -2.8 -20.9 24 106 22 28 19 22 38 00 --- 09 53 04 24.2 496.1 -2.6 -20.0 570 143 22 28 20 ---------- EVN EVPA + FF calibration K-band ---------- 22 40 30 0923+392 09 55 34 68.0 554.3 0.5 9.0 47 143 22 40 19 22 50 30 --- 10 05 36 67.6 559.4 0.6 12.1 600 182 22 40 20 22 51 30 1226+023 10 06 36 25.3 499.6 -2.4 -18.6 -40 182 22 51 19 23 04 00 --- 10 19 08 26.3 502.9 -2.2 -17.3 710 231 22 51 20 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 04 30 1226+023 10 19 38 26.3 503.1 -2.2 -17.2 24 231 23 04 19 23 14 30 --- 10 29 40 27.1 505.8 -2.0 -16.1 600 270 23 04 20 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 14 30 1226+023 10 29 40 27.1 505.8 -2.0 -16.1 -5 270 No stop 23 24 30 --- 10 39 41 27.7 508.5 -1.8 -14.9 595 309 23 14 31 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 24 30 1226+023 10 39 41 27.7 508.5 -1.8 -14.9 -5 309 No stop 23 34 30 --- 10 49 43 28.4 511.2 -1.7 -13.7 595 347 23 24 31 ---------- K-band target ---------- 23 34 30 1226+023 10 49 43 28.4 511.2 -1.7 -13.7 -5 347 No stop 23 44 30 --- 10 59 45 28.9 514.0 -1.5 -12.5 595 386 23 34 31 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 3 RadioAstron 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 8 Feb 2018 Day 39 --- 23 46 30 1226+023 11 01 45 29.0 514.6 -1.5 -12.2 113 386 23 46 19 23 54 30 --- 11 09 46 29.4 516.8 -1.3 -11.2 480 417 23 46 20 --- Start: Thu 8 Feb 2018 Day 39 -- Stop: Fri 9 Feb 2018 Day 40 --- 23 55 00 1226+023 11 10 16 29.5 517.0 -1.3 -11.1 24 417 23 54 49 00 14 30 --- 11 29 50 30.3 522.5 -1.0 -8.5 1170 493 23 54 50 ---------- K-band VLBI scans. Space segment 02: 1226+023 with EVN ---------- 00 15 00 1226+023 11 30 20 30.3 522.6 -1.0 -8.4 24 493 00 14 49 00 25 00 --- 11 40 21 30.7 525.5 -0.8 -7.1 600 532 00 14 50 00 25 30 1226+023 11 40 51 30.7 525.7 -0.8 -7.0 24 532 00 25 19 00 35 00 --- 11 50 23 30.9 528.4 -0.7 -5.7 570 569 00 25 20 00 35 30 1226+023 11 50 53 30.9 528.6 -0.7 -5.6 24 569 00 35 19 00 45 00 --- 12 00 25 31.1 531.3 -0.5 -4.2 570 607 00 35 20 00 45 30 1226+023 12 00 55 31.2 531.5 -0.5 -4.2 24 607 00 45 19 00 55 00 --- 12 10 26 31.3 534.3 -0.3 -2.8 570 644 00 45 20 00 55 30 1226+023 12 10 56 31.3 534.4 -0.3 -2.7 24 644 00 55 19 01 05 00 --- 12 20 28 31.4 537.2 -0.2 -1.4 570 681 00 55 20 01 05 30 1226+023 12 20 58 31.4 537.3 -0.2 -1.3 24 681 01 05 19 01 15 00 --- 12 30 29 31.4 540.1 0.0 0.1 570 718 01 05 20 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 01 15 30 1226+023 12 31 00 31.4 540.3 0.0 0.1 24 718 01 15 19 01 25 30 --- 12 41 01 31.4 543.2 0.2 1.6 600 757 01 15 20 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 01 25 30 1226+023 12 41 01 31.4 543.2 0.2 1.6 -5 757 No stop 01 35 30 --- 12 51 03 31.3 546.1 0.4 3.0 595 796 01 25 31 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 01 35 30 1226+023 12 51 03 31.3 546.1 0.4 3.0 -5 796 No stop 01 45 30 --- 13 01 04 31.1 549.1 0.5 4.4 595 834 01 35 31 01 46 30 1226+023 13 02 05 31.1 549.4 0.5 4.6 54 834 01 46 19 01 56 30 --- 13 12 06 30.9 552.3 0.7 6.0 600 874 01 46 20 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 4 RadioAstron 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 9 Feb 2018 Day 40 --- ---------- EVN EVPA + FF calibration K-band ---------- 02 00 00 0923+392 13 15 37 49.2 624.7 3.8 39.0 113 874 01 59 49 02 10 00 --- 13 25 38 47.9 626.9 4.0 39.2 600 913 01 59 50 ---------- Target K-band ---------- 02 10 00 1226+023 13 25 38 30.5 556.2 0.9 7.9 -95 913 No stop 02 33 30 --- 13 49 12 29.5 562.9 1.3 11.0 1315 1003 02 10 01 02 34 00 1226+023 13 49 42 29.5 563.0 1.3 11.1 24 1003 02 33 49 02 57 00 --- 14 12 46 28.2 569.4 1.7 14.0 1380 1092 02 33 50 02 57 00 1226+023 14 12 46 28.2 569.4 1.7 14.0 -5 1092 No stop 03 02 00 --- 14 17 47 27.9 570.8 1.8 14.6 295 1111 02 57 01 03 07 00 0923+392 14 22 48 40.9 639.0 4.9 38.7 207 1111 03 06 49 03 12 00 --- 14 27 49 40.3 640.0 5.0 38.5 300 1131 03 06 50 ---------- EVN back to target K-band ---------- 03 12 00 1226+023 14 27 49 27.2 573.5 2.0 15.8 -91 1131 No stop 03 23 30 --- 14 39 21 26.4 576.6 2.2 17.1 599 1176 03 12 01 03 24 00 1226+023 14 39 51 26.4 576.8 2.2 17.1 24 1176 03 23 49 03 32 00 --- 14 47 52 25.8 578.9 2.3 18.0 480 1207 03 23 50 ---------- rest in K-band ---------- 03 32 00 1226+023 14 47 52 25.8 578.9 2.3 18.0 -5 1207 No stop 03 38 00 --- 14 53 53 25.3 580.5 2.4 18.6 355 1230 03 32 01 03 39 00 1226+023 14 54 53 25.2 580.7 2.4 18.7 54 1230 03 39 00 03 45 00 --- 15 00 54 24.7 582.3 2.5 19.4 360 1253 03 39 01 03 46 00 1226+023 15 01 54 24.7 582.6 2.5 19.5 54 1253 03 45 49 03 54 00 --- 15 09 56 24.0 584.6 2.7 20.2 480 1285 03 45 50 ---------- K-band VLBI scans. Space segment 03: 1226+023 with EVN+GBT+VLBA ---------- 03 55 00 1226+023 15 10 56 23.9 584.9 2.7 20.3 54 1285 03 54 49 04 05 00 --- 15 20 57 23.0 587.5 2.8 21.3 600 1324 03 54 50 04 05 30 1226+023 15 21 27 23.0 587.6 2.9 21.3 24 1324 04 05 19 04 15 00 --- 15 30 59 22.1 590.0 3.0 22.1 570 1361 04 05 20 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) Page 5 RadioAstron 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 9 Feb 2018 Day 40 --- 04 15 30 1226+023 15 31 29 22.0 590.1 3.0 22.2 24 1361 04 15 19 04 25 00 --- 15 41 01 21.1 592.5 3.2 23.0 570 1398 04 15 20 04 25 30 1226+023 15 41 31 21.1 592.6 3.2 23.0 24 1398 04 25 19 04 35 00 --- 15 51 02 20.1 594.9 3.3 23.8 570 1436 04 25 20 04 35 30 1226+023 15 51 32 20.1 595.0 3.4 23.8 24 1436 04 35 19 04 45 00 --- 16 01 04 19.1 597.3 3.5 24.5 570 1473 04 35 20 04 45 30 1226+023 16 01 34 19.0 597.5 3.5 24.5 24 1473 04 45 19 04 55 00 --- 16 11 06 18.0 599.7 3.7 25.2 570 1510 04 45 20 ---------- EVN + GBT + some VLBA on target ---------- 04 55 30 1226+023 16 11 36 18.0 599.9 3.7 25.2 24 1510 04 55 19 05 03 30 --- 16 19 37 17.1 601.8 3.8 25.7 480 1542 04 55 20 05 04 00 1226+023 16 20 07 17.1 601.9 3.8 25.7 24 1542 05 03 49 05 35 00 --- 16 51 12 13.6 609.1 4.4 27.4 1860 1662 05 03 50 05 35 30 1226+023 16 51 42 13.5 609.2 4.4 27.4 24 1662 05 35 19 05 45 30 --- 17 01 44 12.4 611.5 4.5 27.8 600 1701 05 35 20 05 46 00 1226+023 17 02 14 12.3 611.6 4.5 27.8 24 1701 05 45 49 05 55 00 --- 17 11 15 11.3 613.6 4.7 28.2 540 1736 05 45 50 05 55 30 1226+023 17 11 46 11.2 613.7 4.7 28.2 24 1736 05 55 19 06 04 30 --- 17 20 47 10.1 615.8 4.8 28.5 540 1771 05 55 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 Matching groups in ./gg083d_freq.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 28 Station: SVETLOE Total bit rate: 512 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 Net SB= U U L L U U L L IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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 BBC fr= 316.00 316.00 316.00 316.00 348.00 348.00 348.00 348.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 8 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 6, 10, 14, 4, 8, 12, 16 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 01 00.483936 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 53 47.52470 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at 1328+307 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 58.208451 0.00 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64060 * 30 30 32.95924 30 24 50.67595 0.00 * 3C286 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron WSRT calibrator, not for 92cm, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 542 observati * 0727-115 07 27 58.097813 * 07 30 19.112473 07 31 10.802612 0.00 J0730-1141 -11 34 52.58107 *-11 41 12.60063 -11 43 44.55700 0.00 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 155894 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO2- * 0923+392 09 23 55.319218 * 09 27 03.013939 09 28 11.366254 0.00 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56637 * 39 02 20.85177 38 57 28.85387 0.00 4C39.25 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 245863 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3- * 1226+023 12 26 33.245835 * 12 29 06.699731 12 30 02.412902 0.00 J1229+0203 02 19 43.30547 * 02 03 08.59797 01 57 07.17814 0.00 3C273B ./gg083d_sources.radioastron 3C273 AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 32011 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3-0 1253-055 12 53 35.831289 * 12 56 11.166557 12 57 07.519618 0.00 J1256-0547 -05 31 07.99603 *-05 47 21.52489 -05 53 12.02711 0.00 * 3C279 ./gg083d_sources.radioastron AGN, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 7924 observations, RA-AO3-04, RA-AO3-05 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 14 5.283 0.000 3C286 ra1cm2.set 53 0.500 0.000 ra2cm2.set 54 0.500 0.000 ra7mm2.set 52 0.500 0.000 0727-115 ra1cm2.set 56 57 58 59 60 1.686 16.383 0923+392 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 29 47 + 1.583 49.745 ra2cm2.set 38 54 0.667 20.333 ra7mm2.set 15 16 19 20 52 1.483 32.239 1226+023 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 12 13 29 47 + 20.494 1018.787 ra2cm2.set 38 51 54 0.883 38.200 ra7mm2.set 15 16 19 20 52 1.642 47.821 3C279 ra1cm2.set 56 57 58 59 60 0.164 1.590 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 108.7 3C286 123.0 0727-115 140.1 0923+392 155.6 1226+023 134.3 3C279 125.2 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