COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF MASERS WITH SPACE-VLBI Exp. Code: es073 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.10 Version 11.1 Beta of about April 26, 201 PI: Andrey Sobolev Address: Ural Federal University Lenin Ave. 51 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia Phone: +7 (495) 333 2512 EMAIL: l-sha@yandex.ru Fax: Phone during observation: +7 (916) 545 2842 Observing mode: K-band, dual-pol Notes: K-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup P-CAL is OFF Tsys is ON, auto-level (AGC) is ON Please, send Mk5 disk packs to JIVE Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF MASERS WITH SPACE-VLBI 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 16 Oct 2013 Day 289 --- ---------- Space-ground K-band VLBI scans ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 Next BBC frequencies: 308.00 308.00 308.00 308.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16 00 00 W3IRS5 00 30 16 71.3 405.1 -1.9 -110.2 0 0 16 00 00 16 09 30 --- 00 39 47 72.3 403.8 -1.8 -113.6 570 18 16 00 01 16 10 00 W3IRS5 00 40 17 72.4 403.7 -1.8 -113.8 24 18 16 10 00 16 19 30 --- 00 49 49 73.4 402.0 -1.6 -117.5 570 37 16 10 01 16 20 00 W3IRS5 00 50 19 73.4 401.9 -1.6 -117.7 24 37 16 20 00 16 29 30 --- 00 59 50 74.4 400.0 -1.4 -121.7 570 55 16 20 01 16 30 00 W3IRS5 01 00 20 74.4 399.8 -1.4 -121.9 24 55 16 30 00 16 40 00 --- 01 10 22 75.4 397.3 -1.3 -126.6 600 74 16 30 01 ---------- Ground-only K-band VLBI scans ---------- 16 41 00 0224+671 01 11 22 71.6 384.2 -1.3 -138.6 23 74 16 41 00 16 46 00 --- 01 16 23 72.0 383.1 -1.2 -140.9 300 84 16 41 01 16 47 00 0212+735 01 17 23 67.0 370.8 -1.0 -155.2 24 84 16 47 00 16 52 00 --- 01 22 24 67.1 370.0 -0.9 -157.1 300 93 16 47 01 16 55 00 2021+614 01 25 25 49.8 314.6 5.1 68.3 99 93 16 55 00 17 00 00 --- 01 30 25 49.2 314.9 5.1 67.5 300 103 16 55 01 17 03 00 1849+670 01 33 26 42.7 328.7 6.7 55.7 142 103 17 03 00 17 08 00 --- 01 38 27 42.3 329.1 6.8 54.8 300 112 17 03 01 17 11 00 W3IRS5 01 41 27 78.0 386.1 -0.8 -144.4 94 112 17 11 00 17 20 30 --- 01 50 59 78.5 381.5 -0.6 -151.0 570 131 17 11 01 17 21 00 W3IRS5 01 51 29 78.6 381.2 -0.6 -151.3 23 131 17 21 00 17 24 30 --- 01 54 59 78.8 379.4 -0.5 -153.9 210 137 17 21 01 17 25 00 W3IRS5 01 55 29 78.8 379.1 -0.5 -154.3 23 137 17 25 00 17 35 00 --- 02 05 31 79.2 373.4 -0.4 -162.1 600 157 17 25 01 17 36 00 0224+671 02 06 31 74.1 368.3 -0.4 -166.6 35 157 17 36 00 17 41 00 --- 02 11 32 74.2 366.5 -0.3 -169.4 300 166 17 36 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF MASERS WITH SPACE-VLBI 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 16 Oct 2013 Day 289 --- ---------- Space-ground K-band VLBI scans ---------- 17 42 00 W3IRS5 02 12 32 79.4 369.1 -0.2 -167.9 35 166 17 42 00 17 51 30 --- 02 22 04 79.6 363.1 -0.1 -175.9 570 185 17 42 01 17 52 00 W3IRS5 02 22 34 79.6 362.7 -0.1 -176.4 23 185 17 52 00 18 01 30 --- 02 32 05 79.6 356.6 0.1 175.5 570 203 17 52 01 18 02 00 W3IRS5 02 32 36 79.6 356.3 0.1 175.0 23 203 18 02 00 18 11 30 --- 02 42 07 79.4 350.2 0.3 167.0 570 221 18 02 01 18 12 00 W3IRS5 02 42 37 79.4 349.9 0.3 166.6 23 221 18 12 00 18 22 00 --- 02 52 39 79.0 343.9 0.4 158.5 600 240 18 12 01 ---------- Ground-only K-band VLBI scans ---------- 18 23 00 0224+671 02 53 39 74.1 351.7 0.4 166.6 30 240 18 23 00 18 28 00 --- 02 58 40 74.0 350.0 0.5 163.8 300 250 18 23 01 18 29 00 0212+735 02 59 40 67.5 352.6 0.7 163.4 32 250 18 29 00 18 34 00 --- 03 04 41 67.4 351.8 0.8 161.4 300 260 18 29 01 18 37 00 2021+614 03 07 41 39.3 323.0 6.8 51.7 109 260 18 37 00 18 42 00 --- 03 12 42 38.9 323.5 6.8 50.9 300 269 18 37 01 18 47 00 W3IRS5 03 17 43 77.6 331.5 0.8 140.8 207 269 18 47 00 18 56 30 --- 03 27 14 76.8 327.8 1.0 135.0 570 287 18 47 01 18 57 00 W3IRS5 03 27 45 76.8 327.6 1.0 134.7 24 287 18 57 00 19 06 30 --- 03 37 16 75.9 324.4 1.2 129.6 570 306 18 57 01 19 07 00 W3IRS5 03 37 46 75.9 324.3 1.2 129.3 24 306 19 07 00 19 17 00 --- 03 47 48 75.0 321.5 1.3 124.4 600 325 19 07 01 19 18 00 0224+671 03 48 48 71.6 335.8 1.3 138.6 21 325 19 18 00 19 23 00 --- 03 53 49 71.3 334.6 1.4 136.4 300 335 19 18 01 ---------- Space-ground K-band VLBI scans ---------- 19 24 00 W3IRS5 03 54 49 74.3 319.8 1.5 121.2 21 335 19 24 00 19 33 30 --- 04 04 21 73.3 317.9 1.6 117.2 570 353 19 24 01 19 34 00 W3IRS5 04 04 51 73.2 317.8 1.6 117.0 24 353 19 34 00 19 43 30 --- 04 14 22 72.2 316.2 1.8 113.4 570 371 19 34 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF MASERS WITH SPACE-VLBI 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 16 Oct 2013 Day 289 --- 19 44 00 W3IRS5 04 14 52 72.2 316.1 1.8 113.2 24 371 19 44 00 19 53 30 --- 04 24 24 71.2 314.8 2.0 109.9 570 389 19 44 01 19 54 00 W3IRS5 04 24 54 71.1 314.7 2.0 109.7 24 389 19 54 00 20 04 00 --- 04 34 56 70.0 313.6 2.1 106.5 600 409 19 54 01 ---------- Ground-only K-band VLBI scans ---------- 20 05 00 0224+671 04 35 56 68.1 327.4 2.1 119.9 22 409 20 05 00 20 10 00 --- 04 40 57 67.7 326.8 2.2 118.2 300 418 20 05 01 20 11 30 0212+735 04 42 27 63.4 338.7 2.4 126.0 54 418 20 11 30 20 16 30 --- 04 47 28 63.1 338.3 2.5 124.4 300 428 20 11 31 20 21 30 2021+614 04 52 28 30.8 334.0 8.5 34.9 221 428 20 21 30 20 26 30 --- 04 57 29 30.5 334.6 8.6 34.0 300 437 20 21 31 20 28 30 1849+670 04 59 30 30.7 348.0 10.2 19.4 82 437 20 28 30 20 33 30 --- 05 04 30 30.5 348.5 10.3 18.5 300 447 20 28 31 20 38 30 W3IRS5 05 09 31 66.0 311.5 2.7 96.8 213 447 20 38 30 20 48 00 --- 05 19 03 64.9 311.2 2.9 94.5 570 465 20 38 31 20 48 30 W3IRS5 05 19 33 64.9 311.2 2.9 94.3 24 465 20 48 30 20 58 30 --- 05 29 35 63.7 311.0 3.0 92.0 600 485 20 48 31 21 00 00 0224+671 05 31 05 63.2 322.8 3.0 102.9 54 485 21 00 00 21 05 00 --- 05 36 06 62.7 322.5 3.1 101.5 300 494 21 00 01 ---------- Space-ground K-band VLBI scans ---------- 21 06 00 W3IRS5 05 37 06 62.8 311.0 3.2 90.3 25 494 21 06 00 21 15 30 --- 05 46 37 61.7 311.0 3.3 88.2 570 512 21 06 01 21 16 00 W3IRS5 05 47 07 61.6 311.0 3.3 88.1 24 512 21 16 00 21 25 30 --- 05 56 39 60.5 311.2 3.5 86.1 570 531 21 16 01 21 26 00 W3IRS5 05 57 09 60.5 311.2 3.5 86.0 24 531 21 26 00 21 35 30 --- 06 06 41 59.4 311.4 3.7 84.1 570 549 21 26 01 21 36 00 W3IRS5 06 07 11 59.3 311.4 3.7 84.0 24 549 21 36 00 21 46 00 --- 06 17 12 58.2 311.6 3.8 82.0 600 568 21 36 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF MASERS WITH SPACE-VLBI 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 16 Oct 2013 Day 289 --- ---------- Ground-only K-band VLBI scans ---------- 21 47 00 0224+671 06 18 13 58.7 321.6 3.8 91.0 27 568 21 47 00 21 52 00 --- 06 23 13 58.2 321.6 3.9 89.8 300 578 21 47 01 21 54 00 0212+735 06 25 14 56.8 333.6 4.1 96.8 84 578 21 54 00 21 59 00 --- 06 30 14 56.4 333.5 4.2 95.6 300 587 21 54 01 22 04 00 2021+614 06 35 15 25.4 346.3 10.2 18.0 223 587 22 04 00 22 09 00 --- 06 40 16 25.2 346.9 10.3 17.1 300 597 22 04 01 22 15 00 W3IRS5 06 46 17 54.8 312.8 4.3 76.5 285 597 22 15 00 22 24 30 --- 06 55 49 53.7 313.3 4.5 74.8 570 615 22 15 01 22 25 00 W3IRS5 06 56 19 53.7 313.3 4.5 74.7 24 615 22 25 00 22 30 30 --- 07 01 50 53.1 313.6 4.6 73.7 330 626 22 25 01 22 31 00 W3IRS5 07 02 20 53.0 313.6 4.6 73.6 24 626 22 31 00 22 39 00 --- 07 10 21 52.1 314.1 4.7 72.2 480 641 22 31 01 22 41 00 0224+671 07 12 21 53.5 322.4 4.7 79.2 89 641 22 41 00 22 46 00 --- 07 17 22 53.1 322.6 4.8 78.1 300 651 22 41 01 ---------- Space-ground K-band VLBI scans ---------- 22 48 00 W3IRS5 07 19 23 51.1 314.6 4.9 70.6 90 651 22 48 00 22 57 30 --- 07 28 54 50.1 315.2 5.0 69.0 570 669 22 48 01 22 58 00 W3IRS5 07 29 24 50.0 315.2 5.0 68.9 24 669 22 58 00 23 07 30 --- 07 38 56 49.0 315.9 5.2 67.3 570 687 22 58 01 23 08 00 W3IRS5 07 39 26 48.9 315.9 5.2 67.2 24 687 23 08 00 23 17 30 --- 07 48 57 47.9 316.6 5.4 65.6 570 706 23 08 01 23 18 00 W3IRS5 07 49 27 47.9 316.6 5.4 65.5 24 706 23 18 00 23 28 00 --- 07 59 29 46.8 317.4 5.5 63.8 600 725 23 18 01 ---------- Ground-only K-band VLBI scans ---------- 23 30 00 0224+671 08 01 29 49.0 324.5 5.5 69.4 91 725 23 30 00 23 35 00 --- 08 06 30 48.6 324.7 5.6 68.5 300 735 23 30 01 23 37 00 0212+735 08 08 31 49.7 334.6 5.8 72.8 87 735 23 37 00 23 42 00 --- 08 13 31 49.4 334.8 5.9 71.8 300 744 23 37 01 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 6 ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF MASERS WITH SPACE-VLBI 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 16 Oct 2013 Day 289 --- 23 46 00 2021+614 08 17 32 23.4 359.4 11.9 0.8 173 744 23 46 00 23 51 00 --- 08 22 33 23.4 360.0-12.0 -0.0 300 754 23 46 01 23 53 00 1849+670 08 24 33 30.2 370.5-10.4 -16.8 86 754 23 53 00 23 58 00 --- 08 29 34 30.4 371.0-10.3 -17.7 300 763 23 53 01 --- Thu 17 Oct 2013 Day 290 --- 00 03 00 W3IRS5 08 34 35 43.2 320.2 6.1 58.1 223 763 00 03 00 00 12 30 --- 08 44 06 42.3 321.0 6.3 56.5 570 782 00 03 01 00 13 00 W3IRS5 08 44 36 42.2 321.0 6.3 56.4 24 782 00 13 00 00 20 30 --- 08 52 08 41.5 321.7 6.4 55.2 450 796 00 13 01 00 21 00 W3IRS5 08 52 38 41.5 321.7 6.4 55.1 24 796 00 21 00 00 31 00 --- 09 02 39 40.5 322.6 6.6 53.5 600 815 00 21 01 00 33 00 0224+671 09 04 40 43.6 328.4 6.6 57.6 94 815 00 33 00 00 38 00 --- 09 09 41 43.2 328.7 6.7 56.7 300 825 00 33 01 ---------- Space-ground K-band VLBI scans ---------- 00 40 00 W3IRS5 09 11 41 39.7 323.5 6.7 52.1 94 825 00 40 00 00 49 30 --- 09 21 12 38.8 324.4 6.9 50.5 570 843 00 40 01 00 50 00 W3IRS5 09 21 43 38.8 324.4 6.9 50.4 25 843 00 50 00 01 00 00 --- 09 31 44 37.9 325.4 7.1 48.8 600 862 00 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 ./es073.freq.sess313rdbe.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 11 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: 7 Setup file default. LO sum= 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 BBC fr= 308.00 308.00 308.00 308.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 8 9 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) * W3IRS5 02 21 53.253968 * 02 25 40.712000 02 26 48.133211 0.00 61 52 21.48039 * 62 05 52.52200 62 09 34.03446 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. H2O maser positions translated from B1950 2000ApJ...538.751Imai * FAKERA 11 57 21.769299 * 12 00 00.000000 12 00 24.642245 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 55 11.99692 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for the TS to look at J0217+7349 02 12 49.921893 * 02 17 30.813373 02 18 56.259941 1.24 * 0212+735 73 35 40.08541 * 73 49 32.62174 73 53 18.98546 0.26 J0217+73 ./sources.vlba GSFC 2011B astro solution 46790 Observations J0228+6721 02 24 41.169052 * 02 28 50.051489 02 30 04.387655 0.26 * 0224+671 67 07 39.70869 * 67 21 03.02932 67 24 41.10736 0.10 4C67.05 ./sources.vlba J0228+67 rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 3946 observations J1849+6705 18 49 16.505870 * 18 49 16.072283 18 49 15.288669 0.26 * 1849+670 67 02 07.88048 * 67 05 41.68022 67 07 08.10634 0.10 J1849+67 ./sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 6895 observations J2022+6136 20 21 13.300235 * 20 22 06.681753 20 22 22.448667 0.21 * 2021+614 61 27 18.15575 * 61 36 58.80476 61 40 07.47538 0.10 J2022+61 ./sources.vlba rfc_2012b Petrov, 2012, unpublished 3249 observations 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 W3IRS5 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 5.558 293.575 FAKERA ra1cm2.set 11 3.533 0.000 0212+735 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 0.417 23.000 0224+671 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 0.833 43.417 1849+670 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 0.250 13.833 2021+614 ra1cm2.set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 0.417 22.250 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) W3IRS5 125.9 FAKERA 94.5 0212+735 114.9 0224+671 120.8 1849+670 94.8 2021+614 104.6 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