COVER INFORMATION Station: PUSH (Code Pu ) 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 PUSH (Code Pu ) 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 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- Next scan frequencies: 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 Next BBC frequencies: 728.00 728.00 728.00 728.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16 00 00 FAKERA 20 11 50 51.9 -6.9 8.2 51.6 0 0 16 00 00 16 09 30 --- 20 21 22 51.7 -6.7 8.3 49.4 570 18 16 00 01 16 10 00 FAKERA 20 21 52 51.7 -6.7 8.4 49.3 10 18 16 10 00 16 19 30 --- 20 31 23 51.5 -6.5 8.5 47.1 570 37 16 10 01 16 20 00 FAKERA 20 31 53 51.5 -6.4 8.5 47.0 10 37 16 20 00 16 29 30 --- 20 41 25 51.4 -6.2 8.7 44.8 570 55 16 20 01 16 30 00 FAKERA 20 41 55 51.4 -6.2 8.7 44.7 10 55 16 30 00 16 40 00 --- 20 51 57 51.2 -5.9 8.9 42.4 600 74 16 30 01 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 17 42 00 FAKERA 21 54 07 50.4 -4.2 9.9 28.3 3700 74 17 42 00 17 51 30 --- 22 03 38 50.3 -3.9 10.1 26.1 570 92 17 42 01 17 52 00 FAKERA 22 04 09 50.3 -3.9 10.1 26.0 10 92 17 52 00 18 01 30 --- 22 13 40 50.2 -3.6 10.2 23.9 570 111 17 52 01 18 02 00 FAKERA 22 14 10 50.2 -3.5 10.2 23.7 10 111 18 02 00 18 11 30 --- 22 23 42 50.1 -3.2 10.4 21.6 570 129 18 02 01 18 12 00 FAKERA 22 24 12 50.1 -3.2 10.4 21.5 10 129 18 12 00 18 22 00 --- 22 34 13 50.1 -2.9 10.6 19.2 600 148 18 12 01 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 19 24 00 FAKERA 23 36 24 49.8 -0.8 11.6 5.4 3700 148 19 24 00 19 33 30 --- 23 45 55 49.7 -0.5 11.8 3.2 570 166 19 24 01 19 34 00 FAKERA 23 46 25 49.7 -0.5 11.8 3.1 10 166 19 34 00 19 43 30 --- 23 55 57 49.7 -0.2 11.9 1.0 570 185 19 34 01 19 44 00 FAKERA 23 56 27 49.7 -0.1 11.9 0.9 10 185 19 44 00 19 53 30 --- 00 05 59 49.7 0.2-11.9 -1.2 570 203 19 44 01 19 54 00 FAKERA 00 06 29 49.7 0.2-11.9 -1.4 10 203 19 54 00 20 04 00 --- 00 16 30 49.8 0.6-11.7 -3.6 600 222 19 54 01 Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) 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 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 21 06 00 FAKERA 01 18 40 50.0 2.6-10.7 -17.5 3700 222 21 06 00 21 15 30 --- 01 28 12 50.1 3.0-10.5 -19.6 570 240 21 06 01 21 16 00 FAKERA 01 28 42 50.1 3.0-10.5 -19.7 10 240 21 16 00 21 25 30 --- 01 38 14 50.1 3.3-10.4 -21.9 570 259 21 16 01 21 26 00 FAKERA 01 38 44 50.2 3.3-10.4 -22.0 10 259 21 26 00 21 35 30 --- 01 48 15 50.2 3.6-10.2 -24.1 570 277 21 26 01 21 36 00 FAKERA 01 48 45 50.2 3.6-10.2 -24.2 10 277 21 36 00 21 46 00 --- 01 58 47 50.3 3.9-10.0 -26.5 600 296 21 36 01 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 22 48 00 FAKERA 03 00 57 51.1 5.7 -9.0 -40.6 3700 296 22 48 00 22 57 30 --- 03 10 29 51.2 6.0 -8.8 -42.7 570 314 22 48 01 22 58 00 FAKERA 03 10 59 51.2 6.0 -8.8 -42.8 10 314 22 58 00 23 07 30 --- 03 20 30 51.4 6.2 -8.7 -45.0 570 333 22 58 01 23 08 00 FAKERA 03 21 00 51.4 6.3 -8.7 -45.1 10 333 23 08 00 23 17 30 --- 03 30 32 51.5 6.5 -8.5 -47.3 570 351 23 08 01 23 18 00 FAKERA 03 31 02 51.6 6.5 -8.5 -47.4 10 351 23 18 00 23 28 00 --- 03 41 04 51.7 6.7 -8.3 -49.8 600 370 23 18 01 --- Thu 17 Oct 2013 Day 290 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 00 40 00 FAKERA 04 53 16 53.1 8.1 -7.1 -66.6 4300 370 00 40 00 00 49 30 --- 05 02 47 53.3 8.2 -7.0 -68.9 570 388 00 40 01 00 50 00 FAKERA 05 03 17 53.3 8.3 -7.0 -69.0 10 388 00 50 00 01 00 00 --- 05 13 19 53.5 8.4 -6.8 -71.4 600 408 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 --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 13 Station: PUSH 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= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 Net SB= U L U L IF SB = U U U U Pol. = LCP LCP RCP RCP BBC = 1 1 2 2 BBC SB= U L U L IF = A A B B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 Setup file default. LO sum= 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 22228.00 BBC fr= 728.00 728.00 728.00 728.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 11 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