COVER INFORMATION Station: PUSH (Code Pu ) Experiment: RadioAstron Maser observations Exp. Code: ga035a Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.30 Version 11.3 update 1. April 14, 2014 PI: Alexei Alakoz Address: ASC Lebedev Profsoyuznaya 84/32 117997 Moscow, Russia Phone: +7-495-3332512 EMAIL: kirx@kirx.net Fax: +7-495-3332378 Phone during observation: +7-903-6614865 Observing mode: L-band, dual-pol Notes: L-band, Radioastron-compatible frequency setup Mark5C stations should record in Mk5B+ format P-CAL is OFF, Tsys is ON, auto-level (AGC) is ON Please send diskpacks to JIVE Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) Page 2 RadioAstron Maser observations 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Oct 2014 Day 301 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- Next scan frequencies: 1660.00 1660.00 1660.00 1660.00 Next BBC frequencies: 170.00 170.00 170.00 170.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 09 40 00 FAKERA 14 37 09 58.6 -6.2 2.6 135.7 0 0 09 40 00 09 49 30 --- 14 46 41 58.5 -6.5 2.8 133.0 570 18 09 40 01 09 50 00 FAKERA 14 47 11 58.5 -6.5 2.8 132.9 10 18 09 50 00 10 09 30 --- 15 06 44 58.1 -7.0 3.1 127.6 1170 56 09 50 01 10 10 00 FAKERA 15 07 14 58.1 -7.0 3.1 127.5 10 56 10 10 00 10 29 30 --- 15 26 47 57.8 -7.5 3.4 122.2 1170 93 10 10 01 10 30 00 FAKERA 15 27 17 57.8 -7.5 3.4 122.1 10 93 10 30 00 10 49 30 --- 15 46 51 57.4 -7.9 3.8 116.8 1170 131 10 30 01 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 12 40 00 1954+513 17 37 39 69.2 84.6 -2.3 -67.4 6301 131 12 40 00 12 49 30 --- 17 47 10 70.6 86.3 -2.1 -67.7 570 149 12 40 01 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 13 00 00 FAKERA 17 57 42 54.6 -8.8 6.0 83.5 230 149 13 00 00 13 09 30 --- 18 07 14 54.4 -8.7 6.1 81.2 570 167 13 00 01 13 10 00 FAKERA 18 07 44 54.3 -8.7 6.1 81.1 10 167 13 10 00 13 29 30 --- 18 27 17 53.9 -8.6 6.4 76.3 1170 205 13 10 01 13 30 00 FAKERA 18 27 47 53.9 -8.6 6.5 76.2 10 205 13 30 00 13 49 30 --- 18 47 20 53.5 -8.4 6.8 71.5 1170 242 13 30 01 ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 15 40 00 FAKERA 20 38 08 51.4 -6.3 8.6 45.5 6610 242 15 40 00 15 44 30 --- 20 42 39 51.3 -6.2 8.7 44.5 270 251 15 40 01 15 45 00 FAKERA 20 43 09 51.3 -6.2 8.7 44.4 10 251 15 45 00 16 04 30 --- 21 02 42 51.0 -5.7 9.0 39.9 1170 288 15 45 01 16 05 00 FAKERA 21 03 12 51.0 -5.7 9.0 39.8 10 288 16 05 00 16 24 30 --- 21 22 46 50.8 -5.1 9.4 35.4 1170 326 16 05 01 Schedule for PUSH (Code Pu ) Page 3 RadioAstron Maser observations 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 Oct 2014 Day 301 --- ---------- The following is to control the PUSH tracking station recorder ---------- 16 35 00 2113+293 21 33 17 64.6 188.7 0.3 5.8 -170 326 16 35 00 16 44 30 --- 21 42 49 64.4 193.5 0.4 8.9 400 344 16 35 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: ra18cm2.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= 1490.00 1490.00 1490.00 1490.00 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: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1660.00 1660.00 1660.00 1660.00 BBC fr= 170.00 170.00 170.00 170.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 9 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) * FAKERA 11 57 21.769299 * 12 00 00.000000 12 00 27.360808 0.00 85 16 41.77889 * 85 00 00.00000 84 54 49.95901 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. fake circumpolar target for a TS to look at * 2021+317 20 21 18.921660 * 20 23 19.017344 20 23 54.956710 0.00 31 43 19.28848 * 31 53 02.30599 31 56 20.47171 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 1639 observations * 2001+304 20 01 30.323654 * 20 03 30.244055 20 04 05.963211 0.00 30 26 00.29894 * 30 34 30.78829 30 37 27.45227 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 86 observations * 1955+335 19 55 45.474222 * 19 57 40.549911 19 58 14.792340 0.00 33 30 19.39340 * 33 38 27.94307 33 41 18.79233 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 416 observations * ON1_OH 20 08 09.804428 * 20 10 09.050000 20 10 44.626638 0.00 31 22 39.90504 * 31 31 35.20000 31 34 39.34371 0.00 ./ga035a_sources.radioastron OH maser; positions from 2005ApJS160...220..271Fish, RA-AO2-08, RA-AO2-13 * 2113+293 21 13 20.577468 * 21 15 29.413455 21 16 08.347162 0.00 J2115+2933 29 21 06.68457 * 29 33 38.36687 29 37 44.59225 0.00 ./ga035a_sources.radioastron clock offset calibrator for ON1, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 41166 obser * 1954+513 19 54 22.470017 * 19 55 42.738247 19 56 06.650105 0.00 J1955+5131 51 23 46.42512 * 51 31 48.54613 51 34 40.09693 0.00 ./ga035a_sources.radioastron AGN, MASIV, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 3700 observations, RA-AO2-12 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 ra18cm2.set 9 2.667 0.000 2021+317 ra18cm2.set 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.250 15.950 2001+304 ra18cm2.set 1 5 6 7 8 10 12 13 0.700 30.172 1955+335 ra18cm2.set 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 0.183 8.583 ON1_OH ra18cm2.set 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 4.667 277.376 2113+293 ra18cm2.set 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.567 26.950 1954+513 ra18cm2.set 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 0.317 10.450 POSITIONS OF ADDITIONAL SOURCES USED ONLY IN NON-RECORDING SCANS An unused dummy source of a scan that becomes a geodetic segment will show up here. Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) 1328+307 13 28 49.657778 * 13 31 08.288070 13 31 47.791344 0.00 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64060 * 30 30 32.95924 30 26 04.30441 0.00 * 3C286 ./ga035a_sources.radioastron WSRT calibrator, not for 92cm, rfc_2013d Petrov, 2013, unpublished 542 observati 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 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 98.9 2021+317 99.6 2001+304 95.2 1955+335 94.7 3C286 44.6 ON1_OH 96.8 2113+293 110.5 1954+513 98.0 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