Processing of VLBI observation in St. Petersburg University

Kudryashova MariaAstronomical Institute of Saint Petersburg University

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Astronomical Institute structureLaboratory of AstrometryBasic principals of VLBI Analysis of VLBI observations in AI SPb

Astronomical Institute structure

Laboratories: Active Galaxy Nuclei Observational astrophysics Theoretical astrophysics Solar physics and radioastronomy Stellar dynamics and celestial

mechanics Astrometry

Laboratory of Astrometry -areas of investigation -

Analysis of stars cataloguesStudy of Earth rotationGPS observations (2003, S.D. Petrov)Analysis of VLBI observation (1998, O.A. Titov)

Laboratory of Astrometry -rooms-

Laboratory of Astrometry -staff -

Laboratory of Astrometry -new telescope-

Clear aperture...........................................…305 mm (12")Focal length .............................................…3048 mmOptical design ..............................................Schmidt-Cassegrain

Basic principles of VLBI -Observables-

Observational values:

o - time delay

[ns]

/t - delay rate [ps/s]

Basic principles of VLBI -File of observations-DATA IN NGS FORMAT FROM DATA BASE 05OCT06XE_V004

Observed delays and rates into card #2

FORTLEZA 4985370.04800 -3955020.32000 -428472.30600 AZEL .00000

HARTRAO 5085442.79600 2668263.49800 -2768697.04300 EQUA 6.69500

NYALES20 1202462.76100 252734.40400 6237766.01300 AZEL .50800

TIGOCONC 1492054.25700 -4887960.95600 -3803541.32000 AZEL .00000

KOKEE -5543837.62100 -2054567.85200 2387851.92200 AZEL .50800

WETTZELL 4075539.89500 931735.27000 4801629.35500 AZEL .00000

1741-038 17 43 58.856137 - 3 50 4.616680

1357+769 13 57 55.371519 76 43 21.051110

1611+343 16 13 41.064249 34 12 47.909090

2318+049 23 20 44.856598 5 13 49.952660

2243-123 22 46 18.231976 -12 6 51.277340

3C418 20 38 37.034755 51 19 12.662690

1749+096 17 51 32.818573 9 39 0.728510

FORTLEZA HARTRAO 1741-038 2005 10 06 18 30 49.0000000000 101

9236929.27028809 .01143 1441422.4850029480 .01502 0 I 102

.00115 .00000 .00000 .00000 -.361142653441616 0. 103

.00 .0 .00 .0 .00 .0 .00 .0 104

.10331 -.02731 .00000 .00000 .00000 .00000 105

20.000 16.358 1010.000 869.502 60.000 40.751 0 0 106

2.4571482880 .00433 -.0494891659 .00389 0 108

9236929.27028809 .03096 1441422.4850029480 .16652 0 I 109

Basic principles of VLBI -fundamental role-

CRF Sources positions

(!)

TRF Station positions velocities

EOP Polar Motion (x,y) UT1-UTC (!) Nutation angles

(d, d) (!)

Basic principles of VLBI -observational programs-

Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP):

Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF):

Celestial Reference Frame (CRF):

Monthly sessions to investigate instrumental effects :

IVS-R1, IVS-R4IVS-INT1, IVS-INT2IVS-E3

IVS-T2 (RDV)

IVS-CRF (RDV)

IVS-R&D

Observational programs - R1, R4, Int1, Int2-

Basic principles of VLBI -processing of VLBI-

Calculation of the model of VLBI observable (description of procedures could be found in IERS Conventions) - c

Estimation of parameters (LS method, least-square collocation method LSCM, Kalman filter, etc.)

= o-c = c/pi pi + w, pi – parameters under estimations (EOP, stations and radiosources coordinates, etc. )

Basic principles of VLBI -modeling of observable-

xi,yi,zi, i=1,.., N - stations coordinates in TRF (N=2-10) should be modified for Earth-fixed effects (tides, loading, tectonic motion, etc.)

jj , j=1, .., M – radiosources coordinates in CRF (M~60)

EOP – a priory values of x,y, UT1-UTC, d,d from IERS C04

cc = - k Q (r2 - r1 ) + …. k – unit vector from the barycenter to the radiosource;

ri – position of station “ i “ in TRF; Q – transformation matrix from Terrestrial to Celestial

Reference Frame

Analysis of VLBI observations in AI SPb -Methods of parameters estimation-

Least square methodKalman Filter Least square collocation method

Analysis of VLBI observations in AISPb -Description of solutions for IVS/IERS-

Spu00002.eopi Spu0003i.eops

Observational programs

09.1997 – 12.2001 NEOS-Intensive01.2002 -… Int1, Int2

01.1989 – 12.2001 NEOS-A 01.2002 -…R1,R4

Number of session (days between sess.)

6-7 sess. per week (1-2 day)

2 sess. per week (2-3 day)

Duration of session 1 hour 24-hours

Parameters under estimation

UT1-UTC x, y, UT1-UTC, d, d

Analysis of VLBI observations in AISPb -Solution for CRF, TRF, sub-daily EOP-

Observational programs (1989-now): NEOS-A, CORE-A, Cont94, Cont96, Cont02 , R1,R4 …Time lag between the sessions: 7-1 dayDuration of session: 24 hoursParameters under estimation: daily parameters - TRF, d, d; sub-daily parameters - x, y, UT1-UTC Number of estimation: 1 per 2-5 min

Analysis of VLBI observations in AI SPb - sub-daily EOP-