COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: EVN Observations to Solve the Puzzle of FR0 Radio Galaxies Exp. Code: EG100A Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Gabriele Giovannini Address: Istituto di Radioastronomia Via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna-Italy Italy Phone: +39 051 6399415 EMAIL: g.giovannini@ira.inaf.it Fax: +39 051 639 9431 Phone during observation: +39 051 6399415 Observing mode: Notes: Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 2 EVN Observations to Solve the Puzzle of FR0 Radio Galaxies 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 22 Feb 2018 Day 53 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 Next BBC frequencies: 100.49 100.49 100.49 100.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 21 30 00 J0945+3534 09 31 41 28.5 3.5 -0.3 0.0 0 0 21 30 00 21 33 00 --- 09 34 42 28.5 2.8 -0.2 0.0 180 23 21 30 01 21 33 00 J0943+36 09 34 42 27.9 2.2 -0.2 0.0 -26 23 No stop 21 42 30 --- 09 44 13 27.9 0.0 -0.0 0.0 544 97 21 33 01 21 43 00 J0945+3534 09 44 43 28.6 0.5 -0.0 0.0 4 97 21 43 00 21 44 30 --- 09 46 13 28.6 0.1 -0.0 0.0 90 108 21 43 01 21 44 30 J0943+36 09 46 13 27.9 359.6 0.0 0.0 -26 108 No stop 21 54 00 --- 09 55 45 27.9 357.4 0.2 0.0 544 182 21 44 31 21 54 30 J0945+3534 09 56 15 28.6 357.8 0.2 0.0 4 182 21 54 30 21 56 00 --- 09 57 45 28.6 357.4 0.2 0.0 90 193 21 54 31 21 56 00 J0943+36 09 57 45 27.9 357.0 0.2 0.0 -26 193 No stop 22 05 30 --- 10 07 17 27.7 354.8 0.4 0.0 544 267 21 56 01 22 06 00 J0945+3534 10 07 47 28.4 355.1 0.4 0.0 4 267 22 06 00 22 07 30 --- 10 09 17 28.4 354.8 0.4 0.0 90 278 22 06 01 22 07 30 J0943+36 10 09 17 27.7 354.3 0.4 0.0 -26 278 No stop 22 17 00 --- 10 18 49 27.4 352.2 0.6 0.0 544 352 22 07 31 22 17 30 J0945+3534 10 19 19 28.1 352.5 0.5 0.0 4 352 22 17 30 22 19 00 --- 10 20 49 28.1 352.1 0.6 0.0 90 363 22 17 31 22 19 00 J0943+36 10 20 49 27.4 351.7 0.6 0.0 -26 363 No stop 22 28 30 --- 10 30 21 27.0 349.6 0.8 0.0 544 437 22 19 01 22 29 00 J0945+3534 10 30 51 27.7 349.9 0.7 0.0 4 437 22 29 00 22 30 30 --- 10 32 21 27.7 349.5 0.8 0.0 90 448 22 29 01 22 30 30 J0943+36 10 32 21 26.9 349.2 0.8 0.0 -26 448 No stop 22 40 00 --- 10 41 53 26.5 347.1 1.0 0.0 544 522 22 30 31 22 40 30 J0945+3534 10 42 23 27.2 347.3 0.9 0.0 4 522 22 40 30 22 42 00 --- 10 43 53 27.1 347.0 1.0 0.0 90 533 22 40 31 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) Page 3 EVN Observations to Solve the Puzzle of FR0 Radio Galaxies 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 22 Feb 2018 Day 53 --- 22 42 00 J0943+36 10 43 53 26.4 346.6 1.0 0.0 -26 533 No stop 22 51 30 --- 10 53 24 25.8 344.6 1.1 0.0 544 607 22 42 01 22 52 00 J0945+3534 10 53 55 26.6 344.7 1.1 0.0 4 607 22 52 00 22 53 30 --- 10 55 25 26.5 344.4 1.1 0.0 90 618 22 52 01 22 53 30 J0943+36 10 55 25 25.7 344.1 1.2 0.0 -26 618 No stop 23 03 00 --- 11 04 56 25.1 342.1 1.3 0.0 544 692 22 53 31 23 03 30 J0945+3534 11 05 26 25.9 342.3 1.3 0.0 4 692 23 03 30 23 05 00 --- 11 06 57 25.8 341.9 1.3 0.0 90 703 23 03 31 23 05 00 J0943+36 11 06 57 25.0 341.7 1.4 0.0 -26 703 No stop 23 14 30 --- 11 16 28 24.3 339.7 1.5 0.0 544 777 23 05 01 23 15 00 J0945+3534 11 16 58 25.0 339.8 1.5 0.0 4 777 23 15 00 23 17 00 --- 11 18 59 24.9 339.4 1.5 0.0 120 792 23 15 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess118.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: hh18cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 122.49 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 8 Station: HART Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 1510.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 3 11 3 11 5 13 5 13 7 15 7 15 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 B2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1610.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1642.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1674.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 1706.49 BBC fr= 100.49 100.49 100.49 100.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 132.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 164.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 196.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 6 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0907+32 09 04 31.154317 * 09 07 34.821040 09 08 41.758852 0.00 33 09 29.71762 * 32 57 22.77880 32 52 52.36208 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0930+34 09 27 01.807455 * 09 30 03.559740 09 31 09.823675 0.00 34 26 36.32589 * 34 13 25.32110 34 08 31.80093 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0943+36 09 40 17.519051 * 09 43 19.158870 09 44 25.390391 0.00 36 28 37.35575 * 36 14 52.11890 36 09 46.34640 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1213+50 12 10 59.905434 * 12 13 29.278990 12 14 23.812625 0.00 51 01 09.79870 * 50 44 29.37800 50 38 18.78943 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1230+47 12 27 47.172869 * 12 30 11.851120 12 31 04.609140 0.00 47 16 56.48400 * 47 00 22.63020 46 54 14.25023 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0911+3349 09 08 43.699018 * 09 11 47.761484 09 12 54.846456 0.00 34 01 36.28032 * 33 49 16.79409 33 44 41.93164 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0930+3503 09 27 52.778452 * 09 30 55.279096 09 32 01.814510 0.00 35 16 50.90131 * 35 03 37.60828 34 58 43.34182 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J0945+3534 09 42 37.555454 * 09 45 38.120717 09 46 43.964023 0.00 35 48 46.04866 * 35 34 55.08850 35 29 47.17444 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1219+4829 12 16 38.565791 * 12 19 06.414741 12 20 00.359394 0.00 48 46 34.97550 * 48 29 56.16479 48 23 46.11096 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J1234+4753 12 31 50.237067 * 12 34 13.330788 12 35 05.514728 0.00 48 10 22.70378 * 47 53 51.23519 47 47 43.61666 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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 J0907+32 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 2.008 67.342 J0930+34 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 2.058 44.503 J0943+36 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1.425 100.270 J1213+50 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 1.511 85.946 J1230+47 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 1.436 44.109 J0911+3349 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 0.467 13.956 J0930+3503 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 0.383 7.825 J0945+3534 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.283 19.350 J1219+4829 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 0.317 17.382 J1234+4753 sess118.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 0.291 9.560 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) J0907+32 151.0 J0930+34 152.8 J0943+36 152.1 J1213+50 133.5 J1230+47 134.4 J0911+3349 150.9 J0930+3503 152.1 J0945+3534 152.9 J1219+4829 134.6 J1234+4753 133.3 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