COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: Chasing the path of a precessing jet in a compact jetted radio galaxy Exp. Code: es110a Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Carlo Stanghellini Address: INAF-IRA via Gobetti 101 40129 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 051 6399392 EMAIL: carlo.stanghellini@inaf.it Fax: Phone during observation: +39 3473819403 Observing mode: Continuum Notes: **** Phase-cal off please **** v3: Sr as DBBCVER=HYBRID/astro2 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 Chasing the path of a precessing jet in a compact jetted radio galaxy 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 25 Feb 2024 Day 56 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 18 30 00 4C39.25 12 55 02 47.6 -64.7 3.4 84.3 0 0 18 30 00 18 33 00 --- 12 58 03 47.0 -64.6 3.5 83.8 180 46 18 30 01 18 43 12 J0942-0759 13 08 16 27.3 240.2 3.4 48.7 0 46 18 43 12 18 45 12 =0939-077 13 10 16 26.9 240.6 3.4 48.9 120 77 18 43 13 18 45 36 0941-080 13 10 41 26.9 240.2 3.4 48.7 21 77 18 45 36 18 55 36 --- 13 20 42 25.0 242.0 3.6 49.8 600 232 18 45 37 18 56 00 J0942-0759 13 21 07 24.9 242.5 3.6 50.1 21 232 18 56 00 18 58 00 =0939-077 13 23 07 24.5 242.9 3.7 50.3 120 263 18 56 01 18 58 24 0941-080 13 23 31 24.5 242.4 3.6 50.1 21 263 18 58 24 19 08 24 --- 13 33 33 22.5 244.2 3.8 51.2 600 417 18 58 25 19 08 49 J0942-0759 13 33 57 22.4 244.7 3.8 51.5 21 417 19 08 49 19 10 49 =0939-077 13 35 58 22.0 245.1 3.9 51.7 120 448 19 08 50 19 11 13 0941-080 13 36 22 22.0 244.6 3.9 51.5 21 448 19 11 13 19 21 13 --- 13 46 24 20.0 246.3 4.0 52.4 600 603 19 11 14 19 21 37 J0942-0759 13 46 48 19.9 246.8 4.1 52.7 21 603 19 21 37 19 23 37 =0939-077 13 48 48 19.5 247.1 4.1 52.8 120 634 19 21 38 19 24 02 0941-080 13 49 13 19.5 246.7 4.1 52.7 21 634 19 24 02 19 34 02 --- 13 59 14 17.5 248.3 4.2 53.5 600 788 19 24 03 19 34 28 J0942-0759 13 59 41 17.4 248.8 4.3 53.8 23 788 19 34 28 19 36 28 =0939-077 14 01 41 17.0 249.1 4.3 53.9 120 819 19 34 29 19 36 53 0941-080 14 02 07 16.9 248.7 4.3 53.8 23 819 19 36 53 19 46 53 --- 14 12 08 14.9 250.2 4.5 54.6 600 974 19 36 54 19 47 20 J0942-0759 14 12 34 14.8 250.8 4.5 54.8 23 974 19 47 20 19 49 20 =0939-077 14 14 35 14.4 251.1 4.5 54.9 120 1005 19 47 21 19 49 45 0941-080 14 15 00 14.3 250.7 4.5 54.8 23 1005 19 49 45 19 59 45 --- 14 25 02 12.3 252.1 4.7 55.5 600 1159 19 49 46 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 Chasing the path of a precessing jet in a compact jetted radio galaxy 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 25 Feb 2024 Day 56 --- 20 00 11 J0942-0759 14 25 28 12.2 252.6 4.7 55.6 23 1159 20 00 11 20 02 11 =0939-077 14 27 29 11.7 252.9 4.7 55.8 120 1190 20 00 12 20 02 37 0941-080 14 27 54 11.7 252.5 4.7 55.7 23 1190 20 02 37 20 12 37 --- 14 37 56 9.7 253.9 4.9 56.3 600 1345 20 02 38 20 13 03 J0942-0759 14 38 22 9.5 254.5 4.9 56.4 23 1345 20 13 03 20 15 03 =0939-077 14 40 22 9.1 254.7 4.9 56.6 120 1376 20 13 04 20 30 53 4C39.25 14 56 15 24.7 302.0 5.5 69.0 856 1376 20 30 53 20 33 53 --- 14 59 16 24.2 302.3 5.5 68.6 180 1422 20 30 54 20 39 16 J1058+0133 15 04 40 25.2 255.5 4.1 56.0 226 1422 20 39 16 20 42 16 =1055+018 15 07 40 24.5 255.9 4.1 56.2 180 1469 20 39 17 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess124.C2048 --- 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: 11 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 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) * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 35.082750 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 56 03.24895 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. 0939-077 09 39 52.981827 * 09 42 21.461395 09 43 34.130774 0.08 * J0942-0759 -07 46 09.50325 *-07 59 53.20399 -08 06 34.57729 0.18 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 150 observations. * 0941-080 09 41 08.642474 * 09 43 36.944446 09 44 49.528582 0.54 J0943-0819 -08 05 43.99166 *-08 19 30.81834 -08 26 13.71118 0.80 J0943-08 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 49 observations. 1055+018 10 55 55.313730 * 10 58 29.605208 10 59 45.121830 0.01 * J1058+0133 01 50 03.53722 * 01 33 58.82372 01 26 08.12607 0.01 J1058+01 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 8263 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 16.249192 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 22 51.20946 0.16 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 269 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 4C39.25 sess124.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 0.100 13.600 J0942-0759 sess124.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 1.167 121.329 0941-080 sess124.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 5.500 567.829 J1058+0133 sess124.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 0.100 12.799 3C286 sess124.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 13 0.232 17.402 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) 4C39.25 146.7 J0942-0759 158.7 0941-080 158.7 J1058+0133 170.1 3C286 133.4 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