COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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: 210.49 210.49 210.49 210.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 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 10 39 12 76.0 257.1 1.2 65.4 0 0 18 30 00 18 33 00 --- 10 42 13 75.5 258.1 1.2 65.9 180 46 18 30 01 18 43 12 J0942-0759 10 52 26 36.1 201.3 1.1 15.4 531 46 18 43 12 18 45 12 =0939-077 10 54 26 36.0 201.9 1.2 15.8 120 77 18 43 13 18 45 36 0941-080 10 54 51 35.7 201.5 1.2 15.6 20 77 18 45 36 18 55 36 --- 11 04 52 35.0 204.4 1.3 17.6 600 231 18 45 37 18 56 00 J0942-0759 11 05 17 35.2 205.0 1.4 18.1 20 231 18 56 00 18 58 00 =0939-077 11 07 17 35.0 205.6 1.4 18.5 120 262 18 56 01 18 58 24 0941-080 11 07 41 34.8 205.2 1.4 18.2 20 262 18 58 24 19 08 24 --- 11 17 43 34.0 208.1 1.5 20.2 600 415 18 58 25 19 08 49 J0942-0759 11 18 07 34.1 208.7 1.6 20.6 20 415 19 08 49 19 10 49 =0939-077 11 20 08 34.0 209.2 1.6 21.0 120 446 19 08 50 19 11 13 0941-080 11 20 32 33.7 208.8 1.6 20.7 20 446 19 11 13 19 21 13 --- 11 30 34 32.8 211.6 1.8 22.6 600 600 19 11 14 19 21 37 J0942-0759 11 30 58 33.0 212.2 1.8 23.0 20 600 19 21 37 19 23 37 =0939-077 11 32 59 32.8 212.7 1.8 23.4 120 631 19 21 38 19 24 02 0941-080 11 33 23 32.5 212.4 1.8 23.1 20 631 19 24 02 19 34 02 --- 11 43 25 31.5 215.0 2.0 24.9 600 785 19 24 03 19 34 28 J0942-0759 11 43 51 31.6 215.6 2.0 25.3 22 785 19 34 28 19 36 28 =0939-077 11 45 51 31.4 216.2 2.0 25.6 120 815 19 34 29 19 36 53 0941-080 11 46 17 31.2 215.8 2.0 25.4 22 815 19 36 53 19 46 53 --- 11 56 18 30.1 218.4 2.2 27.1 600 969 19 36 54 19 47 20 J0942-0759 11 56 45 30.2 219.0 2.2 27.5 22 969 19 47 20 19 49 20 =0939-077 11 58 45 30.0 219.5 2.3 27.8 120 1000 19 47 21 19 49 45 0941-080 11 59 11 29.8 219.1 2.2 27.6 22 1000 19 49 45 19 59 45 --- 12 09 12 28.6 221.6 2.4 29.1 600 1154 19 49 46 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 12 09 38 28.7 222.2 2.4 29.5 22 1154 20 00 11 20 02 11 =0939-077 12 11 39 28.5 222.7 2.5 29.8 120 1185 20 00 12 20 02 37 0941-080 12 12 04 28.3 222.3 2.5 29.6 22 1185 20 02 37 20 12 37 --- 12 22 06 27.0 224.7 2.6 31.1 600 1338 20 02 38 20 13 03 J0942-0759 12 22 32 27.1 225.3 2.6 31.4 22 1338 20 13 03 20 15 03 =0939-077 12 24 32 26.8 225.8 2.7 31.7 120 1369 20 13 04 20 15 28 0941-080 12 24 58 26.7 225.4 2.7 31.5 22 1369 20 15 28 20 25 28 --- 12 35 00 25.3 227.7 2.8 32.9 600 1523 20 15 29 20 30 53 4C39.25 12 40 25 54.1 279.6 3.2 66.9 263 1523 20 30 53 20 33 53 --- 12 43 26 53.6 280.0 3.2 66.8 180 1569 20 30 54 20 39 16 J1058+0133 12 48 50 41.5 217.7 1.8 26.3 255 1569 20 39 16 20 42 16 =1055+018 12 51 50 41.1 218.6 1.9 26.9 180 1615 20 39 17 20 44 03 J0942-0759 12 53 37 22.8 232.4 3.2 35.5 67 1615 20 44 03 20 46 03 =0939-077 12 55 38 22.6 232.8 3.2 35.7 120 1646 20 44 04 20 46 28 0941-080 12 56 03 22.4 232.4 3.2 35.6 22 1646 20 46 28 20 56 28 --- 13 06 05 20.9 234.6 3.4 36.7 600 1800 20 46 29 20 56 54 J0942-0759 13 06 31 21.0 235.2 3.4 37.0 22 1800 20 56 54 20 58 54 =0939-077 13 08 31 20.7 235.6 3.4 37.2 120 1831 20 56 55 20 59 20 0941-080 13 08 56 20.5 235.2 3.4 37.0 22 1831 20 59 20 21 09 20 --- 13 18 58 19.0 237.3 3.6 38.1 600 1985 20 59 21 21 09 45 J0942-0759 13 19 24 19.0 237.8 3.6 38.4 22 1985 21 09 45 21 11 45 =0939-077 13 21 24 18.7 238.3 3.6 38.6 120 2015 21 09 46 21 12 11 0941-080 13 21 50 18.6 237.9 3.6 38.4 21 2015 21 12 11 21 22 11 --- 13 31 51 17.0 239.9 3.8 39.4 600 2169 21 12 12 21 22 36 J0942-0759 13 32 17 17.0 240.5 3.8 39.6 22 2169 21 22 36 21 24 36 =0939-077 13 34 17 16.7 240.9 3.8 39.8 120 2200 21 22 37 21 25 02 0941-080 13 34 43 16.6 240.5 3.8 39.7 21 2200 21 25 02 21 35 02 --- 13 44 44 15.0 242.4 4.0 40.6 600 2354 21 25 03 21 35 27 J0942-0759 13 45 10 14.9 243.0 4.0 40.8 22 2354 21 35 27 21 37 27 =0939-077 13 47 10 14.6 243.4 4.1 40.9 120 2385 21 35 28 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) Page 4 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 --- 21 37 52 0941-080 13 47 35 14.5 243.0 4.0 40.8 21 2385 21 37 52 21 47 52 --- 13 57 37 12.9 244.9 4.2 41.6 600 2538 21 37 53 21 48 18 J0942-0759 13 58 02 12.8 245.5 4.2 41.8 21 2538 21 48 18 21 50 18 =0939-077 14 00 03 12.5 245.8 4.3 42.0 120 2569 21 48 19 21 50 43 0941-080 14 00 28 12.4 245.5 4.3 41.9 21 2569 21 50 43 22 00 43 --- 14 10 30 10.7 247.3 4.4 42.6 600 2723 21 50 44 22 01 08 J0942-0759 14 10 55 10.7 247.9 4.5 42.8 21 2723 22 01 08 22 03 08 =0939-077 14 12 55 10.4 248.2 4.5 42.9 120 2754 22 01 09 22 30 38 J1058+0133 14 40 30 25.6 245.5 3.7 41.3 1608 2754 22 30 38 22 33 38 =1055+018 14 43 30 25.1 246.1 3.7 41.6 180 2800 22 30 39 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: 10 Station: URUMQI Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B 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= 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 4620.00 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 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 210.49 210.49 210.49 210.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 274.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 338.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 402.49 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: 7 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 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