COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales Exp. Code: EG131G Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Salmoli Ghosh Address: National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - TIFR S.P. Pune Univ. Campus, Ganeshkhind Pune India : 411007 Phone: (+91)020-25719000 EMAIL: salmoli.ghosh@gmail.com Fax: Phone during observation: (+91)8240982699/(+91)020-25719230 Observing mode: Phase-referencing continuum Notes: PCAL OFF Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 2 Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales 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 23 Feb 2025 Day 54 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 116.49 116.49 116.49 116.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 00 00 00 4C39.25 10 40 05 72.9 234.2 1.2 41.5 0 0 00 00 00 00 07 00 --- 10 47 07 72.0 237.5 1.3 43.6 420 54 00 00 01 00 12 00 J1214+0829 10 52 07 44.4 150.2 -1.4 -18.6 50 54 00 12 00 00 17 00 =1212+087 10 57 08 44.7 151.9 -1.3 -17.6 300 93 00 12 01 00 17 00 NGC4235 10 57 08 43.3 151.7 -1.4 -17.7 -33 93 No stop 00 20 30 --- 11 00 39 43.6 152.8 -1.3 -17.0 177 120 00 17 01 00 21 00 J1214+0829 11 01 09 45.0 153.2 -1.3 -16.8 -4 120 00 21 00 00 22 00 =1212+087 11 02 09 45.1 153.5 -1.2 -16.6 56 128 00 21 01 00 22 00 NGC4235 11 02 09 43.7 153.3 -1.3 -16.7 -33 128 No stop 00 25 30 --- 11 05 40 44.0 154.5 -1.2 -16.0 177 155 00 22 01 00 25 30 J1214+0829 11 05 40 45.4 154.7 -1.2 -15.9 -34 155 No stop 00 27 00 =1212+087 11 07 10 45.5 155.2 -1.2 -15.6 56 166 00 25 31 00 27 00 NGC4235 11 07 10 44.1 155.0 -1.2 -15.7 -33 166 No stop 00 30 30 --- 11 10 40 44.3 156.2 -1.1 -15.0 177 193 00 27 01 00 31 00 J1214+0829 11 11 10 45.7 156.6 -1.1 -14.8 -4 193 00 31 00 00 32 00 =1212+087 11 12 11 45.8 156.9 -1.1 -14.6 56 201 00 31 01 00 32 00 NGC4235 11 12 11 44.4 156.7 -1.1 -14.7 -33 201 No stop 00 35 30 --- 11 15 41 44.6 157.8 -1.0 -14.0 177 228 00 32 01 00 35 30 J1214+0829 11 15 41 46.0 158.1 -1.0 -13.8 -34 228 No stop 00 37 00 =1212+087 11 17 11 46.1 158.7 -1.0 -13.5 56 240 00 35 31 00 37 00 NGC4235 11 17 11 44.7 158.4 -1.0 -13.7 -33 240 No stop 00 40 30 --- 11 20 42 44.9 159.6 -1.0 -12.9 177 267 00 37 01 00 41 00 J1214+0829 11 21 12 46.3 160.1 -0.9 -12.7 -4 267 00 41 00 00 42 00 =1212+087 11 22 12 46.4 160.4 -0.9 -12.4 56 274 00 41 01 00 42 00 NGC4235 11 22 12 45.0 160.1 -0.9 -12.6 -33 274 No stop 00 45 30 --- 11 25 43 45.2 161.3 -0.9 -11.9 177 301 00 42 01 00 45 30 J1214+0829 11 25 43 46.5 161.6 -0.8 -11.7 -34 301 No stop 00 47 00 =1212+087 11 27 13 46.6 162.2 -0.8 -11.3 56 313 00 45 31 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 3 Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales 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 23 Feb 2025 Day 54 --- 00 47 00 NGC4235 11 27 13 45.2 161.8 -0.9 -11.5 -33 313 No stop 00 50 30 --- 11 30 44 45.4 163.0 -0.8 -10.8 177 340 00 47 01 00 51 00 J1214+0829 11 31 14 46.8 163.6 -0.8 -10.5 -4 340 00 51 00 00 52 00 =1212+087 11 32 14 46.8 164.0 -0.7 -10.2 56 348 00 51 01 00 52 00 NGC4235 11 32 14 45.5 163.5 -0.8 -10.5 -33 348 No stop 00 55 30 --- 11 35 45 45.6 164.8 -0.7 -9.7 177 375 00 52 01 00 55 30 J1214+0829 11 35 45 47.0 165.2 -0.7 -9.4 -34 375 No stop 00 57 00 =1212+087 11 37 15 47.1 165.7 -0.7 -9.1 56 386 00 55 31 00 57 00 NGC4235 11 37 15 45.7 165.3 -0.7 -9.4 -33 386 No stop 01 00 30 --- 11 40 45 45.8 166.5 -0.6 -8.6 177 414 00 57 01 01 01 00 J1214+0829 11 41 15 47.2 167.2 -0.6 -8.2 -3 414 01 01 00 01 02 00 =1212+087 11 42 16 47.2 167.5 -0.6 -8.0 57 421 01 01 01 01 02 00 NGC4235 11 42 16 45.9 167.0 -0.6 -8.3 -33 421 No stop 01 05 30 --- 11 45 46 46.0 168.3 -0.5 -7.5 177 448 01 02 01 01 05 30 J1214+0829 11 45 46 47.3 168.8 -0.5 -7.2 -33 448 No stop 01 07 00 =1212+087 11 47 16 47.4 169.4 -0.5 -6.8 57 460 01 05 31 01 07 00 NGC4235 11 47 16 46.0 168.8 -0.5 -7.1 -33 460 No stop 01 10 30 --- 11 50 47 46.1 170.1 -0.5 -6.3 177 487 01 07 01 01 11 00 J1214+0829 11 51 17 47.5 170.8 -0.4 -5.9 -3 487 01 11 00 01 12 00 =1212+087 11 52 17 47.5 171.2 -0.4 -5.7 57 495 01 11 01 01 12 00 NGC4235 11 52 17 46.2 170.6 -0.4 -6.0 -33 495 No stop 01 15 30 --- 11 55 48 46.3 171.8 -0.4 -5.2 177 522 01 12 01 01 15 30 J1214+0829 11 55 48 47.6 172.5 -0.3 -4.8 -33 522 No stop 01 17 00 =1212+087 11 57 18 47.6 173.0 -0.3 -4.5 57 533 01 15 31 01 17 00 NGC4235 11 57 18 46.3 172.4 -0.4 -4.9 -33 533 No stop 01 20 30 --- 12 00 49 46.4 173.6 -0.3 -4.1 177 560 01 17 01 01 21 00 J1214+0829 12 01 19 47.7 174.5 -0.2 -3.5 -3 560 01 21 00 01 22 00 =1212+087 12 02 19 47.7 174.9 -0.2 -3.3 57 568 01 21 01 01 22 00 NGC4235 12 02 19 46.4 174.2 -0.3 -3.7 -33 568 No stop 01 25 30 --- 12 05 49 46.4 175.4 -0.2 -2.9 177 595 01 22 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 4 Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales 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 23 Feb 2025 Day 54 --- 01 25 30 J1214+0829 12 05 49 47.8 176.1 -0.2 -2.5 -33 595 No stop 01 27 00 =1212+087 12 07 20 47.8 176.7 -0.1 -2.1 57 607 01 25 31 01 27 00 NGC4235 12 07 20 46.5 176.0 -0.2 -2.6 -33 607 No stop 01 30 30 --- 12 10 50 46.5 177.2 -0.1 -1.8 177 634 01 27 01 01 31 00 J1214+0829 12 11 20 47.8 178.2 -0.1 -1.2 -3 634 01 31 00 01 32 00 =1212+087 12 12 21 47.8 178.5 -0.1 -0.9 57 642 01 31 01 01 32 00 NGC4235 12 12 21 46.5 177.8 -0.1 -1.4 -33 642 No stop 01 35 30 --- 12 15 51 46.5 179.1 -0.0 -0.6 177 669 01 32 01 01 35 30 J1214+0829 12 15 51 47.8 179.8 -0.0 -0.1 -33 669 No stop 01 37 00 =1212+087 12 17 21 47.8 180.4 0.0 0.2 57 680 01 35 31 01 37 00 NGC4235 12 17 21 46.5 179.6 -0.0 -0.3 -33 680 No stop 01 40 30 --- 12 20 52 46.5 180.9 0.0 0.6 177 707 01 37 01 01 41 00 J1214+0829 12 21 22 47.8 181.9 0.1 1.2 -3 707 01 41 00 01 42 00 =1212+087 12 22 22 47.8 182.2 0.1 1.4 57 715 01 41 01 01 42 00 NGC4235 12 22 22 46.5 181.4 0.1 0.9 -33 715 No stop 01 45 30 --- 12 25 53 46.5 182.7 0.1 1.7 177 742 01 42 01 01 45 30 J1214+0829 12 25 53 47.8 183.5 0.2 2.3 -33 742 No stop 01 47 00 =1212+087 12 27 23 47.8 184.1 0.2 2.6 57 754 01 45 31 01 47 00 NGC4235 12 27 23 46.5 183.2 0.1 2.1 -33 754 No stop 01 50 30 --- 12 30 54 46.4 184.5 0.2 2.9 177 781 01 47 01 01 51 00 J1214+0829 12 31 24 47.7 185.6 0.3 3.6 -3 781 01 51 00 01 52 00 =1212+087 12 32 24 47.7 185.9 0.3 3.8 57 788 01 51 01 01 52 00 NGC4235 12 32 24 46.4 185.0 0.2 3.2 -33 788 No stop 01 55 30 --- 12 35 54 46.4 186.3 0.3 4.0 177 815 01 52 01 01 55 30 J1214+0829 12 35 54 47.6 187.2 0.3 4.6 -33 815 No stop 01 57 00 =1212+087 12 37 25 47.6 187.8 0.4 5.0 57 827 01 55 31 01 57 00 NGC4235 12 37 25 46.3 186.8 0.3 4.4 -33 827 No stop 02 00 30 --- 12 40 55 46.3 188.1 0.4 5.2 177 854 01 57 01 02 01 00 J1214+0829 12 41 25 47.5 189.2 0.4 5.9 -3 854 02 01 00 02 02 00 =1212+087 12 42 25 47.5 189.6 0.4 6.1 57 862 02 01 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 5 Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales 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 23 Feb 2025 Day 54 --- 02 02 00 NGC4235 12 42 25 46.2 188.6 0.4 5.5 -33 862 No stop 02 05 30 --- 12 45 56 46.1 189.9 0.5 6.3 177 889 02 02 01 02 05 30 J1214+0829 12 45 56 47.4 190.9 0.5 7.0 -32 889 No stop 02 07 00 =1212+087 12 47 26 47.3 191.4 0.5 7.3 58 900 02 05 31 02 07 00 NGC4235 12 47 26 46.1 190.4 0.5 6.6 -33 900 No stop 02 10 30 --- 12 50 57 46.0 191.6 0.5 7.4 177 927 02 07 01 02 11 00 J1214+0829 12 51 27 47.2 192.9 0.6 8.2 -2 927 02 11 00 02 12 00 =1212+087 12 52 27 47.2 193.2 0.6 8.4 58 935 02 11 01 02 12 00 NGC4235 12 52 27 46.0 192.2 0.6 7.8 -32 935 No stop 02 15 30 --- 12 55 58 45.8 193.4 0.6 8.5 178 962 02 12 01 02 15 30 J1214+0829 12 55 58 47.0 194.5 0.7 9.2 -32 962 No stop 02 17 00 =1212+087 12 57 28 47.0 195.0 0.7 9.6 58 974 02 15 31 02 17 00 NGC4235 12 57 28 45.8 193.9 0.6 8.9 -32 974 No stop 02 20 30 --- 13 00 58 45.6 195.2 0.7 9.7 178 1001 02 17 01 02 21 00 J1214+0829 13 01 29 46.8 196.4 0.8 10.5 -2 1001 02 21 00 02 22 00 =1212+087 13 02 29 46.7 196.8 0.8 10.7 58 1009 02 21 01 02 22 00 NGC4235 13 02 29 45.6 195.7 0.7 10.0 -32 1009 No stop 02 25 30 --- 13 05 59 45.4 196.9 0.8 10.7 178 1036 02 22 01 02 25 30 J1214+0829 13 05 59 46.6 198.0 0.8 11.5 -32 1036 No stop 02 27 00 =1212+087 13 07 30 46.5 198.6 0.9 11.8 58 1047 02 25 31 02 27 00 NGC4235 13 07 30 45.3 197.4 0.8 11.1 -32 1047 No stop 02 30 30 --- 13 11 00 45.2 198.7 0.9 11.8 178 1074 02 27 01 02 31 00 J1214+0829 13 11 30 46.3 200.0 0.9 12.7 -3 1074 02 31 00 02 32 00 =1212+087 13 12 30 46.2 200.3 0.9 12.9 57 1082 02 31 01 02 32 00 NGC4235 13 12 30 45.1 199.2 0.9 12.1 -32 1082 No stop 02 35 30 --- 13 16 01 44.9 200.4 1.0 12.9 178 1109 02 32 01 02 35 30 J1214+0829 13 16 01 46.0 201.5 1.0 13.6 -33 1109 No stop 02 37 00 =1212+087 13 17 31 46.0 202.1 1.0 14.0 57 1121 02 35 31 02 37 00 NGC4235 13 17 31 44.8 200.9 1.0 13.2 -32 1121 No stop 02 40 30 --- 13 21 02 44.6 202.1 1.0 13.9 178 1148 02 37 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 6 Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales 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 23 Feb 2025 Day 54 --- 02 41 00 J1214+0829 13 21 32 45.7 203.4 1.1 14.8 -3 1148 02 41 00 02 42 00 =1212+087 13 22 32 45.6 203.8 1.1 15.0 57 1156 02 41 01 02 42 00 NGC4235 13 22 32 44.5 202.6 1.1 14.2 -32 1156 No stop 02 45 30 --- 13 26 03 44.3 203.8 1.1 15.0 178 1183 02 42 01 02 45 30 J1214+0829 13 26 03 45.4 205.0 1.2 15.7 -33 1183 No stop 02 47 00 =1212+087 13 27 33 45.3 205.5 1.2 16.1 57 1194 02 45 31 02 49 00 4C39.25 13 29 33 46.9 278.5 4.0 53.9 -95 1194 02 49 00 02 52 00 --- 13 32 34 46.5 279.0 4.1 53.8 85 1217 02 49 01 02 54 00 3C286 13 34 34 69.8 181.4 0.0 1.0 -150 1217 02 54 00 03 00 00 --- 13 40 35 69.8 185.2 0.1 3.8 210 1264 02 54 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess125.L1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef18cm 18cm Prime focus receiver, standard LO ****** Only 128.00 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 1 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 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 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 A2 C4 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 BBC fr= 116.49 116.49 116.49 116.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 180.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * NGC4235 12 14 36.713052 * 12 17 09.880000 12 18 28.134699 0.00 07 28 09.25124 * 07 11 29.60000 07 02 57.23478 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 39.230622 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 55 45.55204 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. 1212+087 12 12 26.757767 * 12 14 59.913189 12 16 18.178938 0.96 * J1214+0829 08 46 02.77335 * 08 29 22.51814 08 20 49.70342 1.14 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 46 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 19.270192 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 22 30.64299 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 NGC4235 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.750 114.877 4C39.25 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.167 10.153 J1214+0829 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.708 41.911 3C286 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.100 3.688 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) NGC4235 152.1 4C39.25 148.2 J1214+0829 152.8 3C286 132.1 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