COVER INFORMATION Station: ONSALA85 (Code O8 ) 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 ONSALA85 (Code O8 ) 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: 896.49 896.49 896.49 896.49 960.49 960.49 960.49 960.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 00 00 00 4C39.25 11 00 14 66.3 228.8 1.5 0.0 0 0 00 00 00 00 07 00 --- 11 07 15 65.6 231.6 1.6 0.0 420 54 00 00 01 00 12 00 J1214+0829 11 12 16 39.4 159.3 -1.1 0.0 150 54 00 12 00 00 17 00 =1212+087 11 17 16 39.6 160.9 -1.0 0.0 300 93 00 12 01 00 17 00 NGC4235 11 17 16 38.3 160.5 -1.0 0.0 -15 93 No stop 00 20 30 --- 11 20 47 38.4 161.6 -1.0 0.0 195 120 00 17 01 00 21 00 J1214+0829 11 21 17 39.8 162.2 -0.9 0.0 15 120 00 21 00 00 22 00 =1212+087 11 22 17 39.8 162.5 -0.9 0.0 60 128 00 21 01 00 22 00 NGC4235 11 22 17 38.5 162.1 -0.9 0.0 -15 128 No stop 00 25 30 --- 11 25 48 38.6 163.2 -0.9 0.0 195 155 00 22 01 00 25 30 J1214+0829 11 25 48 40.0 163.6 -0.8 0.0 -15 155 No stop 00 27 00 =1212+087 11 27 18 40.0 164.1 -0.8 0.0 75 166 00 25 31 00 27 00 NGC4235 11 27 18 38.7 163.7 -0.9 0.0 -15 166 No stop 00 30 30 --- 11 30 49 38.8 164.8 -0.8 0.0 195 193 00 27 01 00 31 00 J1214+0829 11 31 19 40.2 165.4 -0.7 0.0 15 193 00 31 00 00 32 00 =1212+087 11 32 19 40.2 165.7 -0.7 0.0 60 201 00 31 01 00 32 00 NGC4235 11 32 19 38.9 165.2 -0.8 0.0 -15 201 No stop 00 35 30 --- 11 35 49 39.0 166.3 -0.7 0.0 195 228 00 32 01 00 35 30 J1214+0829 11 35 49 40.3 166.8 -0.7 0.0 -15 228 No stop 00 37 00 =1212+087 11 37 20 40.4 167.3 -0.6 0.0 75 240 00 35 31 00 37 00 NGC4235 11 37 20 39.0 166.8 -0.7 0.0 -15 240 No stop 00 40 30 --- 11 40 50 39.1 167.9 -0.6 0.0 195 267 00 37 01 00 41 00 J1214+0829 11 41 20 40.5 168.6 -0.6 0.0 15 267 00 41 00 00 42 00 =1212+087 11 42 20 40.5 168.9 -0.6 0.0 60 274 00 41 01 00 42 00 NGC4235 11 42 20 39.2 168.4 -0.6 0.0 -15 274 No stop 00 45 30 --- 11 45 51 39.3 169.5 -0.5 0.0 195 301 00 42 01 00 45 30 J1214+0829 11 45 51 40.6 170.1 -0.5 0.0 -15 301 No stop 00 47 00 =1212+087 11 47 21 40.6 170.5 -0.5 0.0 75 313 00 45 31 Schedule for ONSALA85 (Code O8 ) 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 47 21 39.3 170.0 -0.5 0.0 -15 313 No stop 00 50 30 --- 11 50 52 39.4 171.1 -0.5 0.0 195 340 00 47 01 00 51 00 J1214+0829 11 51 22 40.7 171.9 -0.4 0.0 15 340 00 51 00 00 52 00 =1212+087 11 52 22 40.7 172.2 -0.4 0.0 60 348 00 51 01 00 52 00 NGC4235 11 52 22 39.4 171.6 -0.4 0.0 -15 348 No stop 00 55 30 --- 11 55 53 39.5 172.7 -0.4 0.0 195 375 00 52 01 00 55 30 J1214+0829 11 55 53 40.8 173.3 -0.3 0.0 -15 375 No stop 00 57 00 =1212+087 11 57 23 40.8 173.8 -0.3 0.0 75 386 00 55 31 00 57 00 NGC4235 11 57 23 39.5 173.2 -0.4 0.0 -15 386 No stop 01 00 30 --- 12 00 54 39.5 174.3 -0.3 0.0 195 414 00 57 01 01 01 00 J1214+0829 12 01 24 40.9 175.1 -0.2 0.0 15 414 01 01 00 01 02 00 =1212+087 12 02 24 40.9 175.4 -0.2 0.0 60 421 01 01 01 01 02 00 NGC4235 12 02 24 39.6 174.8 -0.3 0.0 -15 421 No stop 01 05 30 --- 12 05 54 39.6 176.0 -0.2 0.0 195 448 01 02 01 01 05 30 J1214+0829 12 05 54 40.9 176.6 -0.2 0.0 -15 448 No stop 01 07 00 =1212+087 12 07 25 40.9 177.1 -0.1 0.0 75 460 01 05 31 01 07 00 NGC4235 12 07 25 39.6 176.4 -0.2 0.0 -15 460 No stop 01 10 30 --- 12 10 55 39.6 177.6 -0.1 0.0 195 487 01 07 01 01 11 00 J1214+0829 12 11 25 40.9 178.4 -0.1 0.0 15 487 01 11 00 01 12 00 =1212+087 12 12 25 40.9 178.7 -0.1 0.0 60 495 01 11 01 01 12 00 NGC4235 12 12 25 39.6 178.1 -0.1 0.0 -15 495 No stop 01 15 30 --- 12 15 56 39.7 179.2 -0.0 0.0 195 522 01 12 01 01 15 30 J1214+0829 12 15 56 41.0 179.9 -0.0 0.0 -15 522 No stop 01 17 00 =1212+087 12 17 26 41.0 180.4 0.0 0.0 75 533 01 15 31 01 17 00 NGC4235 12 17 26 39.7 179.7 -0.0 0.0 -15 533 No stop 01 20 30 --- 12 20 57 39.7 180.8 0.0 0.0 195 560 01 17 01 01 21 00 J1214+0829 12 21 27 40.9 181.7 0.1 0.0 15 560 01 21 00 01 22 00 =1212+087 12 22 27 40.9 182.0 0.1 0.0 60 568 01 21 01 01 22 00 NGC4235 12 22 27 39.7 181.3 0.1 0.0 -15 568 No stop 01 25 30 --- 12 25 58 39.6 182.4 0.1 0.0 195 595 01 22 01 Schedule for ONSALA85 (Code O8 ) 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 25 58 40.9 183.2 0.2 0.0 -15 595 No stop 01 27 00 =1212+087 12 27 28 40.9 183.7 0.2 0.0 75 607 01 25 31 01 27 00 NGC4235 12 27 28 39.6 182.9 0.1 0.0 -15 607 No stop 01 30 30 --- 12 30 58 39.6 184.0 0.2 0.0 195 634 01 27 01 01 31 00 J1214+0829 12 31 29 40.9 185.0 0.3 0.0 15 634 01 31 00 01 32 00 =1212+087 12 32 29 40.9 185.3 0.3 0.0 60 642 01 31 01 01 32 00 NGC4235 12 32 29 39.6 184.5 0.2 0.0 -15 642 No stop 01 35 30 --- 12 35 59 39.5 185.6 0.3 0.0 195 669 01 32 01 01 35 30 J1214+0829 12 35 59 40.8 186.4 0.3 0.0 -15 669 No stop 01 37 00 =1212+087 12 37 30 40.8 186.9 0.4 0.0 75 680 01 35 31 01 37 00 NGC4235 12 37 30 39.5 186.1 0.3 0.0 -15 680 No stop 01 40 30 --- 12 41 00 39.5 187.2 0.4 0.0 195 707 01 37 01 01 41 00 J1214+0829 12 41 30 40.7 188.2 0.4 0.0 15 707 01 41 00 01 42 00 =1212+087 12 42 30 40.7 188.6 0.4 0.0 60 715 01 41 01 01 42 00 NGC4235 12 42 30 39.4 187.7 0.4 0.0 -15 715 No stop 01 45 30 --- 12 46 01 39.4 188.9 0.5 0.0 195 742 01 42 01 01 45 30 J1214+0829 12 46 01 40.6 189.7 0.5 0.0 -15 742 No stop 01 47 00 =1212+087 12 47 31 40.6 190.2 0.5 0.0 75 754 01 45 31 01 47 00 NGC4235 12 47 31 39.3 189.3 0.5 0.0 -15 754 No stop 01 50 30 --- 12 51 02 39.3 190.5 0.5 0.0 195 781 01 47 01 01 51 00 J1214+0829 12 51 32 40.5 191.5 0.6 0.0 15 781 01 51 00 01 52 00 =1212+087 12 52 32 40.5 191.8 0.6 0.0 60 788 01 51 01 01 52 00 NGC4235 12 52 32 39.2 190.9 0.6 0.0 -15 788 No stop 01 55 30 --- 12 56 03 39.1 192.1 0.6 0.0 195 815 01 52 01 01 55 30 J1214+0829 12 56 03 40.4 192.9 0.7 0.0 -15 815 No stop 01 57 00 =1212+087 12 57 33 40.3 193.4 0.7 0.0 75 827 01 55 31 01 57 00 NGC4235 12 57 33 39.1 192.5 0.7 0.0 -15 827 No stop 02 00 30 --- 13 01 03 39.0 193.6 0.7 0.0 195 854 01 57 01 02 01 00 J1214+0829 13 01 33 40.2 194.7 0.8 0.0 15 854 02 01 00 02 02 00 =1212+087 13 02 34 40.1 195.0 0.8 0.0 60 862 02 01 01 Schedule for ONSALA85 (Code O8 ) 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 13 02 34 38.9 194.1 0.7 0.0 -15 862 No stop 02 05 30 --- 13 06 04 38.8 195.2 0.8 0.0 195 889 02 02 01 02 05 30 J1214+0829 13 06 04 40.0 196.2 0.8 0.0 -15 889 No stop 02 07 00 =1212+087 13 07 34 40.0 196.6 0.9 0.0 75 900 02 05 31 02 07 00 NGC4235 13 07 34 38.8 195.7 0.8 0.0 -15 900 No stop 02 10 30 --- 13 11 05 38.6 196.8 0.9 0.0 195 927 02 07 01 02 11 00 J1214+0829 13 11 35 39.8 197.9 0.9 0.0 15 927 02 11 00 02 12 00 =1212+087 13 12 35 39.8 198.2 0.9 0.0 60 935 02 11 01 02 12 00 NGC4235 13 12 35 38.6 197.3 0.9 0.0 -15 935 No stop 02 15 30 --- 13 16 06 38.4 198.4 1.0 0.0 195 962 02 12 01 02 15 30 J1214+0829 13 16 06 39.6 199.3 1.0 0.0 -15 962 No stop 02 17 00 =1212+087 13 17 36 39.5 199.8 1.0 0.0 75 974 02 15 31 02 17 00 NGC4235 13 17 36 38.4 198.8 1.0 0.0 -15 974 No stop 02 20 30 --- 13 21 07 38.2 199.9 1.0 0.0 195 1001 02 17 01 02 21 00 J1214+0829 13 21 37 39.3 201.1 1.1 0.0 15 1001 02 21 00 02 22 00 =1212+087 13 22 37 39.3 201.4 1.1 0.0 60 1009 02 21 01 02 22 00 NGC4235 13 22 37 38.1 200.4 1.1 0.0 -15 1009 No stop 02 25 30 --- 13 26 07 38.0 201.5 1.1 0.0 195 1036 02 22 01 02 25 30 J1214+0829 13 26 07 39.1 202.5 1.2 0.0 -15 1036 No stop 02 27 00 =1212+087 13 27 38 39.0 203.0 1.2 0.0 75 1047 02 25 31 02 27 00 NGC4235 13 27 38 37.9 201.9 1.2 0.0 -15 1047 No stop 02 30 30 --- 13 31 08 37.7 203.0 1.2 0.0 195 1074 02 27 01 02 31 00 J1214+0829 13 31 38 38.8 204.2 1.3 0.0 15 1074 02 31 00 02 32 00 =1212+087 13 32 39 38.8 204.5 1.3 0.0 60 1082 02 31 01 02 32 00 NGC4235 13 32 39 37.6 203.5 1.2 0.0 -15 1082 No stop 02 35 30 --- 13 36 09 37.4 204.6 1.3 0.0 195 1109 02 32 01 02 35 30 J1214+0829 13 36 09 38.6 205.6 1.3 0.0 -15 1109 No stop 02 37 00 =1212+087 13 37 39 38.5 206.1 1.4 0.0 75 1121 02 35 31 02 37 00 NGC4235 13 37 39 37.3 205.0 1.3 0.0 -15 1121 No stop 02 40 30 --- 13 41 10 37.1 206.1 1.4 0.0 195 1148 02 37 01 Schedule for ONSALA85 (Code O8 ) 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 41 40 38.2 207.3 1.4 0.0 15 1148 02 41 00 02 42 00 =1212+087 13 42 40 38.2 207.6 1.4 0.0 60 1156 02 41 01 02 42 00 NGC4235 13 42 40 37.0 206.5 1.4 0.0 -15 1156 No stop 02 45 30 --- 13 46 11 36.8 207.6 1.5 0.0 195 1183 02 42 01 02 45 30 J1214+0829 13 46 11 38.0 208.7 1.5 0.0 -15 1183 No stop 02 47 00 =1212+087 13 47 41 37.9 209.1 1.5 0.0 75 1194 02 45 31 02 49 00 4C39.25 13 49 41 44.8 275.2 4.4 0.0 -34 1194 02 49 00 02 52 00 --- 13 52 42 44.4 275.8 4.4 0.0 146 1217 02 49 01 02 54 00 3C286 13 54 42 62.7 190.6 0.4 0.0 -94 1217 02 54 00 03 00 00 --- 14 00 43 62.5 193.4 0.5 0.0 266 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 --- 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: 4 Station: ONSALA85 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= 730.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 730.00 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 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= 896.49 896.49 896.49 896.49 960.49 960.49 960.49 960.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 5 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