COVER INFORMATION Station: PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 Next BBC frequencies: 645.51 645.51 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 00 00 00 4C39.25 10 02 46 74.5 205.6 0.6 19.4 0 0 00 00 00 00 07 00 --- 10 09 48 74.0 210.3 0.7 22.8 420 27 00 00 01 00 12 00 J1214+0829 10 14 48 38.8 140.1 -2.0 -22.8 66 27 00 12 00 00 17 00 =1212+087 10 19 49 39.3 141.5 -1.9 -22.1 300 46 00 12 01 00 17 00 NGC4235 10 19 49 37.9 141.5 -2.0 -22.0 -21 46 No stop 00 20 30 --- 10 23 20 38.2 142.6 -1.9 -21.5 189 60 00 17 01 00 21 00 J1214+0829 10 23 50 39.6 142.7 -1.9 -21.5 9 60 00 21 00 00 22 00 =1212+087 10 24 50 39.7 143.0 -1.9 -21.3 60 64 00 21 01 00 22 00 NGC4235 10 24 50 38.3 143.0 -1.9 -21.3 -21 64 No stop 00 25 30 --- 10 28 21 38.6 144.0 -1.8 -20.7 189 77 00 22 01 00 25 30 J1214+0829 10 28 21 40.0 144.1 -1.8 -20.8 -21 77 No stop 00 27 00 =1212+087 10 29 51 40.2 144.5 -1.8 -20.5 69 83 00 25 31 00 27 00 NGC4235 10 29 51 38.8 144.5 -1.8 -20.5 -21 83 No stop 00 30 30 --- 10 33 21 39.1 145.5 -1.8 -19.9 189 97 00 27 01 00 31 00 J1214+0829 10 33 52 40.5 145.8 -1.7 -19.9 9 97 00 31 00 00 32 00 =1212+087 10 34 52 40.6 146.1 -1.7 -19.7 60 100 00 31 01 00 32 00 NGC4235 10 34 52 39.2 146.0 -1.7 -19.7 -21 100 No stop 00 35 30 --- 10 38 22 39.5 147.0 -1.7 -19.1 189 114 00 32 01 00 35 30 J1214+0829 10 38 22 40.9 147.2 -1.6 -19.1 -21 114 No stop 00 37 00 =1212+087 10 39 53 41.0 147.6 -1.6 -18.9 69 120 00 35 31 00 37 00 NGC4235 10 39 53 39.6 147.5 -1.6 -18.9 -21 120 No stop 00 40 30 --- 10 43 23 39.9 148.6 -1.6 -18.3 189 133 00 37 01 00 41 00 J1214+0829 10 43 53 41.3 148.9 -1.5 -18.2 9 133 00 41 00 00 42 00 =1212+087 10 44 53 41.4 149.2 -1.5 -18.0 60 137 00 41 01 00 42 00 NGC4235 10 44 53 40.0 149.0 -1.6 -18.1 -21 137 No stop 00 45 30 --- 10 48 24 40.3 150.1 -1.5 -17.5 189 151 00 42 01 00 45 30 J1214+0829 10 48 24 41.7 150.3 -1.5 -17.4 -21 151 No stop 00 47 00 =1212+087 10 49 54 41.8 150.8 -1.4 -17.2 69 157 00 45 31 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 10 49 54 40.4 150.6 -1.5 -17.2 -21 157 No stop 00 50 30 --- 10 53 25 40.6 151.7 -1.4 -16.6 189 170 00 47 01 00 51 00 J1214+0829 10 53 55 42.1 152.0 -1.4 -16.5 9 170 00 51 00 00 52 00 =1212+087 10 54 55 42.1 152.4 -1.4 -16.3 60 174 00 51 01 00 52 00 NGC4235 10 54 55 40.7 152.2 -1.4 -16.3 -21 174 No stop 00 55 30 --- 10 58 26 41.0 153.3 -1.3 -15.7 189 187 00 52 01 00 55 30 J1214+0829 10 58 26 42.4 153.5 -1.3 -15.6 -21 187 No stop 00 57 00 =1212+087 10 59 56 42.5 154.0 -1.3 -15.4 69 193 00 55 31 00 57 00 NGC4235 10 59 56 41.1 153.7 -1.3 -15.5 -21 193 No stop 01 00 30 --- 11 03 26 41.3 154.9 -1.3 -14.8 189 207 00 57 01 01 01 00 J1214+0829 11 03 56 42.7 155.3 -1.2 -14.6 9 207 01 01 00 01 02 00 =1212+087 11 04 57 42.8 155.6 -1.2 -14.5 60 211 01 01 01 01 02 00 NGC4235 11 04 57 41.4 155.3 -1.2 -14.6 -21 211 No stop 01 05 30 --- 11 08 27 41.6 156.5 -1.2 -13.9 189 224 01 02 01 01 05 30 J1214+0829 11 08 27 43.0 156.8 -1.1 -13.8 -21 224 No stop 01 07 00 =1212+087 11 09 57 43.1 157.2 -1.1 -13.5 69 230 01 05 31 01 07 00 NGC4235 11 09 57 41.7 157.0 -1.1 -13.6 -21 230 No stop 01 10 30 --- 11 13 28 41.9 158.1 -1.1 -13.0 189 243 01 07 01 01 11 00 J1214+0829 11 13 58 43.3 158.6 -1.0 -12.8 9 243 01 11 00 01 12 00 =1212+087 11 14 58 43.4 158.9 -1.0 -12.6 60 247 01 11 01 01 12 00 NGC4235 11 14 58 42.0 158.6 -1.1 -12.7 -20 247 No stop 01 15 30 --- 11 18 29 42.2 159.7 -1.0 -12.0 190 261 01 12 01 01 15 30 J1214+0829 11 18 29 43.6 160.1 -1.0 -11.9 -21 261 No stop 01 17 00 =1212+087 11 19 59 43.6 160.6 -0.9 -11.6 69 267 01 15 31 01 17 00 NGC4235 11 19 59 42.3 160.2 -1.0 -11.8 -20 267 No stop 01 20 30 --- 11 23 30 42.4 161.4 -0.9 -11.1 190 280 01 17 01 01 21 00 J1214+0829 11 24 00 43.8 161.9 -0.9 -10.8 9 280 01 21 00 01 22 00 =1212+087 11 25 00 43.9 162.3 -0.9 -10.6 60 284 01 21 01 01 22 00 NGC4235 11 25 00 42.5 161.9 -0.9 -10.8 -20 284 No stop 01 25 30 --- 11 28 30 42.7 163.0 -0.8 -10.1 190 298 01 22 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 11 28 30 44.0 163.4 -0.8 -9.9 -21 298 No stop 01 27 00 =1212+087 11 30 01 44.1 164.0 -0.8 -9.6 69 303 01 25 31 01 27 00 NGC4235 11 30 01 42.7 163.5 -0.8 -9.8 -20 303 No stop 01 30 30 --- 11 33 31 42.9 164.7 -0.7 -9.1 190 317 01 27 01 01 31 00 J1214+0829 11 34 01 44.3 165.3 -0.7 -8.8 9 317 01 31 00 01 32 00 =1212+087 11 35 02 44.3 165.7 -0.7 -8.6 60 321 01 31 01 01 32 00 NGC4235 11 35 02 42.9 165.2 -0.7 -8.8 -20 321 No stop 01 35 30 --- 11 38 32 43.1 166.4 -0.7 -8.2 190 334 01 32 01 01 35 30 J1214+0829 11 38 32 44.4 166.9 -0.6 -7.9 -21 334 No stop 01 37 00 =1212+087 11 40 02 44.5 167.4 -0.6 -7.6 69 340 01 35 31 01 37 00 NGC4235 11 40 02 43.1 166.9 -0.6 -7.9 -20 340 No stop 01 40 30 --- 11 43 33 43.2 168.1 -0.6 -7.2 190 354 01 37 01 01 41 00 J1214+0829 11 44 03 44.6 168.8 -0.5 -6.8 10 354 01 41 00 01 42 00 =1212+087 11 45 03 44.6 169.1 -0.5 -6.6 60 357 01 41 01 01 42 00 NGC4235 11 45 03 43.3 168.6 -0.6 -6.8 -20 357 No stop 01 45 30 --- 11 48 34 43.4 169.8 -0.5 -6.1 190 371 01 42 01 01 45 30 J1214+0829 11 48 34 44.7 170.3 -0.5 -5.8 -20 371 No stop 01 47 00 =1212+087 11 50 04 44.7 170.8 -0.4 -5.5 70 377 01 45 31 01 47 00 NGC4235 11 50 04 43.4 170.3 -0.5 -5.8 -20 377 No stop 01 50 30 --- 11 53 35 43.5 171.5 -0.4 -5.1 190 390 01 47 01 01 51 00 J1214+0829 11 54 05 44.8 172.2 -0.4 -4.7 10 390 01 51 00 01 52 00 =1212+087 11 55 05 44.9 172.6 -0.4 -4.5 60 394 01 51 01 01 52 00 NGC4235 11 55 05 43.5 172.0 -0.4 -4.8 -20 394 No stop 01 55 30 --- 11 58 35 43.6 173.2 -0.3 -4.1 190 408 01 52 01 01 55 30 J1214+0829 11 58 35 44.9 173.8 -0.3 -3.7 -20 408 No stop 01 57 00 =1212+087 12 00 06 44.9 174.3 -0.3 -3.4 70 414 01 55 31 01 57 00 NGC4235 12 00 06 43.6 173.7 -0.3 -3.8 -20 414 No stop 02 00 30 --- 12 03 36 43.7 174.9 -0.2 -3.1 190 427 01 57 01 02 01 00 J1214+0829 12 04 06 45.0 175.7 -0.2 -2.6 10 427 02 01 00 02 02 00 =1212+087 12 05 06 45.0 176.1 -0.2 -2.4 60 431 02 01 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 05 06 43.7 175.4 -0.2 -2.8 -20 431 No stop 02 05 30 --- 12 08 37 43.7 176.6 -0.2 -2.0 190 444 02 02 01 02 05 30 J1214+0829 12 08 37 45.0 177.3 -0.1 -1.6 -20 444 No stop 02 07 00 =1212+087 12 10 07 45.0 177.8 -0.1 -1.3 70 450 02 05 31 02 07 00 NGC4235 12 10 07 43.7 177.1 -0.1 -1.7 -20 450 No stop 02 10 30 --- 12 13 38 43.8 178.3 -0.1 -1.0 190 464 02 07 01 02 11 00 J1214+0829 12 14 08 45.1 179.2 -0.0 -0.5 10 464 02 11 00 02 12 00 =1212+087 12 15 08 45.1 179.6 -0.0 -0.2 60 468 02 11 01 02 12 00 NGC4235 12 15 08 43.8 178.9 -0.1 -0.7 -20 468 No stop 02 15 30 --- 12 18 39 43.8 180.1 0.0 0.0 190 481 02 12 01 02 15 30 J1214+0829 12 18 39 45.1 180.8 0.0 0.5 -20 481 No stop 02 17 00 =1212+087 12 20 09 45.1 181.3 0.1 0.8 70 487 02 15 31 02 17 00 NGC4235 12 20 09 43.8 180.6 0.0 0.3 -20 487 No stop 02 20 30 --- 12 23 40 43.7 181.8 0.1 1.1 190 500 02 17 01 02 21 00 J1214+0829 12 24 10 45.0 182.8 0.1 1.7 10 500 02 21 00 02 22 00 =1212+087 12 25 10 45.0 183.1 0.1 1.9 60 504 02 21 01 02 22 00 NGC4235 12 25 10 43.7 182.3 0.1 1.4 -20 504 No stop 02 25 30 --- 12 28 40 43.7 183.5 0.2 2.1 190 518 02 22 01 02 25 30 J1214+0829 12 28 40 45.0 184.3 0.2 2.6 -20 518 No stop 02 27 00 =1212+087 12 30 11 45.0 184.9 0.2 2.9 70 524 02 25 31 02 27 00 NGC4235 12 30 11 43.7 184.0 0.2 2.4 -20 524 No stop 02 30 30 --- 12 33 41 43.7 185.2 0.3 3.1 190 537 02 27 01 02 31 00 J1214+0829 12 34 11 44.9 186.3 0.3 3.8 10 537 02 31 00 02 32 00 =1212+087 12 35 11 44.9 186.6 0.3 4.0 60 541 02 31 01 02 32 00 NGC4235 12 35 11 43.6 185.7 0.3 3.5 -20 541 No stop 02 35 30 --- 12 38 42 43.6 186.9 0.3 4.2 190 555 02 32 01 02 35 30 J1214+0829 12 38 42 44.8 187.8 0.4 4.7 -20 555 No stop 02 37 00 =1212+087 12 40 12 44.8 188.3 0.4 5.0 70 560 02 35 31 02 37 00 NGC4235 12 40 12 43.5 187.5 0.4 4.5 -20 560 No stop 02 40 30 --- 12 43 43 43.5 188.6 0.4 5.2 190 574 02 37 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) 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 12 44 13 44.7 189.7 0.5 5.9 10 574 02 41 00 02 42 00 =1212+087 12 45 13 44.7 190.1 0.5 6.1 60 578 02 41 01 02 42 00 NGC4235 12 45 13 43.4 189.2 0.4 5.5 -20 578 No stop 02 45 30 --- 12 48 44 43.4 190.4 0.5 6.2 190 591 02 42 01 02 45 30 J1214+0829 12 48 44 44.6 191.3 0.5 6.8 -19 591 No stop 02 47 00 =1212+087 12 50 14 44.5 191.8 0.6 7.1 71 597 02 45 31 02 49 00 4C39.25 12 52 14 52.8 268.3 3.4 50.2 -134 597 02 49 00 02 52 00 --- 12 55 15 52.4 268.9 3.4 50.2 46 609 02 49 01 02 54 00 3C286 12 57 15 66.2 161.0 -0.6 -13.1 -221 609 02 54 00 03 00 00 --- 13 03 16 66.5 164.1 -0.5 -10.9 139 632 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: 12 Station: PICKMERE Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2272.00 2272.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 BBC fr= 645.51 645.51 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 9 10 11 12 13 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 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