COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE (Code Ir ) Experiment: Chasing the path of a precessing jet in a compact jetted radio galaxy Exp. Code: es110b Schedule Version: 2.00 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: # Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF # Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 3 Mar 2024 Day 63 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 276.49 276.49 276.49 276.49 340.49 340.49 340.49 340.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 18 00 00 4C39.25 06 15 26 53.9-260.3 -3.2 -42.8 0 0 18 00 00 18 05 00 --- 06 20 26 54.6-259.0 -3.1 -42.6 300 39 18 00 01 18 15 10 0941-080 06 30 39 13.2-229.6 -3.2 -24.4 586 39 18 15 10 18 25 10 --- 06 40 40 14.2-227.3 -3.1 -23.5 600 116 18 15 11 18 25 31 0941-080 06 41 01 14.2-227.2 -3.1 -23.4 18 116 18 25 31 18 35 31 --- 06 51 02 15.2-224.8 -2.9 -22.5 600 193 18 25 32 18 35 55 J0942-0759 06 51 27 15.6-224.5 -2.9 -22.3 21 193 18 35 55 18 37 55 =0939-077 06 53 27 15.8-224.1 -2.8 -22.1 120 209 18 35 56 18 38 20 0941-080 06 53 52 15.4-224.1 -2.8 -22.2 21 209 18 38 20 18 48 20 --- 07 03 53 16.3-221.7 -2.7 -21.2 600 286 18 38 21 18 48 40 0941-080 07 04 14 16.4-221.7 -2.7 -21.1 18 286 18 48 40 18 58 40 --- 07 14 15 17.2-219.2 -2.5 -20.1 600 363 18 48 41 18 59 01 0941-080 07 14 36 17.3-219.2 -2.5 -20.0 18 363 18 59 01 19 09 01 --- 07 24 38 18.1-216.7 -2.3 -18.9 600 441 18 59 02 19 09 27 J0942-0759 07 25 04 18.5-216.4 -2.3 -18.8 23 441 19 09 27 19 11 27 =0939-077 07 27 04 18.7-215.9 -2.3 -18.5 120 456 19 09 28 19 11 53 0941-080 07 27 30 18.3-216.0 -2.3 -18.6 22 456 19 11 53 19 21 53 --- 07 37 32 19.1-213.5 -2.1 -17.4 600 533 19 11 54 19 22 13 0941-080 07 37 52 19.1-213.4 -2.1 -17.4 18 533 19 22 13 19 32 13 --- 07 47 54 19.8-210.9 -1.9 -16.2 600 611 19 22 14 19 32 39 J0942-0759 07 48 20 20.3-210.6 -1.9 -16.0 23 611 19 32 39 19 34 39 =0939-077 07 50 20 20.4-210.1 -1.9 -15.7 120 626 19 32 40 19 35 05 0941-080 07 50 46 20.0-210.2 -1.9 -15.8 22 626 19 35 05 19 45 05 --- 08 00 48 20.7-207.6 -1.7 -14.6 600 703 19 35 06 19 45 25 0941-080 08 01 08 20.7-207.5 -1.7 -14.5 18 703 19 45 25 19 55 25 --- 08 11 10 21.3-205.0 -1.6 -13.2 600 781 19 45 26 20 00 50 4C39.25 08 16 35 68.0-219.9 -1.2 -26.3 298 781 20 00 50 20 03 50 --- 08 19 36 68.3-218.5 -1.1 -25.4 180 804 20 00 51 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 3 Mar 2024 Day 63 --- 20 09 12 J1058+0133 08 24 59 26.1-224.1 -2.6 -21.9 298 804 20 09 12 20 12 12 =1055+018 08 28 00 26.4-223.3 -2.5 -21.6 180 827 20 09 13 20 13 59 J0942-0759 08 29 47 22.6-199.8 -1.2 -10.6 92 827 20 13 59 20 15 59 =0939-077 08 31 47 22.7-199.3 -1.2 -10.3 120 842 20 14 00 20 16 24 0941-080 08 32 12 22.4-199.5 -1.2 -10.4 22 842 20 16 24 20 26 24 --- 08 42 14 22.8-196.8 -1.0 -9.0 600 920 20 16 25 20 26 45 0941-080 08 42 35 22.8-196.7 -1.0 -9.0 18 920 20 26 45 20 36 45 --- 08 52 36 23.2-194.1 -0.9 -7.6 600 997 20 26 46 20 37 11 J0942-0759 08 53 02 23.5-193.7 -0.8 -7.4 23 997 20 37 11 20 39 11 =0939-077 08 55 03 23.6-193.1 -0.8 -7.1 120 1013 20 37 12 20 39 36 0941-080 08 55 28 23.2-193.3 -0.8 -7.2 22 1013 20 39 36 20 49 36 --- 09 05 30 23.5-190.6 -0.7 -5.7 600 1090 20 39 37 20 49 57 0941-080 09 05 50 23.5-190.5 -0.6 -5.7 18 1090 20 49 57 20 59 57 --- 09 15 52 23.7-187.8 -0.5 -4.2 600 1167 20 49 58 21 00 22 J0942-0759 09 16 18 24.1-187.4 -0.5 -4.0 22 1167 21 00 22 21 02 22 =0939-077 09 18 18 24.1-186.9 -0.4 -3.7 120 1183 21 00 23 21 02 48 0941-080 09 18 43 23.8-187.1 -0.4 -3.8 22 1183 21 02 48 21 12 48 --- 09 28 45 23.9-184.4 -0.3 -2.4 600 1260 21 02 49 21 13 08 0941-080 09 29 06 23.9-184.3 -0.3 -2.3 18 1260 21 13 08 21 23 08 --- 09 39 07 24.0-181.5 -0.1 -0.8 600 1337 21 13 09 21 23 34 J0942-0759 09 39 33 24.3-181.1 -0.1 -0.6 22 1337 21 23 34 21 25 34 =0939-077 09 41 33 24.3-180.5 -0.0 -0.3 120 1353 21 23 35 21 25 59 0941-080 09 41 58 24.0-180.8 -0.0 -0.4 22 1353 21 25 59 21 35 59 --- 09 52 00 24.0-178.1 0.1 1.1 600 1430 21 26 00 21 36 19 0941-080 09 52 20 24.0-178.0 0.1 1.1 18 1430 21 36 19 21 46 19 --- 10 02 22 23.9-175.3 0.3 2.6 600 1507 21 36 20 21 46 44 J0942-0759 10 02 47 24.2-174.8 0.3 2.8 22 1507 21 46 44 21 48 44 =0939-077 10 04 48 24.2-174.2 0.4 3.1 120 1523 21 46 45 21 49 09 0941-080 10 05 13 23.9-174.5 0.3 3.0 22 1523 21 49 09 21 59 09 --- 10 15 14 23.7-171.8 0.5 4.4 600 1600 21 49 10 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) 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 3 Mar 2024 Day 63 --- 22 00 58 J1058+0133 10 17 03 33.2-192.8 -0.7 -6.8 95 1600 22 00 58 22 03 58 =1055+018 10 20 04 33.3-191.9 -0.7 -6.4 180 1623 22 00 59 22 05 52 J0942-0759 10 21 58 23.9-169.6 0.6 5.6 100 1623 22 05 52 22 07 52 =0939-077 10 23 58 23.8-169.1 0.7 5.9 120 1639 22 05 53 22 08 16 0941-080 10 24 23 23.5-169.3 0.7 5.8 22 1639 22 08 16 22 18 16 --- 10 34 24 23.2-166.6 0.8 7.2 600 1716 22 08 17 22 18 42 J0942-0759 10 34 50 23.5-166.1 0.9 7.5 22 1716 22 18 42 22 20 42 =0939-077 10 36 50 23.4-165.6 0.9 7.7 120 1731 22 18 43 22 21 06 0941-080 10 37 15 23.1-165.9 0.9 7.6 21 1731 22 21 06 22 31 06 --- 10 47 16 22.8-163.2 1.0 9.0 600 1809 22 21 07 22 31 27 0941-080 10 47 37 22.8-163.1 1.0 9.1 18 1809 22 31 27 22 41 27 --- 10 57 39 22.4-160.5 1.2 10.4 600 1886 22 31 28 22 41 53 J0942-0759 10 58 05 22.6-160.0 1.2 10.7 23 1886 22 41 53 22 43 53 =0939-077 11 00 05 22.5-159.4 1.3 11.0 120 1901 22 41 54 22 44 17 0941-080 11 00 30 22.2-159.7 1.3 10.8 22 1901 22 44 17 22 54 17 --- 11 10 31 21.7-157.1 1.4 12.2 600 1979 22 44 18 22 54 38 0941-080 11 10 52 21.7-157.0 1.4 12.2 18 1979 22 54 38 23 04 38 --- 11 20 54 21.2-154.4 1.6 13.5 600 2056 22 54 39 23 05 04 J0942-0759 11 21 20 21.4-153.9 1.6 13.8 23 2056 23 05 04 23 07 04 =0939-077 11 23 20 21.3-153.4 1.7 14.0 120 2071 23 05 05 23 07 29 0941-080 11 23 45 21.0-153.7 1.6 13.9 22 2071 23 07 29 23 17 29 --- 11 33 47 20.4-151.1 1.8 15.2 600 2149 23 07 30 23 17 50 0941-080 11 34 07 20.3-151.0 1.8 15.2 18 2149 23 17 50 23 27 50 --- 11 44 09 19.7-148.5 2.0 16.5 600 2226 23 17 51 23 28 16 J0942-0759 11 44 35 19.9-148.0 2.0 16.7 23 2226 23 28 16 23 30 16 =0939-077 11 46 36 19.7-147.5 2.1 16.9 120 2241 23 28 17 23 30 41 0941-080 11 47 01 19.5-147.8 2.0 16.8 22 2241 23 30 41 23 40 41 --- 11 57 03 18.7-145.3 2.2 18.0 600 2319 23 30 42 23 41 02 0941-080 11 57 23 18.7-145.2 2.2 18.0 18 2319 23 41 02 23 51 02 --- 12 07 25 17.9-142.7 2.4 19.2 600 2396 23 41 03 Schedule for IRBENE (Code Ir ) Page 5 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 3 Mar 2024 Day 63 --- 23 51 28 J0942-0759 12 07 51 18.1-142.2 2.4 19.4 23 2396 23 51 28 23 53 28 =0939-077 12 09 52 17.9-141.7 2.4 19.6 120 2411 23 51 29 --- Start: Sun 3 Mar 2024 Day 63 -- Stop: Mon 4 Mar 2024 Day 64 --- 23 53 53 0941-080 12 10 17 17.7-142.0 2.4 19.5 22 2411 23 53 53 00 03 53 --- 12 20 19 16.8-139.6 2.6 20.6 600 2489 23 53 54 00 04 14 0941-080 12 20 39 16.8-139.5 2.6 20.6 18 2489 00 04 14 00 14 14 --- 12 30 41 15.9-137.1 2.8 21.7 600 2566 00 04 15 00 14 40 J0942-0759 12 31 08 16.0-136.5 2.8 21.9 23 2566 00 14 40 00 16 40 =0939-077 12 33 08 15.9-136.1 2.8 22.1 120 2582 00 14 41 00 17 06 0941-080 12 33 34 15.6-136.4 2.8 22.0 22 2582 00 17 06 00 27 06 --- 12 43 35 14.7-134.0 3.0 23.0 600 2659 00 17 07 00 27 27 0941-080 12 43 56 14.6-133.9 3.0 23.0 18 2659 00 27 27 00 37 27 --- 12 53 57 13.7-131.6 3.2 23.9 600 2736 00 27 28 00 37 53 J0942-0759 12 54 24 13.8-131.1 3.2 24.1 23 2736 00 37 53 00 39 53 =0939-077 12 56 24 13.6-130.6 3.2 24.3 120 2752 00 37 54 00 40 19 0941-080 12 56 50 13.4-130.9 3.2 24.2 22 2752 00 40 19 00 50 19 --- 13 06 52 12.3-128.6 3.4 25.1 600 2829 00 40 20 00 50 39 0941-080 13 07 12 12.3-128.5 3.4 25.1 18 2829 00 50 39 01 00 39 --- 13 17 14 11.2-126.2 3.5 25.9 600 2906 00 50 40 01 01 06 J0942-0759 13 17 41 11.3-125.7 3.6 26.1 23 2906 01 01 06 01 03 06 =0939-077 13 19 41 11.1-125.3 3.6 26.3 120 2922 01 01 07 01 03 31 0941-080 13 20 07 10.9-125.6 3.6 26.2 22 2922 01 03 31 01 13 31 --- 13 30 08 9.8-123.3 3.8 26.9 600 2999 01 03 32 01 49 31 3C286 14 06 14 62.2-164.2 0.6 9.8 2128 2999 01 49 31 02 00 00 --- 14 16 45 61.8-159.4 0.7 12.6 629 3080 01 49 32 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess124.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: 9 Station: IRBENE 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= 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 1350.00 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 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 A2 C2 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 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= 276.49 276.49 276.49 276.49 340.49 340.49 340.49 340.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 11 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) * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 35.046493 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 56 04.22756 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 34.117131 0.08 * J0942-0759 -07 46 09.50325 *-07 59 53.20399 -08 06 35.47786 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 49.515783 0.54 J0943-0819 -08 05 43.99166 *-08 19 30.81834 -08 26 14.62566 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 45.163168 0.01 * J1058+0133 01 50 03.53722 * 01 33 58.82372 01 26 07.62236 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 16.400872 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 22 51.70167 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.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.133 16.000 J0942-0759 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.633 58.732 0941-080 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6.167 554.991 J1058+0133 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.100 11.249 3C286 sess124.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 0.175 9.716 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) 4C39.25 141.4 J0942-0759 156.0 0941-080 156.0 J1058+0133 175.1 3C286 137.0 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