COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 643.51 643.51 643.51 643.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 18 00 00 4C39.25 12 52 33 48.1 -64.7 3.4 84.6 0 0 18 00 00 18 05 00 --- 12 57 34 47.1 -64.6 3.5 83.9 300 39 18 00 01 18 15 10 0941-080 13 07 46 27.4 239.6 3.4 48.3 0 39 18 15 10 18 25 10 --- 13 17 48 25.5 241.4 3.5 49.5 600 116 18 15 11 18 25 31 0941-080 13 18 08 25.5 241.5 3.6 49.5 19 116 18 25 31 18 35 31 --- 13 28 10 23.6 243.3 3.7 50.6 600 193 18 25 32 18 35 55 J0942-0759 13 28 34 23.5 243.8 3.8 50.9 21 193 18 35 55 18 37 55 =0939-077 13 30 35 23.1 244.2 3.8 51.1 120 209 18 35 56 18 38 20 0941-080 13 30 59 23.0 243.7 3.8 50.9 21 209 18 38 20 18 48 20 --- 13 41 01 21.1 245.4 3.9 51.9 600 286 18 38 21 18 48 40 0941-080 13 41 21 21.0 245.5 3.9 52.0 19 286 18 48 40 18 58 40 --- 13 51 23 19.1 247.1 4.1 52.9 600 363 18 48 41 18 59 01 0941-080 13 51 44 19.0 247.1 4.1 52.9 19 363 18 59 01 19 09 01 --- 14 01 45 17.0 248.7 4.3 53.8 600 441 18 59 02 19 09 27 J0942-0759 14 02 11 16.9 249.2 4.3 54.0 23 441 19 09 27 19 11 27 =0939-077 14 04 12 16.5 249.5 4.3 54.1 120 456 19 09 28 19 11 53 0941-080 14 04 38 16.4 249.1 4.3 54.0 23 456 19 11 53 19 21 53 --- 14 14 39 14.4 250.6 4.5 54.7 600 533 19 11 54 19 22 13 0941-080 14 15 00 14.3 250.7 4.5 54.8 19 533 19 22 13 19 32 13 --- 14 25 01 12.3 252.1 4.7 55.5 600 611 19 22 14 19 32 39 J0942-0759 14 25 28 12.2 252.6 4.7 55.6 23 611 19 32 39 19 34 39 =0939-077 14 27 28 11.7 252.9 4.7 55.8 120 626 19 32 40 19 35 05 0941-080 14 27 54 11.7 252.5 4.7 55.7 23 626 19 35 05 19 45 05 --- 14 37 55 9.7 253.9 4.9 56.3 600 703 19 35 06 20 00 50 4C39.25 14 53 43 25.2 301.8 5.4 69.3 849 703 20 00 50 20 03 50 --- 14 56 43 24.6 302.1 5.5 68.9 180 727 20 00 51 20 09 12 J1058+0133 15 02 07 25.7 255.1 4.0 55.9 226 727 20 09 12 20 12 12 =1055+018 15 05 07 25.1 255.5 4.1 56.0 180 750 20 09 13 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: 11 Station: TIANMA65 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= 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 2270.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 643.51 643.51 643.51 643.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 579.51 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 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