COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales Exp. Code: EG131A 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 25 May 2024 Day 146 --- 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 20 30 00 3C345 13 13 11 52.2 85.6 -3.5 -55.6 0 0 20 30 00 20 35 00 --- 13 18 12 53.0 86.5 -3.4 -55.6 300 39 20 30 01 20 40 00 J1343+6855 13 23 13 71.6 365.9 -0.3 -169.7 -405 39 20 40 00 20 49 00 =1341+691 13 32 14 71.7 363.3 -0.2 -174.2 135 108 20 40 01 20 49 00 NGC5283 13 32 14 72.9 363.1 -0.2 -174.8 -33 108 No stop 20 52 30 --- 13 35 45 73.0 362.0 -0.1 -176.7 177 135 20 49 01 20 53 00 J1343+6855 13 36 15 71.7 362.1 -0.1 -176.2 -3 135 20 53 00 20 54 00 =1341+691 13 37 15 71.7 361.9 -0.1 -176.7 57 143 20 53 01 20 54 00 NGC5283 13 37 15 73.0 361.5 -0.1 -177.5 -33 143 No stop 20 57 30 --- 13 40 46 73.0 360.4 -0.0 -179.4 177 170 20 54 01 20 57 30 J1343+6855 13 40 46 71.7 360.9 -0.0 -178.5 -33 170 No stop 20 59 00 =1341+691 13 42 16 71.7 360.4 -0.0 -179.3 57 182 20 57 31 20 59 00 NGC5283 13 42 16 73.0 359.9 0.0 179.8 -33 182 No stop 21 02 30 --- 13 45 47 73.0 358.7 0.1 177.9 177 209 20 59 01 21 03 00 J1343+6855 13 46 17 71.7 359.3 0.0 178.7 -3 209 21 03 00 21 04 00 =1341+691 13 47 17 71.7 359.0 0.1 178.2 57 216 21 03 01 21 04 00 NGC5283 13 47 17 73.0 358.2 0.1 177.0 -33 216 No stop 21 07 30 --- 13 50 47 72.9 357.1 0.1 175.1 177 243 21 04 01 21 07 30 J1343+6855 13 50 47 71.7 358.0 0.1 176.4 -33 243 No stop 21 09 00 =1341+691 13 52 18 71.7 357.5 0.1 175.7 57 255 21 07 31 21 09 00 NGC5283 13 52 18 72.9 356.6 0.2 174.3 -33 255 No stop 21 12 30 --- 13 55 48 72.9 355.5 0.2 172.4 177 282 21 09 01 21 13 00 J1343+6855 13 56 18 71.7 356.4 0.2 173.6 -2 282 21 13 00 21 14 00 =1341+691 13 57 19 71.6 356.1 0.2 173.1 58 290 21 13 01 21 14 00 NGC5283 13 57 19 72.9 355.0 0.3 171.6 -32 290 No stop 21 17 30 --- 14 00 49 72.8 353.9 0.3 169.8 178 317 21 14 01 21 17 30 J1343+6855 14 00 49 71.6 355.1 0.3 171.4 -32 317 No stop 21 19 00 =1341+691 14 02 19 71.6 354.7 0.3 170.6 58 328 21 17 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 25 May 2024 Day 146 --- 21 19 00 NGC5283 14 02 19 72.8 353.4 0.3 168.9 -33 328 No stop 21 22 30 --- 14 05 50 72.7 352.3 0.4 167.1 177 356 21 19 01 21 23 00 J1343+6855 14 06 20 71.5 353.5 0.4 168.6 -3 356 21 23 00 21 24 00 =1341+691 14 07 20 71.5 353.3 0.4 168.1 57 363 21 23 01 21 24 00 NGC5283 14 07 20 72.7 351.8 0.4 166.3 -35 363 No stop 21 27 30 --- 14 10 51 72.6 350.7 0.5 164.4 175 390 21 24 01 21 27 30 J1343+6855 14 10 51 71.4 352.3 0.5 166.4 -34 390 No stop 21 29 00 =1341+691 14 12 21 71.4 351.9 0.5 165.6 56 402 21 27 31 21 29 00 NGC5283 14 12 21 72.6 350.3 0.5 163.7 -35 402 No stop 21 32 30 --- 14 15 52 72.5 349.2 0.6 161.8 175 429 21 29 01 21 33 00 J1343+6855 14 16 22 71.3 350.8 0.5 163.6 -5 429 21 33 00 21 34 00 =1341+691 14 17 22 71.3 350.5 0.6 163.2 55 437 21 33 01 21 34 00 NGC5283 14 17 22 72.4 348.8 0.6 161.0 -36 437 No stop 21 37 30 --- 14 20 52 72.3 347.7 0.7 159.2 174 464 21 34 01 21 37 30 J1343+6855 14 20 52 71.2 349.6 0.6 161.4 -36 464 No stop 21 39 00 =1341+691 14 22 23 71.1 349.2 0.6 160.7 54 475 21 37 31 21 39 00 NGC5283 14 22 23 72.2 347.3 0.7 158.5 -37 475 No stop 21 42 30 --- 14 25 53 72.1 346.3 0.7 156.7 173 502 21 39 01 21 43 00 J1343+6855 14 26 23 71.0 348.1 0.7 158.8 -7 502 21 43 00 21 44 00 =1341+691 14 27 23 71.0 347.9 0.7 158.3 53 510 21 43 01 21 44 00 NGC5283 14 27 23 72.1 345.8 0.8 156.0 -38 510 No stop 21 47 30 --- 14 30 54 71.9 344.8 0.8 154.2 172 537 21 44 01 21 47 30 J1343+6855 14 30 54 70.9 347.0 0.8 156.7 -37 537 No stop 21 49 00 =1341+691 14 32 24 70.8 346.6 0.8 155.9 53 549 21 47 31 21 49 00 NGC5283 14 32 24 71.9 344.4 0.8 153.5 -38 549 No stop 21 52 30 --- 14 35 55 71.7 343.5 0.9 151.7 172 576 21 49 01 21 53 00 J1343+6855 14 36 25 70.6 345.6 0.9 154.1 -8 576 21 53 00 21 54 00 =1341+691 14 37 25 70.6 345.4 0.9 153.6 52 584 21 53 01 21 54 00 NGC5283 14 37 25 71.6 343.1 0.9 151.0 -39 584 No stop 21 57 30 --- 14 40 56 71.5 342.2 1.0 149.3 171 611 21 54 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 25 May 2024 Day 146 --- 21 57 30 J1343+6855 14 40 56 70.5 344.5 1.0 152.0 -38 611 No stop 21 59 00 =1341+691 14 42 26 70.4 344.1 1.0 151.3 52 622 21 57 31 21 59 00 NGC5283 14 42 26 71.4 341.8 1.0 148.6 -39 622 No stop 22 02 30 --- 14 45 56 71.2 340.9 1.1 147.0 171 649 21 59 01 22 03 00 J1343+6855 14 46 27 70.2 343.2 1.0 149.5 -9 649 22 03 00 22 04 00 =1341+691 14 47 27 70.2 343.0 1.1 149.0 51 657 22 03 01 22 04 00 NGC5283 14 47 27 71.1 340.5 1.1 146.3 -40 657 No stop 22 07 30 --- 14 50 57 70.9 339.7 1.2 144.7 170 684 22 04 01 22 07 30 J1343+6855 14 50 57 70.0 342.2 1.1 147.5 -39 684 No stop 22 09 00 =1341+691 14 52 28 69.9 341.9 1.1 146.8 51 696 22 07 31 22 09 00 NGC5283 14 52 28 70.9 339.3 1.2 144.0 -40 696 No stop 22 12 30 --- 14 55 58 70.7 338.5 1.2 142.4 170 723 22 09 01 22 13 00 J1343+6855 14 56 28 69.7 341.0 1.2 145.1 -10 723 22 13 00 22 14 00 =1341+691 14 57 28 69.7 340.8 1.2 144.6 50 730 22 13 01 22 14 00 NGC5283 14 57 28 70.6 338.2 1.3 141.7 -41 730 No stop 22 17 30 --- 15 00 59 70.4 337.4 1.3 140.2 169 757 22 14 01 22 17 30 J1343+6855 15 00 59 69.5 340.0 1.3 143.1 -40 757 No stop 22 19 00 =1341+691 15 02 29 69.4 339.7 1.3 142.5 50 769 22 17 31 22 19 00 NGC5283 15 02 29 70.3 337.1 1.3 139.5 -41 769 No stop 22 22 30 --- 15 06 00 70.0 336.3 1.4 138.0 169 796 22 19 01 22 23 00 J1343+6855 15 06 30 69.2 338.9 1.4 140.8 -10 796 22 23 00 22 24 00 =1341+691 15 07 30 69.1 338.7 1.4 140.4 50 804 22 23 01 22 24 00 NGC5283 15 07 30 70.0 336.0 1.4 137.4 -41 804 No stop 22 27 30 --- 15 11 01 69.7 335.3 1.5 135.9 169 831 22 24 01 22 27 30 J1343+6855 15 11 01 68.9 338.1 1.5 138.9 -40 831 No stop 22 29 00 =1341+691 15 12 31 68.8 337.8 1.5 138.3 50 842 22 27 31 22 29 00 NGC5283 15 12 31 69.6 335.0 1.5 135.3 -41 842 No stop 22 32 30 --- 15 16 01 69.4 334.3 1.6 133.8 169 870 22 29 01 22 33 00 J1343+6855 15 16 31 68.6 337.0 1.5 136.7 -11 870 22 33 00 22 34 00 =1341+691 15 17 32 68.5 336.9 1.6 136.3 49 877 22 33 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 25 May 2024 Day 146 --- 22 34 00 NGC5283 15 17 32 69.3 334.0 1.6 133.2 -41 877 No stop 22 37 30 --- 15 21 02 69.0 333.4 1.7 131.8 169 904 22 34 01 22 37 30 J1343+6855 15 21 02 68.3 336.2 1.6 134.9 -41 904 No stop 22 39 00 =1341+691 15 22 32 68.2 336.0 1.6 134.3 49 916 22 37 31 22 39 00 NGC5283 15 22 32 68.9 333.1 1.7 131.2 -41 916 No stop 22 42 30 --- 15 26 03 68.7 332.5 1.7 129.9 169 943 22 39 01 22 43 00 J1343+6855 15 26 33 67.9 335.3 1.7 132.7 -11 943 22 43 00 22 44 00 =1341+691 15 27 33 67.9 335.1 1.7 132.4 49 951 22 43 01 22 44 00 NGC5283 15 27 33 68.6 332.3 1.8 129.3 -41 951 No stop 22 47 30 --- 15 31 04 68.3 331.7 1.8 127.9 169 978 22 44 01 22 47 30 J1343+6855 15 31 04 67.6 334.6 1.8 131.0 -41 978 No stop 22 49 00 =1341+691 15 32 34 67.5 334.4 1.8 130.5 49 989 22 47 31 22 49 00 NGC5283 15 32 34 68.2 331.5 1.8 127.4 -42 989 No stop 22 52 30 --- 15 36 05 67.9 331.0 1.9 126.1 168 1016 22 49 01 22 53 00 J1343+6855 15 36 35 67.3 333.8 1.9 129.0 -11 1016 22 53 00 22 54 00 =1341+691 15 37 35 67.2 333.6 1.9 128.6 49 1024 22 53 01 22 54 00 NGC5283 15 37 35 67.8 330.7 1.9 125.5 -42 1024 No stop 22 57 30 --- 15 41 06 67.5 330.2 2.0 124.2 168 1051 22 54 01 22 57 30 J1343+6855 15 41 06 66.9 333.1 2.0 127.3 -41 1051 No stop 22 59 00 =1341+691 15 42 36 66.8 332.9 2.0 126.8 49 1063 22 57 31 22 59 00 NGC5283 15 42 36 67.4 330.0 2.0 123.7 -42 1063 No stop 23 02 30 --- 15 46 06 67.1 329.5 2.1 122.4 168 1090 22 59 01 23 03 00 J1343+6855 15 46 36 66.5 332.4 2.0 125.4 -11 1090 23 03 00 23 04 00 =1341+691 15 47 37 66.5 332.2 2.1 125.0 49 1098 23 03 01 23 04 00 NGC5283 15 47 37 67.0 329.3 2.1 121.9 -42 1098 No stop 23 07 30 --- 15 51 07 66.7 328.9 2.2 120.7 168 1125 23 04 01 23 07 30 J1343+6855 15 51 07 66.2 331.8 2.1 123.8 -41 1125 No stop 23 09 00 =1341+691 15 52 37 66.1 331.6 2.1 123.3 49 1136 23 07 31 23 14 00 3C345 15 57 38 76.5 138.6 -0.8 -33.1 -197 1136 23 14 00 23 21 00 --- 16 04 39 77.2 143.7 -0.7 -29.3 223 1190 23 14 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sat 25 May 2024 Day 146 --- 23 23 00 3C286 16 06 40 55.0 249.7 2.6 43.7 -175 1190 23 23 00 23 30 00 --- 16 13 41 53.9 251.6 2.7 44.4 245 1244 23 23 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess224.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) * NGC5283 13 39 41.395322 * 13 41 05.740000 13 41 50.563926 0.00 67 55 27.09700 * 67 40 19.90000 67 33 06.91470 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 17.007115 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 23 05.01502 0.16 1328+307 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1331+30 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 269 observations. 1341+691 13 41 42.128375 * 13 43 00.553634 13 43 42.786856 0.54 * J1343+6855 69 10 20.67868 * 68 55 17.15645 68 48 05.90567 0.18 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 101 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 49.870540 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 45 45.58745 0.59 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 53724 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 NGC5283 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.633 112.982 3C286 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.117 4.917 J1343+6855 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.733 45.182 3C345 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.200 11.222 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) NGC5283 87.0 3C286 115.6 J1343+6855 86.1 3C345 118.7 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