COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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: 645.51 645.51 645.51 645.51 581.51 581.51 581.51 581.51 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 20 30 00 3C345 12 36 25 46.8 82.2 -4.1 -50.5 0 0 20 30 00 20 35 00 --- 12 41 26 47.6 83.1 -4.0 -50.6 300 39 20 30 01 20 40 00 J1343+6855 12 46 27 73.1 17.9 -1.0 -149.5 24 39 20 40 00 20 49 00 =1341+691 12 55 28 73.4 15.4 -0.8 -154.0 540 108 20 40 01 20 49 00 NGC5283 12 55 28 74.6 16.8 -0.8 -153.0 -21 108 No stop 20 52 30 --- 12 58 59 74.8 15.7 -0.7 -154.9 189 135 20 49 01 20 53 00 J1343+6855 12 59 29 73.6 14.2 -0.7 -156.0 9 135 20 53 00 20 54 00 =1341+691 13 00 29 73.6 13.9 -0.7 -156.5 60 143 20 53 01 20 54 00 NGC5283 13 00 29 74.8 15.2 -0.7 -155.7 -21 143 No stop 20 57 30 --- 13 04 00 75.0 14.0 -0.6 -157.7 189 170 20 54 01 20 59 00 NGC5283 13 05 30 75.0 13.5 -0.6 -158.5 81 170 20 59 00 21 02 30 --- 13 09 00 75.2 12.3 -0.5 -160.5 210 197 20 59 01 21 03 00 J1343+6855 13 09 31 73.9 11.2 -0.6 -161.2 9 197 21 03 00 21 04 00 =1341+691 13 10 31 74.0 10.9 -0.6 -161.8 60 205 21 03 01 21 04 00 NGC5283 13 10 31 75.2 11.8 -0.5 -161.4 -21 205 No stop 21 07 30 --- 13 14 01 75.3 10.5 -0.5 -163.4 189 232 21 04 01 21 09 00 NGC5283 13 15 32 75.3 10.0 -0.4 -164.3 81 232 21 09 00 21 12 30 --- 13 19 02 75.4 8.7 -0.4 -166.3 210 259 21 09 01 21 13 00 J1343+6855 13 19 32 74.2 8.0 -0.4 -166.6 9 259 21 13 00 21 14 00 =1341+691 13 20 32 74.2 7.7 -0.4 -167.2 60 267 21 13 01 21 14 00 NGC5283 13 20 32 75.5 8.1 -0.4 -167.2 -21 267 No stop 21 17 30 --- 13 24 03 75.5 6.8 -0.3 -169.3 189 294 21 14 01 21 19 00 NGC5283 13 25 33 75.6 6.2 -0.3 -170.2 81 294 21 19 00 21 22 30 --- 13 29 04 75.6 4.9 -0.2 -172.3 210 321 21 19 01 21 23 00 J1343+6855 13 29 34 74.3 4.7 -0.2 -172.1 9 321 21 23 00 21 24 00 =1341+691 13 30 34 74.4 4.4 -0.2 -172.7 60 328 21 23 01 21 24 00 NGC5283 13 30 34 75.6 4.3 -0.2 -173.2 -21 328 No stop 21 27 30 --- 13 34 05 75.7 3.0 -0.1 -175.3 189 356 21 24 01 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 29 00 NGC5283 13 35 35 75.7 2.4 -0.1 -176.2 81 356 21 29 00 21 32 30 --- 13 39 05 75.7 1.1 -0.0 -178.3 210 383 21 29 01 21 33 00 J1343+6855 13 39 36 74.4 1.4 -0.1 -177.7 9 383 21 33 00 21 34 00 =1341+691 13 40 36 74.4 1.1 -0.1 -178.3 60 390 21 33 01 21 34 00 NGC5283 13 40 36 75.7 0.5 -0.0 -179.2 -21 390 No stop 21 37 30 --- 13 44 06 75.7 -0.9 0.0 178.6 189 417 21 34 01 21 39 00 NGC5283 13 45 36 75.7 -1.5 0.1 177.7 81 417 21 39 00 21 42 30 --- 13 49 07 75.7 -2.8 0.1 175.6 210 444 21 39 01 21 43 00 J1343+6855 13 49 37 74.4 -2.0 0.1 176.7 9 444 21 43 00 21 44 00 =1341+691 13 50 37 74.4 -2.3 0.1 176.2 60 452 21 43 01 21 44 00 NGC5283 13 50 37 75.6 -3.4 0.1 174.7 -21 452 No stop 21 47 30 --- 13 54 08 75.6 -4.7 0.2 172.6 189 479 21 44 01 21 49 00 NGC5283 13 55 38 75.6 -5.3 0.2 171.7 81 479 21 49 00 21 52 30 --- 13 59 09 75.5 -6.6 0.3 169.6 210 506 21 49 01 21 53 00 J1343+6855 13 59 39 74.3 -5.3 0.3 171.1 9 506 21 53 00 21 54 00 =1341+691 14 00 39 74.3 -5.7 0.3 170.6 60 514 21 53 01 21 54 00 NGC5283 14 00 39 75.5 -7.2 0.3 168.7 -22 514 No stop 21 57 30 --- 14 04 10 75.4 -8.5 0.4 166.6 188 541 21 54 01 21 59 00 NGC5283 14 05 40 75.4 -9.0 0.4 165.7 81 541 21 59 00 22 02 30 --- 14 09 10 75.3 -10.3 0.5 163.7 210 568 21 59 01 22 03 00 J1343+6855 14 09 40 74.1 -8.6 0.4 165.7 7 568 22 03 00 22 04 00 =1341+691 14 10 41 74.1 -8.9 0.4 165.1 60 576 22 03 01 22 04 00 NGC5283 14 10 41 75.3 -10.9 0.5 162.8 -24 576 No stop 22 07 30 --- 14 14 11 75.2 -12.1 0.5 160.8 186 603 22 04 01 22 09 00 NGC5283 14 15 41 75.1 -12.6 0.6 159.9 81 603 22 09 00 22 12 30 --- 14 19 12 75.0 -13.9 0.6 158.0 210 630 22 09 01 22 13 00 J1343+6855 14 19 42 73.9 -11.7 0.6 160.3 6 630 22 13 00 22 14 00 =1341+691 14 20 42 73.8 -12.1 0.6 159.8 60 638 22 13 01 22 14 00 NGC5283 14 20 42 74.9 -14.4 0.6 157.1 -25 638 No stop 22 17 30 --- 14 24 13 74.8 -15.5 0.7 155.2 185 665 22 14 01 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 --- 22 19 00 NGC5283 14 25 43 74.7 -16.0 0.7 154.3 81 665 22 19 00 22 22 30 --- 14 29 14 74.6 -17.2 0.8 152.4 210 692 22 19 01 22 23 00 J1343+6855 14 29 44 73.5 -14.7 0.8 155.1 4 692 22 23 00 22 24 00 =1341+691 14 30 44 73.5 -15.0 0.8 154.6 60 699 22 23 01 22 24 00 NGC5283 14 30 44 74.5 -17.6 0.8 151.6 -26 699 No stop 22 27 30 --- 14 34 14 74.4 -18.7 0.9 149.8 184 727 22 24 01 22 29 00 NGC5283 14 35 45 74.3 -19.2 0.9 149.0 81 727 22 29 00 22 32 30 --- 14 39 15 74.1 -20.2 1.0 147.2 210 754 22 29 01 22 33 00 J1343+6855 14 39 45 73.1 -17.5 0.9 150.1 3 754 22 33 00 22 34 00 =1341+691 14 40 46 73.1 -17.8 1.0 149.6 60 761 22 33 01 22 34 00 NGC5283 14 40 46 74.0 -20.7 1.0 146.4 -27 761 No stop 22 37 30 --- 14 44 16 73.8 -21.7 1.0 144.6 183 788 22 34 01 22 39 00 NGC5283 14 45 46 73.8 -22.1 1.1 143.9 82 788 22 39 00 22 42 30 --- 14 49 17 73.6 -23.0 1.1 142.2 210 815 22 39 01 22 43 00 J1343+6855 14 49 47 72.6 -20.1 1.1 145.3 3 815 22 43 00 22 44 00 =1341+691 14 50 47 72.6 -20.4 1.1 144.8 60 823 22 43 01 22 44 00 NGC5283 14 50 47 73.5 -23.4 1.1 141.4 -28 823 No stop 22 47 30 --- 14 54 18 73.3 -24.3 1.2 139.8 182 850 22 44 01 22 49 00 NGC5283 14 55 48 73.2 -24.7 1.2 139.0 82 850 22 49 00 22 52 30 --- 14 59 19 72.9 -25.6 1.3 137.4 210 877 22 49 01 22 53 00 J1343+6855 14 59 49 72.1 -22.5 1.3 140.6 2 877 22 53 00 22 54 00 =1341+691 15 00 49 72.0 -22.8 1.3 140.2 60 885 22 53 01 22 54 00 NGC5283 15 00 49 72.8 -25.9 1.3 136.7 -29 885 No stop 22 57 30 --- 15 04 19 72.6 -26.7 1.4 135.1 181 912 22 54 01 22 59 00 NGC5283 15 05 50 72.5 -27.1 1.4 134.5 82 912 22 59 00 23 02 30 --- 15 09 20 72.3 -27.8 1.5 132.9 210 939 22 59 01 23 03 00 J1343+6855 15 09 50 71.5 -24.7 1.4 136.2 2 939 23 03 00 23 04 00 =1341+691 15 10 50 71.4 -24.9 1.5 135.8 60 947 23 03 01 23 04 00 NGC5283 15 10 50 72.2 -28.2 1.5 132.3 -29 947 No stop 23 07 30 --- 15 14 21 71.9 -28.9 1.5 130.8 181 974 23 04 01 Schedule for JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) 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 --- 23 14 00 3C345 15 20 52 70.5 125.3 -1.4 -39.4 -250 974 23 14 00 23 21 00 --- 15 27 53 71.3 128.6 -1.3 -37.5 170 1028 23 14 01 23 23 00 3C286 15 29 54 58.8 234.7 2.0 34.5 -327 1028 23 23 00 23 30 00 --- 15 36 55 57.9 237.1 2.1 35.6 93 1082 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 --- 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: 3 Station: JODRELL1 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= 2272.00 2272.00 2272.00 2272.00 2272.00 2272.00 2272.00 2272.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 1 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= 645.51 645.51 645.51 645.51 581.51 581.51 581.51 581.51 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 1 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