COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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: 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 20 30 00 3C345 13 32 14 54.7 440.6 -3.2 -66.2 0 0 20 30 00 20 35 00 --- 13 37 15 55.6 441.3 -3.1 -66.5 300 39 20 30 01 20 40 00 J1343+6855 13 42 16 65.7 360.3 -0.0 -179.4 189 39 20 40 00 20 49 00 =1341+691 13 51 18 65.7 358.3 0.1 176.7 540 108 20 40 01 20 49 00 NGC5283 13 51 18 66.9 357.7 0.2 175.7 -7 108 No stop 20 52 30 --- 13 54 48 66.9 356.8 0.2 174.1 203 135 20 49 01 20 53 00 J1343+6855 13 55 18 65.7 357.5 0.2 175.0 23 135 20 53 00 20 54 00 =1341+691 13 56 18 65.7 357.2 0.2 174.5 60 143 20 53 01 20 54 00 NGC5283 13 56 18 66.9 356.5 0.2 173.4 -7 143 No stop 20 57 30 --- 13 59 49 66.8 355.6 0.3 171.8 203 170 20 54 01 20 57 30 J1343+6855 13 59 49 65.6 356.5 0.3 173.0 -7 170 No stop 20 59 00 =1341+691 14 01 19 65.6 356.1 0.3 172.4 83 182 20 57 31 20 59 00 NGC5283 14 01 19 66.8 355.3 0.3 171.2 -7 182 No stop 21 02 30 --- 14 04 50 66.8 354.4 0.4 169.6 203 209 20 59 01 21 03 00 J1343+6855 14 05 20 65.6 355.3 0.4 170.7 23 209 21 03 00 21 04 00 =1341+691 14 06 20 65.5 355.1 0.4 170.2 60 216 21 03 01 21 04 00 NGC5283 14 06 20 66.7 354.1 0.4 168.9 -7 216 No stop 21 07 30 --- 14 09 51 66.7 353.3 0.5 167.3 203 243 21 04 01 21 07 30 J1343+6855 14 09 51 65.5 354.3 0.4 168.7 -7 243 No stop 21 09 00 =1341+691 14 11 21 65.5 354.0 0.5 168.1 83 255 21 07 31 21 09 00 NGC5283 14 11 21 66.6 352.9 0.5 166.7 -7 255 No stop 21 12 30 --- 14 14 51 66.6 352.1 0.6 165.1 203 282 21 09 01 21 13 00 J1343+6855 14 15 22 65.4 353.1 0.5 166.4 23 282 21 13 00 21 14 00 =1341+691 14 16 22 65.4 352.9 0.5 165.9 60 290 21 13 01 21 14 00 NGC5283 14 16 22 66.5 351.7 0.6 164.4 -7 290 No stop 21 17 30 --- 14 19 52 66.4 350.9 0.6 162.9 203 317 21 14 01 21 17 30 J1343+6855 14 19 52 65.3 352.2 0.6 164.5 -7 317 No stop 21 19 00 =1341+691 14 21 23 65.2 351.9 0.6 163.8 83 328 21 17 31 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 21 23 66.4 350.6 0.7 162.2 -7 328 No stop 21 22 30 --- 14 24 53 66.3 349.8 0.7 160.7 203 356 21 19 01 21 23 00 J1343+6855 14 25 23 65.1 351.1 0.7 162.1 23 356 21 23 00 21 24 00 =1341+691 14 26 23 65.1 350.8 0.7 161.7 60 363 21 23 01 21 24 00 NGC5283 14 26 23 66.2 349.5 0.7 160.0 -7 363 No stop 21 27 30 --- 14 29 54 66.1 348.7 0.8 158.5 203 390 21 24 01 21 27 30 J1343+6855 14 29 54 65.0 350.1 0.8 160.3 -7 390 No stop 21 29 00 =1341+691 14 31 24 65.0 349.8 0.8 159.6 83 402 21 27 31 21 29 00 NGC5283 14 31 24 66.1 348.4 0.8 157.9 -7 402 No stop 21 32 30 --- 14 34 55 65.9 347.6 0.9 156.4 203 429 21 29 01 21 33 00 J1343+6855 14 35 25 64.8 349.0 0.9 158.0 23 429 21 33 00 21 34 00 =1341+691 14 36 25 64.8 348.8 0.9 157.6 60 437 21 33 01 21 34 00 NGC5283 14 36 25 65.9 347.3 0.9 155.7 -7 437 No stop 21 37 30 --- 14 39 56 65.7 346.5 1.0 154.2 203 464 21 34 01 21 37 30 J1343+6855 14 39 56 64.7 348.2 0.9 156.1 -7 464 No stop 21 39 00 =1341+691 14 41 26 64.6 347.9 1.0 155.5 83 475 21 37 31 21 39 00 NGC5283 14 41 26 65.7 346.2 1.0 153.6 -7 475 No stop 21 42 30 --- 14 44 56 65.5 345.5 1.1 152.1 203 502 21 39 01 21 43 00 J1343+6855 14 45 26 64.5 347.1 1.0 153.9 23 502 21 43 00 21 44 00 =1341+691 14 46 27 64.4 346.9 1.0 153.5 60 510 21 43 01 21 44 00 NGC5283 14 46 27 65.4 345.2 1.1 151.5 -7 510 No stop 21 47 30 --- 14 49 57 65.3 344.5 1.1 150.0 203 537 21 44 01 21 47 30 J1343+6855 14 49 57 64.3 346.3 1.1 152.1 -7 537 No stop 21 49 00 =1341+691 14 51 27 64.2 346.0 1.1 151.5 83 549 21 47 31 21 49 00 NGC5283 14 51 27 65.2 344.2 1.2 149.4 -7 549 No stop 21 52 30 --- 14 54 58 65.0 343.5 1.2 148.0 203 576 21 49 01 21 53 00 J1343+6855 14 55 28 64.0 345.3 1.2 149.9 23 576 21 53 00 21 54 00 =1341+691 14 56 28 64.0 345.1 1.2 149.5 60 584 21 53 01 21 54 00 NGC5283 14 56 28 65.0 343.2 1.2 147.4 -7 584 No stop 21 57 30 --- 14 59 59 64.8 342.6 1.3 146.0 203 611 21 54 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 59 59 63.8 344.5 1.3 148.1 -7 611 No stop 21 59 00 =1341+691 15 01 29 63.7 344.2 1.3 147.6 83 622 21 57 31 21 59 00 NGC5283 15 01 29 64.7 342.3 1.3 145.4 -6 622 No stop 22 02 30 --- 15 05 00 64.5 341.7 1.4 144.0 204 649 21 59 01 22 03 00 J1343+6855 15 05 30 63.5 343.5 1.4 146.0 23 649 22 03 00 22 04 00 =1341+691 15 06 30 63.5 343.4 1.4 145.6 60 657 22 03 01 22 04 00 NGC5283 15 06 30 64.4 341.4 1.4 143.4 -7 657 No stop 22 07 30 --- 15 10 00 64.2 340.8 1.5 142.0 203 684 22 04 01 22 07 30 J1343+6855 15 10 00 63.3 342.8 1.4 144.3 -7 684 No stop 22 09 00 =1341+691 15 11 31 63.2 342.5 1.5 143.7 83 696 22 07 31 22 09 00 NGC5283 15 11 31 64.1 340.5 1.5 141.5 -7 696 No stop 22 12 30 --- 15 15 01 63.9 339.9 1.6 140.1 203 723 22 09 01 22 13 00 J1343+6855 15 15 31 63.0 341.9 1.5 142.2 23 723 22 13 00 22 14 00 =1341+691 15 16 32 63.0 341.7 1.5 141.8 60 730 22 13 01 22 14 00 NGC5283 15 16 32 63.8 339.7 1.6 139.6 -7 730 No stop 22 17 30 --- 15 20 02 63.6 339.1 1.6 138.2 203 757 22 14 01 22 17 30 J1343+6855 15 20 02 62.8 341.2 1.6 140.5 -7 757 No stop 22 19 00 =1341+691 15 21 32 62.7 341.0 1.6 140.0 83 769 22 17 31 22 19 00 NGC5283 15 21 32 63.5 338.9 1.7 137.7 -7 769 No stop 22 22 30 --- 15 25 03 63.3 338.3 1.7 136.4 203 796 22 19 01 22 23 00 J1343+6855 15 25 33 62.4 340.4 1.7 138.5 23 796 22 23 00 22 24 00 =1341+691 15 26 33 62.4 340.2 1.7 138.2 60 804 22 23 01 22 24 00 NGC5283 15 26 33 63.2 338.1 1.7 135.8 -7 804 No stop 22 27 30 --- 15 30 04 62.9 337.6 1.8 134.5 203 831 22 24 01 22 27 30 J1343+6855 15 30 04 62.2 339.7 1.8 136.9 -7 831 No stop 22 29 00 =1341+691 15 31 34 62.1 339.5 1.8 136.4 83 842 22 27 31 22 29 00 NGC5283 15 31 34 62.8 337.3 1.8 134.0 -7 842 No stop 22 32 30 --- 15 35 05 62.6 336.8 1.9 132.7 203 870 22 29 01 22 33 00 J1343+6855 15 35 35 61.8 339.0 1.9 134.9 23 870 22 33 00 22 34 00 =1341+691 15 36 35 61.8 338.8 1.9 134.6 60 877 22 33 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 36 35 62.5 336.6 1.9 132.2 -7 877 No stop 22 37 30 --- 15 40 05 62.2 336.1 2.0 131.0 203 904 22 34 01 22 37 30 J1343+6855 15 40 05 61.5 338.4 1.9 133.4 -7 904 No stop 22 39 00 =1341+691 15 41 36 61.4 338.2 2.0 132.8 83 916 22 37 31 22 39 00 NGC5283 15 41 36 62.1 335.9 2.0 130.4 -7 916 No stop 22 42 30 --- 15 45 06 61.9 335.5 2.1 129.2 203 943 22 39 01 22 43 00 J1343+6855 15 45 36 61.2 337.7 2.0 131.5 23 943 22 43 00 22 44 00 =1341+691 15 46 36 61.1 337.5 2.0 131.1 60 951 22 43 01 22 44 00 NGC5283 15 46 36 61.8 335.3 2.1 128.7 -7 951 No stop 22 47 30 --- 15 50 07 61.5 334.9 2.1 127.5 203 978 22 44 01 22 47 30 J1343+6855 15 50 07 60.8 337.1 2.1 129.9 -7 978 No stop 22 49 00 =1341+691 15 51 37 60.7 336.9 2.1 129.4 83 989 22 47 31 22 49 00 NGC5283 15 51 37 61.4 334.7 2.2 127.0 -7 989 No stop 22 52 30 --- 15 55 08 61.1 334.3 2.2 125.8 203 1016 22 49 01 22 53 00 J1343+6855 15 55 38 60.5 336.5 2.2 128.1 23 1016 22 53 00 22 54 00 =1341+691 15 56 38 60.4 336.4 2.2 127.7 60 1024 22 53 01 22 54 00 NGC5283 15 56 38 61.0 334.1 2.2 125.3 -7 1024 No stop 22 57 30 --- 16 00 09 60.7 333.7 2.3 124.2 203 1051 22 54 01 22 57 30 J1343+6855 16 00 09 60.1 336.0 2.3 126.6 -7 1051 No stop 22 59 00 =1341+691 16 01 39 60.0 335.8 2.3 126.1 83 1063 22 57 31 22 59 00 NGC5283 16 01 39 60.6 333.5 2.3 123.7 -7 1063 No stop 23 02 30 --- 16 05 10 60.3 333.2 2.4 122.6 203 1090 22 59 01 23 03 00 J1343+6855 16 05 40 59.7 335.4 2.4 124.8 23 1090 23 03 00 23 04 00 =1341+691 16 06 40 59.7 335.3 2.4 124.5 60 1098 23 03 01 23 04 00 NGC5283 16 06 40 60.2 333.0 2.4 122.1 -7 1098 No stop 23 07 30 --- 16 10 10 59.9 332.7 2.5 121.0 203 1125 23 04 01 23 07 30 J1343+6855 16 10 10 59.4 334.9 2.4 123.4 -7 1125 No stop 23 09 00 =1341+691 16 11 41 59.3 334.8 2.5 122.9 83 1136 23 07 31 23 14 00 3C345 16 16 41 83.1 491.1 -0.5 -44.4 90 1136 23 14 00 23 21 00 --- 16 23 43 84.0 500.2 -0.3 -36.4 420 1190 23 14 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 25 43 53.3 622.4 2.9 55.0 -47 1190 23 23 00 23 30 00 --- 16 32 44 52.1 623.8 3.0 55.3 373 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 --- 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: 6 Station: MEDICINA 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= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 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= 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 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