COVER INFORMATION Station: HART (Code Hh ) Experiment: Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales Exp. Code: EG131C 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 HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 May 2024 Day 149 --- 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 09 30 00 3C84 03 46 25 22.3 354.9 0.4 0.0 0 0 09 30 00 09 35 00 --- 03 51 26 22.2 353.9 0.5 0.0 300 39 09 30 01 09 40 00 J0119+3210 03 56 27 21.0 325.4 2.6 0.0 212 39 09 40 00 09 46 00 =0116+319 04 02 28 20.2 324.3 2.7 0.0 360 85 09 40 01 09 46 00 MRK993 04 02 28 21.0 325.3 2.6 0.0 -29 85 No stop 09 49 30 --- 04 05 58 20.6 324.7 2.7 0.0 181 112 09 46 01 09 50 00 J0119+3210 04 06 28 19.7 323.6 2.8 0.0 1 112 09 50 00 09 51 00 =0116+319 04 07 28 19.6 323.4 2.8 0.0 60 120 09 50 01 09 51 00 MRK993 04 07 28 20.4 324.4 2.7 0.0 -29 120 No stop 09 54 30 --- 04 10 59 19.9 323.8 2.7 0.0 181 147 09 51 01 09 54 30 J0119+3210 04 10 59 19.1 322.8 2.8 0.0 -29 147 No stop 09 56 00 =0116+319 04 12 29 18.9 322.6 2.9 0.0 61 158 09 54 31 09 56 00 MRK993 04 12 29 19.7 323.5 2.8 0.0 -29 158 No stop 09 59 30 --- 04 16 00 19.3 322.9 2.8 0.0 181 185 09 56 01 10 00 00 J0119+3210 04 16 30 18.3 321.9 2.9 0.0 1 185 10 00 00 10 01 00 =0116+319 04 17 30 18.2 321.7 2.9 0.0 60 193 10 00 01 10 01 00 MRK993 04 17 30 19.1 322.7 2.8 0.0 -29 193 No stop 10 04 30 --- 04 21 01 18.6 322.1 2.9 0.0 181 220 10 01 01 10 04 30 J0119+3210 04 21 01 17.7 321.1 3.0 0.0 -29 220 No stop 10 06 00 =0116+319 04 22 31 17.5 320.9 3.0 0.0 61 232 10 04 31 10 06 00 MRK993 04 22 31 18.4 321.8 2.9 0.0 -29 232 No stop 10 09 30 --- 04 26 01 17.9 321.2 3.0 0.0 181 259 10 06 01 10 10 00 J0119+3210 04 26 32 16.9 320.2 3.1 0.0 1 259 10 10 00 10 11 00 =0116+319 04 27 32 16.8 320.1 3.1 0.0 60 267 10 10 01 10 11 00 MRK993 04 27 32 17.7 321.0 3.0 0.0 -29 267 No stop 10 14 30 --- 04 31 02 17.2 320.4 3.1 0.0 181 294 10 11 01 10 14 30 J0119+3210 04 31 02 16.3 319.5 3.2 0.0 -29 294 No stop 10 16 00 =0116+319 04 32 33 16.0 319.3 3.2 0.0 61 305 10 14 31 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 May 2024 Day 149 --- 10 16 00 MRK993 04 32 33 16.9 320.2 3.1 0.0 -29 305 No stop 10 19 30 --- 04 36 03 16.4 319.6 3.2 0.0 181 332 10 16 01 10 20 00 J0119+3210 04 36 33 15.5 318.6 3.3 0.0 1 332 10 20 00 10 21 00 =0116+319 04 37 33 15.3 318.5 3.3 0.0 60 340 10 20 01 10 21 00 MRK993 04 37 33 16.2 319.4 3.2 0.0 -29 340 No stop 10 24 30 --- 04 41 04 15.7 318.8 3.2 0.0 181 367 10 21 01 10 24 30 J0119+3210 04 41 04 14.8 317.9 3.3 0.0 -29 367 No stop 10 26 00 =0116+319 04 42 34 14.5 317.7 3.4 0.0 61 379 10 24 31 10 26 00 MRK993 04 42 34 15.5 318.6 3.3 0.0 -29 379 No stop 10 29 30 --- 04 46 05 14.9 318.0 3.3 0.0 181 406 10 26 01 10 30 00 J0119+3210 04 46 35 13.9 317.1 3.4 0.0 1 406 10 30 00 10 31 00 =0116+319 04 47 35 13.8 316.9 3.4 0.0 60 414 10 30 01 10 31 00 MRK993 04 47 35 14.7 317.8 3.3 0.0 -29 414 No stop 10 34 30 --- 04 51 06 14.2 317.3 3.4 0.0 181 441 10 31 01 10 34 30 J0119+3210 04 51 06 13.2 316.4 3.5 0.0 -29 441 No stop 10 36 00 =0116+319 04 52 36 13.0 316.2 3.5 0.0 61 452 10 34 31 10 36 00 MRK993 04 52 36 14.0 317.1 3.4 0.0 -29 452 No stop 10 39 30 --- 04 56 06 13.4 316.5 3.5 0.0 181 479 10 36 01 10 40 00 J0119+3210 04 56 36 12.4 315.6 3.6 0.0 1 479 10 40 00 10 41 00 =0116+319 04 57 37 12.2 315.5 3.6 0.0 60 487 10 40 01 10 41 00 MRK993 04 57 37 13.2 316.3 3.5 0.0 -29 487 No stop 10 44 30 --- 05 01 07 12.6 315.8 3.6 0.0 181 514 10 41 01 10 44 30 J0119+3210 05 01 07 11.7 315.0 3.7 0.0 -29 514 No stop 10 46 00 =0116+319 05 02 37 11.4 314.8 3.7 0.0 61 526 10 44 31 10 46 00 MRK993 05 02 37 12.4 315.6 3.6 0.0 -29 526 No stop 10 49 30 --- 05 06 08 11.8 315.1 3.7 0.0 181 553 10 46 01 10 50 00 J0119+3210 05 06 38 10.8 314.2 3.8 0.0 1 553 10 50 00 10 51 00 =0116+319 05 07 38 10.6 314.1 3.8 0.0 60 560 10 50 01 10 51 00 MRK993 05 07 38 11.6 314.9 3.7 0.0 -29 560 No stop 10 54 30 --- 05 11 09 11.0 314.4 3.7 0.0 181 587 10 51 01 Schedule for HART (Code Hh ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 May 2024 Day 149 --- 10 56 00 MRK993 05 12 39 10.8 314.2 3.8 0.0 69 587 10 56 00 10 59 30 --- 05 16 10 10.2 313.7 3.8 0.0 210 614 10 56 01 12 52 00 4C39.25 07 08 58 17.4 27.8 -2.3 0.0 6484 614 12 52 00 12 59 00 --- 07 15 59 18.2 26.6 -2.2 0.0 420 669 12 52 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: hh18cm Values confirmed by E-mail Jonathan Quick 20140219 (CR) ****** Only 122.49 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 5 Station: HART 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 9 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: 9 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) * MRK993 01 22 42.704718 * 01 25 31.450000 01 26 52.333710 0.00 31 52 35.16789 * 32 08 10.40000 32 15 36.32444 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0116+319 01 16 47.247876 * 01 19 35.003417 01 20 55.429157 2.97 * J0119+3210 31 55 05.83110 * 32 10 50.05658 32 18 20.07207 2.37 J0119+32 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 24 observations. * 3C84 03 16 29.567265 * 03 19 48.160096 03 21 23.034413 1.50 J0319+4130 41 19 51.91692 * 41 30 42.10404 41 35 54.34559 2.86 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 10291 observations. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 33.866253 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 56 11.84344 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 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 MRK993 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.100 155.745 J0119+3210 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.850 56.611 3C84 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.083 7.583 4C39.25 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.117 6.284 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) MRK993 40.5 J0119+3210 41.7 3C84 23.9 4C39.25 66.3 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