COVER INFORMATION Station: JODRELL1 (Code Jb ) Experiment: Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales Exp. Code: EG131D 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 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: 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 00 00 4C39.25 12 18 10 57.9 260.9 2.8 49.4 0 0 20 00 00 20 05 00 --- 12 23 11 57.2 262.1 2.9 49.7 300 39 20 00 01 20 07 00 J0957+5522 12 25 11 68.8 290.2 2.4 80.3 -8 39 20 07 00 20 10 00 =4C55.17 12 28 12 68.4 290.4 2.5 79.9 172 62 20 07 01 20 10 00 NGC3079 12 28 12 69.1 291.0 2.4 81.2 -16 62 No stop 20 13 30 --- 12 31 42 68.6 291.2 2.5 80.7 194 89 20 10 01 20 14 00 J0957+5522 12 32 12 67.9 290.7 2.5 79.3 13 89 20 14 00 20 15 00 =4C55.17 12 33 12 67.7 290.8 2.6 79.2 60 97 20 14 01 20 15 00 NGC3079 12 33 12 68.4 291.3 2.5 80.5 -16 97 No stop 20 18 30 --- 12 36 43 67.9 291.5 2.6 80.0 194 124 20 15 01 20 20 00 NGC3079 12 38 13 67.7 291.6 2.6 79.8 82 124 20 20 00 20 23 30 --- 12 41 44 67.2 291.8 2.6 79.3 210 151 20 20 01 20 24 00 J0957+5522 12 42 14 66.5 291.5 2.7 77.9 13 151 20 24 00 20 25 00 =4C55.17 12 43 14 66.3 291.5 2.7 77.8 60 158 20 24 01 20 25 00 NGC3079 12 43 14 67.0 291.9 2.7 79.0 -17 158 No stop 20 28 30 --- 12 46 45 66.5 292.2 2.7 78.5 193 185 20 25 01 20 30 00 NGC3079 12 48 15 66.3 292.3 2.7 78.3 82 185 20 30 00 20 33 30 --- 12 51 45 65.8 292.5 2.8 77.8 210 213 20 30 01 20 34 00 J0957+5522 12 52 15 65.1 292.2 2.9 76.5 13 213 20 34 00 20 35 00 =4C55.17 12 53 16 64.9 292.3 2.9 76.4 60 220 20 34 01 20 35 00 NGC3079 12 53 16 65.6 292.7 2.8 77.6 -17 220 No stop 20 38 30 --- 12 56 46 65.1 292.9 2.9 77.1 193 247 20 35 01 20 40 00 NGC3079 12 58 16 64.9 293.0 2.9 76.9 82 247 20 40 00 20 43 30 --- 13 01 47 64.4 293.3 3.0 76.5 210 274 20 40 01 20 44 00 J0957+5522 13 02 17 63.7 293.0 3.1 75.2 13 274 20 44 00 20 45 00 =4C55.17 13 03 17 63.5 293.1 3.1 75.1 60 282 20 44 01 20 45 00 NGC3079 13 03 17 64.2 293.4 3.0 76.2 -17 282 No stop 20 48 30 --- 13 06 48 63.7 293.7 3.1 75.8 193 309 20 45 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 May 2024 Day 149 --- 20 50 00 NGC3079 13 08 18 63.5 293.8 3.1 75.6 82 309 20 50 00 20 53 30 --- 13 11 49 63.0 294.1 3.1 75.1 210 336 20 50 01 20 54 00 J0957+5522 13 12 19 62.3 293.9 3.2 73.9 13 336 20 54 00 20 55 00 =4C55.17 13 13 19 62.2 293.9 3.2 73.8 60 344 20 54 01 20 55 00 NGC3079 13 13 19 62.8 294.2 3.2 74.9 -17 344 No stop 20 58 30 --- 13 16 50 62.4 294.5 3.2 74.4 193 371 20 55 01 21 00 00 NGC3079 13 18 20 62.2 294.6 3.2 74.2 82 371 21 00 00 21 03 30 --- 13 21 50 61.7 294.9 3.3 73.7 210 398 21 00 01 21 04 00 J0957+5522 13 22 20 60.9 294.7 3.4 72.6 13 398 21 04 00 21 05 00 =4C55.17 13 23 21 60.8 294.8 3.4 72.5 60 406 21 04 01 21 05 00 NGC3079 13 23 21 61.5 295.0 3.3 73.6 -17 406 No stop 21 08 30 --- 13 26 51 61.0 295.3 3.4 73.1 193 433 21 05 01 21 10 00 NGC3079 13 28 21 60.8 295.5 3.4 72.9 82 433 21 10 00 21 13 30 --- 13 31 52 60.3 295.8 3.5 72.4 210 460 21 10 01 21 14 00 J0957+5522 13 32 22 59.6 295.6 3.6 71.3 13 460 21 14 00 21 15 00 =4C55.17 13 33 22 59.4 295.7 3.6 71.2 60 468 21 14 01 21 15 00 NGC3079 13 33 22 60.1 295.9 3.5 72.2 -17 468 No stop 21 18 30 --- 13 36 53 59.6 296.2 3.6 71.8 193 495 21 15 01 21 20 00 NGC3079 13 38 23 59.4 296.3 3.6 71.6 82 495 21 20 00 21 23 30 --- 13 41 54 59.0 296.6 3.6 71.1 210 522 21 20 01 21 24 00 J0957+5522 13 42 24 58.2 296.5 3.7 70.0 13 522 21 24 00 21 25 00 =4C55.17 13 43 24 58.1 296.6 3.7 69.9 60 529 21 24 01 21 25 00 NGC3079 13 43 24 58.8 296.8 3.7 70.9 -17 529 No stop 21 28 30 --- 13 46 54 58.3 297.1 3.7 70.5 193 556 21 25 01 21 30 00 NGC3079 13 48 25 58.1 297.2 3.7 70.3 82 556 21 30 00 21 33 30 --- 13 51 55 57.6 297.5 3.8 69.8 210 584 21 30 01 21 34 00 J0957+5522 13 52 25 56.9 297.5 3.9 68.8 13 584 21 34 00 21 35 00 =4C55.17 13 53 26 56.8 297.6 3.9 68.6 60 591 21 34 01 21 35 00 NGC3079 13 53 26 57.4 297.7 3.8 69.6 -17 591 No stop 21 38 30 --- 13 56 56 57.0 298.0 3.9 69.2 193 618 21 35 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 28 May 2024 Day 149 --- 21 40 00 NGC3079 13 58 26 56.8 298.1 3.9 69.0 82 618 21 40 00 21 43 30 --- 14 01 57 56.3 298.5 4.0 68.5 210 645 21 40 01 21 44 00 J0957+5522 14 02 27 55.6 298.4 4.1 67.5 13 645 21 44 00 21 45 00 =4C55.17 14 03 27 55.4 298.5 4.1 67.4 60 653 21 44 01 21 47 00 4C39.25 14 05 27 42.0 282.0 4.6 48.8 7 653 21 47 00 21 52 00 --- 14 10 28 41.2 282.9 4.7 48.6 300 692 21 47 01 21 54 00 3C286 14 12 29 66.0 201.7 0.7 14.9 -213 692 21 54 00 22 00 00 --- 14 18 30 65.7 204.8 0.8 16.9 147 738 21 54 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) * NGC3079 09 58 35.079541 * 10 01 57.870000 10 03 36.277586 0.00 55 55 15.64359 * 55 40 47.40000 55 34 01.07824 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 33.862541 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 56 11.84839 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. 4C55.17 09 54 14.354509 * 09 57 38.184585 09 59 17.048013 1.57 * J0957+5522 55 37 16.39941 * 55 22 57.76831 55 16 16.04292 0.96 0954+556 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0957+55 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 46 observations. * 3C286 13 28 49.657769 * 13 31 08.288061 13 32 17.005556 0.17 J1331+3030 30 45 58.64066 * 30 30 32.95930 30 23 05.37187 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 NGC3079 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.108 79.740 4C39.25 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.167 13.000 J0957+5522 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.442 28.933 3C286 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0.100 3.699 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) NGC3079 69.3 4C39.25 65.9 J0957+5522 68.8 3C286 113.5 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