COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Experiment: Nature and properties of pc scale jets in FR0 Exp. Code: EG111C Schedule Version: 3.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Gabriele Giovannini Address: Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna via Gobetti 101 Bologna Italy Phone: +39 3477449916 EMAIL: ggiovann@ira.inaf.it Fax: Phone during observation: +39 0516399415 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: # Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF # Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 2 Nature and properties of pc scale jets in FR0 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 15 Jun 2022 Day 166 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 19 00 00 3C345 20 40 43 41.8 -62.4 3.9 81.0 0 0 19 00 00 19 05 00 --- 20 45 44 40.9 -62.2 4.0 80.3 300 77 19 00 01 19 05 30 J1609+2641 20 46 14 30.4 -75.3 4.6 67.9 -14 77 19 05 30 19 08 30 =CTD93 20 49 14 29.8 -75.0 4.7 67.7 166 124 19 05 31 19 08 30 J1559+25 20 49 14 27.5 -74.9 4.8 66.8 -11 124 No stop 19 12 00 --- 20 52 45 26.8 -74.5 4.9 66.5 199 178 19 08 31 19 12 00 J1609+2641 20 52 45 29.0 -74.7 4.7 67.5 -11 178 No stop 19 13 30 =CTD93 20 54 15 28.7 -74.5 4.7 67.4 79 201 19 12 01 19 13 30 J1559+25 20 54 15 26.5 -74.4 4.9 66.5 -11 201 No stop 19 17 00 --- 20 57 46 25.8 -74.0 4.9 66.2 199 255 19 13 31 19 17 30 J1609+2641 20 58 16 27.9 -74.1 4.8 67.2 19 255 19 17 30 19 18 30 =CTD93 20 59 16 27.7 -74.1 4.8 67.1 60 271 19 17 31 19 18 30 J1559+25 20 59 16 25.5 -73.9 5.0 66.1 -11 271 No stop 19 22 00 --- 21 02 46 24.7 -73.5 5.0 65.9 199 325 19 18 31 19 22 00 J1609+2641 21 02 46 27.0 -73.7 4.9 66.9 -11 325 No stop 19 23 30 =CTD93 21 04 17 26.7 -73.6 4.9 66.8 79 348 19 22 01 19 23 30 J1559+25 21 04 17 24.4 -73.4 5.1 65.8 -11 348 No stop 19 27 00 --- 21 07 47 23.7 -73.0 5.1 65.6 199 402 19 23 31 19 27 30 J1609+2641 21 08 17 25.8 -73.2 5.0 66.5 19 402 19 27 30 19 28 30 =CTD93 21 09 17 25.6 -73.1 5.0 66.4 60 417 19 27 31 19 28 30 J1559+25 21 09 17 23.4 -72.9 5.1 65.5 -11 417 No stop 19 32 00 --- 21 12 48 22.7 -72.5 5.2 65.2 199 471 19 28 31 19 32 00 J1609+2641 21 12 48 24.9 -72.7 5.0 66.2 -11 471 No stop 19 33 30 =CTD93 21 14 18 24.6 -72.6 5.1 66.1 79 495 19 32 01 19 33 30 J1559+25 21 14 18 22.4 -72.4 5.2 65.1 -11 495 No stop 19 37 00 --- 21 17 49 21.7 -72.0 5.3 64.9 199 549 19 33 31 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 3 Nature and properties of pc scale jets in FR0 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 15 Jun 2022 Day 166 --- 19 37 30 J1609+2641 21 18 19 23.8 -72.2 5.1 65.8 19 549 19 37 30 19 38 30 =CTD93 21 19 19 23.6 -72.1 5.2 65.7 60 564 19 37 31 19 38 30 J1559+25 21 19 19 21.4 -71.9 5.3 64.7 -11 564 No stop 19 42 00 --- 21 22 50 20.6 -71.5 5.4 64.5 199 618 19 38 31 19 42 00 J1609+2641 21 22 50 22.9 -71.7 5.2 65.4 -11 618 No stop 19 43 30 =CTD93 21 24 20 22.6 -71.6 5.2 65.3 79 642 19 42 01 19 43 30 J1559+25 21 24 20 20.3 -71.3 5.4 64.4 -11 642 No stop 19 47 00 --- 21 27 50 19.6 -71.0 5.5 64.1 199 696 19 43 31 19 47 30 J1609+2641 21 28 21 21.7 -71.1 5.3 65.0 19 696 19 47 30 19 48 30 =CTD93 21 29 21 21.5 -71.0 5.3 65.0 60 711 19 47 31 19 48 30 J1559+25 21 29 21 19.3 -70.8 5.5 64.0 -11 711 No stop 19 52 00 --- 21 32 51 18.6 -70.4 5.5 63.8 199 765 19 48 31 19 52 00 J1609+2641 21 32 51 20.8 -70.7 5.4 64.7 -11 765 No stop 19 53 30 =CTD93 21 34 22 20.5 -70.5 5.4 64.6 79 788 19 52 01 19 53 30 J1559+25 21 34 22 18.3 -70.3 5.6 63.6 -11 788 No stop 19 57 00 --- 21 37 52 17.6 -69.9 5.6 63.4 199 842 19 53 31 19 57 30 J1609+2641 21 38 22 19.7 -70.1 5.5 64.3 19 842 19 57 30 19 58 30 =CTD93 21 39 22 19.5 -70.0 5.5 64.2 60 858 19 57 31 19 58 30 J1559+25 21 39 22 17.3 -69.8 5.6 63.3 -11 858 No stop 20 02 00 --- 21 42 53 16.6 -69.4 5.7 63.0 199 912 19 58 31 20 02 00 J1609+2641 21 42 53 18.8 -69.7 5.5 63.9 -11 912 No stop 20 03 30 =CTD93 21 44 23 18.5 -69.5 5.6 63.8 79 935 20 02 01 20 03 30 J1559+25 21 44 23 16.3 -69.2 5.7 62.9 -11 935 No stop 20 07 00 --- 21 47 54 15.6 -68.8 5.8 62.6 199 989 20 03 31 20 07 30 J1609+2641 21 48 24 17.7 -69.1 5.6 63.5 19 989 20 07 30 20 08 30 =CTD93 21 49 24 17.5 -69.0 5.7 63.4 60 1005 20 07 31 20 08 30 J1559+25 21 49 24 15.3 -68.7 5.8 62.5 -11 1005 No stop 20 12 00 --- 21 52 55 14.6 -68.3 5.9 62.2 199 1059 20 08 31 20 12 00 J1609+2641 21 52 55 16.8 -68.6 5.7 63.1 -11 1059 No stop 20 13 30 =CTD93 21 54 25 16.5 -68.4 5.7 63.0 79 1082 20 12 01 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) Page 4 Nature and properties of pc scale jets in FR0 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 15 Jun 2022 Day 166 --- 20 13 30 J1559+25 21 54 25 14.3 -68.1 5.9 62.0 -11 1082 No stop 20 17 00 --- 21 57 55 13.6 -67.8 6.0 61.8 199 1136 20 13 31 20 17 30 J1609+2641 21 58 25 15.7 -68.0 5.8 62.7 19 1136 20 17 30 20 18 30 =CTD93 21 59 26 15.5 -67.9 5.8 62.6 60 1152 20 17 31 20 18 30 J1559+25 21 59 26 13.3 -67.6 6.0 61.6 -11 1152 No stop 20 22 00 --- 22 02 56 12.6 -67.2 6.0 61.3 199 1206 20 18 31 20 22 00 J1609+2641 22 02 56 14.8 -67.5 5.9 62.3 -11 1206 No stop 20 23 30 =CTD93 22 04 26 14.5 -67.4 5.9 62.2 79 1229 20 22 01 20 23 30 J1559+25 22 04 26 12.3 -67.0 6.1 61.2 -11 1229 No stop 20 27 00 --- 22 07 57 11.6 -66.6 6.1 60.9 199 1283 20 23 31 20 27 30 J1609+2641 22 08 27 13.7 -66.9 6.0 61.8 19 1283 20 27 30 20 28 30 =CTD93 22 09 27 13.5 -66.8 6.0 61.7 60 1298 20 27 31 20 28 30 J1559+25 22 09 27 11.3 -66.5 6.1 60.8 -11 1298 No stop 20 32 00 --- 22 12 58 10.6 -66.1 6.2 60.5 199 1353 20 28 31 20 32 00 J1609+2641 22 12 58 12.8 -66.5 6.0 61.4 -11 1353 No stop 20 33 30 =CTD93 22 14 28 12.5 -66.3 6.1 61.3 79 1376 20 32 01 20 33 30 J1559+25 22 14 28 10.3 -65.9 6.2 60.3 -11 1376 No stop 20 37 00 --- 22 17 59 9.7 -65.5 6.3 60.0 199 1430 20 33 31 20 37 30 J1609+2641 22 18 29 11.8 -65.8 6.1 60.9 19 1430 20 37 30 20 38 30 =CTD93 22 19 29 11.6 -65.7 6.2 60.8 60 1445 20 37 31 20 42 00 J1609+2641 22 23 00 10.9 -65.3 6.2 60.5 208 1445 20 42 00 20 43 30 =CTD93 22 24 30 10.6 -65.2 6.2 60.4 90 1469 20 42 01 20 47 30 J1609+2641 22 28 30 9.8 -64.7 6.3 60.0 238 1469 20 47 30 20 48 30 =CTD93 22 29 31 9.6 -64.6 6.3 59.9 60 1484 20 47 31 20 58 30 3C345 22 39 32 20.0 -54.9 5.9 65.7 550 1484 20 58 30 21 03 30 --- 22 44 33 19.2 -54.5 6.0 65.0 300 1561 20 58 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess222.C2048 --- 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: 12 Station: TIANMA65 Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J1559+25 15 57 45.979215 * 15 59 51.615300 16 00 48.808100 0.00 26 04 51.75293 * 25 56 26.32500 25 52 42.96984 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. target CTD93 16 07 09.290080 * 16 09 13.320748 16 10 09.830969 0.13 * J1609+2641 26 49 18.65805 * 26 41 29.03605 26 38 01.26169 0.15 1607+268 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1609+26 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 324 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606229 * 16 42 58.809967 16 43 45.510347 0.79 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81492 * 39 48 36.99399 39 46 08.61503 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 J1559+25 sess222.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 2.617 307.310 J1609+2641 sess222.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.017 109.304 3C345 sess222.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 0.167 21.685 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) J1559+25 125.6 J1609+2641 125.8 3C345 115.7 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