COVER INFORMATION Station: URUMQI (Code Ur ) Experiment: Tracing the Radio Outflows in RQ AGN from Pc- to Kpc-scales Exp. Code: EG131H 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 URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 2 Mar 2025 Day 61 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 1440.49 1440.49 1440.49 1440.49 1504.49 1504.49 1504.49 1504.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 13 30 00 3C84 06 01 05 60.8 -79.7 2.7 72.7 0 0 13 30 00 13 37 00 --- 06 08 06 59.6 -78.9 2.8 72.2 420 54 13 30 01 13 42 00 J0310-0823 06 13 07 23.8 230.5 3.0 34.4 -13 54 13 42 00 13 47 00 =0307-085 06 18 08 23.1 231.6 3.1 35.1 287 92 13 42 01 13 47 00 NGC1241 06 18 08 22.9 231.0 3.1 34.8 -4 92 No stop 13 50 30 --- 06 21 38 22.4 231.7 3.2 35.2 206 119 13 47 01 13 51 00 J0310-0823 06 22 08 22.6 232.5 3.2 35.6 26 119 13 51 00 13 52 00 =0307-085 06 23 09 22.4 232.7 3.2 35.7 60 127 13 51 01 13 52 00 NGC1241 06 23 09 22.2 232.1 3.2 35.4 -4 127 No stop 13 55 30 --- 06 26 39 21.7 232.8 3.2 35.8 206 154 13 52 01 13 55 30 J0310-0823 06 26 39 21.9 233.4 3.3 36.1 -4 154 No stop 13 57 00 =0307-085 06 28 09 21.7 233.8 3.3 36.3 86 165 13 55 31 13 57 00 NGC1241 06 28 09 21.4 233.2 3.3 36.0 -4 165 No stop 14 00 30 --- 06 31 40 20.9 233.9 3.3 36.4 206 192 13 57 01 14 01 00 J0310-0823 06 32 10 21.1 234.6 3.3 36.7 26 192 14 01 00 14 02 00 =0307-085 06 33 10 21.0 234.8 3.4 36.8 60 200 14 01 01 14 02 00 NGC1241 06 33 10 20.7 234.2 3.3 36.6 -4 200 No stop 14 05 30 --- 06 36 41 20.2 235.0 3.4 37.0 206 227 14 02 01 14 05 30 J0310-0823 06 36 41 20.4 235.6 3.4 37.2 -4 227 No stop 14 07 00 =0307-085 06 38 11 20.2 235.9 3.4 37.4 86 238 14 05 31 14 07 00 NGC1241 06 38 11 20.0 235.3 3.4 37.1 -4 238 No stop 14 10 30 --- 06 41 42 19.4 236.0 3.5 37.5 206 265 14 07 01 14 11 00 J0310-0823 06 42 12 19.6 236.7 3.5 37.8 26 265 14 11 00 14 12 00 =0307-085 06 43 12 19.5 236.9 3.5 37.9 60 273 14 11 01 14 12 00 NGC1241 06 43 12 19.2 236.3 3.5 37.7 -4 273 No stop 14 15 30 --- 06 46 43 18.7 237.1 3.6 38.0 206 300 14 12 01 14 15 30 J0310-0823 06 46 43 18.9 237.6 3.6 38.3 -4 300 No stop 14 17 00 =0307-085 06 48 13 18.7 238.0 3.6 38.4 86 312 14 15 31 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 2 Mar 2025 Day 61 --- 14 17 00 NGC1241 06 48 13 18.5 237.4 3.6 38.2 -4 312 No stop 14 20 30 --- 06 51 43 17.9 238.1 3.7 38.6 206 338 14 17 01 14 21 00 J0310-0823 06 52 13 18.1 238.8 3.7 38.8 26 338 14 21 00 14 22 00 =0307-085 06 53 14 17.9 239.0 3.7 38.9 60 346 14 21 01 14 22 00 NGC1241 06 53 14 17.7 238.4 3.7 38.7 -4 346 No stop 14 25 30 --- 06 56 44 17.1 239.1 3.7 39.1 206 373 14 22 01 14 25 30 J0310-0823 06 56 44 17.4 239.7 3.8 39.3 -4 373 No stop 14 27 00 =0307-085 06 58 14 17.1 240.0 3.8 39.4 86 385 14 25 31 14 27 00 NGC1241 06 58 14 16.9 239.4 3.8 39.2 -4 385 No stop 14 30 30 --- 07 01 45 16.4 240.1 3.8 39.5 206 412 14 27 01 14 31 00 J0310-0823 07 02 15 16.5 240.8 3.8 39.8 26 412 14 31 00 14 32 00 =0307-085 07 03 15 16.3 241.0 3.9 39.9 60 419 14 31 01 14 32 00 NGC1241 07 03 15 16.1 240.4 3.8 39.7 -4 419 No stop 14 35 30 --- 07 06 46 15.6 241.1 3.9 40.0 206 446 14 32 01 14 35 30 J0310-0823 07 06 46 15.8 241.7 3.9 40.2 -4 446 No stop 14 37 00 =0307-085 07 08 16 15.5 242.0 4.0 40.3 86 458 14 35 31 14 37 00 NGC1241 07 08 16 15.3 241.4 3.9 40.1 -4 458 No stop 14 40 30 --- 07 11 47 14.8 242.1 4.0 40.5 206 485 14 37 01 14 41 00 J0310-0823 07 12 17 14.9 242.7 4.0 40.7 26 485 14 41 00 14 42 00 =0307-085 07 13 17 14.7 242.9 4.0 40.8 60 492 14 41 01 14 42 00 NGC1241 07 13 17 14.5 242.4 4.0 40.6 -4 492 No stop 14 45 30 --- 07 16 47 14.0 243.0 4.1 40.9 206 519 14 42 01 14 45 30 J0310-0823 07 16 47 14.2 243.6 4.1 41.1 -4 519 No stop 14 47 00 =0307-085 07 18 18 13.9 243.9 4.1 41.2 86 531 14 45 31 14 47 00 NGC1241 07 18 18 13.7 243.3 4.1 41.0 -4 531 No stop 14 50 30 --- 07 21 48 13.1 244.0 4.2 41.3 206 558 14 47 01 14 51 00 J0310-0823 07 22 18 13.3 244.7 4.2 41.5 26 558 14 51 00 14 52 00 =0307-085 07 23 19 13.1 244.9 4.2 41.6 60 565 14 51 01 14 52 00 NGC1241 07 23 19 12.9 244.3 4.2 41.4 -4 565 No stop 14 55 30 --- 07 26 49 12.3 244.9 4.2 41.7 206 592 14 52 01 Schedule for URUMQI (Code Ur ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 2 Mar 2025 Day 61 --- 14 55 30 J0310-0823 07 26 49 12.5 245.5 4.3 41.9 -4 592 No stop 14 57 00 =0307-085 07 28 19 12.3 245.8 4.3 42.0 86 604 14 55 31 14 57 00 NGC1241 07 28 19 12.1 245.2 4.3 41.8 -4 604 No stop 15 00 30 --- 07 31 50 11.5 245.9 4.3 42.1 206 631 14 57 01 15 01 00 J0310-0823 07 32 20 11.6 246.6 4.4 42.3 26 631 15 01 00 15 02 00 =0307-085 07 33 20 11.4 246.8 4.4 42.4 60 638 15 01 01 15 02 00 NGC1241 07 33 20 11.2 246.2 4.3 42.2 -4 638 No stop 15 05 30 --- 07 36 51 10.7 246.8 4.4 42.5 206 665 15 02 01 15 05 30 J0310-0823 07 36 51 10.8 247.4 4.4 42.6 -4 665 No stop 15 07 00 =0307-085 07 38 21 10.6 247.7 4.5 42.7 86 677 15 05 31 15 07 00 NGC1241 07 38 21 10.4 247.1 4.4 42.6 -4 677 No stop 15 10 30 --- 07 41 52 9.8 247.7 4.5 42.8 206 704 15 07 01 15 11 00 J0310-0823 07 42 22 9.9 248.4 4.5 43.0 26 704 15 11 00 15 12 00 =0307-085 07 43 22 9.8 248.6 4.5 43.1 60 712 15 11 01 16 55 00 3C84 09 26 39 26.4 303.4 6.1 54.1 6111 712 16 55 00 17 00 00 --- 09 31 40 25.6 304.0 6.2 53.5 300 750 16 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess125.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: 8 Station: URUMQI Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B 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= 186.00 186.00 186.00 186.00 186.00 186.00 186.00 186.00 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 = A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 A2 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 1440.49 1440.49 1440.49 1440.49 1504.49 1504.49 1504.49 1504.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 7 Track assignments are: track1= 10, 14, 2, 6, 12, 16, 4, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * NGC1241 03 08 48.674588 * 03 11 14.610000 03 12 27.755381 0.00 -09 06 35.71543 *-08 55 18.70000 -08 49 43.89682 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0307-085 03 07 35.614122 * 03 10 02.049331 03 11 15.438452 0.21 * J0310-0823 -08 35 00.21166 *-08 23 39.29548 -08 18 02.39908 0.41 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 86 observations. * 3C84 03 16 29.567265 * 03 19 48.160096 03 21 27.593753 1.50 J0319+4130 41 19 51.91692 * 41 30 42.10404 41 36 19.13310 2.86 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 10291 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 NGC1241 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 2.167 141.978 J0310-0823 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 0.867 51.495 3C84 sess125.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.200 15.001 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) NGC1241 63.8 J0310-0823 63.5 3C84 77.7 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