COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Experiment: H2O megamaser VLBI: a powerful tool to study ejection and accretion Exp. Code: ET038E Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: A. Tarchi Address: INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari Via della Scienza 5 I-09047 Selargius (Cagliari) Italy Phone: +39 070 71180235 EMAIL: andrea.tarchi@inaf.it Fax: Phone during observation: +39 070 71180235 Observing mode: Observations of NGC3735 at 5 GHz (1024 Mb/s) Notes: phase-cal OFF source = NGC3735 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 2 H2O megamaser VLBI: a powerful tool to study ejection and accretion 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 20 Oct 2018 Day 293 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 842.49 842.49 842.49 842.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 00 00 00 DA193 02 21 10 51.4 84.7 -3.6 -55.5 0 0 00 00 00 00 05 00 --- 02 26 11 52.2 85.6 -3.5 -55.6 300 39 00 00 01 00 12 50 NGC3735 02 34 02 35.1 376.6 -9.0 -32.8 -269 39 00 12 50 00 18 20 --- 02 39 33 35.3 377.1 -9.0 -33.9 61 81 00 12 51 00 19 00 J1134+7249 02 40 13 37.3 375.7 -8.9 -35.3 3 81 00 19 00 00 22 00 =1131+730 02 43 14 37.5 375.9 -8.9 -35.9 180 104 00 19 01 00 22 00 NGC3735 02 43 14 35.5 377.4 -8.9 -34.6 -37 104 No stop 00 27 30 --- 02 48 45 35.8 377.9 -8.8 -35.6 293 147 00 22 01 00 28 10 J1134+7249 02 49 25 37.7 376.4 -8.8 -37.1 3 147 00 28 10 00 31 10 =1131+730 02 52 25 37.9 376.6 -8.7 -37.6 180 170 00 28 11 00 31 10 NGC3735 02 52 25 36.0 378.2 -8.7 -36.3 -37 170 No stop 00 36 40 --- 02 57 56 36.2 378.6 -8.7 -37.3 293 213 00 31 11 00 37 20 J1134+7249 02 58 36 38.2 377.0 -8.6 -38.8 3 213 00 37 20 00 40 20 =1131+730 03 01 37 38.3 377.3 -8.6 -39.4 180 236 00 37 21 00 40 20 NGC3735 03 01 37 36.4 378.9 -8.6 -38.0 -36 236 No stop 00 45 50 --- 03 07 08 36.7 379.4 -8.5 -39.0 294 278 00 40 21 00 46 30 J1134+7249 03 07 48 38.6 377.7 -8.5 -40.6 4 278 00 46 30 00 49 30 =1131+730 03 10 48 38.7 377.9 -8.4 -41.2 180 301 00 46 31 00 49 30 NGC3735 03 10 48 36.9 379.7 -8.4 -39.7 -36 301 No stop 00 55 00 --- 03 16 19 37.2 380.1 -8.3 -40.7 294 344 00 49 31 00 55 40 J1134+7249 03 16 59 39.0 378.4 -8.3 -42.4 4 344 00 55 40 00 58 40 =1131+730 03 20 00 39.2 378.6 -8.3 -43.0 180 367 00 55 41 00 58 40 NGC3735 03 20 00 37.4 380.4 -8.3 -41.4 -36 367 No stop 01 04 10 --- 03 25 31 37.7 380.8 -8.2 -42.5 294 410 00 58 41 01 04 50 J1134+7249 03 26 11 39.5 379.0 -8.2 -44.2 4 410 01 04 50 01 07 50 =1131+730 03 29 11 39.7 379.2 -8.1 -44.8 180 433 01 04 51 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 3 H2O megamaser VLBI: a powerful tool to study ejection and accretion 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 20 Oct 2018 Day 293 --- 01 07 50 NGC3735 03 29 11 37.9 381.1 -8.1 -43.2 -37 433 No stop 01 13 20 --- 03 34 42 38.2 381.5 -8.0 -44.2 293 475 01 07 51 01 14 00 J1134+7249 03 35 22 40.0 379.6 -8.0 -46.0 3 475 01 14 00 01 17 00 =1131+730 03 38 23 40.2 379.8 -7.9 -46.6 180 499 01 14 01 01 17 00 NGC3735 03 38 23 38.5 381.8 -8.0 -44.9 -37 499 No stop 01 22 30 --- 03 43 54 38.8 382.2 -7.9 -45.9 293 541 01 17 01 01 23 10 J1134+7249 03 44 34 40.5 380.2 -7.8 -47.8 3 541 01 23 10 01 26 10 =1131+730 03 47 34 40.7 380.4 -7.8 -48.4 180 564 01 23 11 01 26 10 NGC3735 03 47 34 39.0 382.5 -7.8 -46.6 -38 564 No stop 01 31 40 --- 03 53 05 39.4 382.9 -7.7 -47.7 292 607 01 26 11 01 32 20 J1134+7249 03 53 45 41.0 380.8 -7.7 -49.6 2 607 01 32 20 01 35 20 =1131+730 03 56 46 41.2 381.0 -7.6 -50.2 180 630 01 32 21 01 35 20 NGC3735 03 56 46 39.6 383.2 -7.7 -48.4 -38 630 No stop 01 40 50 --- 04 02 17 39.9 383.6 -7.6 -49.4 292 672 01 35 21 01 41 30 J1134+7249 04 02 57 41.5 381.4 -7.5 -51.4 2 672 01 41 30 01 44 30 =1131+730 04 05 57 41.7 381.6 -7.5 -52.0 180 696 01 41 31 01 44 30 NGC3735 04 05 57 40.2 383.8 -7.5 -50.1 -38 696 No stop 01 50 00 --- 04 11 28 40.5 384.2 -7.4 -51.2 292 738 01 44 31 01 50 40 J1134+7249 04 12 08 42.1 382.0 -7.4 -53.2 2 738 01 50 40 01 53 40 =1131+730 04 15 09 42.3 382.2 -7.3 -53.8 180 761 01 50 41 01 53 40 NGC3735 04 15 09 40.8 384.5 -7.4 -51.9 -39 761 No stop 01 59 10 --- 04 20 40 41.1 384.9 -7.3 -52.9 291 804 01 53 41 01 59 50 J1134+7249 04 21 20 42.6 382.5 -7.2 -55.0 1 804 01 59 50 02 02 50 =1131+730 04 24 20 42.8 382.7 -7.2 -55.6 180 827 01 59 51 02 02 50 NGC3735 04 24 20 41.4 385.1 -7.2 -53.6 -39 827 No stop 02 08 20 --- 04 29 51 41.7 385.5 -7.1 -54.7 291 870 02 02 51 02 09 00 J1134+7249 04 30 31 43.2 383.0 -7.1 -56.9 1 870 02 09 00 02 12 00 =1131+730 04 33 32 43.4 383.2 -7.0 -57.5 180 893 02 09 01 02 12 00 NGC3735 04 33 32 42.0 385.7 -7.1 -55.4 -40 893 No stop 02 17 30 --- 04 39 03 42.4 386.0 -7.0 -56.4 290 935 02 12 01 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 4 H2O megamaser VLBI: a powerful tool to study ejection and accretion 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 20 Oct 2018 Day 293 --- 02 18 10 J1134+7249 04 39 43 43.8 383.5 -6.9 -58.7 0 935 02 18 10 02 21 10 =1131+730 04 42 43 44.0 383.7 -6.9 -59.3 180 958 02 18 11 02 21 10 NGC3735 04 42 43 42.6 386.3 -6.9 -57.2 -40 958 No stop 02 26 40 --- 04 48 14 43.0 386.6 -6.8 -58.2 290 1001 02 21 11 02 27 20 J1134+7249 04 48 54 44.4 384.0 -6.8 -60.6 0 1001 02 27 20 02 30 20 =1131+730 04 51 55 44.6 384.2 -6.7 -61.2 180 1024 02 27 21 02 30 20 NGC3735 04 51 55 43.3 386.8 -6.8 -58.9 -40 1024 No stop 02 35 50 --- 04 57 26 43.7 387.2 -6.7 -60.0 290 1067 02 30 21 02 36 30 J1134+7249 04 58 06 45.0 384.5 -6.6 -62.5 0 1067 02 36 30 02 39 30 =1131+730 05 01 06 45.2 384.6 -6.6 -63.1 180 1090 02 36 31 02 39 30 NGC3735 05 01 06 44.0 387.4 -6.6 -60.7 -41 1090 No stop 02 45 00 --- 05 06 37 44.4 387.7 -6.5 -61.8 289 1132 02 39 31 02 47 50 4C39.25 05 09 28 44.2 438.5 -4.3 -53.2 9 1132 02 47 50 02 52 50 --- 05 14 28 44.9 439.3 -4.2 -53.5 300 1171 02 47 51 02 55 50 J1134+7249 05 17 29 46.3 385.4 -6.3 -66.5 11 1171 02 55 50 02 58 50 =1131+730 05 20 29 46.5 385.5 -6.2 -67.1 180 1194 02 55 51 02 58 50 NGC3735 05 20 29 45.4 388.4 -6.3 -64.6 -42 1194 No stop 03 04 20 --- 05 26 00 45.8 388.7 -6.2 -65.7 288 1237 02 58 51 03 05 05 J1134+7249 05 26 45 46.9 385.8 -6.1 -68.4 3 1237 03 05 05 03 08 05 =1131+730 05 29 46 47.1 385.9 -6.1 -69.0 180 1260 03 05 06 03 08 05 NGC3735 05 29 46 46.1 388.9 -6.1 -66.4 -42 1260 No stop 03 13 35 --- 05 35 17 46.5 389.1 -6.0 -67.5 288 1302 03 08 06 03 14 20 J1134+7249 05 36 02 47.5 386.1 -6.0 -70.3 3 1302 03 14 20 03 17 20 =1131+730 05 39 02 47.7 386.2 -5.9 -71.0 180 1326 03 14 21 03 17 20 NGC3735 05 39 02 46.8 389.3 -6.0 -68.3 -42 1326 No stop 03 22 50 --- 05 44 33 47.3 389.6 -5.9 -69.4 288 1368 03 17 21 03 23 35 J1134+7249 05 45 18 48.2 386.4 -5.8 -72.3 3 1368 03 23 35 03 26 35 =1131+730 05 48 19 48.4 386.5 -5.8 -73.0 180 1391 03 23 36 03 26 35 NGC3735 05 48 19 47.5 389.7 -5.8 -70.2 -43 1391 No stop 03 32 05 --- 05 53 50 48.0 389.9 -5.7 -71.3 287 1434 03 26 36 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 5 H2O megamaser VLBI: a powerful tool to study ejection and accretion 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 20 Oct 2018 Day 293 --- 03 32 50 J1134+7249 05 54 35 48.9 386.7 -5.7 -74.3 2 1434 03 32 50 03 35 50 =1131+730 05 57 36 49.1 386.8 -5.6 -74.9 180 1457 03 32 51 03 35 50 NGC3735 05 57 36 48.3 390.1 -5.7 -72.1 -43 1457 No stop 03 41 20 --- 06 03 06 48.7 390.3 -5.6 -73.2 287 1499 03 35 51 03 42 05 J1134+7249 06 03 52 49.5 387.0 -5.5 -76.3 2 1499 03 42 05 03 45 05 =1131+730 06 06 52 49.7 387.1 -5.5 -77.0 180 1523 03 42 06 03 45 05 NGC3735 06 06 52 49.0 390.4 -5.5 -74.0 -43 1523 No stop 03 50 35 --- 06 12 23 49.5 390.6 -5.4 -75.2 287 1565 03 45 06 03 51 20 J1134+7249 06 13 08 50.2 387.2 -5.4 -78.3 2 1565 03 51 20 03 54 20 =1131+730 06 16 09 50.4 387.3 -5.3 -79.0 180 1588 03 51 21 03 54 20 NGC3735 06 16 09 49.8 390.7 -5.3 -76.0 -44 1588 No stop 03 59 50 --- 06 21 39 50.2 390.9 -5.3 -77.1 286 1631 03 54 21 04 00 35 J1134+7249 06 22 25 50.9 387.4 -5.2 -80.4 1 1631 04 00 35 04 03 35 =1131+730 06 25 25 51.1 387.5 -5.2 -81.1 180 1654 04 00 36 04 03 35 NGC3735 06 25 25 50.5 391.0 -5.2 -77.9 -44 1654 No stop 04 09 05 --- 06 30 56 51.0 391.2 -5.1 -79.1 286 1697 04 03 36 04 09 50 J1134+7249 06 31 41 51.5 387.6 -5.1 -82.5 1 1697 04 09 50 04 12 50 =1131+730 06 34 42 51.8 387.6 -5.0 -83.2 180 1720 04 09 51 04 12 50 NGC3735 06 34 42 51.3 391.2 -5.0 -79.9 -44 1720 No stop 04 18 20 --- 06 40 12 51.8 391.4 -4.9 -81.1 286 1762 04 12 51 04 19 05 J1134+7249 06 40 58 52.2 387.7 -4.9 -84.6 1 1762 04 19 05 04 22 05 =1131+730 06 43 58 52.5 387.8 -4.9 -85.3 180 1785 04 19 06 04 22 05 NGC3735 06 43 58 52.1 391.4 -4.9 -82.0 -45 1785 No stop 04 27 35 --- 06 49 29 52.5 391.5 -4.8 -83.2 285 1828 04 22 06 04 28 20 J1134+7249 06 50 14 52.9 387.8 -4.7 -86.8 0 1828 04 28 20 04 31 20 =1131+730 06 53 15 53.1 387.8 -4.7 -87.5 180 1851 04 28 21 04 31 20 NGC3735 06 53 15 52.8 391.6 -4.7 -84.0 -45 1851 No stop 04 36 50 --- 06 58 46 53.3 391.7 -4.6 -85.3 285 1894 04 31 21 04 37 35 J1134+7249 06 59 31 53.6 387.9 -4.6 -88.9 0 1894 04 37 35 04 40 35 =1131+730 07 02 31 53.8 387.9 -4.5 -89.6 180 1917 04 37 36 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 6 H2O megamaser VLBI: a powerful tool to study ejection and accretion 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 20 Oct 2018 Day 293 --- 04 40 35 NGC3735 07 02 31 53.6 391.7 -4.6 -86.1 -45 1917 No stop 04 46 05 --- 07 08 02 54.1 391.8 -4.5 -87.4 285 1959 04 40 36 04 46 50 J1134+7249 07 08 47 54.3 387.9 -4.4 -91.1 0 1959 04 46 50 04 50 50 =1131+730 07 12 48 54.6 387.8 -4.4 -92.1 240 1990 04 46 51 04 55 00 DA193 07 16 59 72.4 240.3 1.3 46.0 -141 1990 04 55 00 05 00 00 --- 07 21 59 71.7 242.5 1.4 47.2 159 2029 04 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess318.C1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: ef6cm 6cm secondary focus receiver. This LO covers the whole band. ****** Only 128.00 of 256.00 MHz total bandwidth is within the IFs in the setup file before any FREQ or DOPPLER shifts. Setup group: 4 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 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 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 3 11 3 11 4 12 4 12 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 3 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 842.49 842.49 842.49 842.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 3 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) * NGC3735 11 33 02.401363 * 11 35 57.300000 11 36 57.318691 0.00 70 48 44.61683 * 70 32 09.00000 70 25 52.03885 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0552+398 05 52 01.407168 * 05 55 30.805611 05 56 49.066319 0.00 J0555+3948 39 48 21.94581 * 39 48 49.16496 39 48 45.92039 0.00 * DA193 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0555+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 415688 observations. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319216 * 09 27 03.013937 09 28 11.362636 0.31 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56644 * 39 02 20.85185 38 57 21.09516 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 250526 observations. 1131+730 11 31 11.755699 * 11 34 11.407802 11 35 12.555731 2.12 * J1134+7249 73 05 54.76059 * 72 49 20.05280 72 43 02.82991 1.37 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 60 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 NGC3735 sess318.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2.658 203.129 DA193 sess318.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.167 11.633 4C39.25 sess318.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0.083 7.583 J1134+7249 sess318.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1.517 124.402 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) NGC3735 83.3 DA193 116.1 4C39.25 76.2 J1134+7249 85.4 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