COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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: 342.49 342.49 342.49 342.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 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 40 13 53.8 439.8 -3.3 -66.0 0 0 00 00 00 00 05 00 --- 02 45 14 54.7 440.5 -3.2 -66.3 300 39 00 00 01 00 09 50 J1134+7249 02 50 05 32.0 375.3 -8.8 -39.2 199 39 00 09 50 00 12 50 =1131+730 02 53 05 32.1 375.5 -8.7 -39.8 180 62 00 09 51 00 12 50 NGC3735 02 53 05 30.3 377.0 -8.7 -38.6 -8 62 No stop 00 18 20 --- 02 58 36 30.6 377.4 -8.6 -39.7 322 104 00 12 51 00 19 00 J1134+7249 02 59 16 32.4 375.9 -8.6 -41.0 32 104 00 19 00 00 22 00 =1131+730 03 02 17 32.6 376.1 -8.5 -41.7 180 128 00 19 01 00 22 00 NGC3735 03 02 17 30.8 377.7 -8.6 -40.4 -8 128 No stop 00 27 30 --- 03 07 48 31.1 378.1 -8.5 -41.5 322 170 00 22 01 00 28 10 J1134+7249 03 08 28 32.9 376.5 -8.4 -42.9 32 170 00 28 10 00 31 10 =1131+730 03 11 28 33.0 376.7 -8.4 -43.5 180 193 00 28 11 00 31 10 NGC3735 03 11 28 31.3 378.4 -8.4 -42.2 -8 193 No stop 00 36 40 --- 03 16 59 31.6 378.8 -8.3 -43.3 322 236 00 31 11 00 37 20 J1134+7249 03 17 39 33.4 377.1 -8.3 -44.8 32 236 00 37 20 00 40 20 =1131+730 03 20 40 33.5 377.3 -8.2 -45.4 180 259 00 37 21 00 40 20 NGC3735 03 20 40 31.8 379.1 -8.3 -44.0 -8 259 No stop 00 45 50 --- 03 26 11 32.1 379.4 -8.2 -45.1 322 301 00 40 21 00 46 30 J1134+7249 03 26 51 33.8 377.6 -8.1 -46.7 32 301 00 46 30 00 49 30 =1131+730 03 29 51 34.0 377.8 -8.1 -47.3 180 325 00 46 31 00 49 30 NGC3735 03 29 51 32.3 379.7 -8.1 -45.8 -8 325 No stop 00 55 00 --- 03 35 22 32.7 380.1 -8.0 -46.9 322 367 00 49 31 00 55 40 J1134+7249 03 36 02 34.4 378.2 -8.0 -48.5 32 367 00 55 40 00 58 40 =1131+730 03 39 03 34.5 378.4 -7.9 -49.2 180 390 00 55 41 00 58 40 NGC3735 03 39 03 32.9 380.3 -8.0 -47.7 -8 390 No stop 01 04 10 --- 03 44 34 33.2 380.7 -7.9 -48.8 322 433 00 58 41 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 04 50 J1134+7249 03 45 14 34.9 378.7 -7.8 -50.4 32 433 01 04 50 01 07 50 =1131+730 03 48 14 35.0 378.9 -7.8 -51.1 180 456 01 04 51 01 07 50 NGC3735 03 48 14 33.5 380.9 -7.8 -49.5 -8 456 No stop 01 13 20 --- 03 53 45 33.8 381.3 -7.7 -50.6 322 499 01 07 51 01 14 00 J1134+7249 03 54 25 35.4 379.3 -7.7 -52.3 32 499 01 14 00 01 17 00 =1131+730 03 57 26 35.6 379.4 -7.6 -52.9 180 522 01 14 01 01 17 00 NGC3735 03 57 26 34.1 381.5 -7.7 -51.3 -8 522 No stop 01 22 30 --- 04 02 57 34.4 381.9 -7.6 -52.4 322 564 01 17 01 01 23 10 J1134+7249 04 03 37 36.0 379.8 -7.5 -54.2 32 564 01 23 10 01 26 10 =1131+730 04 06 37 36.1 379.9 -7.5 -54.9 180 587 01 23 11 01 26 10 NGC3735 04 06 37 34.7 382.1 -7.5 -53.2 -8 587 No stop 01 31 40 --- 04 12 08 35.0 382.4 -7.4 -54.3 322 630 01 26 11 01 32 20 J1134+7249 04 12 48 36.5 380.2 -7.4 -56.1 33 630 01 32 20 01 35 20 =1131+730 04 15 49 36.7 380.4 -7.3 -56.8 180 653 01 32 21 01 35 20 NGC3735 04 15 49 35.3 382.6 -7.4 -55.0 -7 653 No stop 01 40 50 --- 04 21 20 35.7 383.0 -7.3 -56.1 323 696 01 35 21 01 41 30 J1134+7249 04 22 00 37.1 380.7 -7.2 -58.1 33 696 01 41 30 01 44 30 =1131+730 04 25 00 37.3 380.9 -7.2 -58.7 180 719 01 41 31 01 44 30 NGC3735 04 25 00 35.9 383.2 -7.2 -56.9 -7 719 No stop 01 50 00 --- 04 30 31 36.3 383.5 -7.1 -58.0 323 761 01 44 31 01 50 40 J1134+7249 04 31 11 37.7 381.1 -7.1 -60.0 33 761 01 50 40 01 53 40 =1131+730 04 34 12 37.9 381.3 -7.0 -60.6 180 785 01 50 41 01 53 40 NGC3735 04 34 12 36.6 383.7 -7.0 -58.8 -7 785 No stop 01 59 10 --- 04 39 43 37.0 384.0 -7.0 -59.9 323 827 01 53 41 01 59 50 J1134+7249 04 40 23 38.3 381.6 -6.9 -61.9 33 827 01 59 50 02 02 50 =1131+730 04 43 23 38.5 381.7 -6.9 -62.6 180 850 01 59 51 02 02 50 NGC3735 04 43 23 37.3 384.2 -6.9 -60.6 -7 850 No stop 02 08 20 --- 04 48 54 37.7 384.4 -6.8 -61.8 323 893 02 02 51 02 09 00 J1134+7249 04 49 34 38.9 382.0 -6.8 -63.9 33 893 02 09 00 02 12 00 =1131+730 04 52 35 39.1 382.1 -6.7 -64.5 180 916 02 09 01 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 12 00 NGC3735 04 52 35 37.9 384.6 -6.7 -62.5 -7 916 No stop 02 17 30 --- 04 58 06 38.3 384.9 -6.6 -63.6 323 958 02 12 01 02 18 10 J1134+7249 04 58 46 39.5 382.3 -6.6 -65.8 33 958 02 18 10 02 21 10 =1131+730 05 01 46 39.7 382.5 -6.6 -66.5 180 982 02 18 11 02 21 10 NGC3735 05 01 46 38.6 385.1 -6.6 -64.4 -7 982 No stop 02 26 40 --- 05 07 17 39.0 385.3 -6.5 -65.5 323 1024 02 21 11 02 27 20 J1134+7249 05 07 57 40.1 382.7 -6.5 -67.8 33 1024 02 27 20 02 30 20 =1131+730 05 10 58 40.3 382.8 -6.4 -68.4 180 1047 02 27 21 02 30 20 NGC3735 05 10 58 39.3 385.5 -6.4 -66.3 -7 1047 No stop 02 35 50 --- 05 16 29 39.7 385.7 -6.3 -67.5 323 1090 02 30 21 02 36 30 J1134+7249 05 17 09 40.8 383.0 -6.3 -69.8 32 1090 02 36 30 02 39 30 =1131+730 05 20 09 41.0 383.1 -6.3 -70.4 180 1113 02 36 31 02 39 30 NGC3735 05 20 09 40.0 385.9 -6.3 -68.2 -8 1113 No stop 02 45 00 --- 05 25 40 40.5 386.1 -6.2 -69.4 322 1156 02 39 31 02 47 50 4C39.25 05 28 31 46.0 435.4 -4.0 -62.5 101 1156 02 47 50 02 52 50 --- 05 33 32 46.8 436.1 -3.9 -62.9 300 1194 02 47 51 02 55 50 J1134+7249 05 36 32 42.1 383.6 -6.0 -74.0 106 1194 02 55 50 02 58 50 =1131+730 05 39 33 42.3 383.7 -5.9 -74.7 180 1217 02 55 51 02 58 50 NGC3735 05 39 33 41.6 386.6 -6.0 -72.3 -8 1217 No stop 03 04 20 --- 05 45 04 42.0 386.8 -5.9 -73.5 322 1260 02 58 51 03 05 05 J1134+7249 05 45 49 42.8 383.9 -5.8 -76.1 37 1260 03 05 05 03 08 05 =1131+730 05 48 49 43.0 383.9 -5.8 -76.7 180 1283 03 05 06 03 08 05 NGC3735 05 48 49 42.3 386.9 -5.8 -74.3 -8 1283 No stop 03 13 35 --- 05 54 20 42.7 387.1 -5.7 -75.5 322 1326 03 08 06 03 14 20 J1134+7249 05 55 05 43.5 384.1 -5.7 -78.1 37 1326 03 14 20 03 17 20 =1131+730 05 58 06 43.7 384.1 -5.6 -78.8 180 1349 03 14 21 03 17 20 NGC3735 05 58 06 43.1 387.2 -5.6 -76.3 -8 1349 No stop 03 22 50 --- 06 03 37 43.5 387.3 -5.6 -77.5 322 1391 03 17 21 03 23 35 J1134+7249 06 04 22 44.1 384.2 -5.5 -80.2 37 1391 03 23 35 03 26 35 =1131+730 06 07 22 44.4 384.3 -5.5 -80.9 180 1414 03 23 36 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 26 35 NGC3735 06 07 22 43.8 387.4 -5.5 -78.3 -8 1414 No stop 03 32 05 --- 06 12 53 44.3 387.5 -5.4 -79.5 322 1457 03 26 36 03 32 50 J1134+7249 06 13 38 44.8 384.4 -5.4 -82.3 37 1457 03 32 50 03 35 50 =1131+730 06 16 39 45.0 384.4 -5.3 -83.0 180 1480 03 32 51 03 35 50 NGC3735 06 16 39 44.6 387.6 -5.3 -80.4 -8 1480 No stop 03 41 20 --- 06 22 10 45.0 387.7 -5.2 -81.6 322 1523 03 35 51 03 42 05 J1134+7249 06 22 55 45.5 384.5 -5.2 -84.5 37 1523 03 42 05 03 45 05 =1131+730 06 25 55 45.7 384.5 -5.2 -85.2 180 1546 03 42 06 03 45 05 NGC3735 06 25 55 45.3 387.8 -5.2 -82.4 -8 1546 No stop 03 50 35 --- 06 31 26 45.8 387.8 -5.1 -83.7 322 1588 03 45 06 03 51 20 J1134+7249 06 32 11 46.2 384.6 -5.1 -86.6 37 1588 03 51 20 03 54 20 =1131+730 06 35 12 46.4 384.6 -5.0 -87.3 180 1612 03 51 21 03 54 20 NGC3735 06 35 12 46.1 387.9 -5.0 -84.5 -8 1612 No stop 03 59 50 --- 06 40 43 46.6 387.9 -4.9 -85.8 322 1654 03 54 21 04 00 35 J1134+7249 06 41 28 46.9 384.6 -4.9 -88.8 37 1654 04 00 35 04 03 35 =1131+730 06 44 28 47.1 384.6 -4.8 -89.5 180 1677 04 00 36 04 03 35 NGC3735 06 44 28 46.9 388.0 -4.9 -86.7 -8 1677 No stop 04 09 05 --- 06 49 59 47.3 388.0 -4.8 -87.9 322 1720 04 03 36 04 09 50 J1134+7249 06 50 44 47.6 384.6 -4.7 -91.0 37 1720 04 09 50 04 12 50 =1131+730 06 53 45 47.8 384.6 -4.7 -91.7 180 1743 04 09 51 04 12 50 NGC3735 06 53 45 47.7 388.0 -4.7 -88.8 -8 1743 No stop 04 18 20 --- 06 59 16 48.1 388.0 -4.6 -90.1 322 1785 04 12 51 04 19 05 J1134+7249 07 00 01 48.3 384.6 -4.6 -93.3 37 1785 04 19 05 04 22 05 =1131+730 07 03 01 48.5 384.6 -4.5 -94.0 180 1809 04 19 06 04 22 05 NGC3735 07 03 01 48.4 388.0 -4.6 -91.0 -9 1809 No stop 04 27 35 --- 07 08 32 48.9 388.0 -4.5 -92.3 321 1851 04 22 06 04 28 20 J1134+7249 07 09 17 48.9 384.5 -4.4 -95.5 36 1851 04 28 20 04 31 20 =1131+730 07 12 18 49.2 384.5 -4.4 -96.3 180 1874 04 28 21 04 31 20 NGC3735 07 12 18 49.2 388.0 -4.4 -93.2 -9 1874 No stop 04 36 50 --- 07 17 49 49.7 387.9 -4.3 -94.6 321 1917 04 31 21 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) 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 37 35 J1134+7249 07 18 34 49.6 384.4 -4.3 -97.8 36 1917 04 37 35 04 40 35 =1131+730 07 21 34 49.8 384.3 -4.2 -98.6 180 1940 04 37 36 04 40 35 NGC3735 07 21 34 50.0 387.9 -4.3 -95.5 -9 1940 No stop 04 46 05 --- 07 27 05 50.4 387.8 -4.2 -96.8 321 1983 04 40 36 04 46 50 J1134+7249 07 27 50 50.3 384.2 -4.1 -100.2 36 1983 04 46 50 04 50 50 =1131+730 07 31 51 50.6 384.1 -4.1 -101.2 240 2013 04 46 51 04 55 00 DA193 07 36 02 71.1 624.3 1.7 67.5 -74 2013 04 55 00 05 00 00 --- 07 41 03 70.2 625.4 1.7 67.7 226 2052 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 --- 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: 10 Station: MEDICINA 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= 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 4600.00 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 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 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= 342.49 342.49 342.49 342.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 374.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 406.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 438.49 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: 4 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