COVER INFORMATION Station: SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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: 442.49 442.49 442.49 442.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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 03 52 46 61.8 483.1 -2.1 -32.4 0 0 00 00 00 00 05 00 --- 03 57 46 62.3 484.9 -2.0 -31.7 300 38 00 00 01 00 09 50 J1134+7249 04 02 37 50.7 385.6 -7.5 -45.6 165 38 00 09 50 00 12 50 =1131+730 04 05 38 50.9 385.8 -7.5 -46.1 180 62 00 09 51 00 12 50 NGC3735 04 05 38 49.1 388.2 -7.5 -43.9 -19 62 No stop 00 18 20 --- 04 11 09 49.5 388.7 -7.4 -44.8 311 104 00 12 51 00 19 00 J1134+7249 04 11 49 51.2 386.3 -7.4 -47.2 21 104 00 19 00 00 22 00 =1131+730 04 14 49 51.4 386.5 -7.3 -47.7 180 127 00 19 01 00 22 00 NGC3735 04 14 49 49.7 389.0 -7.4 -45.4 -19 127 No stop 00 27 30 --- 04 20 20 50.0 389.5 -7.3 -46.3 311 169 00 22 01 00 28 10 J1134+7249 04 21 00 51.7 387.0 -7.2 -48.8 21 169 00 28 10 00 31 10 =1131+730 04 24 01 51.9 387.3 -7.2 -49.3 180 192 00 28 11 00 31 10 NGC3735 04 24 01 50.2 389.8 -7.2 -46.9 -19 192 No stop 00 36 40 --- 04 29 32 50.6 390.3 -7.1 -47.9 311 235 00 31 11 00 37 20 J1134+7249 04 30 12 52.2 387.7 -7.1 -50.4 21 235 00 37 20 00 40 20 =1131+730 04 33 12 52.4 388.0 -7.0 -51.0 180 258 00 37 21 00 40 20 NGC3735 04 33 12 50.8 390.6 -7.1 -48.5 -20 258 No stop 00 45 50 --- 04 38 43 51.2 391.1 -7.0 -49.4 310 300 00 40 21 00 46 30 J1134+7249 04 39 23 52.8 388.5 -6.9 -52.1 20 300 00 46 30 00 49 30 =1131+730 04 42 24 52.9 388.7 -6.9 -52.6 180 323 00 46 31 00 49 30 NGC3735 04 42 24 51.4 391.4 -6.9 -50.0 -20 323 No stop 00 55 00 --- 04 47 55 51.8 391.9 -6.8 -50.9 310 365 00 49 31 00 55 40 J1134+7249 04 48 35 53.3 389.1 -6.8 -53.7 20 365 00 55 40 00 58 40 =1131+730 04 51 35 53.5 389.4 -6.7 -54.3 180 388 00 55 41 00 58 40 NGC3735 04 51 35 52.0 392.2 -6.8 -51.6 -20 388 No stop 01 04 10 --- 04 57 06 52.4 392.7 -6.7 -52.5 310 431 00 58 41 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 04 57 46 53.9 389.8 -6.6 -55.4 20 431 01 04 50 01 07 50 =1131+730 05 00 47 54.0 390.0 -6.6 -55.9 180 454 01 04 51 01 07 50 NGC3735 05 00 47 52.6 393.0 -6.6 -53.1 -21 454 No stop 01 13 20 --- 05 06 18 53.0 393.5 -6.5 -54.1 309 496 01 07 51 01 14 00 J1134+7249 05 06 58 54.4 390.5 -6.5 -57.1 19 496 01 14 00 01 17 00 =1131+730 05 09 58 54.6 390.7 -6.4 -57.6 180 519 01 14 01 01 17 00 NGC3735 05 09 58 53.2 393.8 -6.4 -54.7 -21 519 No stop 01 22 30 --- 05 15 29 53.6 394.2 -6.4 -55.6 309 562 01 17 01 01 23 10 J1134+7249 05 16 09 55.0 391.1 -6.3 -58.7 19 562 01 23 10 01 26 10 =1131+730 05 19 10 55.2 391.3 -6.3 -59.3 180 585 01 23 11 01 26 10 NGC3735 05 19 10 53.9 394.5 -6.3 -56.3 -21 585 No stop 01 31 40 --- 05 24 41 54.2 394.9 -6.2 -57.2 309 627 01 26 11 01 32 20 J1134+7249 05 25 21 55.6 391.7 -6.2 -60.4 19 627 01 32 20 01 35 20 =1131+730 05 28 21 55.8 391.9 -6.1 -61.0 180 650 01 32 21 01 35 20 NGC3735 05 28 21 54.5 395.2 -6.1 -57.8 -21 650 No stop 01 40 50 --- 05 33 52 54.9 395.6 -6.1 -58.8 309 692 01 35 21 01 41 30 J1134+7249 05 34 32 56.2 392.3 -6.0 -62.1 19 692 01 41 30 01 44 30 =1131+730 05 37 33 56.4 392.5 -6.0 -62.7 180 715 01 41 31 01 44 30 NGC3735 05 37 33 55.2 395.9 -6.0 -59.4 -22 715 No stop 01 50 00 --- 05 43 04 55.6 396.3 -5.9 -60.4 308 758 01 44 31 01 50 40 J1134+7249 05 43 44 56.8 392.8 -5.9 -63.9 18 758 01 50 40 01 53 40 =1131+730 05 46 44 57.0 393.0 -5.8 -64.4 180 781 01 50 41 01 53 40 NGC3735 05 46 44 55.8 396.6 -5.8 -61.1 -22 781 No stop 01 59 10 --- 05 52 15 56.2 397.0 -5.7 -62.0 308 823 01 53 41 01 59 50 J1134+7249 05 52 55 57.4 393.4 -5.7 -65.6 18 823 01 59 50 02 02 50 =1131+730 05 55 56 57.6 393.5 -5.7 -66.2 180 846 01 59 51 02 02 50 NGC3735 05 55 56 56.5 397.2 -5.7 -62.7 -22 846 No stop 02 08 20 --- 06 01 27 56.9 397.6 -5.6 -63.7 308 888 02 02 51 02 09 00 J1134+7249 06 02 07 58.0 393.9 -5.6 -67.4 18 888 02 09 00 02 12 00 =1131+730 06 05 07 58.2 394.0 -5.5 -68.0 180 912 02 09 01 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 06 05 07 57.2 397.9 -5.5 -64.3 -23 912 No stop 02 17 30 --- 06 10 38 57.6 398.2 -5.4 -65.3 307 954 02 12 01 02 18 10 J1134+7249 06 11 18 58.7 394.4 -5.4 -69.2 17 954 02 18 10 02 21 10 =1131+730 06 14 19 58.9 394.5 -5.3 -69.7 180 977 02 18 11 02 21 10 NGC3735 06 14 19 57.9 398.5 -5.4 -66.0 -23 977 No stop 02 26 40 --- 06 19 50 58.3 398.8 -5.3 -67.0 307 1019 02 21 11 02 27 20 J1134+7249 06 20 30 59.3 394.8 -5.2 -71.0 17 1019 02 27 20 02 30 20 =1131+730 06 23 30 59.5 395.0 -5.2 -71.6 180 1042 02 27 21 02 30 20 NGC3735 06 23 30 58.6 399.0 -5.2 -67.6 -23 1042 No stop 02 35 50 --- 06 29 01 59.0 399.4 -5.1 -68.7 307 1085 02 30 21 02 36 30 J1134+7249 06 29 41 60.0 395.2 -5.1 -72.8 17 1085 02 36 30 02 39 30 =1131+730 06 32 42 60.2 395.4 -5.0 -73.4 180 1108 02 36 31 02 39 30 NGC3735 06 32 42 59.3 399.6 -5.1 -69.3 -23 1108 No stop 02 45 00 --- 06 38 13 59.8 399.9 -5.0 -70.4 307 1150 02 39 31 02 47 50 4C39.25 06 41 03 56.4 470.7 -2.8 -36.3 75 1150 02 47 50 02 52 50 --- 06 46 04 56.9 472.1 -2.7 -35.9 300 1188 02 47 51 02 55 50 J1134+7249 06 49 05 61.4 396.0 -4.8 -76.8 79 1188 02 55 50 02 58 50 =1131+730 06 52 05 61.6 396.1 -4.7 -77.4 180 1212 02 55 51 02 58 50 NGC3735 06 52 05 60.9 400.6 -4.7 -73.0 -24 1212 No stop 03 04 20 --- 06 57 36 61.3 400.9 -4.7 -74.1 306 1254 02 58 51 03 05 05 J1134+7249 06 58 21 62.0 396.3 -4.6 -78.7 21 1254 03 05 05 03 08 05 =1131+730 07 01 22 62.2 396.4 -4.6 -79.3 180 1277 03 05 06 03 08 05 NGC3735 07 01 22 61.6 401.1 -4.6 -74.8 -24 1277 No stop 03 13 35 --- 07 06 52 62.0 401.3 -4.5 -75.9 306 1319 03 08 06 03 14 20 J1134+7249 07 07 38 62.7 396.6 -4.5 -80.7 20 1319 03 14 20 03 17 20 =1131+730 07 10 38 62.9 396.7 -4.4 -81.3 180 1342 03 14 21 03 17 20 NGC3735 07 10 38 62.4 401.5 -4.4 -76.6 -25 1342 No stop 03 22 50 --- 07 16 09 62.8 401.7 -4.3 -77.7 305 1385 03 17 21 03 23 35 J1134+7249 07 16 54 63.4 396.8 -4.3 -82.7 20 1385 03 23 35 03 26 35 =1131+730 07 19 55 63.6 396.9 -4.3 -83.4 180 1408 03 23 36 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 07 19 55 63.1 401.8 -4.3 -78.5 -25 1408 No stop 03 32 05 --- 07 25 25 63.6 402.0 -4.2 -79.6 305 1450 03 26 36 03 32 50 J1134+7249 07 26 11 64.1 397.0 -4.2 -84.8 20 1450 03 32 50 03 35 50 =1131+730 07 29 11 64.3 397.0 -4.1 -85.4 180 1473 03 32 51 03 35 50 NGC3735 07 29 11 63.9 402.2 -4.1 -80.4 -25 1473 No stop 03 41 20 --- 07 34 42 64.3 402.3 -4.0 -81.5 305 1515 03 35 51 03 42 05 J1134+7249 07 35 27 64.8 397.1 -4.0 -86.9 20 1515 03 42 05 03 45 05 =1131+730 07 38 28 65.0 397.1 -3.9 -87.6 180 1538 03 42 06 03 45 05 NGC3735 07 38 28 64.6 402.4 -4.0 -82.3 -26 1538 No stop 03 50 35 --- 07 43 59 65.1 402.6 -3.9 -83.5 304 1581 03 45 06 03 51 20 J1134+7249 07 44 44 65.4 397.1 -3.8 -89.0 19 1581 03 51 20 03 54 20 =1131+730 07 47 44 65.7 397.2 -3.8 -89.7 180 1604 03 51 21 03 54 20 NGC3735 07 47 44 65.4 402.6 -3.8 -84.3 -26 1604 No stop 03 59 50 --- 07 53 15 65.9 402.7 -3.7 -85.5 304 1646 03 54 21 04 00 35 J1134+7249 07 54 00 66.1 397.1 -3.7 -91.2 19 1646 04 00 35 04 03 35 =1131+730 07 57 01 66.4 397.1 -3.6 -92.0 180 1669 04 00 36 04 03 35 NGC3735 07 57 01 66.2 402.8 -3.7 -86.4 -26 1669 No stop 04 09 05 --- 08 02 32 66.7 402.9 -3.6 -87.6 304 1712 04 03 36 04 09 50 J1134+7249 08 03 17 66.8 397.1 -3.5 -93.5 18 1712 04 09 50 04 12 50 =1131+730 08 06 17 67.0 397.0 -3.5 -94.3 180 1735 04 09 51 04 12 50 NGC3735 08 06 17 67.0 402.9 -3.5 -88.5 -27 1735 No stop 04 18 20 --- 08 11 48 67.4 402.9 -3.4 -89.7 303 1777 04 12 51 04 19 05 J1134+7249 08 12 33 67.5 396.9 -3.4 -95.9 18 1777 04 19 05 04 22 05 =1131+730 08 15 34 67.7 396.9 -3.3 -96.6 180 1800 04 19 06 04 22 05 NGC3735 08 15 34 67.7 402.9 -3.4 -90.6 -27 1800 No stop 04 27 35 --- 08 21 05 68.2 402.9 -3.3 -92.0 303 1842 04 22 06 04 28 20 J1134+7249 08 21 50 68.2 396.7 -3.2 -98.3 18 1842 04 28 20 04 31 20 =1131+730 08 24 50 68.4 396.6 -3.2 -99.1 180 1865 04 28 21 04 31 20 NGC3735 08 24 50 68.5 402.8 -3.2 -92.9 -27 1865 No stop 04 36 50 --- 08 30 21 69.0 402.8 -3.1 -94.2 303 1908 04 31 21 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 08 31 06 68.9 396.4 -3.1 -100.8 17 1908 04 37 35 04 40 35 =1131+730 08 34 07 69.1 396.3 -3.0 -101.6 180 1931 04 37 36 04 40 35 NGC3735 08 34 07 69.3 402.7 -3.0 -95.2 -28 1931 No stop 04 46 05 --- 08 39 38 69.8 402.6 -3.0 -96.6 302 1973 04 40 36 04 46 50 J1134+7249 08 40 23 69.5 396.0 -2.9 -103.4 17 1973 04 46 50 04 50 50 =1131+730 08 44 23 69.8 395.8 -2.8 -104.5 240 2004 04 46 51 04 55 00 DA193 08 48 34 56.5 611.5 2.9 37.4 9 2004 04 55 00 05 00 00 --- 08 53 35 55.9 612.9 2.9 37.7 300 2042 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: kvzr_c Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 1 Station: SVETLOE Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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 = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 11 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= 442.49 442.49 442.49 442.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 474.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 506.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 538.49 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: 11 12 13 Track assignments are: track1= 18, 26, 2, 10, 20, 28, 4, 12, 22, 30, 6, 14, 24, 32, 8, 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