COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars Exp. Code: EZ028A Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Tao An Address: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory No. 80 Nandan Road Shanghai P.R.China Phone: +86-21-64386191 EMAIL: antao@shao.ac.cn Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: 1024-16-2 Notes: Pcal off,2048 Mbps, 16x16 MHz, R+L, 2 bit sampling K Band/22 GHz Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars 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 9 Jun 2018 Day 160 --- Next scan frequencies: 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 Next BBC frequencies: 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 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 09 00 00 4C39.25 08 59 41 76.3 516.0 -0.5 -18.8 0 0 09 00 00 09 10 00 --- 09 09 43 76.8 524.1 -0.3 -12.6 600 77 09 00 01 09 11 00 OJ287 09 10 43 58.1 546.6 0.2 4.4 8 77 09 11 00 09 17 00 --- 09 16 44 58.0 549.3 0.3 6.1 360 123 09 11 01 09 24 20 J0906+6930 09 24 05 72.2 715.4 0.3 171.9 248 123 09 24 20 09 39 20 --- 09 39 07 72.0 711.2 0.5 164.4 900 238 09 24 21 09 39 35 J0906+6930 09 39 22 72.0 711.1 0.5 164.2 9 238 09 39 35 09 54 35 --- 09 54 25 71.5 707.2 0.8 157.0 900 354 09 39 36 09 54 50 J0906+6930 09 54 40 71.5 707.1 0.8 156.8 9 354 09 54 50 10 09 50 --- 10 09 42 70.9 703.4 1.0 149.8 900 469 09 54 51 10 10 05 J0906+6930 10 09 57 70.9 703.4 1.0 149.7 9 469 10 10 05 10 25 05 --- 10 25 00 70.2 700.1 1.3 143.1 900 585 10 10 06 10 25 45 OJ287 10 25 40 53.7 577.4 1.5 23.6 -107 585 10 25 45 10 32 45 --- 10 32 41 53.1 579.9 1.6 25.0 313 638 10 25 46 10 41 05 J0906+6930 10 41 03 69.3 697.0 1.5 136.4 357 638 10 41 05 10 56 05 --- 10 56 05 68.3 694.5 1.8 130.6 900 754 10 41 06 10 56 20 J0906+6930 10 56 20 68.3 694.4 1.8 130.5 9 754 10 56 20 11 11 20 --- 11 11 23 67.2 692.3 2.1 125.0 900 869 10 56 21 11 11 35 J0906+6930 11 11 38 67.2 692.3 2.1 124.9 9 869 11 11 35 11 26 35 --- 11 26 40 66.1 690.5 2.3 119.7 900 985 11 11 36 11 26 50 J0906+6930 11 26 55 66.1 690.4 2.3 119.6 10 985 11 26 50 11 41 50 --- 11 41 58 64.9 689.0 2.6 114.8 900 1100 11 26 51 11 42 30 OJ287 11 42 38 44.7 601.5 2.8 35.4 -72 1100 11 42 30 11 49 30 --- 11 49 39 43.7 603.4 2.9 36.1 348 1154 11 42 31 11 50 10 J0958+4725 11 50 19 71.6 627.0 1.8 65.8 -31 1154 11 50 10 11 57 10 =0955+476 11 57 20 70.5 628.5 2.0 65.9 389 1208 11 50 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars 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 9 Jun 2018 Day 160 --- 11 57 50 J0906+6930 11 58 00 63.6 687.8 2.8 109.9 -44 1208 11 57 50 12 12 50 --- 12 13 03 62.4 686.9 3.1 105.6 856 1323 11 57 51 12 13 05 J0906+6930 12 13 18 62.3 686.9 3.1 105.5 10 1323 12 13 05 12 28 05 --- 12 28 20 61.1 686.2 3.3 101.5 900 1438 12 13 06 12 28 20 J0906+6930 12 28 35 61.0 686.2 3.3 101.4 10 1438 12 28 20 12 43 20 --- 12 43 38 59.7 685.8 3.6 97.5 900 1554 12 28 21 12 43 35 J0906+6930 12 43 53 59.7 685.7 3.6 97.4 10 1554 12 43 35 12 58 35 --- 12 58 55 58.4 685.5 3.8 93.7 900 1669 12 43 36 12 59 15 OJ287 12 59 35 33.5 619.9 4.1 40.4 -50 1669 12 59 15 13 06 15 --- 13 06 36 32.4 621.4 4.2 40.6 370 1723 12 59 16 13 06 55 J0958+4725 13 07 17 59.8 640.5 3.1 63.9 -30 1723 13 06 55 13 13 55 =0955+476 13 14 18 58.7 641.5 3.2 63.5 390 1777 13 06 56 13 14 35 4C39.25 13 14 58 49.3 634.7 3.8 52.5 6 1777 13 14 35 13 24 35 --- 13 24 59 47.8 636.5 3.9 52.2 600 1854 13 14 36 13 25 15 J0906+6930 13 25 40 56.0 685.5 4.3 87.4 -34 1854 13 25 15 13 40 15 --- 13 40 42 54.7 685.6 4.5 84.0 866 1969 13 25 16 13 40 30 J0906+6930 13 40 57 54.7 685.6 4.5 84.0 10 1969 13 40 30 13 55 30 --- 13 56 00 53.4 685.9 4.8 80.7 900 2085 13 40 31 13 55 45 J0906+6930 13 56 15 53.4 685.9 4.8 80.6 10 2085 13 55 45 14 10 45 --- 14 11 17 52.1 686.4 5.1 77.4 900 2200 13 55 46 14 11 25 OJ287 14 11 57 22.3 634.4 5.3 41.0 -37 2200 14 11 25 14 18 25 --- 14 18 58 21.2 635.8 5.4 40.9 383 2254 14 11 26 14 19 05 J0958+4725 14 19 38 49.0 650.6 4.3 58.8 -30 2254 14 19 05 14 26 05 =0955+476 14 26 40 48.0 651.5 4.5 58.2 390 2308 14 19 06 14 26 45 J0906+6930 14 27 20 50.7 686.9 5.3 74.1 -20 2308 14 26 45 14 41 45 --- 14 42 22 49.5 687.5 5.6 71.1 880 2423 14 26 46 14 42 00 J0906+6930 14 42 37 49.4 687.5 5.6 71.0 10 2423 14 42 00 14 57 00 --- 14 57 40 48.2 688.2 5.8 68.0 900 2538 14 42 01 14 57 15 J0906+6930 14 57 55 48.2 688.3 5.8 68.0 10 2538 14 57 15 15 12 15 --- 15 12 57 47.0 689.0 6.1 65.0 900 2654 14 57 16 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars 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 9 Jun 2018 Day 160 --- 15 12 30 J0906+6930 15 13 12 46.9 689.0 6.1 65.0 10 2654 15 12 30 15 27 30 --- 15 28 15 45.8 689.9 6.3 62.1 900 2769 15 12 31 15 28 10 OJ287 15 28 55 10.7 648.9 6.6 38.6 -45 2769 15 28 10 15 35 10 --- 15 35 56 9.7 650.2 6.7 D 38.2 0 2823 15 28 11 15 35 50 J0958+4725 15 36 36 38.3 660.8 5.6 51.7 -31 2823 15 35 50 15 42 50 =0955+476 15 43 37 37.3 661.7 5.7 50.9 389 2877 15 35 51 15 43 30 J0906+6930 15 44 17 44.5 690.9 6.6 59.0 -14 2877 15 43 30 15 58 30 --- 15 59 20 43.4 691.9 6.9 56.2 886 2992 15 43 31 15 58 45 J0906+6930 15 59 35 43.4 691.9 6.9 56.1 10 2992 15 58 45 16 13 45 --- 16 14 37 42.3 692.9 7.1 53.3 900 3108 15 58 46 16 14 00 J0906+6930 16 14 52 42.3 692.9 7.1 53.3 10 3108 16 14 00 16 29 00 --- 16 29 55 41.3 694.0 7.4 50.5 900 3223 16 14 01 16 29 15 J0906+6930 16 30 10 41.3 694.1 7.4 50.4 10 3223 16 29 15 16 44 15 --- 16 45 12 40.3 695.2 7.6 47.7 900 3338 16 29 16 16 44 55 3C345 16 45 52 78.0 542.1 0.0 1.7 -136 3338 16 44 55 16 54 55 --- 16 55 54 77.8 551.3 0.2 9.0 464 3415 16 44 56 16 55 35 J0906+6930 16 56 34 39.5 696.1 7.8 45.6 -130 3415 16 55 35 17 10 35 --- 17 11 37 38.6 697.3 8.1 42.8 770 3531 16 55 36 17 10 50 J0906+6930 17 11 52 38.6 697.3 8.1 42.8 10 3531 17 10 50 17 25 50 --- 17 26 54 37.7 698.6 8.3 40.0 900 3646 17 10 51 17 26 05 J0906+6930 17 27 09 37.7 698.6 8.3 40.0 10 3646 17 26 05 17 41 05 --- 17 42 12 36.9 699.9 8.6 37.3 900 3762 17 26 06 17 41 20 J0906+6930 17 42 27 36.9 699.9 8.6 37.2 10 3762 17 41 20 17 56 20 --- 17 57 29 36.1 701.3 8.8 34.5 900 3877 17 41 21 17 56 35 J0906+6930 17 57 44 36.1 701.3 8.8 34.4 10 3877 17 56 35 18 11 35 --- 18 12 47 35.4 702.6 9.1 31.7 900 3992 17 56 36 18 11 50 J0906+6930 18 13 02 35.3 702.7 9.1 31.7 10 3992 18 11 50 18 26 50 --- 18 28 04 34.7 704.1 9.3 28.9 900 4108 18 11 51 18 35 10 J0906+6930 18 36 25 34.3 704.8 9.5 27.4 494 4108 18 35 10 18 50 10 --- 18 51 28 33.8 706.3 9.7 24.7 900 4223 18 35 11 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars 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 9 Jun 2018 Day 160 --- 18 50 25 J0906+6930 18 51 43 33.7 706.3 9.7 24.7 10 4223 18 50 25 19 05 25 --- 19 06 45 33.2 707.8 10.0 21.9 900 4338 18 50 26 19 05 40 J0906+6930 19 07 00 33.2 707.8 10.0 21.9 10 4338 19 05 40 19 20 40 --- 19 22 03 32.8 709.3 10.2 19.2 900 4454 19 05 41 19 20 55 J0906+6930 19 22 18 32.7 709.3 10.2 19.1 10 4454 19 20 55 19 35 55 --- 19 37 20 32.3 710.8 10.5 16.4 900 4569 19 20 56 19 36 10 J0906+6930 19 37 35 32.3 710.8 10.5 16.4 10 4569 19 36 10 19 51 10 --- 19 52 38 32.0 712.3 10.7 13.7 900 4685 19 36 11 19 51 50 3C345 19 53 18 55.5 628.7 3.2 53.6 -68 4685 19 51 50 20 00 00 --- 20 01 29 54.3 630.4 3.3 53.6 422 4747 19 51 51 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess218.K1024 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY 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= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 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: 8 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22187.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22219.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22251.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 22283.49 BBC fr= 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 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: 8 9 10 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) * J0906+6930 09 01 52.295946 * 09 06 30.748817 09 08 08.044119 0.40 69 42 32.10107 * 69 30 30.82959 69 26 16.66911 0.19 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 126 observations * OJ287 08 51 57.250615 * 08 54 48.874926 08 55 50.157446 0.00 J0854+2006 20 17 58.41743 * 20 06 30.64088 20 02 18.33859 0.00 0851+202 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0854+20 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 216540 observations. * 4C39.25 09 23 55.319215 * 09 27 03.013936 09 28 09.899500 0.30 J0927+3902 39 15 23.56645 * 39 02 20.85186 38 57 40.74744 0.16 0923+392 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0927+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 245753 observations. 0955+476 09 55 08.528426 * 09 58 19.671641 09 59 27.734487 0.00 * J0958+4725 47 39 28.28176 * 47 25 07.84245 47 20 03.41977 0.00 J0958+47 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 175314 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809966 16 43 37.158273 0.76 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 46 43.86636 0.52 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 53430 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 J0906+6930 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 8.500 742.471 OJ287 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.800 34.305 4C39.25 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.333 27.822 J0958+4725 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.683 48.164 3C345 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.303 17.639 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) J0906+6930 58.0 OJ287 52.1 4C39.25 56.2 J0958+4725 61.4 3C345 116.9 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