COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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: 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 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 02 38 17 22.2 55.1 -6.8 -42.1 0 0 09 00 00 09 10 00 --- 02 48 19 23.6 56.7 -6.7 -43.1 600 77 09 00 01 09 11 00 OJ287 02 49 19 14.3 75.8 -6.1 H -41.0 -16 77 09 11 00 09 17 00 --- 02 55 20 15.3 76.9 -6.0 H -41.2 0 124 09 11 01 09 17 40 J0958+4725 02 56 00 26.7 46.9 -7.1 -43.2 -61 124 09 17 40 09 23 40 =0955+476 03 02 01 27.4 47.7 -7.0 -43.9 299 170 09 17 41 09 24 20 J0906+6930 03 02 41 45.8 390.3 -6.1 -65.8 -814 170 09 24 20 09 39 20 --- 03 17 43 47.1 391.0 -5.8 -68.8 86 286 09 24 21 09 39 35 J0906+6930 03 17 58 47.1 391.0 -5.8 -68.9 5 286 09 39 35 09 54 35 --- 03 33 01 48.3 391.7 -5.6 -71.9 900 402 09 39 36 09 54 50 J0906+6930 03 33 16 48.3 391.7 -5.6 -71.9 5 402 09 54 50 10 09 50 --- 03 48 18 49.6 392.3 -5.3 -75.0 900 518 09 54 51 10 10 05 J0906+6930 03 48 33 49.6 392.3 -5.3 -75.1 5 518 10 10 05 10 25 05 --- 04 03 36 50.9 392.7 -5.1 -78.2 900 634 10 10 06 10 25 45 OJ287 04 04 16 26.1 449.7 -4.9 -42.6 -127 634 10 25 45 10 32 45 --- 04 11 17 27.2 451.1 -4.7 -42.6 293 688 10 25 46 10 33 25 J0958+4725 04 11 57 36.2 417.0 -5.8 -51.9 -71 688 10 33 25 10 40 25 =0955+476 04 18 58 37.2 417.9 -5.7 -52.7 349 742 10 33 26 10 41 05 J0906+6930 04 19 39 52.3 393.1 -4.8 -81.7 -49 742 10 41 05 10 56 05 --- 04 34 41 53.6 393.4 -4.6 -85.0 851 858 10 41 06 10 56 20 J0906+6930 04 34 56 53.6 393.4 -4.6 -85.1 5 858 10 56 20 11 11 20 --- 04 49 58 55.0 393.5 -4.3 -88.5 900 974 10 56 21 11 11 35 J0906+6930 04 50 14 55.0 393.5 -4.3 -88.5 5 974 11 11 35 11 26 35 --- 05 05 16 56.3 393.5 -4.0 -92.1 900 1090 11 11 36 11 26 50 J0906+6930 05 05 31 56.3 393.5 -4.0 -92.1 5 1090 11 26 50 11 41 50 --- 05 20 33 57.6 393.3 -3.8 -95.8 900 1206 11 26 51 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 42 30 OJ287 05 21 14 38.2 465.6 -3.6 -40.7 -165 1206 11 42 30 11 49 30 --- 05 28 15 39.3 467.3 -3.5 -40.3 255 1260 11 42 31 11 50 10 J0958+4725 05 28 55 47.0 426.8 -4.5 -59.6 -87 1260 11 50 10 11 57 10 =0955+476 05 35 56 48.0 427.7 -4.4 -60.2 333 1314 11 50 11 11 57 50 J0906+6930 05 36 36 59.0 393.0 -3.5 -99.9 -73 1314 11 57 50 12 12 50 --- 05 51 39 60.3 392.4 -3.3 -103.8 827 1430 11 57 51 12 13 05 J0906+6930 05 51 54 60.3 392.4 -3.3 -103.9 5 1430 12 13 05 12 28 05 --- 06 06 56 61.6 391.7 -3.0 -108.1 900 1546 12 13 06 12 28 20 J0906+6930 06 07 11 61.6 391.7 -3.0 -108.2 5 1546 12 28 20 12 43 20 --- 06 22 14 62.9 390.7 -2.8 -112.6 900 1662 12 28 21 12 43 35 J0906+6930 06 22 29 62.9 390.7 -2.8 -112.6 5 1662 12 43 35 12 58 35 --- 06 37 31 64.1 389.4 -2.5 -117.3 900 1778 12 43 36 13 06 55 J0958+4725 06 45 52 58.6 436.7 -3.2 -65.9 359 1778 13 06 55 13 13 55 =0955+476 06 52 54 59.7 437.6 -3.1 -66.4 420 1832 13 06 56 13 14 35 4C39.25 06 53 34 60.6 458.1 -2.6 -54.0 -39 1832 13 14 35 13 24 35 --- 07 03 35 62.2 460.5 -2.4 -53.5 561 1909 13 14 36 13 25 15 J0906+6930 07 04 15 66.1 386.5 -2.1 -126.2 -168 1909 13 25 15 13 40 15 --- 07 19 18 67.1 384.4 -1.8 -131.6 732 2025 13 25 16 13 40 30 J0906+6930 07 19 33 67.1 384.4 -1.8 -131.7 5 2025 13 40 30 13 55 30 --- 07 34 35 68.1 381.9 -1.6 -137.5 900 2141 13 40 31 13 55 45 J0906+6930 07 34 50 68.1 381.9 -1.6 -137.6 5 2141 13 55 45 14 10 45 --- 07 49 53 68.9 379.1 -1.3 -143.7 900 2257 13 55 46 14 19 05 J0958+4725 07 58 14 70.0 447.3 -2.0 -69.6 308 2257 14 19 05 14 26 05 =0955+476 08 05 15 71.1 448.6 -1.9 -69.7 420 2311 14 19 06 14 26 45 J0906+6930 08 05 56 69.7 375.7 -1.0 -150.6 -166 2311 14 26 45 14 41 45 --- 08 20 58 70.3 372.3 -0.8 -157.4 734 2427 14 26 46 14 42 00 J0906+6930 08 21 13 70.3 372.2 -0.8 -157.5 4 2427 14 42 00 14 57 00 --- 08 36 16 70.7 368.5 -0.5 -164.5 900 2543 14 42 01 14 57 15 J0906+6930 08 36 31 70.7 368.4 -0.5 -164.6 4 2543 14 57 15 15 12 15 --- 08 51 33 71.0 364.5 -0.3 -171.9 900 2659 14 57 16 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 08 51 48 71.0 364.4 -0.3 -172.0 4 2659 15 12 30 15 27 30 --- 09 06 51 71.1 360.3 -0.0 -179.4 900 2775 15 12 31 15 28 10 OJ287 09 07 31 59.4 185.4 0.2 3.6 -402 2775 15 28 10 15 35 10 --- 09 14 32 59.3 188.6 0.3 5.8 18 2829 15 28 11 15 35 50 J0958+4725 09 15 12 82.1 109.4 -0.7 -62.2 -176 2829 15 35 50 15 42 50 =0955+476 09 22 13 83.1 114.0 -0.6 -59.0 244 2883 15 35 51 15 43 30 J0906+6930 09 22 53 71.0 356.0 0.2 172.8 -565 2883 15 43 30 15 58 30 --- 09 37 56 70.8 352.1 0.5 165.5 335 2999 15 43 31 15 58 45 J0906+6930 09 38 11 70.8 352.0 0.5 165.4 4 2999 15 58 45 16 13 45 --- 09 53 13 70.3 348.2 0.8 158.3 900 3115 15 58 46 16 14 00 J0906+6930 09 53 28 70.3 348.2 0.8 158.2 4 3115 16 14 00 16 29 00 --- 10 08 31 69.8 344.7 1.0 151.4 900 3231 16 14 01 16 29 15 J0906+6930 10 08 46 69.8 344.6 1.0 151.3 4 3231 16 29 15 16 44 15 --- 10 23 48 69.1 341.4 1.3 144.8 900 3347 16 29 16 16 44 55 3C345 10 24 28 26.9 419.2 -6.3 -45.3 -178 3347 16 44 55 16 54 55 --- 10 34 30 28.3 420.7 -6.2 -46.2 422 3424 16 44 56 16 55 35 J0906+6930 10 35 10 68.5 339.2 1.5 140.1 -187 3424 16 55 35 17 10 35 --- 10 50 12 67.6 336.7 1.7 134.2 713 3540 16 55 36 17 10 50 J0906+6930 10 50 28 67.5 336.6 1.7 134.1 5 3540 17 10 50 17 25 50 --- 11 05 30 66.5 334.4 2.0 128.5 900 3656 17 10 51 17 26 05 J0906+6930 11 05 45 66.5 334.3 2.0 128.4 5 3656 17 26 05 17 41 05 --- 11 20 47 65.5 332.4 2.2 123.2 900 3772 17 26 06 17 41 20 J0906+6930 11 21 03 65.4 332.4 2.2 123.1 5 3772 17 41 20 17 56 20 --- 11 36 05 64.3 330.8 2.5 118.1 900 3888 17 41 21 17 56 35 J0906+6930 11 36 20 64.3 330.8 2.5 118.0 5 3888 17 56 35 18 11 35 --- 11 51 23 63.1 329.5 2.7 113.4 900 4004 17 56 36 18 11 50 J0906+6930 11 51 38 63.1 329.5 2.7 113.3 5 4004 18 11 50 18 26 50 --- 12 06 40 61.8 328.5 3.0 108.8 900 4120 18 11 51 18 27 30 OJ287 12 07 20 41.7 248.9 3.2 39.2 -179 4120 18 27 30 18 34 30 --- 12 14 21 40.6 250.6 3.3 39.7 241 4174 18 27 31 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 35 10 J0906+6930 12 15 01 61.1 328.0 3.1 106.5 -175 4174 18 35 10 18 50 10 --- 12 30 04 59.9 327.3 3.4 102.4 725 4290 18 35 11 18 50 25 J0906+6930 12 30 19 59.8 327.3 3.4 102.3 5 4290 18 50 25 19 05 25 --- 12 45 21 58.5 326.9 3.6 98.4 900 4406 18 50 26 19 05 40 J0906+6930 12 45 36 58.5 326.9 3.6 98.3 5 4406 19 05 40 19 20 40 --- 13 00 39 57.2 326.6 3.9 94.6 900 4522 19 05 41 19 20 55 J0906+6930 13 00 54 57.2 326.6 3.9 94.5 5 4522 19 20 55 19 35 55 --- 13 15 56 55.9 326.5 4.1 90.9 900 4637 19 20 56 19 36 10 J0906+6930 13 16 11 55.8 326.5 4.1 90.8 5 4637 19 36 10 19 51 10 --- 13 31 14 54.5 326.5 4.4 87.3 900 4753 19 36 11 19 51 50 3C345 13 31 54 55.2 449.1 -3.2 -55.8 -286 4753 19 51 50 20 00 00 --- 13 40 05 56.5 450.6 -3.1 -55.8 204 4817 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: ef1cm_d 1.3cm secondary focus, IF 500-1000 MHz 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= 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 21500.00 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: 1 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= 687.49 687.49 687.49 687.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 719.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 751.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 783.49 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: 1 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) * 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