COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars Exp. Code: EZ028B 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Jun 2018 Day 161 --- 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 16 00 00 3C345 16 04 47 76.3 506.9 -0.6 -26.1 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 16 14 48 77.0 514.6 -0.5 -20.2 600 77 16 00 01 16 17 40 NGC6251 16 22 29 59.3 360.5 -0.1 -177.5 281 77 16 17 40 16 26 40 --- 16 31 31 59.3 360.0 0.0 179.8 540 146 16 17 41 16 37 00 J1606+3124 16 41 53 68.6 560.9 0.6 15.0 398 146 16 37 00 16 52 00 =1604+315 16 56 55 67.6 569.1 0.8 20.6 900 262 16 37 01 16 52 15 J1606+3124 16 57 10 67.6 569.2 0.8 20.7 8 262 16 52 15 17 07 15 =1604+315 17 12 13 66.3 576.7 1.1 25.7 900 377 16 52 16 17 07 30 J1606+3124 17 12 28 66.3 576.9 1.1 25.8 9 377 17 07 30 17 22 30 =1604+315 17 27 30 64.8 583.7 1.3 30.1 900 492 17 07 31 17 22 45 J1606+3124 17 27 45 64.8 583.8 1.3 30.1 9 492 17 22 45 17 37 45 =1604+315 17 42 48 63.1 590.0 1.6 33.7 900 608 17 22 46 17 38 25 J1638+5720 17 43 28 79.1 666.9 1.1 113.7 -62 608 17 38 25 17 44 25 =1637+574 17 49 29 78.4 665.4 1.2 110.9 298 654 17 38 26 17 45 05 J1606+3124 17 50 09 62.2 592.9 1.7 35.3 -57 654 17 45 05 18 00 05 =1604+315 18 05 11 60.3 598.2 2.0 38.0 843 769 17 45 06 18 00 20 J1606+3124 18 05 26 60.2 598.3 2.0 38.1 9 769 18 00 20 18 15 20 =1604+315 18 20 29 58.2 603.2 2.2 40.3 900 885 18 00 21 18 15 35 J1606+3124 18 20 44 58.2 603.2 2.2 40.3 9 885 18 15 35 18 30 35 =1604+315 18 35 46 56.1 607.7 2.5 42.1 900 1000 18 15 36 18 30 50 J1606+3124 18 36 01 56.0 607.8 2.5 42.1 9 1000 18 30 50 18 45 50 =1604+315 18 51 04 53.8 611.9 2.7 43.5 900 1115 18 30 51 18 46 30 J1638+5720 18 51 44 70.1 659.3 2.2 91.9 -32 1115 18 46 30 18 52 30 =1637+574 18 57 45 69.3 659.2 2.3 90.6 328 1162 18 46 31 18 53 10 J1606+3124 18 58 25 52.8 613.8 2.9 44.1 -30 1162 18 53 10 19 08 10 =1604+315 19 13 27 50.5 617.4 3.1 45.0 870 1277 18 53 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Jun 2018 Day 161 --- 19 08 25 J1606+3124 19 13 42 50.5 617.5 3.1 45.0 9 1277 19 08 25 19 23 25 =1604+315 19 28 45 48.2 621.0 3.4 45.7 900 1392 19 08 26 19 23 40 J1606+3124 19 29 00 48.1 621.0 3.4 45.7 9 1392 19 23 40 19 38 40 =1604+315 19 44 02 45.8 624.3 3.6 46.1 900 1508 19 23 41 19 38 55 J1606+3124 19 44 17 45.8 624.3 3.6 46.2 9 1508 19 38 55 19 53 55 =1604+315 19 59 20 43.5 627.5 3.9 46.4 900 1623 19 38 56 19 54 35 J1638+5720 20 00 00 61.0 661.0 3.4 79.1 -19 1623 19 54 35 20 00 35 =1637+574 20 06 01 60.2 661.3 3.5 78.1 341 1669 19 54 36 20 01 15 3C345 20 06 41 53.5 631.4 3.4 53.6 -15 1669 20 01 15 20 09 15 --- 20 14 42 52.2 632.9 3.5 53.5 465 1731 20 01 16 20 09 55 J1551+5806 20 15 23 53.2 666.3 4.4 70.5 -18 1731 20 09 55 20 18 55 =1550+582 20 24 24 52.1 667.0 4.5 69.1 522 1800 20 09 56 20 19 35 J1606+3124 20 25 04 39.5 632.5 4.3 46.4 -19 1800 20 19 35 20 34 35 =1604+315 20 40 07 37.2 635.3 4.6 46.2 881 1915 20 19 36 20 34 50 J1606+3124 20 40 22 37.1 635.4 4.6 46.2 9 1915 20 34 50 20 49 50 =1604+315 20 55 24 34.8 638.1 4.8 45.8 900 2031 20 34 51 20 50 05 J1606+3124 20 55 39 34.8 638.2 4.8 45.8 9 2031 20 50 05 21 05 05 =1604+315 21 10 42 32.5 640.9 5.1 45.4 900 2146 20 50 06 21 05 20 J1606+3124 21 10 57 32.4 640.9 5.1 45.4 9 2146 21 05 20 21 20 20 =1604+315 21 25 59 30.2 643.6 5.3 44.8 900 2262 21 05 21 21 20 35 J1606+3124 21 26 14 30.1 643.6 5.3 44.8 9 2262 21 20 35 21 35 35 =1604+315 21 41 17 27.9 646.3 5.6 44.1 900 2377 21 20 36 21 36 15 J1638+5720 21 41 57 48.0 668.5 5.1 63.7 -15 2377 21 36 15 21 42 15 =1637+574 21 47 58 47.3 669.1 5.2 62.8 345 2423 21 36 16 21 42 55 2007+777 21 48 38 62.2 708.7 1.7 144.5 -25 2423 21 42 55 21 52 55 --- 21 58 39 61.9 707.8 1.9 141.3 575 2500 21 42 56 21 53 35 J1606+3124 21 59 20 25.2 649.4 5.9 43.1 -49 2500 21 53 35 22 08 35 =1604+315 22 14 22 23.1 652.0 6.1 42.2 851 2615 21 53 36 22 08 50 J1606+3124 22 14 37 23.0 652.0 6.1 42.2 9 2615 22 08 50 22 23 50 =1604+315 22 29 40 20.9 654.6 6.4 41.2 900 2731 22 08 51 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sun 10 Jun 2018 Day 161 --- 22 24 05 J1606+3124 22 29 55 20.8 654.6 6.4 41.2 9 2731 22 24 05 22 39 05 =1604+315 22 44 57 18.8 657.2 6.6 40.1 900 2846 22 24 06 22 39 20 J1606+3124 22 45 12 18.7 657.3 6.6 40.1 9 2846 22 39 20 22 54 20 =1604+315 23 00 15 16.7 659.9 6.9 38.9 900 2962 22 39 21 22 54 35 J1606+3124 23 00 30 16.6 659.9 6.9 38.9 9 2962 22 54 35 23 04 35 =1604+315 23 10 31 15.3 661.6 7.1 38.1 600 3038 22 54 36 23 05 15 J1638+5720 23 11 11 37.9 677.4 6.5 50.9 -20 3038 23 05 15 23 11 15 =1637+574 23 17 12 37.2 678.0 6.6 50.0 340 3085 23 05 16 23 11 55 NGC6251 23 17 52 49.7 708.6 6.8 69.4 -16 3085 23 11 55 23 20 55 --- 23 26 54 49.4 708.8 6.9 67.3 524 3154 23 11 56 23 21 35 2007+777 23 27 34 58.2 702.1 3.4 114.6 7 3154 23 21 35 23 30 00 --- 23 36 00 57.8 701.8 3.5 112.3 505 3219 23 21 36 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) 1550+582 15 50 55.603824 * 15 51 58.207817 15 52 22.985369 0.36 * J1551+5806 58 15 37.33536 * 58 06 44.45452 58 03 42.77975 0.17 J1551+58 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 70 observations. 1604+315 16 04 10.611573 * 16 06 08.518391 16 06 52.689574 0.13 * J1606+3124 31 32 47.72189 * 31 24 46.45788 31 22 01.06899 0.18 J1606+31 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 160 observations. * NGC6251 16 37 56.926932 * 16 32 31.969899 16 30 45.501850 0.09 J1632+8232 82 38 18.49830 * 82 32 16.39995 82 30 09.34877 0.01 1637+826 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1632+82 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 6251 observations. 1637+574 16 37 17.425183 * 16 38 13.456298 16 38 36.053043 0.02 * J1638+5720 57 26 15.76131 * 57 20 23.97903 57 18 25.26902 0.01 J1638+57 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 9070 observations. * 3C345 16 41 17.606228 * 16 42 58.809966 16 43 37.158567 0.76 J1642+3948 39 54 10.81496 * 39 48 36.99402 39 46 44.27768 0.52 1641+399 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J1642+39 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 53430 observations. * 2007+777 20 07 20.430197 * 20 05 30.998526 20 04 55.941753 0.03 J2005+7752 77 43 58.12302 * 77 52 43.24755 77 55 44.31481 0.01 J2005+77 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 15597 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 J1551+5806 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.300 21.672 J1606+3124 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 5.417 432.862 NGC6251 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.300 23.500 J1638+5720 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.600 40.728 3C345 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.300 24.804 2007+777 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.307 24.599 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) J1551+5806 97.0 J1606+3124 123.1 NGC6251 74.3 J1638+5720 99.3 3C345 116.7 2007+777 76.1 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