COVER INFORMATION Station: YEBES40M (Code Ys ) Experiment: EVN 22 GHz polarimetry observation of 3 high-z quasars Exp. Code: EZ028C 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 YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 13 Jun 2018 Day 164 --- 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: 637.49 637.49 637.49 637.49 669.49 669.49 669.49 669.49 701.49 701.49 701.49 701.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 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 02 00 00 2007+777 19 13 01 52.2 4.4 -0.9 -163.8 0 0 02 00 00 02 10 00 --- 19 23 03 52.3 3.6 -0.7 -166.9 600 77 02 00 01 02 11 00 3C454.3 19 24 03 38.6 102.2 -3.5 -50.7 -54 77 02 11 00 02 21 00 --- 19 34 05 40.5 104.2 -3.3 -50.1 546 155 02 11 01 02 21 40 J1510+5702 19 34 45 45.5 -45.3 4.4 82.2 -124 155 02 21 40 02 36 40 =1508+572 19 49 47 43.5 -44.8 4.7 79.4 776 271 02 21 41 02 36 55 J1510+5702 19 50 02 43.4 -44.8 4.7 79.3 0 271 02 36 55 02 51 55 =1508+572 20 05 05 41.4 -44.2 4.9 76.5 900 386 02 36 56 02 52 10 J1510+5702 20 05 20 41.4 -44.2 4.9 76.5 0 386 02 52 10 03 07 10 =1508+572 20 20 22 39.4 -43.5 5.2 73.8 900 502 02 52 11 03 07 25 J1510+5702 20 20 37 39.4 -43.5 5.2 73.7 0 502 03 07 25 03 22 25 =1508+572 20 35 40 37.4 -42.7 5.4 71.1 900 618 03 07 26 03 23 25 3C454.3 20 36 40 51.5 118.9 -2.3 -43.9 -117 618 03 23 25 03 33 25 --- 20 46 42 53.2 121.8 -2.1 -42.3 483 696 03 23 26 03 34 05 J1510+5702 20 47 22 35.9 -42.0 5.6 69.0 -139 696 03 34 05 03 49 05 =1508+572 21 02 24 34.0 -41.1 5.9 66.4 761 812 03 34 06 03 49 20 J1510+5702 21 02 39 34.0 -41.1 5.9 66.4 0 812 03 49 20 04 04 20 =1508+572 21 17 42 32.1 -40.0 6.1 63.8 900 927 03 49 21 04 04 35 J1510+5702 21 17 57 32.1 -40.0 6.1 63.8 0 927 04 04 35 04 19 35 =1508+572 21 32 59 30.3 -38.9 6.4 61.2 900 1043 04 04 36 04 19 50 J1510+5702 21 33 14 30.3 -38.9 6.4 61.1 0 1043 04 19 50 04 34 50 =1508+572 21 48 17 28.5 -37.7 6.6 58.6 900 1159 04 19 51 04 35 30 3C84 21 48 57 30.0 59.1 -5.5 -60.6 -72 1159 04 35 30 04 45 30 --- 21 58 58 31.7 60.1 -5.4 -61.7 528 1237 04 35 31 04 46 10 3C454.3 21 59 39 62.9 149.8 -0.9 -23.5 -65 1237 04 46 10 04 54 10 --- 22 07 40 63.7 153.7 -0.8 -20.5 415 1298 04 46 11 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 13 Jun 2018 Day 164 --- 04 54 50 J1510+5702 22 08 20 26.2 324.0 7.0 55.1 -145 1298 04 54 50 05 09 50 =1508+572 22 23 22 24.5 325.3 7.2 52.5 755 1414 04 54 51 05 10 05 J1510+5702 22 23 37 24.5 325.3 7.2 52.5 0 1414 05 10 05 05 25 05 =1508+572 22 38 40 22.9 326.7 7.5 49.9 900 1530 05 10 06 05 25 20 J1510+5702 22 38 55 22.9 326.8 7.5 49.9 0 1530 05 25 20 05 40 20 =1508+572 22 53 57 21.4 328.2 7.7 47.3 900 1646 05 25 21 05 40 35 J1510+5702 22 54 12 21.3 328.3 7.7 47.2 0 1646 05 40 35 05 55 35 =1508+572 23 09 15 19.9 329.8 8.0 44.6 900 1762 05 40 36 05 56 15 3C454.3 23 09 55 65.5 188.7 0.3 6.9 -115 1762 05 56 15 06 04 15 --- 23 17 56 65.2 193.3 0.4 10.5 365 1824 05 56 16 06 04 55 J1510+5702 23 18 36 19.0 330.8 8.1 43.0 -113 1824 06 04 55 06 19 55 =1508+572 23 33 39 17.6 332.4 8.4 40.3 787 1940 06 04 56 06 20 10 J1510+5702 23 33 54 17.6 332.4 8.4 40.3 0 1940 06 20 10 06 35 10 =1508+572 23 48 56 16.3 334.1 8.6 37.6 900 2056 06 20 11 06 35 25 J1510+5702 23 49 11 16.3 334.1 8.6 37.6 0 2056 06 35 25 06 50 25 =1508+572 00 04 14 15.1 335.8 8.9 34.9 900 2172 06 35 26 06 50 40 J1510+5702 00 04 29 15.1 335.8 8.9 34.8 0 2172 06 50 40 07 05 40 =1508+572 00 19 31 13.9 337.6 9.1 32.1 900 2288 06 50 41 07 06 20 3C84 00 20 12 56.3 73.0 -3.0 -76.4 -239 2288 07 06 20 07 16 20 --- 00 30 13 58.1 73.8 -2.8 -77.4 361 2365 07 06 21 07 17 00 J1510+5702 00 30 53 13.1 -21.0 9.3 30.1 -70 2365 07 17 00 07 32 00 =1508+572 00 45 56 12.1 -19.2 9.6 27.3 830 2481 07 17 01 07 32 15 J1510+5702 00 46 11 12.1 -19.2 9.6 27.3 0 2481 07 32 15 07 47 15 =1508+572 01 01 13 11.2 -17.3 9.8 24.5 900 2597 07 32 16 07 47 30 J1510+5702 01 01 28 11.2 -17.3 9.8 24.4 0 2597 07 47 30 08 02 30 =1508+572 01 16 31 10.4 -15.3 10.1 21.6 900 2713 07 47 31 08 02 45 J1510+5702 01 16 46 10.4 -15.3 10.1 21.6 0 2713 08 02 45 08 17 45 =1508+572 01 31 48 9.7 -13.3 10.4 18.8 900 2829 08 02 46 08 18 25 3C454.3 01 32 28 48.2 246.2 2.6 46.4 -235 2829 08 18 25 08 26 25 --- 01 40 30 46.8 248.1 2.8 47.3 245 2891 08 18 26 Schedule for YEBES40M (Code Ys ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Wed 13 Jun 2018 Day 164 --- 08 27 05 J1510+5702 01 41 10 9.3 347.9 10.5 17.0 -75 2891 08 27 05 08 42 05 =1508+572 01 56 12 8.8 349.9 10.8 14.2 825 3007 08 27 06 08 42 20 J1510+5702 01 56 27 8.7 349.9 10.8 14.1 0 3007 08 42 20 08 57 20 =1508+572 02 11 30 8.3 351.9 11.0 11.3 900 3123 08 42 21 08 57 35 J1510+5702 02 11 45 8.3 352.0 11.0 11.2 0 3123 08 57 35 09 12 35 =1508+572 02 26 47 7.9 354.0 11.3 8.4 900 3239 08 57 36 09 12 50 J1510+5702 02 27 02 7.9 354.0 11.3 8.3 0 3239 09 12 50 09 27 50 =1508+572 02 42 05 7.7 356.1 11.5 5.5 900 3354 09 12 51 09 28 30 3C454.3 02 42 45 35.4 261.0 3.8 51.4 -70 3354 09 28 30 09 36 30 --- 02 50 46 33.9 262.5 3.9 51.7 410 3416 09 28 31 09 37 10 3C84 02 51 26 84.3 76.9 -0.5 -98.2 -161 3416 09 37 10 09 47 10 --- 03 01 28 86.2 72.5 -0.3 -104.3 439 3494 09 37 11 09 47 50 J1510+5702 03 02 08 7.5 -1.2 11.9 1.6 -54 3494 09 47 50 10 02 50 =1508+572 03 17 11 7.5 0.9-11.9 -1.3 846 3610 09 47 51 10 03 05 J1510+5702 03 17 26 7.5 0.9-11.9 -1.3 0 3610 10 03 05 10 18 05 =1508+572 03 32 28 7.6 3.0-11.6 -4.2 900 3725 10 03 06 10 18 20 J1510+5702 03 32 43 7.6 3.0-11.6 -4.2 0 3725 10 18 20 10 33 20 =1508+572 03 47 46 7.8 5.1-11.4 -7.1 900 3841 10 18 21 10 33 35 J1510+5702 03 48 01 7.8 5.1-11.4 -7.2 0 3841 10 33 35 10 48 35 =1508+572 04 03 03 8.1 7.2-11.1 -10.0 900 3957 10 33 36 10 49 15 J1510+5702 04 03 43 8.1 7.3-11.1 -10.2 25 3957 10 49 15 11 04 15 =1508+572 04 18 46 8.6 9.3-10.9 -13.0 900 4073 10 49 16 11 04 30 J1510+5702 04 19 01 8.6 9.3-10.9 -13.1 0 4073 11 04 30 11 19 30 =1508+572 04 34 03 9.1 11.3-10.6 -15.9 900 4189 11 04 31 11 19 45 J1510+5702 04 34 18 9.1 11.4-10.6 -16.0 0 4189 11 19 45 11 34 45 =1508+572 04 49 21 9.7 13.4-10.4 -18.8 900 4305 11 19 46 11 35 00 J1510+5702 04 49 36 9.7 13.4-10.3 -18.8 0 4305 11 35 00 11 50 00 =1508+572 05 04 38 10.4 15.3-10.1 -21.7 900 4421 11 35 01 11 50 40 2007+777 05 05 18 31.5 -10.0 9.0 39.0 0 4421 11 50 40 12 00 00 --- 05 14 40 31.2 -9.5 9.2 37.0 560 4493 11 50 41 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess218.K1024 --- 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: 11 Station: YEBES40M 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= 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 21550.00 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 = A4 C4 A4 C4 A4 C4 A4 C4 A4 C4 A4 C4 A4 C4 A4 C4 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 637.49 637.49 637.49 637.49 669.49 669.49 669.49 669.49 701.49 701.49 701.49 701.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 733.49 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: 7 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) * 3C84 03 16 29.567263 * 03 19 48.160094 03 20 59.225303 1.30 J0319+4130 41 19 51.91701 * 41 30 42.10413 41 34 22.77765 2.69 0316+413 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J0319+41 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 10208 observations. 1508+572 15 08 45.204537 * 15 10 02.922370 15 10 32.766911 0.03 * J1510+5702 57 14 02.08981 * 57 02 43.37598 56 58 51.43331 0.02 J1510+57 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 2375 observations. * 2007+777 20 07 20.430197 * 20 05 30.998526 20 04 56.097504 0.03 J2005+7752 77 43 58.12302 * 77 52 43.24755 77 55 45.12728 0.01 J2005+77 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 15597 observations. * 3C454.3 22 51 29.519738 * 22 53 57.747938 22 54 51.936629 0.67 J2253+1608 15 52 54.34810 * 16 08 53.56093 16 14 37.86185 0.70 2251+158 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.gsfc J2253+16 GSFC 2015a astro solution, unpublished 40748 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 3C84 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.500 23.025 J1510+5702 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 8.000 603.394 2007+777 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.322 28.521 3C454.3 sess218.K1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 0.867 26.021 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) 3C84 31.9 J1510+5702 94.9 2007+777 76.3 3C454.3 90.6 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