COVER INFORMATION Station: MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Experiment: Varstrometry selected dual-Quasar candidates Exp. Code: EX010A Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Wancheng Xu Address: Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CAS 150 Science-1 Street Urumqi China Phone: +8615141589572 EMAIL: xuwancheng@xao.ac.cn Fax: Phone during observation: +8615141589572 Observing mode: vlbi Notes: # Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF # COVER LETTER: The coordinates of calibrators are from Astrogeo Database (rfc_2023c). Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 2 Varstrometry selected dual-Quasar candidates 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 24 May 2024 Day 145 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 Next BBC frequencies: 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 06 30 00 J2253+1608 23 26 00 61.0 555.4 0.5 11.4 0 0 06 30 00 06 35 00 --- 23 31 01 60.8 557.8 0.6 13.1 300 39 06 30 01 06 38 30 J0111+1713SW 23 34 31 55.9 495.0 -1.6 -31.9 121 39 06 38 30 06 45 00 --- 23 41 02 56.7 497.4 -1.5 -30.3 390 89 06 38 31 06 45 30 J0111+1713SW 23 41 32 56.8 497.6 -1.5 -30.2 27 89 06 45 30 06 58 00 --- 23 54 05 58.2 502.5 -1.3 -27.0 750 185 06 45 31 06 58 30 J0111+1713SW 23 54 35 58.3 502.7 -1.3 -26.9 27 185 06 58 30 07 11 00 --- 00 07 07 59.6 508.0 -1.1 -23.3 750 282 06 58 31 07 11 30 J0111+1713SW 00 07 37 59.6 508.2 -1.1 -23.2 27 282 07 11 30 07 24 00 --- 00 20 09 60.7 513.8 -0.9 -19.3 750 379 07 11 31 07 24 30 J0111+1713SW 00 20 39 60.7 514.0 -0.9 -19.1 27 379 07 24 30 07 37 00 --- 00 33 11 61.6 520.0 -0.7 -14.8 750 475 07 24 31 07 37 30 J0111+1713SW 00 33 41 61.6 520.2 -0.6 -14.7 27 475 07 37 30 07 50 00 --- 00 46 13 62.3 526.4 -0.4 -10.1 750 572 07 37 31 07 50 30 J0111+1713SW 00 46 43 62.3 526.7 -0.4 -9.9 27 572 07 50 30 08 03 00 --- 00 59 15 62.7 533.1 -0.2 -5.2 750 669 07 50 31 08 03 30 J0111+1713SW 00 59 45 62.7 533.3 -0.2 -5.0 27 669 08 03 30 08 16 00 --- 01 12 17 62.8 539.9 -0.0 -0.1 750 765 08 03 31 08 16 30 J0111+1713SW 01 12 47 62.8 540.1 0.0 0.1 27 765 08 16 30 08 29 00 --- 01 25 19 62.7 546.7 0.2 5.0 750 862 08 16 31 08 29 30 J0111+1713SW 01 25 50 62.7 546.9 0.2 5.2 27 862 08 29 30 08 42 00 --- 01 38 22 62.3 553.4 0.4 9.9 750 958 08 29 31 08 42 30 J0111+1713SW 01 38 52 62.3 553.6 0.4 10.1 27 958 08 42 30 08 55 00 --- 01 51 24 61.6 559.8 0.6 14.7 750 1055 08 42 31 08 55 30 J0111+1713SW 01 51 54 61.6 560.1 0.7 14.9 27 1055 08 55 30 09 08 00 --- 02 04 26 60.7 566.0 0.9 19.1 750 1152 08 55 31 09 08 30 J0111+1713SW 02 04 56 60.7 566.2 0.9 19.3 27 1152 09 08 30 09 21 00 --- 02 17 28 59.6 571.8 1.1 23.2 750 1248 09 08 31 Schedule for MEDICINA (Code Mc ) Page 3 Varstrometry selected dual-Quasar candidates 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 24 May 2024 Day 145 --- 09 25 00 J2253+1608 02 21 29 38.4 613.8 3.4 45.5 181 1248 09 25 00 09 30 00 --- 02 26 30 37.6 614.9 3.5 45.8 300 1287 09 25 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess224.L1024 --- 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: 7 Station: MEDICINA Total bit rate: 1024 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 8 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 1295.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U IF SB = U U U U U U U U Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 1 9 2 10 2 10 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U IF = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1626.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 1690.49 BBC fr= 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 395.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0111+1713SW 01 08 34.437928 * 01 11 14.370000 01 12 31.069933 0.00 16 57 32.15933 * 17 13 27.96000 17 21 05.87517 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * J2253+1608 22 51 29.519751 * 22 53 57.747950 22 55 09.420708 0.00 15 52 54.34811 * 16 08 53.56094 16 16 29.33763 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 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 J0111+1713Ssess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.608 237.358 J2253+1608 sess224.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.167 15.167 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) J0111+1713SW 41.1 J2253+1608 73.2 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