COVER INFORMATION Station: PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Experiment: Exploring the jet in a z > 6 blazar DES J0322-18 Exp. Code: EL064B Schedule Version: 4.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Tao An Address: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory 80th Nandan Road, Xuhui District Shanghai 200030 China Phone: +86-13261603255 EMAIL: antao@shao.ac.cn Fax: Phone during observation: Observing mode: VLBI Notes: # Please, make sure PHASE CAL is OFF # 1.4 GHz, dual polarisation, 1024 Mbps eVLBI, 6 hours at GST: J0322-18 Drafted by Yuanqi Liu Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Page 2 Exploring the jet in a z > 6 blazar DES J0322-18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 3 Nov 2022 Day 307 --- Next scan frequencies: 1626.49 1626.49 Next BBC frequencies: 645.51 645.51 Next scan bandwidths: 64.00 64.00 19 00 00 J0006-0623 21 42 18 23.0 140.3 -2.4 -22.6 0 0 19 00 00 19 05 00 =0003-066 21 47 18 23.5 141.5 -2.3 -22.0 300 19 19 00 01 21 48 30 J0322-18 00 31 15 9.1 139.1 -2.9 -24.4 9681 19 21 48 30 21 52 30 --- 00 35 16 9.5 140.0 -2.8 -23.9 240 35 21 48 31 21 53 00 P0327-1803 00 35 46 9.6 138.6 -2.9 -24.5 9 35 21 53 00 21 54 00 --- 00 36 46 9.7 138.8 -2.9 -24.4 60 39 21 53 01 21 54 00 J0322-18 00 36 46 9.7 140.3 -2.8 -23.8 -22 39 No stop 21 58 00 --- 00 40 47 10.0 141.2 -2.7 -23.3 218 54 21 54 01 21 58 00 P0327-1803 00 40 47 10.1 139.7 -2.8 -24.0 -21 54 No stop 21 59 30 --- 00 42 17 10.2 140.1 -2.8 -23.8 69 60 21 58 01 21 59 30 J0322-18 00 42 17 10.2 141.5 -2.7 -23.1 -22 60 No stop 22 03 30 --- 00 46 18 10.5 142.4 -2.6 -22.6 218 75 21 59 31 22 04 00 P0327-1803 00 46 48 10.7 141.1 -2.7 -23.3 9 75 22 04 00 22 05 00 --- 00 47 48 10.8 141.3 -2.7 -23.1 60 79 22 04 01 22 05 00 J0322-18 00 47 48 10.7 142.8 -2.6 -22.4 -22 79 No stop 22 09 00 --- 00 51 49 11.0 143.6 -2.5 -22.0 218 95 22 05 01 22 09 00 P0327-1803 00 51 49 11.1 142.2 -2.6 -22.7 -21 95 No stop 22 10 30 --- 00 53 19 11.3 142.5 -2.6 -22.5 69 100 22 09 01 22 10 30 J0322-18 00 53 19 11.2 144.0 -2.5 -21.8 -22 100 No stop 22 14 30 --- 00 57 19 11.5 144.9 -2.4 -21.3 218 116 22 10 31 22 15 00 P0327-1803 00 57 50 11.7 143.5 -2.5 -21.9 9 116 22 15 00 22 16 00 --- 00 58 50 11.8 143.8 -2.5 -21.8 60 120 22 15 01 22 16 00 J0322-18 00 58 50 11.6 145.2 -2.4 -21.1 -22 120 No stop 22 20 00 --- 01 02 50 12.0 146.1 -2.3 -20.6 218 135 22 16 01 22 20 00 P0327-1803 01 02 50 12.1 144.7 -2.4 -21.3 -21 135 No stop 22 21 30 --- 01 04 21 12.2 145.0 -2.4 -21.1 69 141 22 20 01 22 21 30 J0322-18 01 04 21 12.1 146.5 -2.3 -20.4 -22 141 No stop 22 25 30 --- 01 08 21 12.4 147.4 -2.2 -19.9 218 157 22 21 31 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Page 3 Exploring the jet in a z > 6 blazar DES J0322-18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 3 Nov 2022 Day 307 --- 22 26 00 P0327-1803 01 08 51 12.6 146.0 -2.3 -20.6 9 157 22 26 00 22 27 00 --- 01 09 52 12.7 146.3 -2.3 -20.4 60 160 22 26 01 22 27 00 J0322-18 01 09 52 12.6 147.7 -2.2 -19.7 -22 160 No stop 22 31 00 --- 01 13 52 12.9 148.6 -2.2 -19.2 218 176 22 27 01 22 31 00 P0327-1803 01 13 52 13.0 147.2 -2.2 -19.9 -21 176 No stop 22 32 30 --- 01 15 22 13.1 147.5 -2.2 -19.7 69 182 22 31 01 22 32 30 J0322-18 01 15 22 13.0 149.0 -2.1 -19.0 -22 182 No stop 22 36 30 --- 01 19 23 13.3 149.9 -2.1 -18.4 218 197 22 32 31 22 37 00 P0327-1803 01 19 53 13.5 148.6 -2.1 -19.1 9 197 22 37 00 22 38 00 --- 01 20 53 13.6 148.8 -2.1 -19.0 60 201 22 37 01 22 38 00 J0322-18 01 20 53 13.4 150.3 -2.0 -18.2 -22 201 No stop 22 42 00 --- 01 24 54 13.7 151.2 -2.0 -17.7 218 216 22 38 01 22 42 00 P0327-1803 01 24 54 13.9 149.7 -2.1 -18.5 -21 216 No stop 22 43 30 --- 01 26 24 14.0 150.1 -2.0 -18.3 69 222 22 42 01 22 43 30 J0322-18 01 26 24 13.8 151.5 -1.9 -17.5 -22 222 No stop 22 47 30 --- 01 30 25 14.1 152.5 -1.9 -16.9 218 238 22 43 31 22 48 00 P0327-1803 01 30 55 14.3 151.1 -2.0 -17.7 9 238 22 48 00 22 49 00 --- 01 31 55 14.4 151.4 -1.9 -17.5 60 242 22 48 01 22 49 00 J0237+2848 01 31 55 62.7 146.5 -1.1 -22.1 -168 242 No stop 22 54 00 =0234+285 01 36 56 63.1 148.7 -1.0 -20.8 132 261 22 49 01 22 54 30 P0327-1803 01 37 26 14.8 152.7 -1.9 -16.8 -137 261 22 54 30 22 58 30 --- 01 41 27 15.1 153.6 -1.8 -16.2 103 276 22 54 31 22 58 30 J0322-18 01 41 27 14.8 155.1 -1.7 -15.4 -22 276 No stop 23 02 30 --- 01 45 27 15.1 156.0 -1.6 -14.9 218 292 22 58 31 23 02 30 P0327-1803 01 45 27 15.3 154.6 -1.7 -15.7 -21 292 No stop 23 04 00 --- 01 46 58 15.4 154.9 -1.7 -15.5 69 298 23 02 31 23 04 00 J0322-18 01 46 58 15.2 156.4 -1.6 -14.6 -22 298 No stop 23 08 00 --- 01 50 58 15.4 157.3 -1.5 -14.1 218 313 23 04 01 23 08 30 P0327-1803 01 51 28 15.7 156.0 -1.6 -14.8 9 313 23 08 30 23 09 30 --- 01 52 29 15.8 156.2 -1.6 -14.7 60 317 23 08 31 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Page 4 Exploring the jet in a z > 6 blazar DES J0322-18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 3 Nov 2022 Day 307 --- 23 09 30 J0322-18 01 52 29 15.5 157.7 -1.5 -13.9 -22 317 No stop 23 13 30 --- 01 56 29 15.7 158.7 -1.4 -13.3 218 332 23 09 31 23 13 30 P0327-1803 01 56 29 16.0 157.2 -1.5 -14.1 -21 332 No stop 23 15 00 --- 01 57 59 16.1 157.5 -1.5 -13.9 69 338 23 13 31 23 15 00 J0322-18 01 57 59 15.8 159.0 -1.4 -13.1 -22 338 No stop 23 19 00 --- 02 02 00 16.0 160.0 -1.4 -12.5 218 354 23 15 01 23 19 30 P0327-1803 02 02 30 16.3 158.6 -1.4 -13.2 9 354 23 19 30 23 20 30 --- 02 03 30 16.4 158.9 -1.4 -13.1 60 357 23 19 31 23 20 30 J0322-18 02 03 30 16.1 160.3 -1.3 -12.3 -22 357 No stop 23 24 30 --- 02 07 31 16.3 161.3 -1.3 -11.7 218 373 23 20 31 23 24 30 P0327-1803 02 07 31 16.6 159.8 -1.4 -12.5 -21 373 No stop 23 26 00 --- 02 09 01 16.7 160.2 -1.3 -12.3 69 379 23 24 31 23 26 00 J0322-18 02 09 01 16.3 161.7 -1.2 -11.4 -22 379 No stop 23 30 00 --- 02 13 02 16.5 162.6 -1.2 -10.8 218 394 23 26 01 23 30 30 P0327-1803 02 13 32 16.9 161.3 -1.3 -11.6 9 394 23 30 30 23 31 30 --- 02 14 32 17.0 161.5 -1.2 -11.5 60 398 23 30 31 23 31 30 J0322-18 02 14 32 16.6 163.0 -1.1 -10.6 -22 398 No stop 23 35 30 --- 02 18 33 16.8 164.0 -1.1 -10.0 218 414 23 31 31 23 35 30 P0327-1803 02 18 33 17.1 162.5 -1.2 -10.9 -21 414 No stop 23 37 00 --- 02 20 03 17.2 162.9 -1.1 -10.7 69 419 23 35 31 23 37 00 J0322-18 02 20 03 16.8 164.4 -1.1 -9.8 -22 419 No stop 23 41 00 --- 02 24 04 17.0 165.3 -1.0 -9.2 218 435 23 37 01 23 41 30 P0327-1803 02 24 34 17.4 164.0 -1.1 -10.0 9 435 23 41 30 23 42 30 --- 02 25 34 17.4 164.2 -1.1 -9.8 60 439 23 41 31 23 42 30 J0322-18 02 25 34 17.0 165.7 -1.0 -9.0 -22 439 No stop 23 46 30 --- 02 29 35 17.2 166.7 -0.9 -8.4 218 454 23 42 31 23 46 30 P0327-1803 02 29 35 17.6 165.2 -1.0 -9.2 -21 454 No stop 23 48 00 --- 02 31 05 17.6 165.6 -1.0 -9.0 69 460 23 46 31 23 48 00 J0322-18 02 31 05 17.2 167.0 -0.9 -8.1 -22 460 No stop 23 52 00 --- 02 35 06 17.4 168.0 -0.8 -7.5 218 475 23 48 01 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Page 5 Exploring the jet in a z > 6 blazar DES J0322-18 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Thu 3 Nov 2022 Day 307 --- 23 52 30 P0327-1803 02 35 36 17.8 166.7 -0.9 -8.3 10 475 23 52 30 23 53 30 --- 02 36 36 17.8 167.0 -0.9 -8.1 60 479 23 52 31 23 53 30 J0322-18 02 36 36 17.4 168.4 -0.8 -7.3 -21 479 No stop 23 57 30 --- 02 40 36 17.5 169.4 -0.7 -6.7 219 495 23 53 31 23 57 30 P0327-1803 02 40 36 18.0 168.0 -0.8 -7.5 -20 495 No stop 23 59 00 --- 02 42 07 18.0 168.3 -0.8 -7.3 70 500 23 57 31 --- Start: Thu 3 Nov 2022 Day 307 -- Stop: Fri 4 Nov 2022 Day 308 --- 23 59 00 J0322-18 02 42 07 17.6 169.8 -0.7 -6.4 -21 500 No stop 00 03 00 --- 02 46 07 17.7 170.8 -0.6 -5.8 219 516 23 59 01 00 03 30 P0327-1803 02 46 37 18.2 169.5 -0.7 -6.6 10 516 00 03 30 00 04 30 --- 02 47 38 18.2 169.7 -0.7 -6.5 60 520 00 03 31 00 04 30 J0322-18 02 47 38 17.7 171.1 -0.6 -5.6 -21 520 No stop 00 08 30 --- 02 51 38 17.8 172.1 -0.5 -5.0 219 535 00 04 31 00 08 30 P0327-1803 02 51 38 18.3 170.7 -0.6 -5.8 -20 535 No stop 00 10 00 --- 02 53 08 18.3 171.1 -0.6 -5.6 70 541 00 08 31 00 10 00 J0322-18 02 53 08 17.8 172.5 -0.5 -4.7 -21 541 No stop 00 14 00 --- 02 57 09 17.9 173.5 -0.4 -4.1 219 556 00 10 01 00 14 30 P0327-1803 02 57 39 18.4 172.2 -0.5 -4.9 10 556 00 14 30 00 15 30 --- 02 58 39 18.4 172.5 -0.5 -4.7 60 560 00 14 31 00 15 30 J0322-18 02 58 39 17.9 173.9 -0.4 -3.9 -21 560 No stop 00 19 30 --- 03 02 40 18.0 174.9 -0.3 -3.2 219 576 00 15 31 00 19 30 P0327-1803 03 02 40 18.5 173.5 -0.4 -4.1 -20 576 No stop 00 21 00 --- 03 04 10 18.5 173.8 -0.4 -3.9 70 582 00 19 31 00 21 00 J0322-18 03 04 10 18.0 175.2 -0.3 -3.0 -21 582 No stop 00 25 00 --- 03 08 11 18.0 176.2 -0.3 -2.4 219 597 00 21 01 00 25 30 P0327-1803 03 08 41 18.6 175.0 -0.3 -3.2 10 597 00 25 30 00 26 30 --- 03 09 41 18.6 175.2 -0.3 -3.0 60 601 00 25 31 00 26 30 J0322-18 03 09 41 18.0 176.6 -0.2 -2.1 -21 601 No stop 00 30 30 --- 03 13 42 18.1 177.6 -0.2 -1.5 219 616 00 26 31 Schedule for PICKMERE (Code Pi ) Page 6 Exploring the jet in a z > 6 blazar DES J0322-18 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 4 Nov 2022 Day 308 --- 00 30 30 P0327-1803 03 13 42 18.7 176.2 -0.3 -2.4 -20 616 No stop 00 32 00 --- 03 15 12 18.7 176.6 -0.2 -2.1 70 622 00 30 31 00 32 00 J0322-18 03 15 12 18.1 178.0 -0.1 -1.3 -21 622 No stop 00 36 00 --- 03 19 13 18.1 179.0 -0.1 -0.6 219 638 00 32 01 00 36 30 P0327-1803 03 19 43 18.7 177.7 -0.2 -1.4 10 638 00 36 30 00 37 30 --- 03 20 43 18.7 178.0 -0.1 -1.3 60 642 00 36 31 00 37 30 J0322-18 03 20 43 18.1 179.4 -0.0 -0.4 -21 642 No stop 00 41 30 --- 03 24 44 18.1 180.4 0.0 0.2 219 657 00 37 31 00 41 30 P0327-1803 03 24 44 18.7 179.0 -0.1 -0.6 -20 657 No stop 00 43 00 --- 03 26 14 18.7 179.4 -0.0 -0.4 70 663 00 41 31 00 43 00 J0322-18 03 26 14 18.1 180.7 0.0 0.5 -21 663 No stop 00 47 00 --- 03 30 15 18.1 181.7 0.1 1.1 219 678 00 43 01 00 47 30 P0327-1803 03 30 45 18.7 180.5 0.0 0.3 10 678 00 47 30 00 48 30 --- 03 31 45 18.7 180.7 0.0 0.5 60 682 00 47 31 00 48 30 J0322-18 03 31 45 18.1 182.1 0.1 1.3 -21 682 No stop 00 52 30 --- 03 35 45 18.1 183.1 0.2 2.0 219 698 00 48 31 00 52 30 P0327-1803 03 35 45 18.7 181.8 0.1 1.1 -20 698 No stop 00 54 00 --- 03 37 16 18.7 182.1 0.1 1.3 70 703 00 52 31 00 54 00 J0237+2848 03 37 16 63.4 209.3 1.0 19.5 -156 703 No stop 01 00 00 =0234+285 03 43 17 62.9 212.1 1.1 21.2 204 727 00 54 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess322.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: 16 Station: PICKMERE Total bit rate: 512 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate:128.000 Number of channels: 2 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2272.00 2272.00 Net SB= U U IF SB = L L Pol. = RCP LCP BBC = 1 9 BBC SB= L L IF = A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 12 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1626.49 1626.49 BBC fr= 645.51 645.51 Bandwd= 64.00 64.00 Matching frequency sets: 12 13 14 15 16 Track assignments are: track1= 1, 2 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * J0322-18 03 19 58.268882 * 03 22 14.549000 03 23 17.592871 0.00 -18 51 58.03562 *-18 41 17.47800 -18 36 18.98498 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. * P0327-1803 03 25 26.764400 * 03 27 43.341600 03 28 46.506554 0.00 -18 14 03.97885 *-18 03 42.02800 -17 58 51.74577 0.00 From catalog imbedded in main SCHED input file. 0003-066 00 03 40.288767 * 00 06 13.892888 00 07 24.259850 0.00 * J0006-0623 -06 40 17.29995 *-06 23 35.33538 -06 15 58.11474 0.01 J0006-06 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 38365 observations. 0234+285 02 34 55.589590 * 02 37 52.405677 02 39 13.758997 0.00 * J0237+2848 28 35 11.40773 * 28 48 08.98999 28 54 08.07893 0.00 J0237+28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.gsfc GSFC 2016a X/S astro solution, 58420 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 J0322-18 sess322.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 4.067 237.381 P0327-1803 sess322.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + 1.400 70.801 J0006-0623 sess322.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.083 10.000 J0237+2848 sess322.L1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0.183 9.543 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) J0322-18 144.2 P0327-1803 144.3 J0006-0623 137.3 J0237+2848 166.4 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