COVER INFORMATION Station: TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 03 25 00 29.8 63.6 -6.1 -43.8 0 0 09 00 00 09 10 00 --- 03 35 02 31.1 65.2 -5.9 -44.5 600 77 09 00 01 09 11 00 OJ287 03 36 02 21.9 85.4 -5.3 -39.6 5 77 09 11 00 09 17 00 --- 03 42 03 22.8 86.6 -5.2 -39.6 360 123 09 11 01 09 17 40 J0958+4725 03 42 43 33.9 54.6 -6.3 -46.2 -39 123 09 17 40 09 23 40 =0955+476 03 48 44 34.7 55.4 -6.2 -46.8 321 169 09 17 41 09 24 20 J0906+6930 03 49 24 51.9 34.0 -5.3 -73.0 -38 169 09 24 20 09 39 20 --- 04 04 27 53.1 34.6 -5.1 -76.1 862 285 09 24 21 09 39 35 J0906+6930 04 04 42 53.2 34.6 -5.1 -76.2 9 285 09 39 35 09 54 35 --- 04 19 44 54.4 35.1 -4.8 -79.3 900 400 09 39 36 09 54 50 J0906+6930 04 19 59 54.5 35.1 -4.8 -79.3 9 400 09 54 50 10 09 50 --- 04 35 02 55.8 35.4 -4.6 -82.6 900 515 09 54 51 10 10 05 J0906+6930 04 35 17 55.8 35.5 -4.5 -82.6 9 515 10 10 05 10 25 05 --- 04 50 19 57.1 35.7 -4.3 -85.9 900 631 10 10 06 10 25 45 OJ287 04 50 59 33.1 100.7 -4.1 -38.9 -106 631 10 25 45 10 32 45 --- 04 58 00 34.1 102.3 -4.0 -38.7 314 685 10 25 46 10 33 25 J0958+4725 04 58 41 43.8 65.2 -5.0 -53.5 -49 685 10 33 25 10 40 25 =0955+476 05 05 42 44.7 66.2 -4.9 -54.1 371 738 10 33 26 10 41 05 J0906+6930 05 06 22 58.5 35.8 -4.0 -89.6 -36 738 10 41 05 10 56 05 --- 05 21 24 59.8 35.7 -3.8 -93.2 864 854 10 41 06 10 56 20 J0906+6930 05 21 39 59.9 35.7 -3.8 -93.3 9 854 10 56 20 11 11 20 --- 05 36 42 61.2 35.5 -3.5 -97.0 900 969 10 56 21 11 11 35 J0906+6930 05 36 57 61.2 35.5 -3.5 -97.0 9 969 11 11 35 11 26 35 --- 05 51 59 62.5 35.0 -3.3 -101.0 900 1085 11 11 36 11 26 50 J0906+6930 05 52 14 62.5 35.0 -3.3 -101.0 9 1085 11 26 50 11 41 50 --- 06 07 17 63.8 34.4 -3.0 -105.1 900 1200 11 26 51 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 06 07 57 43.9 119.3 -2.8 -33.9 -146 1200 11 42 30 11 49 30 --- 06 14 58 44.8 121.2 -2.7 -33.1 274 1254 11 42 31 11 50 10 J0958+4725 06 15 38 54.7 76.2 -3.7 -59.4 -65 1254 11 50 10 11 57 10 =0955+476 06 22 39 55.7 77.2 -3.6 -59.8 355 1308 11 50 11 11 57 50 J0906+6930 06 23 19 65.1 33.4 -2.7 -109.8 -63 1308 11 57 50 12 12 50 --- 06 38 22 66.4 32.2 -2.5 -114.4 837 1423 11 57 51 12 13 05 J0906+6930 06 38 37 66.4 32.2 -2.5 -114.5 9 1423 12 13 05 12 28 05 --- 06 53 39 67.6 30.6 -2.2 -119.4 900 1538 12 13 06 12 28 20 J0906+6930 06 53 54 67.6 30.6 -2.2 -119.5 9 1538 12 28 20 12 43 20 --- 07 08 57 68.7 28.7 -2.0 -124.8 900 1654 12 28 21 12 43 35 J0906+6930 07 09 12 68.7 28.7 -2.0 -124.8 9 1654 12 43 35 12 58 35 --- 07 24 14 69.8 26.4 -1.7 -130.5 900 1769 12 43 36 12 59 15 OJ287 07 24 55 52.6 143.3 -1.5 -22.5 -211 1769 12 59 15 13 06 15 --- 07 31 56 53.2 145.8 -1.4 -21.0 209 1823 12 59 16 13 06 55 J0958+4725 07 32 36 66.1 89.0 -2.4 -62.4 -88 1823 13 06 55 13 13 55 =0955+476 07 39 37 67.1 90.4 -2.3 -62.4 332 1877 13 06 56 13 14 35 4C39.25 07 40 17 66.8 116.6 -1.8 -43.7 -28 1877 13 14 35 13 24 35 --- 07 50 19 68.1 120.3 -1.6 -41.8 572 1954 13 14 36 13 25 15 J0906+6930 07 50 59 71.4 21.3 -1.3 -141.6 -174 1954 13 25 15 13 40 15 --- 08 06 01 72.2 17.9 -1.0 -148.4 726 2069 13 25 16 13 40 30 J0906+6930 08 06 16 72.2 17.8 -1.0 -148.5 9 2069 13 40 30 13 55 30 --- 08 21 19 72.8 13.9 -0.8 -155.7 900 2185 13 40 31 13 55 45 J0906+6930 08 21 34 72.8 13.9 -0.8 -155.8 9 2185 13 55 45 14 10 45 --- 08 36 36 73.3 9.6 -0.5 -163.4 900 2300 13 55 46 14 11 25 OJ287 08 37 16 56.7 172.0 -0.3 -5.1 -304 2300 14 11 25 14 18 25 --- 08 44 18 56.9 175.0 -0.2 -3.2 116 2354 14 11 26 14 19 05 J0958+4725 08 44 58 76.8 108.4 -1.2 -57.2 -107 2354 14 19 05 14 26 05 =0955+476 08 51 59 77.8 111.4 -1.1 -55.6 313 2408 14 19 06 14 26 45 J0906+6930 08 52 39 73.6 4.8 -0.3 -171.8 -190 2408 14 26 45 14 41 45 --- 09 07 41 73.7 0.1 -0.0 -179.8 710 2523 14 26 46 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 --- 14 42 00 J0906+6930 09 07 56 73.7 0.1 -0.0 -179.9 9 2523 14 42 00 14 57 00 --- 09 22 59 73.6 -4.6 0.2 172.1 900 2638 14 42 01 14 57 15 J0906+6930 09 23 14 73.6 -4.7 0.3 172.0 9 2638 14 57 15 15 12 15 --- 09 38 16 73.3 -9.2 0.5 164.1 900 2754 14 57 16 15 12 30 J0906+6930 09 38 31 73.3 -9.3 0.5 164.0 9 2754 15 12 30 15 27 30 --- 09 53 34 72.8 -13.6 0.8 156.4 900 2869 15 12 31 15 28 10 OJ287 09 54 14 55.1 204.4 1.0 15.3 -416 2869 15 28 10 15 35 10 --- 10 01 15 54.6 207.2 1.1 17.0 4 2923 15 28 11 15 35 50 J0958+4725 10 01 55 84.2 184.1 0.0 3.7 -85 2923 15 35 50 15 42 50 =0955+476 10 08 56 84.0 195.7 0.2 13.8 335 2977 15 35 51 15 43 30 J0906+6930 10 09 36 72.2 342.3 1.0 148.7 -266 2977 15 43 30 15 58 30 --- 10 24 39 71.4 338.8 1.3 141.8 634 3092 15 43 31 15 58 45 J0906+6930 10 24 54 71.4 338.8 1.3 141.7 9 3092 15 58 45 16 13 45 --- 10 39 56 70.5 335.7 1.5 135.3 900 3208 15 58 46 16 14 00 J0906+6930 10 40 11 70.5 335.7 1.5 135.2 9 3208 16 14 00 16 29 00 --- 10 55 14 69.6 333.1 1.8 129.3 900 3323 16 14 01 16 29 15 J0906+6930 10 55 29 69.5 333.0 1.8 129.2 9 3323 16 29 15 16 44 15 --- 11 10 31 68.5 330.8 2.0 123.6 900 3438 16 29 16 16 44 55 3C345 11 11 12 34.5 427.9 -5.5 -46.4 -170 3438 16 44 55 16 54 55 --- 11 21 13 35.9 429.5 -5.4 -47.0 430 3515 16 44 56 16 55 35 J0906+6930 11 21 53 67.6 329.4 2.2 119.6 -176 3515 16 55 35 17 10 35 --- 11 36 56 66.4 327.9 2.5 114.7 724 3631 16 55 36 17 10 50 J0906+6930 11 37 11 66.4 327.9 2.5 114.6 9 3631 17 10 50 17 25 50 --- 11 52 13 65.2 326.7 2.7 110.0 900 3746 17 10 51 17 26 05 J0906+6930 11 52 28 65.2 326.6 2.7 109.9 9 3746 17 26 05 17 41 05 --- 12 07 31 63.9 325.7 3.0 105.5 900 3862 17 26 06 17 41 20 J0906+6930 12 07 46 63.9 325.7 3.0 105.5 9 3862 17 41 20 17 56 20 --- 12 22 48 62.6 325.0 3.2 101.3 900 3977 17 41 21 17 56 35 J0906+6930 12 23 03 62.6 325.0 3.2 101.3 9 3977 17 56 35 18 11 35 --- 12 38 06 61.3 324.5 3.5 97.4 900 4092 17 56 36 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 11 50 J0906+6930 12 38 21 61.3 324.5 3.5 97.3 9 4092 18 11 50 18 26 50 --- 12 53 23 60.0 324.3 3.8 93.5 900 4208 18 11 51 18 27 30 OJ287 12 54 03 34.0 257.8 4.0 38.7 -107 4208 18 27 30 18 34 30 --- 13 01 05 33.0 259.4 4.1 38.9 313 4262 18 27 31 18 35 10 J0906+6930 13 01 45 59.2 324.2 3.9 91.5 -105 4262 18 35 10 18 50 10 --- 13 16 47 57.9 324.2 4.1 88.0 795 4377 18 35 11 18 50 25 J0906+6930 13 17 02 57.9 324.2 4.1 88.0 9 4377 18 50 25 19 05 25 --- 13 32 05 56.6 324.4 4.4 84.6 900 4492 18 50 26 19 05 40 J0906+6930 13 32 20 56.5 324.4 4.4 84.5 9 4492 19 05 40 19 20 40 --- 13 47 22 55.2 324.7 4.7 81.2 900 4608 19 05 41 19 20 55 J0906+6930 13 47 37 55.2 324.7 4.7 81.2 9 4608 19 20 55 19 35 55 --- 14 02 40 53.9 325.1 4.9 78.0 900 4723 19 20 56 19 36 10 J0906+6930 14 02 55 53.9 325.1 4.9 78.0 9 4723 19 36 10 19 51 10 --- 14 17 57 52.6 325.6 5.2 74.8 900 4838 19 36 11 19 51 50 3C345 14 18 37 62.1 103.8 -2.4 -49.4 -415 4838 19 51 50 20 00 00 --- 14 26 49 63.3 106.0 -2.3 -48.7 75 4901 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 --- 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: 10 Station: TORUN Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B 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 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 6 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: 6 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) * 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