COVER INFORMATION Station: ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) 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 ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) 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: 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 16 00 00 3C345 10 03 33 27.8 418.9 -6.7 -36.9 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 10 13 34 29.0 420.6 -6.5 -37.6 600 77 16 00 01 16 11 00 J1638+5720 10 14 35 42.7 407.0 -6.4 -46.8 38 77 16 11 00 16 17 00 =1637+574 10 20 35 43.3 407.7 -6.3 -47.6 360 124 16 11 01 16 17 40 NGC6251 10 21 16 56.3 373.6 -6.2 -76.2 14 124 16 17 40 16 26 40 --- 10 30 17 56.6 373.7 -6.0 -78.4 540 193 16 17 41 16 27 20 J1551+5806 10 30 57 49.7 413.7 -5.4 -55.2 12 193 16 27 20 16 36 20 =1550+582 10 39 59 50.7 414.8 -5.2 -56.3 540 263 16 27 21 16 37 00 J1606+3124 10 40 39 30.4 438.3 -5.4 -38.2 11 263 16 37 00 16 52 00 =1604+315 10 55 41 32.4 441.3 -5.2 -38.6 900 379 16 37 01 16 52 15 J1606+3124 10 55 56 32.4 441.3 -5.2 -38.6 10 379 16 52 15 17 07 15 =1604+315 11 10 59 34.4 444.3 -4.9 -38.9 900 495 16 52 16 17 07 30 J1606+3124 11 11 14 34.5 444.4 -4.9 -38.9 10 495 17 07 30 17 22 30 =1604+315 11 26 16 36.5 447.4 -4.7 -39.1 900 611 17 07 31 17 22 45 J1606+3124 11 26 31 36.5 447.5 -4.7 -39.1 10 611 17 22 45 17 37 45 =1604+315 11 41 34 38.6 450.6 -4.4 -39.1 900 727 17 22 46 17 38 25 J1638+5720 11 42 14 52.1 417.7 -4.9 -57.5 14 727 17 38 25 17 44 25 =1637+574 11 48 15 52.8 418.4 -4.8 -58.2 360 773 17 38 26 17 45 05 J1606+3124 11 48 55 39.5 452.2 -4.3 -39.1 14 773 17 45 05 18 00 05 =1604+315 12 03 57 41.6 455.5 -4.0 -38.9 900 889 17 45 06 18 00 20 J1606+3124 12 04 12 41.6 455.5 -4.0 -38.9 10 889 18 00 20 18 15 20 =1604+315 12 19 15 43.6 458.9 -3.8 -38.6 900 1005 18 00 21 18 15 35 J1606+3124 12 19 30 43.6 459.0 -3.8 -38.6 10 1005 18 15 35 18 30 35 =1604+315 12 34 32 45.6 462.5 -3.5 -38.0 900 1121 18 15 36 18 30 50 J1606+3124 12 34 47 45.7 462.6 -3.5 -38.0 10 1121 18 30 50 18 45 50 =1604+315 12 49 50 47.6 466.3 -3.3 -37.3 900 1237 18 30 51 Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) 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 --- 18 46 30 J1638+5720 12 50 30 60.2 425.6 -3.8 -65.3 11 1237 18 46 30 18 52 30 =1637+574 12 56 31 60.9 426.3 -3.7 -65.9 360 1283 18 46 31 18 53 10 J1606+3124 12 57 11 48.6 468.2 -3.2 -36.8 11 1283 18 53 10 19 08 10 =1604+315 13 12 14 50.5 472.1 -2.9 -35.8 900 1399 18 53 11 19 08 25 J1606+3124 13 12 29 50.5 472.2 -2.9 -35.7 10 1399 19 08 25 19 23 25 =1604+315 13 27 31 52.4 476.4 -2.7 -34.4 900 1515 19 08 26 19 23 40 J1606+3124 13 27 46 52.4 476.5 -2.7 -34.4 10 1515 19 23 40 19 38 40 =1604+315 13 42 49 54.2 481.0 -2.4 -32.8 900 1631 19 23 41 19 38 55 J1606+3124 13 43 04 54.2 481.0 -2.4 -32.7 10 1631 19 38 55 19 53 55 =1604+315 13 58 06 55.9 485.8 -2.1 -30.8 900 1747 19 38 56 19 54 35 J1638+5720 13 58 46 68.8 433.2 -2.7 -72.8 7 1747 19 54 35 20 00 35 =1637+574 14 04 47 69.5 433.9 -2.6 -73.4 360 1793 19 54 36 20 01 15 3C345 14 05 27 59.1 467.5 -2.6 -42.0 14 1793 20 01 15 20 09 15 --- 14 13 29 60.2 469.8 -2.5 -41.3 480 1855 20 01 16 20 09 55 J1551+5806 14 14 09 76.9 436.7 -1.6 -82.4 14 1855 20 09 55 20 18 55 =1550+582 14 23 10 78.1 437.4 -1.5 -83.7 540 1925 20 09 56 20 19 35 J1606+3124 14 23 50 58.5 494.7 -1.7 -26.6 6 1925 20 19 35 20 34 35 =1604+315 14 38 53 59.9 500.4 -1.5 -23.7 900 2040 20 19 36 20 34 50 J1606+3124 14 39 08 59.9 500.5 -1.5 -23.7 10 2040 20 34 50 20 49 50 =1604+315 14 54 10 61.1 506.5 -1.2 -20.4 900 2156 20 34 51 20 50 05 J1606+3124 14 54 25 61.1 506.6 -1.2 -20.3 10 2156 20 50 05 21 05 05 =1604+315 15 09 28 62.2 513.1 -1.0 -16.6 900 2272 20 50 06 21 05 20 J1606+3124 15 09 43 62.2 513.2 -1.0 -16.6 10 2272 21 05 20 21 20 20 =1604+315 15 24 45 63.0 519.9 -0.7 -12.5 900 2388 21 05 21 21 20 35 J1606+3124 15 25 00 63.0 520.0 -0.7 -12.4 10 2388 21 20 35 21 35 35 =1604+315 15 40 03 63.6 527.1 -0.4 -8.1 900 2504 21 20 36 21 36 15 J1638+5720 15 40 43 82.2 444.5 -1.0 -83.2 -3 2504 21 36 15 21 42 15 =1637+574 15 46 44 83.0 445.3 -0.9 -83.8 357 2551 21 36 16 21 42 55 2007+777 15 47 24 60.8 382.7 -4.3 -96.1 4 2551 21 42 55 21 52 55 --- 15 57 26 61.3 382.6 -4.1 -98.6 600 2628 21 42 56 Schedule for ONSALA60 (Code O6 ) 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 --- 21 53 35 J1606+3124 15 58 06 63.9 535.7 -0.1 -2.7 -26 2628 21 53 35 22 08 35 =1604+315 16 13 08 63.9 543.0 0.1 1.9 874 2744 21 53 36 22 08 50 J1606+3124 16 13 23 63.9 543.2 0.1 2.0 10 2744 22 08 50 22 23 50 =1604+315 16 28 26 63.7 550.4 0.4 6.6 900 2860 22 08 51 22 24 05 J1606+3124 16 28 41 63.7 550.5 0.4 6.6 10 2860 22 24 05 22 39 05 =1604+315 16 43 43 63.2 557.6 0.6 11.0 900 2976 22 24 06 22 39 20 J1606+3124 16 43 58 63.2 557.8 0.6 11.1 10 2976 22 39 20 22 54 20 =1604+315 16 59 01 62.5 564.6 0.9 15.2 900 3092 22 39 21 22 54 35 J1606+3124 16 59 16 62.4 564.7 0.9 15.3 10 3092 22 54 35 23 04 35 =1604+315 17 09 17 61.8 569.1 1.0 17.9 600 3169 22 54 36 23 05 15 J1638+5720 17 09 58 85.8 632.1 0.5 85.5 4 3169 23 05 15 23 11 15 =1637+574 17 15 59 85.0 632.9 0.6 85.1 360 3215 23 05 16 23 11 55 NGC6251 17 16 39 64.7 716.5 0.8 165.5 -3 3215 23 11 55 23 20 55 --- 17 25 40 64.6 715.9 0.9 162.6 537 3285 23 11 56 23 21 35 2007+777 17 26 20 65.6 738.8 -2.6 -123.7 17 3285 23 21 35 23 30 00 --- 17 34 47 65.9 738.2 -2.5 -126.4 505 3350 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 --- 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: 6 Station: ONSALA60 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= 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 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 = A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 A1 C1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 5 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: 5 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) 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