COVER INFORMATION Station: SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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: 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 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 11 14 58 37.5 433.6 -5.5 -37.9 0 0 16 00 00 16 10 00 --- 11 25 00 38.7 435.6 -5.3 -38.3 600 77 16 00 01 16 11 00 J1638+5720 11 26 00 51.9 419.0 -5.2 -51.3 19 77 16 11 00 16 17 00 =1637+574 11 32 01 52.6 419.8 -5.1 -51.9 360 123 16 11 01 16 17 40 NGC6251 11 32 41 61.7 375.4 -5.0 -92.0 -29 123 16 17 40 16 26 40 --- 11 41 42 62.0 375.3 -4.8 -94.3 511 192 16 17 41 16 27 20 J1551+5806 11 42 23 59.2 426.4 -4.2 -58.5 -36 192 16 27 20 16 36 20 =1550+582 11 51 24 60.2 427.6 -4.0 -59.3 504 262 16 27 21 16 37 00 J1606+3124 11 52 04 39.7 455.5 -4.2 -35.0 -16 262 16 37 00 16 52 00 =1604+315 12 07 07 41.6 458.9 -4.0 -34.7 884 377 16 37 01 16 52 15 J1606+3124 12 07 22 41.6 459.0 -4.0 -34.7 9 377 16 52 15 17 07 15 =1604+315 12 22 24 43.4 462.6 -3.7 -34.2 900 492 16 52 16 17 07 30 J1606+3124 12 22 39 43.4 462.7 -3.7 -34.2 9 492 17 07 30 17 22 30 =1604+315 12 37 42 45.2 466.4 -3.5 -33.6 900 608 17 07 31 17 22 45 J1606+3124 12 37 57 45.3 466.4 -3.5 -33.5 9 608 17 22 45 17 37 45 =1604+315 12 52 59 47.0 470.3 -3.2 -32.7 900 723 17 22 46 17 38 25 J1638+5720 12 53 39 61.7 431.2 -3.7 -59.6 -24 723 17 38 25 17 44 25 =1637+574 12 59 40 62.4 432.1 -3.6 -60.1 336 769 17 38 26 17 45 05 J1606+3124 13 00 20 47.9 472.3 -3.1 -32.2 -25 769 17 45 05 18 00 05 =1604+315 13 15 23 49.6 476.4 -2.9 -31.1 875 885 17 45 06 18 00 20 J1606+3124 13 15 38 49.6 476.5 -2.9 -31.0 9 885 18 00 20 18 15 20 =1604+315 13 30 40 51.2 480.8 -2.6 -29.6 900 1000 18 00 21 18 15 35 J1606+3124 13 30 55 51.2 480.9 -2.6 -29.6 9 1000 18 15 35 18 30 35 =1604+315 13 45 58 52.8 485.5 -2.3 -28.0 900 1115 18 15 36 18 30 50 J1606+3124 13 46 13 52.8 485.6 -2.3 -27.9 9 1115 18 30 50 18 45 50 =1604+315 14 01 15 54.3 490.4 -2.1 -26.0 900 1231 18 30 51 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 14 01 55 69.8 441.8 -2.6 -64.3 -34 1231 18 46 30 18 52 30 =1637+574 14 07 56 70.6 442.8 -2.5 -64.6 326 1277 18 46 31 18 53 10 J1606+3124 14 08 36 54.9 492.8 -2.0 -25.0 -35 1277 18 53 10 19 08 10 =1604+315 14 23 39 56.2 498.0 -1.7 -22.7 865 1392 18 53 11 19 08 25 J1606+3124 14 23 54 56.3 498.1 -1.7 -22.6 9 1392 19 08 25 19 23 25 =1604+315 14 38 56 57.4 503.6 -1.5 -20.0 900 1508 19 08 26 19 23 40 J1606+3124 14 39 12 57.4 503.7 -1.5 -20.0 9 1508 19 23 40 19 38 40 =1604+315 14 54 14 58.5 509.4 -1.2 -17.0 900 1623 19 23 41 19 38 55 J1606+3124 14 54 29 58.5 509.5 -1.2 -17.0 9 1623 19 38 55 19 53 55 =1604+315 15 09 31 59.3 515.5 -1.0 -13.8 900 1738 19 38 56 19 54 35 J1638+5720 15 10 12 78.2 456.1 -1.5 -64.9 -44 1738 19 54 35 20 00 35 =1637+574 15 16 13 78.9 457.9 -1.4 -64.5 316 1785 19 54 36 20 01 15 3C345 15 16 53 65.3 497.2 -1.4 -25.8 -25 1785 20 01 15 20 09 15 --- 15 24 54 65.9 500.6 -1.3 -24.0 455 1846 20 01 16 20 19 35 J1606+3124 15 35 16 60.4 526.3 -0.5 -7.9 573 1846 20 19 35 20 34 35 =1604+315 15 50 18 60.7 532.8 -0.3 -4.2 900 1962 20 19 36 20 34 50 J1606+3124 15 50 33 60.7 532.9 -0.3 -4.1 9 1962 20 34 50 20 49 50 =1604+315 16 05 36 60.8 539.4 -0.0 -0.3 900 2077 20 34 51 20 50 05 J1606+3124 16 05 51 60.8 539.5 -0.0 -0.3 9 2077 20 50 05 21 05 05 =1604+315 16 20 53 60.7 546.1 0.2 3.5 900 2192 20 50 06 21 05 20 J1606+3124 16 21 08 60.7 546.2 0.2 3.6 9 2192 21 05 20 21 20 20 =1604+315 16 36 11 60.4 552.7 0.5 7.3 900 2308 21 05 21 21 20 35 J1606+3124 16 36 26 60.4 552.9 0.5 7.4 9 2308 21 20 35 21 35 35 =1604+315 16 51 28 59.9 559.2 0.7 10.9 900 2423 21 20 36 21 42 55 2007+777 16 58 49 67.2 383.1 -3.1 -112.6 239 2423 21 42 55 21 52 55 --- 17 08 51 67.7 382.5 -2.9 -115.6 600 2500 21 42 56 21 53 35 J1606+3124 17 09 31 59.1 566.6 1.0 15.0 -170 2500 21 53 35 22 08 35 =1604+315 17 24 34 58.1 572.5 1.3 18.1 730 2615 21 53 36 22 08 50 J1606+3124 17 24 49 58.1 572.6 1.3 18.1 9 2615 22 08 50 22 23 50 =1604+315 17 39 51 57.0 578.3 1.5 20.9 900 2731 22 08 51 Schedule for SVETLOE (Code Sv ) 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 --- 22 24 05 J1606+3124 17 40 06 57.0 578.4 1.6 21.0 9 2731 22 24 05 22 39 05 =1604+315 17 55 09 55.8 583.7 1.8 23.5 900 2846 22 24 06 22 39 20 J1606+3124 17 55 24 55.8 583.8 1.8 23.5 9 2846 22 39 20 22 54 20 =1604+315 18 10 26 54.5 588.9 2.1 25.7 900 2962 22 39 21 22 54 35 J1606+3124 18 10 41 54.4 589.0 2.1 25.8 9 2962 22 54 35 23 04 35 =1604+315 18 20 43 53.5 592.3 2.2 27.1 600 3038 22 54 36 23 05 15 J1638+5720 18 21 23 76.4 627.6 1.7 65.5 -21 3038 23 05 15 23 11 15 =1637+574 18 27 24 75.7 629.0 1.8 65.6 339 3085 23 05 16 23 11 55 NGC6251 18 28 04 66.8 710.7 2.0 142.3 -67 3085 23 11 55 23 20 55 --- 18 37 05 66.6 710.1 2.1 139.5 473 3154 23 11 56 23 21 35 2007+777 18 37 46 71.2 734.0 -1.5 -145.4 -9 3154 23 21 35 23 30 00 --- 18 46 12 71.5 732.8 -1.3 -148.5 496 3219 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 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 1 Station: SVETLOE Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 21920.00 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 = A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 8 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= 267.49 267.49 267.49 267.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 299.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 331.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 363.49 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: 8 9 10 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) 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