COVER INFORMATION Station: IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Experiment: Zooming into the centre of the mysterious high-redshift quasar PMN J0909 Exp. Code: EP115 Schedule Version: 1.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.50 Development version 11.5. Started Apr. 2 PI: Krisztina Perger Address: Eotvos University Pazmany P setany 1/A H-1117 Budapest Hungary Phone: +36 20 9959334 EMAIL: pergertina@gmail.com Fax: Phone during observation: +36 20 9959334 Observing mode: 6 cm 1 Gb/s Notes: Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 2 Zooming into the centre of the mysterious high-redshift quasar PMN J0909 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 1 Mar 2019 Day 60 --- Next scan frequencies: 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 Next BBC frequencies: 842.49 842.49 842.49 842.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 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 18 30 00 J0909+0121 06 34 29 25.9-224.3 -2.6 -22.0 0 0 18 30 00 18 40 00 =0906+015 06 44 31 26.8-221.7 -2.4 -20.9 600 77 18 30 01 18 41 30 J0909+0354 06 46 01 29.3-222.3 -2.4 -21.2 86 77 18 41 30 18 56 30 =0906+041 07 01 03 30.6-218.3 -2.2 -19.5 900 193 18 41 31 18 57 00 J0909+0354 07 01 33 30.6-218.1 -2.1 -19.4 27 193 18 57 00 19 12 00 =0906+041 07 16 36 31.8-214.0 -1.9 -17.5 900 309 18 57 01 19 12 30 J0909+0354 07 17 06 31.8-213.8 -1.9 -17.4 27 309 19 12 30 19 27 30 =0906+041 07 32 08 32.9-209.6 -1.6 -15.4 900 425 19 12 31 19 28 00 J0909+0354 07 32 39 32.9-209.4 -1.6 -15.3 27 425 19 28 00 19 43 00 =0906+041 07 47 41 33.9-205.1 -1.4 -13.2 900 541 19 28 01 19 43 30 J0909+0354 07 48 11 33.9-204.9 -1.4 -13.1 27 541 19 43 30 19 58 30 =0906+041 08 03 14 34.7-200.5 -1.1 -10.8 900 657 19 43 31 19 59 00 J0909+0354 08 03 44 34.7-200.3 -1.1 -10.8 27 657 19 59 00 20 14 00 =0906+041 08 18 46 35.3-195.8 -0.9 -8.4 900 773 19 59 01 20 22 30 J0909+0354 08 27 17 35.6-193.2 -0.7 -7.1 507 773 20 22 30 20 37 30 =0906+041 08 42 20 36.0-188.6 -0.5 -4.6 900 889 20 22 31 20 39 00 J0909+0835 08 43 50 40.7-188.6 -0.4 -4.7 85 889 20 39 00 20 44 00 =0906+087 08 48 51 40.8-187.0 -0.4 -3.8 300 927 20 39 01 20 45 30 J0909+0354 08 50 21 36.1-186.2 -0.3 -3.3 85 927 20 45 30 21 00 30 =0906+041 09 05 24 36.3-181.5 -0.1 -0.8 900 1043 20 45 31 21 01 00 J0909+0354 09 05 54 36.3-181.4 -0.1 -0.7 27 1043 21 01 00 21 16 00 =0906+041 09 20 56 36.2-176.7 0.2 1.8 900 1159 21 01 01 21 16 30 J0909+0354 09 21 26 36.2-176.5 0.2 1.9 27 1159 21 16 30 21 31 30 =0906+041 09 36 29 36.0-171.9 0.4 4.3 900 1275 21 16 31 21 32 00 J0909+0354 09 36 59 36.0-171.8 0.4 4.4 27 1275 21 32 00 21 47 00 =0906+041 09 52 01 35.6-167.1 0.7 6.9 900 1391 21 32 01 Schedule for IRBENE16 (Code Ib ) Page 3 Zooming into the centre of the mysterious high-redshift quasar PMN J0909 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 1 Mar 2019 Day 60 --- 21 48 30 J0909+0354 09 53 32 35.6-166.7 0.7 7.1 87 1391 21 48 30 22 03 30 =0906+041 10 08 34 35.1-162.1 1.0 9.5 900 1507 21 48 31 22 04 00 J0909+0354 10 09 04 35.0-162.0 1.0 9.6 27 1507 22 04 00 22 19 00 =0906+041 10 24 07 34.3-157.5 1.2 11.9 900 1623 22 04 01 22 19 30 J0909+0354 10 24 37 34.3-157.4 1.2 11.9 27 1623 22 19 30 22 34 30 =0906+041 10 39 39 33.5-153.0 1.5 14.2 900 1739 22 19 31 22 35 00 J0909+0354 10 40 09 33.4-152.8 1.5 14.2 27 1739 22 35 00 22 50 00 =0906+041 10 55 12 32.4-148.5 1.7 16.3 900 1855 22 35 01 22 50 30 J0909+0354 10 55 42 32.4-148.4 1.8 16.4 27 1855 22 50 30 23 05 30 =0906+041 11 10 44 31.3-144.1 2.0 18.4 900 1971 22 50 31 23 06 00 J0909+0354 11 11 14 31.3-144.0 2.0 18.4 27 1971 23 06 00 23 21 00 =0906+041 11 26 17 30.0-139.9 2.3 20.3 900 2087 23 06 01 23 21 30 J0909+0354 11 26 47 30.0-139.7 2.3 20.3 27 2087 23 21 30 23 36 30 =0906+041 11 41 49 28.6-135.7 2.5 22.0 900 2203 23 21 31 23 38 00 J0909+0835 11 43 20 32.8-133.2 2.6 23.3 85 2203 23 38 00 23 43 00 =0906+087 11 48 20 32.3-131.9 2.6 23.8 300 2241 23 38 01 23 44 30 J0909+0354 11 49 51 27.8-133.6 2.7 22.9 85 2241 23 44 30 23 59 30 =0906+041 12 04 53 26.3-129.8 2.9 24.4 900 2357 23 44 31 --- Sat 2 Mar 2019 Day 61 --- 00 00 00 J0909+0354 12 05 23 26.3-129.7 2.9 24.5 27 2357 00 00 00 00 15 00 =0906+041 12 20 26 24.7-125.9 3.2 25.8 900 2473 00 00 01 00 15 30 J0909+0354 12 20 56 24.6-125.8 3.2 25.9 27 2473 00 15 30 00 30 00 =0906+041 12 35 28 23.0-122.2 3.4 27.1 870 2585 00 15 31 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess119.C1024 --- 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: 13 Station: IRBENE16 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= 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 4100.00 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: 6 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4942.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 4974.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5006.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 5038.49 BBC fr= 842.49 842.49 842.49 842.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 874.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 906.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 938.49 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 15 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) 0906+015 09 06 35.181592 * 09 09 10.091598 09 10 09.697860 0.11 * J0909+0121 01 33 48.12918 * 01 21 35.61770 01 16 47.34205 0.11 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 1139 observations 0906+087 09 06 31.437175 * 09 09 12.157509 09 10 13.928511 0.18 * J0909+0835 08 47 53.54414 * 08 35 41.09893 08 30 53.70712 0.28 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 222 observations 0906+041 09 06 38.966604 * 09 09 15.910976 09 10 16.273447 0.36 * J0909+0354 04 06 55.50047 * 03 54 42.75896 03 49 54.68799 0.73 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.5/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 45 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 J0909+0121 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 0.167 17.500 J0909+0835 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 0.167 13.083 J0909+0354 sess119.C1024 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 5.242 425.200 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) J0909+0121 154.4 J0909+0835 155.3 J0909+0354 155.0 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