COVER INFORMATION Station: TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 TORUN (Code Tr ) 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: 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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 21 21 27.6 130.8 -2.8 -27.1 0 0 18 30 00 18 40 00 =0906+015 06 31 23 28.7 133.3 -2.6 -25.9 600 77 18 30 01 18 41 30 J0909+0354 06 32 53 31.1 132.4 -2.6 -26.4 67 77 18 41 30 18 56 30 =0906+041 06 47 55 32.7 136.4 -2.4 -24.5 900 192 18 41 31 18 57 00 J0909+0354 06 48 25 32.8 136.5 -2.4 -24.5 24 192 18 57 00 19 12 00 =0906+041 07 03 28 34.3 140.6 -2.1 -22.4 900 308 18 57 01 19 12 30 J0909+0354 07 03 58 34.3 140.8 -2.1 -22.4 24 308 19 12 30 19 27 30 =0906+041 07 19 00 35.7 145.0 -1.9 -20.2 900 423 19 12 31 19 28 00 J0909+0354 07 19 31 35.7 145.2 -1.8 -20.1 24 423 19 28 00 19 43 00 =0906+041 07 34 33 36.9 149.6 -1.6 -17.7 900 538 19 28 01 19 43 30 J0909+0354 07 35 03 37.0 149.7 -1.6 -17.7 24 538 19 43 30 19 58 30 =0906+041 07 50 06 38.0 154.3 -1.3 -15.2 900 654 19 43 31 19 59 00 J0909+0354 07 50 36 38.1 154.4 -1.3 -15.1 24 654 19 59 00 20 14 00 =0906+041 08 05 38 39.0 159.1 -1.1 -12.4 900 769 19 59 01 20 22 30 J0909+0354 08 14 09 39.4 161.8 -0.9 -10.9 503 769 20 22 30 20 37 30 =0906+041 08 29 12 40.0 166.6 -0.7 -8.0 900 885 20 22 31 20 39 00 J0909+0835 08 30 42 44.7 166.2 -0.7 -8.3 59 885 20 39 00 20 44 00 =0906+087 08 35 43 44.9 167.9 -0.6 -7.3 300 923 20 39 01 20 45 30 J0909+0354 08 37 13 40.3 169.2 -0.6 -6.5 59 923 20 45 30 21 00 30 =0906+041 08 52 16 40.6 174.1 -0.3 -3.6 900 1038 20 45 31 21 01 00 J0909+0354 08 52 46 40.6 174.2 -0.3 -3.5 24 1038 21 01 00 21 16 00 =0906+041 09 07 48 40.7 179.2 -0.0 -0.5 900 1154 21 01 01 21 16 30 J0909+0354 09 08 18 40.7 179.4 -0.0 -0.4 24 1154 21 16 30 21 31 30 =0906+041 09 23 21 40.7 184.3 0.2 2.6 900 1269 21 16 31 21 32 00 J0909+0354 09 23 51 40.7 184.5 0.2 2.7 24 1269 21 32 00 21 47 00 =0906+041 09 38 53 40.4 189.4 0.5 5.6 900 1385 21 32 01 Schedule for TORUN (Code Tr ) 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 40 24 40.3 189.9 0.5 5.9 83 1385 21 48 30 22 03 30 =0906+041 09 55 26 39.9 194.7 0.8 8.8 900 1500 21 48 31 22 04 00 J0909+0354 09 55 56 39.8 194.9 0.8 8.9 24 1500 22 04 00 22 19 00 =0906+041 10 10 59 39.2 199.7 1.0 11.7 900 1615 22 04 01 22 19 30 J0909+0354 10 11 29 39.1 199.8 1.0 11.8 24 1615 22 19 30 22 34 30 =0906+041 10 26 31 38.3 204.5 1.3 14.5 900 1731 22 19 31 22 35 00 J0909+0354 10 27 01 38.3 204.7 1.3 14.6 24 1731 22 35 00 22 50 00 =0906+041 10 42 04 37.2 209.3 1.5 17.1 900 1846 22 35 01 22 50 30 J0909+0354 10 42 34 37.2 209.4 1.5 17.2 24 1846 22 50 30 23 05 30 =0906+041 10 57 36 36.0 213.8 1.8 19.6 900 1962 22 50 31 23 06 00 J0909+0354 10 58 06 36.0 214.0 1.8 19.7 24 1962 23 06 00 23 21 00 =0906+041 11 13 09 34.6 218.3 2.0 21.9 900 2077 23 06 01 23 21 30 J0909+0354 11 13 39 34.6 218.4 2.1 22.0 24 2077 23 21 30 23 36 30 =0906+041 11 28 41 33.1 222.6 2.3 24.0 900 2192 23 21 31 23 38 00 J0909+0835 11 30 12 37.2 225.4 2.3 25.6 60 2192 23 38 00 23 43 00 =0906+087 11 35 12 36.7 226.8 2.4 26.3 300 2231 23 38 01 23 44 30 J0909+0354 11 36 43 32.3 224.7 2.4 25.1 60 2231 23 44 30 23 59 30 =0906+041 11 51 45 30.7 228.7 2.7 26.9 900 2346 23 44 31 --- Sat 2 Mar 2019 Day 61 --- 00 00 00 J0909+0354 11 52 15 30.6 228.8 2.7 26.9 24 2346 00 00 00 00 15 00 =0906+041 12 07 18 28.9 232.7 3.0 28.6 900 2462 00 00 01 00 15 30 J0909+0354 12 07 48 28.8 232.8 3.0 28.6 24 2462 00 15 30 00 30 00 =0906+041 12 22 20 27.0 236.4 3.2 30.1 870 2573 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: 12 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= 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 4200.00 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: 9 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= 742.49 742.49 742.49 742.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 774.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 806.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 838.49 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: 9 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) 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