COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar Exp. Code: EF029A Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.60 Release 11.6; April 2020 PI: Sandor Frey Address: Konkoly Observatory Konkoly Thege M ut 15-17 H-1121 Budapest Hungary Phone: +36 20 3561859 EMAIL: sandor.frey@gmail.com Fax: Phone during observation: +36 20 3561859 Observing mode: 1.3 cm 2 Gb/s Notes: Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 2 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Jun 2021 Day 158 --- Next scan frequencies: 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 Next BBC frequencies: 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 Next scan bandwidths: 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 19 00 00 J1407+2827 18 54 31 33.0 635.2 4.8 44.4 0 0 19 00 00 19 10 00 =1404+286 19 04 33 31.5 637.1 4.9 44.3 600 154 19 00 01 19 14 00 J2022+6136 19 08 33 75.9 758.2 -1.2 -126.3 93 154 19 14 00 19 24 00 =2021+614 19 18 35 76.8 755.0 -1.1 -131.6 600 308 19 14 01 19 24 40 J2055+6122 19 19 15 73.7 764.3 -1.6 -115.3 8 308 19 24 40 19 25 40 =2054+611 19 20 15 73.8 764.1 -1.6 -115.7 60 323 19 24 41 19 25 40 J2102+6015 19 20 15 73.4 768.9 -1.7 -109.6 -25 323 No stop 19 27 40 =2101+600 19 22 16 73.7 768.6 -1.7 -110.3 95 354 19 25 41 19 27 40 J2055+6122 19 22 16 74.0 763.7 -1.6 -116.5 -25 354 No stop 19 28 50 =2054+611 19 23 26 74.1 763.5 -1.5 -117.0 45 372 19 27 41 19 28 50 J2102+6015 19 23 26 73.8 768.4 -1.7 -110.7 -25 372 No stop 19 30 50 =2101+600 19 25 26 74.0 768.1 -1.6 -111.5 95 403 19 28 51 19 30 50 J2055+6122 19 25 26 74.3 763.1 -1.5 -117.8 -25 403 No stop 19 32 00 =2054+611 19 26 36 74.5 762.8 -1.5 -118.3 45 421 19 30 51 19 32 00 J2102+6015 19 26 36 74.2 767.9 -1.6 -111.9 -25 421 No stop 19 34 00 =2101+600 19 28 37 74.4 767.6 -1.6 -112.7 95 451 19 32 01 19 34 00 J2055+6122 19 28 37 74.7 762.4 -1.5 -119.2 -25 451 No stop 19 35 10 =2054+611 19 29 47 74.8 762.1 -1.4 -119.7 45 469 19 34 01 19 35 40 J2102+6015 19 30 17 74.6 767.3 -1.5 -113.3 5 469 19 35 40 19 50 10 =2101+600 19 44 49 76.2 764.1 -1.3 -119.6 870 692 19 35 41 19 50 40 J2102+6015 19 45 19 76.3 764.0 -1.3 -119.8 24 692 19 50 40 20 05 10 =2101+600 19 59 52 77.8 759.5 -1.1 -127.3 870 915 19 50 41 20 05 40 J2102+6015 20 00 22 77.8 759.4 -1.0 -127.6 24 915 20 05 40 20 20 10 =2101+600 20 14 54 79.1 753.3 -0.8 -136.6 870 1138 20 05 41 21 50 40 J2102+6015 21 45 39 79.6 689.6 0.7 140.8 5418 1138 21 50 40 22 05 10 =2101+600 22 00 12 78.4 682.9 0.9 131.0 870 1362 21 50 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 3 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Jun 2021 Day 158 --- 22 05 40 J2055+6122 22 00 42 76.9 684.0 1.1 130.4 14 1362 22 05 40 22 06 40 =2054+611 22 01 42 76.8 683.6 1.1 129.9 60 1377 22 05 41 22 06 40 J2102+6015 22 01 42 78.2 682.3 1.0 130.1 -16 1377 No stop 22 08 40 =2101+600 22 03 42 78.0 681.5 1.0 128.9 104 1408 22 06 41 22 08 40 J2055+6122 22 03 42 76.7 683.0 1.1 128.8 -16 1408 No stop 22 09 50 =2054+611 22 04 52 76.6 682.6 1.1 128.2 54 1426 22 08 41 22 09 50 J2102+6015 22 04 52 77.9 681.1 1.0 128.2 -16 1426 No stop 22 11 50 =2101+600 22 06 53 77.7 680.3 1.1 127.1 104 1456 22 09 51 22 11 50 J2055+6122 22 06 53 76.4 682.0 1.2 127.1 -16 1456 No stop 22 13 00 =2054+611 22 08 03 76.2 681.6 1.2 126.5 54 1474 22 11 51 22 13 00 J2102+6015 22 08 03 77.6 679.9 1.1 126.4 -17 1474 No stop 22 15 00 =2101+600 22 10 03 77.4 679.3 1.1 125.3 103 1505 22 13 01 22 15 00 J2055+6122 22 10 03 76.1 681.0 1.2 125.5 -17 1505 No stop 22 16 10 =2054+611 22 11 13 75.9 680.7 1.3 124.9 53 1523 22 15 01 22 16 40 J2102+6015 22 11 43 77.2 678.7 1.1 124.4 13 1523 22 16 40 22 31 10 =2101+600 22 26 16 75.7 674.8 1.4 117.4 870 1746 22 16 41 22 31 40 J2102+6015 22 26 46 75.6 674.7 1.4 117.2 24 1746 22 31 40 22 46 10 =2101+600 22 41 18 74.0 671.8 1.6 111.3 870 1969 22 31 41 22 46 40 J2102+6015 22 41 48 73.9 671.8 1.6 111.2 24 1969 22 46 40 23 01 10 =2101+600 22 56 21 72.2 669.8 1.9 106.1 870 2192 22 46 41 23 09 10 J2102+6015 23 04 22 71.3 669.0 2.0 103.6 474 2192 23 09 10 23 16 10 =2101+600 23 11 23 70.4 668.4 2.1 101.5 420 2300 23 09 11 23 16 40 J2102+6015 23 11 53 70.4 668.4 2.1 101.4 24 2300 23 16 40 23 31 10 =2101+600 23 26 26 68.6 667.5 2.4 97.4 870 2523 23 16 41 23 31 40 J2102+6015 23 26 56 68.5 667.5 2.4 97.3 24 2523 23 31 40 23 46 10 =2101+600 23 41 28 66.7 667.0 2.6 93.7 870 2746 23 31 41 --- Start: Mon 7 Jun 2021 Day 158 -- Stop: Tue 8 Jun 2021 Day 159 --- 23 46 40 J2102+6015 23 41 58 66.7 667.0 2.6 93.6 24 2746 23 46 40 00 01 10 =2101+600 23 56 31 64.9 666.9 2.9 90.3 870 2969 23 46 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 4 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 8 Jun 2021 Day 159 --- 00 01 40 J2055+6122 23 57 01 63.9 669.4 3.0 91.0 11 2969 00 01 40 00 02 40 =2054+611 23 58 01 63.8 669.4 3.0 90.7 60 2985 00 01 41 00 02 40 J2102+6015 23 58 01 64.7 666.9 2.9 90.0 -19 2985 No stop 00 04 40 =2101+600 00 00 01 64.4 666.9 2.9 89.6 101 3015 00 02 41 00 04 40 J2055+6122 00 00 01 63.6 669.4 3.1 90.3 -19 3015 No stop 00 05 50 =2054+611 00 01 11 63.4 669.4 3.1 90.0 51 3033 00 04 41 00 05 50 J2102+6015 00 01 11 64.3 666.9 3.0 89.3 -19 3033 No stop 00 07 50 =2101+600 00 03 12 64.0 666.9 3.0 88.9 101 3064 00 05 51 00 07 50 J2055+6122 00 03 12 63.2 669.4 3.1 89.6 -19 3064 No stop 00 09 00 =2054+611 00 04 22 63.1 669.4 3.1 89.3 51 3082 00 07 51 00 09 00 J2102+6015 00 04 22 63.9 666.9 3.0 88.6 -19 3082 No stop 00 11 00 =2101+600 00 06 22 63.7 666.9 3.1 88.2 101 3113 00 09 01 00 11 00 J2055+6122 00 06 22 62.8 669.4 3.2 88.9 -19 3113 No stop 00 12 10 =2054+611 00 07 32 62.7 669.4 3.2 88.7 51 3131 00 11 01 00 12 40 J2102+6015 00 08 02 63.4 666.9 3.1 87.9 11 3131 00 12 40 00 27 10 =2101+600 00 22 35 61.7 667.2 3.3 84.9 870 3354 00 12 41 00 27 40 J2102+6015 00 23 05 61.6 667.2 3.3 84.8 24 3354 00 27 40 00 42 10 =2101+600 00 37 37 59.8 667.6 3.6 82.0 870 3577 00 27 41 00 42 40 J2102+6015 00 38 07 59.7 667.6 3.6 81.9 24 3577 00 42 40 00 57 10 =2101+600 00 52 40 58.0 668.2 3.8 79.3 870 3800 00 42 41 01 05 10 J2102+6015 01 00 41 57.0 668.6 4.0 77.8 474 3800 01 05 10 01 12 10 =2101+600 01 07 42 56.1 668.9 4.1 76.6 420 3908 01 05 11 01 12 40 J2102+6015 01 08 12 56.1 668.9 4.1 76.5 24 3908 01 12 40 01 27 10 =2101+600 01 22 45 54.3 669.7 4.3 74.0 870 4131 01 12 41 01 27 40 J2102+6015 01 23 15 54.3 669.8 4.3 73.9 24 4131 01 27 40 01 42 10 =2101+600 01 37 47 52.6 670.7 4.6 71.5 870 4354 01 27 41 01 42 40 J2055+6122 01 38 17 52.0 672.9 4.7 71.6 12 4354 01 42 40 01 43 40 =2054+611 01 39 17 51.9 672.9 4.7 71.4 60 4369 01 42 41 01 43 40 J2102+6015 01 39 17 52.4 670.8 4.6 71.2 -18 4369 No stop 01 45 40 =2101+600 01 41 18 52.2 670.9 4.6 70.9 102 4400 01 43 41 Schedule for BADARY (Code Bd ) Page 5 J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Tue 8 Jun 2021 Day 159 --- 01 45 40 J2055+6122 01 41 18 51.7 673.1 4.8 71.1 -18 4400 No stop 01 46 50 =2054+611 01 42 28 51.6 673.1 4.8 70.9 52 4418 01 45 41 01 46 50 J2102+6015 01 42 28 52.0 671.0 4.7 70.7 -18 4418 No stop 01 48 50 =2101+600 01 44 28 51.8 671.1 4.7 70.4 102 4449 01 46 51 01 48 50 J2055+6122 01 44 28 51.3 673.3 4.8 70.5 -18 4449 No stop 01 50 00 =2054+611 01 45 38 51.2 673.3 4.8 70.3 52 4467 01 48 51 01 50 00 J2102+6015 01 45 38 51.7 671.2 4.7 70.2 -18 4467 No stop 01 52 00 =2101+600 01 47 39 51.4 671.3 4.7 69.9 102 4497 01 50 01 01 52 00 J2055+6122 01 47 39 51.0 673.5 4.9 70.0 -18 4497 No stop 01 53 10 =2054+611 01 48 49 50.9 673.5 4.9 69.8 52 4515 01 52 01 01 53 40 J2102+6015 01 49 19 51.2 671.4 4.8 69.6 12 4515 01 53 40 02 08 10 =2101+600 02 03 51 49.6 672.5 5.0 67.2 870 4738 01 53 41 02 08 40 J2102+6015 02 04 22 49.5 672.5 5.0 67.1 24 4738 02 08 40 02 23 10 =2101+600 02 18 54 47.9 673.6 5.3 64.8 870 4962 02 08 41 02 23 40 J2102+6015 02 19 24 47.8 673.7 5.3 64.7 24 4962 02 23 40 02 38 10 =2101+600 02 33 56 46.2 674.8 5.5 62.4 870 5185 02 23 41 02 38 40 J2102+6015 02 34 26 46.1 674.9 5.5 62.4 24 5185 02 38 40 02 46 10 =2101+600 02 41 58 45.3 675.5 5.6 61.2 450 5300 02 38 41 02 50 00 J0319+4130 02 45 48 78.2 505.9 -0.6 -27.6 35 5300 02 50 00 03 00 00 =0316+413 02 55 50 78.9 514.5 -0.4 -20.8 600 5454 02 50 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess221.K2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_k Added by Des Small, 24 February 2012 Setup group: 3 Station: BADARY Total bit rate: 2048 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 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: 10 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22139.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22203.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22267.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 22331.49 BBC fr= 219.49 219.49 219.49 219.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 283.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 347.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 411.49 Bandwd= 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 Matching frequency sets: 10 11 12 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) 0316+413 03 16 29.567283 * 03 19 48.160114 03 21 10.520450 0.14 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91856 * 41 30 42.10568 41 35 07.67561 0.11 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 15726 observations 1404+286 14 04 45.615157 * 14 07 00.394415 14 07 58.362716 0.11 * J1407+2827 28 41 29.23512 * 28 27 14.69015 28 21 19.43511 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 72228 observations 2021+614 20 21 13.300234 * 20 22 06.681752 20 22 30.772816 0.21 * J2022+6136 61 27 18.15582 * 61 36 58.80483 61 40 48.68114 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 3597 observations 2054+611 20 54 33.038660 * 20 55 38.838295 20 56 07.827933 0.36 * J2055+6122 61 10 27.48076 * 61 22 00.63796 61 26 36.76506 0.16 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 278 observations 2101+600 21 01 28.001902 * 21 02 40.219102 21 03 11.821236 0.89 * J2102+6015 60 03 15.00381 * 60 15 09.83639 60 19 55.07003 0.34 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2018a Petrov and Kovalev, in preparation 102 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 J0319+4130 sess221.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 13 15 0.167 19.914 J1407+2827 sess221.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 0.167 22.667 J2022+6136 sess221.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 0.167 20.433 J2055+6122 sess221.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 0.300 31.367 J2102+6015 sess221.K2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 6.433 813.038 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) J0319+4130 28.7 J1407+2827 113.3 J2022+6136 86.8 J2055+6122 83.9 J2102+6015 83.9 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