COVER INFORMATION Station: EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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: 659.49 659.49 659.49 659.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 787.49 787.49 787.49 787.49 851.49 851.49 851.49 851.49 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 12 33 07 61.5 132.1 -1.6 -32.4 0 0 19 00 00 19 10 00 =1404+286 12 43 09 62.6 136.1 -1.4 -30.0 600 155 19 00 01 19 14 00 J2022+6136 12 47 09 33.9 391.5 -7.6 -44.5 -414 155 19 14 00 19 24 00 =2021+614 12 57 11 34.7 392.5 -7.4 -46.1 186 309 19 14 01 19 24 40 J2055+6122 12 57 51 31.9 389.3 -8.0 -40.6 -3 309 19 24 40 19 25 40 =2054+611 12 58 51 32.0 389.4 -8.0 -40.8 57 325 19 24 41 19 25 40 J2102+6015 12 58 51 30.5 389.5 -8.1 -39.2 -34 325 No stop 19 27 40 =2101+600 13 00 52 30.7 389.7 -8.0 -39.5 86 356 19 25 41 19 27 40 J2055+6122 13 00 52 32.1 389.6 -7.9 -41.1 -34 356 No stop 19 28 50 =2054+611 13 02 02 32.2 389.8 -7.9 -41.3 36 374 19 27 41 19 28 50 J2102+6015 13 02 02 30.8 389.8 -8.0 -39.7 -34 374 No stop 19 30 50 =2101+600 13 04 02 31.0 390.1 -8.0 -40.0 86 404 19 28 51 19 30 50 J2055+6122 13 04 02 32.4 390.0 -7.9 -41.6 -34 404 No stop 19 32 00 =2054+611 13 05 12 32.5 390.1 -7.8 -41.8 36 423 19 30 51 19 32 00 J2102+6015 13 05 12 31.0 390.2 -8.0 -40.2 -34 423 No stop 19 34 00 =2101+600 13 07 13 31.2 390.4 -7.9 -40.6 86 453 19 32 01 19 34 00 J2055+6122 13 07 13 32.6 390.3 -7.8 -42.2 -34 453 No stop 19 35 10 =2054+611 13 08 23 32.7 390.4 -7.8 -42.3 36 471 19 34 01 19 35 40 J2102+6015 13 08 53 31.3 390.6 -7.9 -40.8 -4 471 19 35 40 19 50 10 =2101+600 13 23 25 32.5 392.2 -7.7 -43.1 866 696 19 35 41 19 50 40 J2102+6015 13 23 55 32.6 392.2 -7.7 -43.2 13 696 19 50 40 20 05 10 =2101+600 13 38 28 33.8 393.8 -7.4 -45.5 870 920 19 50 41 20 05 40 J2102+6015 13 38 58 33.9 393.8 -7.4 -45.6 13 920 20 05 40 20 20 10 =2101+600 13 53 30 35.2 395.3 -7.2 -47.9 870 1144 20 05 41 20 20 40 J2102+6015 13 54 00 35.2 395.4 -7.2 -48.0 13 1144 20 20 40 20 35 10 =2101+600 14 08 33 36.6 396.8 -6.9 -50.3 870 1368 20 20 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 --- 20 35 40 J2102+6015 14 09 03 36.7 396.9 -6.9 -50.4 13 1368 20 35 40 20 50 10 =2101+600 14 23 35 38.1 398.3 -6.7 -52.7 870 1592 20 35 41 20 50 40 J2102+6015 14 24 05 38.1 398.3 -6.7 -52.8 13 1592 20 50 40 21 05 10 =2101+600 14 38 38 39.6 399.7 -6.4 -55.1 870 1816 20 50 41 21 13 10 J2102+6015 14 46 39 40.4 400.4 -6.3 -56.4 462 1816 21 13 10 21 20 10 =2101+600 14 53 40 41.1 401.0 -6.2 -57.5 420 1925 21 13 11 21 20 40 J2102+6015 14 54 10 41.2 401.1 -6.2 -57.6 13 1925 21 20 40 21 35 10 =2101+600 15 08 43 42.7 402.3 -5.9 -59.9 870 2149 21 20 41 21 35 40 J2102+6015 15 09 13 42.8 402.4 -5.9 -60.0 13 2149 21 35 40 21 50 10 =2101+600 15 23 45 44.3 403.6 -5.7 -62.3 870 2373 21 35 41 21 50 40 J2102+6015 15 24 15 44.4 403.6 -5.6 -62.4 13 2373 21 50 40 22 05 10 =2101+600 15 38 47 46.0 404.8 -5.4 -64.7 870 2597 21 50 41 22 05 40 J2055+6122 15 39 18 47.3 403.8 -5.3 -67.0 -3 2597 22 05 40 22 06 40 =2054+611 15 40 18 47.4 403.9 -5.3 -67.2 57 2612 22 05 41 22 06 40 J2102+6015 15 40 18 46.2 404.9 -5.4 -65.0 -32 2612 No stop 22 08 40 =2101+600 15 42 18 46.4 405.0 -5.3 -65.3 88 2643 22 06 41 22 08 40 J2055+6122 15 42 18 47.6 404.0 -5.2 -67.6 -33 2643 No stop 22 09 50 =2054+611 15 43 28 47.8 404.1 -5.2 -67.8 37 2661 22 08 41 22 09 50 J2102+6015 15 43 28 46.5 405.1 -5.3 -65.5 -32 2661 No stop 22 11 50 =2101+600 15 45 29 46.8 405.3 -5.3 -65.8 88 2692 22 09 51 22 11 50 J2055+6122 15 45 29 48.0 404.2 -5.2 -68.1 -33 2692 No stop 22 13 00 =2054+611 15 46 39 48.1 404.3 -5.2 -68.3 37 2710 22 11 51 22 13 00 J2102+6015 15 46 39 46.9 405.3 -5.3 -66.0 -32 2710 No stop 22 15 00 =2101+600 15 48 39 47.1 405.5 -5.2 -66.3 88 2741 22 13 01 22 15 00 J2055+6122 15 48 39 48.3 404.4 -5.1 -68.6 -33 2741 No stop 22 16 10 =2054+611 15 49 49 48.5 404.5 -5.1 -68.8 37 2759 22 15 01 22 16 40 J2102+6015 15 50 19 47.3 405.6 -5.2 -66.6 -2 2759 22 16 40 22 31 10 =2101+600 16 04 52 49.0 406.6 -5.0 -69.0 868 2983 22 16 41 22 31 40 J2102+6015 16 05 22 49.0 406.7 -5.0 -69.1 13 2983 22 31 40 22 46 10 =2101+600 16 19 54 50.7 407.6 -4.7 -71.5 870 3208 22 31 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 7 Jun 2021 Day 158 --- 22 46 40 J2102+6015 16 20 24 50.8 407.6 -4.7 -71.6 13 3208 22 46 40 23 01 10 =2101+600 16 34 57 52.5 408.5 -4.5 -74.1 870 3432 22 46 41 23 09 10 J2102+6015 16 42 58 53.5 408.9 -4.3 -75.5 461 3432 23 09 10 23 16 10 =2101+600 16 49 59 54.3 409.3 -4.2 -76.7 420 3540 23 09 11 23 16 40 J2102+6015 16 50 29 54.4 409.3 -4.2 -76.8 13 3540 23 16 40 23 31 10 =2101+600 17 05 02 56.1 409.9 -4.0 -79.5 870 3764 23 16 41 23 31 40 J2102+6015 17 05 32 56.2 410.0 -4.0 -79.5 13 3764 23 31 40 23 46 10 =2101+600 17 20 04 58.0 410.5 -3.7 -82.3 870 3988 23 31 41 --- Start: Mon 7 Jun 2021 Day 158 -- Stop: Tue 8 Jun 2021 Day 159 --- 23 46 40 J2102+6015 17 20 34 58.0 410.5 -3.7 -82.4 13 3988 23 46 40 00 01 10 =2101+600 17 35 07 59.8 410.9 -3.5 -85.2 870 4212 23 46 41 00 01 40 J2055+6122 17 35 37 60.8 408.7 -3.3 -88.7 -8 4212 00 01 40 00 02 40 =2054+611 17 36 37 60.9 408.7 -3.3 -88.9 52 4228 00 01 41 00 02 40 J2102+6015 17 36 37 60.0 410.9 -3.4 -85.5 -38 4228 No stop 00 04 40 =2101+600 17 38 37 60.2 410.9 -3.4 -85.9 82 4259 00 02 41 00 04 40 J2055+6122 17 38 37 61.1 408.8 -3.3 -89.4 -38 4259 No stop 00 05 50 =2054+611 17 39 47 61.3 408.8 -3.3 -89.6 32 4277 00 04 41 00 05 50 J2102+6015 17 39 47 60.4 411.0 -3.4 -86.1 -38 4277 No stop 00 07 50 =2101+600 17 41 48 60.6 411.0 -3.4 -86.5 82 4308 00 05 51 00 07 50 J2055+6122 17 41 48 61.5 408.8 -3.2 -90.0 -38 4308 No stop 00 09 00 =2054+611 17 42 58 61.7 408.8 -3.2 -90.3 32 4326 00 07 51 00 09 00 J2102+6015 17 42 58 60.8 411.0 -3.3 -86.8 -38 4326 No stop 00 11 00 =2101+600 17 44 58 61.0 411.0 -3.3 -87.2 82 4357 00 09 01 00 11 00 J2055+6122 17 44 58 61.9 408.8 -3.2 -90.8 -39 4357 No stop 00 12 10 =2054+611 17 46 08 62.0 408.7 -3.2 -91.0 31 4375 00 11 01 00 12 40 J2102+6015 17 46 38 61.2 411.1 -3.3 -87.5 -9 4375 00 12 40 00 27 10 =2101+600 18 01 11 63.0 411.1 -3.0 -90.6 861 4599 00 12 41 00 27 40 J2102+6015 18 01 41 63.1 411.1 -3.0 -90.8 13 4599 00 27 40 00 42 10 =2101+600 18 16 13 64.9 411.0 -2.8 -94.1 870 4823 00 27 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) 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 --- 00 42 40 J2102+6015 18 16 43 65.0 410.9 -2.8 -94.2 13 4823 00 42 40 00 57 10 =2101+600 18 31 16 66.7 410.5 -2.5 -97.8 870 5047 00 42 41 01 05 10 J2102+6015 18 39 17 67.7 410.1 -2.4 -99.9 461 5047 01 05 10 01 12 10 =2101+600 18 46 18 68.6 409.7 -2.3 -101.8 420 5155 01 05 11 01 12 40 J2102+6015 18 46 48 68.6 409.6 -2.3 -101.9 13 5155 01 12 40 01 27 10 =2101+600 19 01 21 70.4 408.4 -2.0 -106.3 870 5379 01 12 41 01 27 40 J2102+6015 19 01 51 70.4 408.3 -2.0 -106.4 13 5379 01 27 40 01 42 10 =2101+600 19 16 23 72.1 406.5 -1.8 -111.3 870 5604 01 27 41 01 42 40 J2055+6122 19 16 53 72.5 401.9 -1.7 -117.3 -18 5604 01 42 40 01 43 40 =2054+611 19 17 53 72.6 401.7 -1.6 -117.7 42 5619 01 42 41 01 43 40 J2102+6015 19 17 53 72.3 406.3 -1.8 -111.8 -48 5619 No stop 01 45 40 =2101+600 19 19 54 72.5 406.0 -1.7 -112.6 72 5650 01 43 41 01 45 40 J2055+6122 19 19 54 72.8 401.3 -1.6 -118.5 -48 5650 No stop 01 46 50 =2054+611 19 21 04 73.0 401.1 -1.6 -119.0 22 5668 01 45 41 01 46 50 J2102+6015 19 21 04 72.7 405.8 -1.7 -113.0 -48 5668 No stop 01 48 50 =2101+600 19 23 04 72.9 405.4 -1.7 -113.8 72 5699 01 46 51 01 48 50 J2055+6122 19 23 04 73.2 400.7 -1.6 -119.8 -49 5699 No stop 01 50 00 =2054+611 19 24 14 73.3 400.5 -1.5 -120.3 21 5717 01 48 51 01 50 00 J2102+6015 19 24 14 73.0 405.2 -1.6 -114.2 -48 5717 No stop 01 52 00 =2101+600 19 26 15 73.3 404.9 -1.6 -115.0 72 5748 01 50 01 01 52 00 J2055+6122 19 26 15 73.5 400.0 -1.5 -121.2 -49 5748 No stop 01 53 10 =2054+611 19 27 25 73.6 399.8 -1.5 -121.7 21 5766 01 52 01 01 53 40 J2102+6015 19 27 55 73.5 404.6 -1.6 -115.6 -19 5766 01 53 40 02 08 10 =2101+600 19 42 27 75.0 401.4 -1.3 -121.9 851 5990 01 53 41 02 08 40 J2102+6015 19 42 57 75.1 401.3 -1.3 -122.1 12 5990 02 08 40 02 23 10 =2101+600 19 57 30 76.5 397.0 -1.1 -129.4 870 6214 02 08 41 02 23 40 J2102+6015 19 58 00 76.6 396.8 -1.1 -129.7 11 6214 02 23 40 02 38 10 =2101+600 20 12 32 77.9 391.1 -0.8 -138.4 870 6438 02 23 41 02 38 40 J2102+6015 20 13 02 77.9 390.9 -0.8 -138.7 11 6438 02 38 40 02 46 10 =2101+600 20 20 34 78.5 387.4 -0.7 -143.8 450 6554 02 38 41 Schedule for EFLSBERG (Code Ef ) Page 6 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 --- 02 50 00 J0319+4130 20 24 24 23.3 412.1 -6.9 -42.2 -21 6554 02 50 00 03 00 00 =0316+413 20 34 26 24.6 413.7 -6.8 -43.2 579 6709 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 --- 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: 4 Station: EFLSBERG Total bit rate: 2048 Format: VDIF Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 64.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 21480.00 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 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 A1 C3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 2 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= 659.49 659.49 659.49 659.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 723.49 787.49 787.49 787.49 787.49 851.49 851.49 851.49 851.49 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: 2 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) 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