COVER INFORMATION Station: BADARY (Code Bd ) Experiment: J2102+6015: a powerful high-redshift quasar Exp. Code: EF029B 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: 6 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 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 --- Next scan frequencies: 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 Next BBC frequencies: 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 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 18 30 00 J1407+2827 18 52 02 33.4 634.7 4.7 44.5 0 0 18 30 00 18 40 00 =1404+286 19 02 04 31.8 636.6 4.9 44.3 600 154 18 30 01 18 44 00 J2022+6136 19 06 04 75.7 758.9 -1.3 -125.0 92 154 18 44 00 18 54 00 =2021+614 19 16 06 76.6 755.8 -1.1 -130.2 600 308 18 44 01 18 54 40 J2055+6122 19 16 46 73.4 764.7 -1.7 -114.4 8 308 18 54 40 18 55 40 =2054+611 19 17 46 73.5 764.5 -1.6 -114.8 60 323 18 54 41 18 55 40 J2102+6015 19 17 46 73.1 769.3 -1.8 -108.7 -24 323 No stop 18 59 10 =2101+600 19 21 17 73.5 768.8 -1.7 -109.9 186 377 18 55 41 18 59 10 J2055+6122 19 21 17 73.9 763.9 -1.6 -116.1 -25 377 No stop 19 00 40 =2054+611 19 22 47 74.1 763.6 -1.6 -116.8 65 400 18 59 11 19 00 40 J2102+6015 19 22 47 73.7 768.5 -1.7 -110.5 -25 400 No stop 19 04 10 =2101+600 19 26 18 74.1 768.0 -1.6 -111.8 185 454 19 00 41 19 04 10 J2055+6122 19 26 18 74.4 762.9 -1.5 -118.2 -25 454 No stop 19 05 40 =2054+611 19 27 48 74.6 762.6 -1.5 -118.8 65 477 19 04 11 19 06 10 J2102+6015 19 28 18 74.4 767.6 -1.6 -112.6 5 477 19 06 10 19 20 40 =2101+600 19 42 50 76.0 764.6 -1.3 -118.7 870 700 19 06 11 19 21 10 J2102+6015 19 43 20 76.0 764.5 -1.3 -118.9 24 700 19 21 10 19 35 40 =2101+600 19 57 53 77.6 760.2 -1.1 -126.2 870 923 19 21 11 19 36 10 J2102+6015 19 58 23 77.6 760.0 -1.1 -126.4 24 923 19 36 10 19 50 40 =2101+600 20 12 55 79.0 754.3 -0.8 -135.3 870 1146 19 36 11 21 21 10 J2055+6122 21 43 40 78.4 690.8 0.8 140.8 5400 1146 21 21 10 21 22 10 =2054+611 21 44 40 78.3 690.3 0.8 140.2 60 1162 21 21 11 21 22 10 J2102+6015 21 44 40 79.7 690.2 0.7 141.5 -16 1162 No stop 21 25 40 =2101+600 21 48 11 79.4 688.3 0.7 138.9 194 1215 21 22 11 21 25 40 J2055+6122 21 48 11 78.0 688.8 0.9 137.9 -16 1215 No stop 21 27 10 =2054+611 21 49 41 77.9 688.2 0.9 136.9 74 1238 21 25 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 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 --- 21 27 10 J2102+6015 21 49 41 79.3 687.6 0.8 137.9 -16 1238 No stop 21 30 40 =2101+600 21 53 12 79.0 685.9 0.8 135.5 194 1292 21 27 11 21 30 40 J2055+6122 21 53 12 77.6 686.7 1.0 134.8 -16 1292 No stop 21 32 10 =2054+611 21 54 42 77.5 686.2 1.0 133.9 74 1315 21 30 41 21 32 40 J2102+6015 21 55 12 78.8 685.0 0.9 134.1 15 1315 21 32 40 21 47 10 =2101+600 22 09 44 77.4 679.4 1.1 125.5 870 1538 21 32 41 21 47 40 J2102+6015 22 10 15 77.4 679.2 1.1 125.2 24 1538 21 47 40 22 02 10 =2101+600 22 24 47 75.8 675.1 1.4 118.1 870 1762 21 47 41 22 02 40 J2102+6015 22 25 17 75.8 675.0 1.4 117.9 24 1762 22 02 40 22 17 10 =2101+600 22 39 49 74.2 672.1 1.6 111.9 870 1985 22 02 41 22 17 40 J2102+6015 22 40 19 74.1 672.0 1.6 111.7 24 1985 22 17 40 22 32 10 =2101+600 22 54 52 72.4 670.0 1.9 106.6 870 2208 22 17 41 22 40 10 J2102+6015 23 02 53 71.4 669.1 2.0 104.0 474 2208 22 40 10 22 47 10 =2101+600 23 09 54 70.6 668.5 2.1 102.0 420 2315 22 40 11 22 47 40 J2102+6015 23 10 24 70.5 668.5 2.1 101.8 24 2315 22 47 40 23 02 10 =2101+600 23 24 57 68.8 667.6 2.4 97.8 870 2538 22 47 41 23 02 40 J2102+6015 23 25 27 68.7 667.6 2.4 97.7 24 2538 23 02 40 23 17 10 =2101+600 23 39 59 66.9 667.1 2.6 94.1 870 2762 23 02 41 23 17 40 J2102+6015 23 40 29 66.9 667.1 2.6 94.0 24 2762 23 17 40 23 32 10 =2101+600 23 55 02 65.1 666.9 2.9 90.6 870 2985 23 17 41 23 32 40 J2055+6122 23 55 32 64.1 669.4 3.0 91.3 11 2985 23 32 40 23 33 40 =2054+611 23 56 32 64.0 669.4 3.0 91.1 60 3000 23 32 41 23 33 40 J2102+6015 23 56 32 64.9 666.9 2.9 90.3 -19 3000 No stop 23 37 10 =2101+600 00 00 03 64.4 666.9 2.9 89.5 191 3054 23 33 41 23 37 10 J2055+6122 00 00 03 63.6 669.4 3.1 90.3 -19 3054 No stop 23 38 40 =2054+611 00 01 33 63.4 669.4 3.1 90.0 71 3077 23 37 11 23 38 40 J2102+6015 00 01 33 64.3 666.9 3.0 89.2 -19 3077 No stop 23 42 10 =2101+600 00 05 03 63.8 666.9 3.0 88.5 191 3131 23 38 41 23 42 10 J2055+6122 00 05 03 63.0 669.4 3.1 89.2 -19 3131 No stop 23 43 40 =2054+611 00 06 34 62.8 669.4 3.2 88.9 71 3154 23 42 11 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Mon 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 --- 23 44 10 J2102+6015 00 07 04 63.6 666.9 3.1 88.1 11 3154 23 44 10 23 58 40 =2101+600 00 21 36 61.8 667.2 3.3 85.1 870 3377 23 44 11 --- Start: Mon 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 -- Stop: Tue 15 Jun 2021 Day 166 --- 23 59 10 J2102+6015 00 22 06 61.7 667.2 3.3 85.0 24 3377 23 59 10 00 13 40 =2101+600 00 36 39 59.9 667.6 3.6 82.2 870 3600 23 59 11 00 14 10 J2102+6015 00 37 09 59.9 667.6 3.6 82.1 24 3600 00 14 10 00 28 40 =2101+600 00 51 41 58.1 668.2 3.8 79.4 870 3823 00 14 11 00 29 10 J2102+6015 00 52 11 58.0 668.2 3.8 79.3 24 3823 00 29 10 00 43 40 =2101+600 01 06 43 56.3 668.9 4.1 76.8 870 4046 00 29 11 00 44 10 J2102+6015 01 07 14 56.2 668.9 4.1 76.7 24 4046 00 44 10 00 58 40 =2101+600 01 21 46 54.5 669.7 4.3 74.2 870 4269 00 44 11 00 59 10 J2102+6015 01 22 16 54.4 669.7 4.3 74.1 24 4269 00 59 10 01 13 40 =2101+600 01 36 48 52.7 670.6 4.6 71.6 870 4492 00 59 11 01 14 10 J2055+6122 01 37 18 52.2 672.8 4.7 71.7 12 4492 01 14 10 01 15 10 =2054+611 01 38 19 52.0 672.9 4.7 71.6 60 4508 01 14 11 01 15 10 J2102+6015 01 38 19 52.5 670.7 4.6 71.4 -18 4508 No stop 01 18 40 =2101+600 01 41 49 52.1 670.9 4.6 70.8 192 4562 01 15 11 01 18 40 J2055+6122 01 41 49 51.6 673.1 4.8 71.0 -18 4562 No stop 01 20 10 =2054+611 01 43 19 51.5 673.2 4.8 70.7 72 4585 01 18 41 01 20 10 J2102+6015 01 43 19 51.9 671.0 4.7 70.6 -18 4585 No stop 01 23 40 =2101+600 01 46 50 51.5 671.3 4.7 70.0 192 4638 01 20 11 01 23 40 J2055+6122 01 46 50 51.1 673.4 4.8 70.1 -18 4638 No stop 01 25 10 =2054+611 01 48 20 50.9 673.5 4.9 69.9 72 4662 01 23 41 01 25 40 J2102+6015 01 48 50 51.3 671.4 4.8 69.7 12 4662 01 25 40 01 40 10 =2101+600 02 03 23 49.6 672.4 5.0 67.3 870 4885 01 25 41 01 40 40 J2102+6015 02 03 53 49.5 672.5 5.0 67.2 24 4885 01 40 40 01 55 10 =2101+600 02 18 25 47.9 673.6 5.3 64.9 870 5108 01 40 41 01 55 40 J2102+6015 02 18 55 47.8 673.6 5.3 64.8 24 5108 01 55 40 02 10 10 =2101+600 02 33 28 46.2 674.8 5.5 62.5 870 5331 01 55 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 15 Jun 2021 Day 166 --- 02 10 40 J2102+6015 02 33 58 46.2 674.8 5.5 62.4 24 5331 02 10 40 02 16 10 =2101+600 02 39 29 45.6 675.3 5.6 61.6 330 5415 02 10 41 02 20 00 J0319+4130 02 43 19 77.9 503.9 -0.6 -29.2 33 5415 02 20 00 02 30 00 =0316+413 02 53 21 78.8 512.3 -0.5 -22.6 600 5569 02 20 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess221.C2048 Matching groups in /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.6/catalogs/freq_RDBE.dat: kvzr_c 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= 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 4500.00 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: 11 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4830.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4894.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 4958.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 5022.49 BBC fr= 330.49 330.49 330.49 330.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 394.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 458.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 522.49 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: 11 12 13 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 10.748342 0.14 * J0319+4130 41 19 51.91856 * 41 30 42.10568 41 35 07.50128 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 58.326191 0.11 * J1407+2827 28 41 29.23512 * 28 27 14.69015 28 21 20.42493 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 31.031457 0.21 * J2022+6136 61 27 18.15582 * 61 36 58.80483 61 40 50.88027 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 08.122312 0.36 * J2055+6122 61 10 27.48076 * 61 22 00.63796 61 26 38.81834 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 12.116510 0.89 * J2102+6015 60 03 15.00381 * 60 15 09.83639 60 19 57.09239 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.C2048 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 15 0.167 11.973 J1407+2827 sess221.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 0.167 17.500 J2022+6136 sess221.C2048 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 0.167 12.815 J2055+6122 sess221.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 0.267 21.555 J2102+6015 sess221.C2048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 6.717 612.331 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 33.2 J1407+2827 108.3 J2022+6136 88.6 J2055+6122 86.1 J2102+6015 86.2 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