COVER INFORMATION Station: TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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: 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 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 20 07 39 14.3 -65.2 6.0 62.1 0 0 18 30 00 18 40 00 =1404+286 20 17 40 12.3 -64.2 6.2 61.1 600 155 18 30 01 18 44 00 J2022+6136 20 21 41 59.4 0.2 -0.0 -179.6 50 155 18 44 00 18 54 00 =2021+614 20 31 43 59.4 -2.1 0.2 176.1 600 309 18 44 01 18 54 40 J2055+6122 20 32 23 59.4 5.6 -0.4 -170.0 22 309 18 54 40 18 55 40 =2054+611 20 33 23 59.4 5.3 -0.4 -170.4 60 325 18 54 41 18 55 40 J2102+6015 20 33 23 60.3 7.5 -0.5 -167.0 -6 325 No stop 18 59 10 =2101+600 20 36 53 60.4 6.6 -0.4 -168.5 204 379 18 55 41 18 59 10 J2055+6122 20 36 53 59.5 4.5 -0.3 -171.9 -6 379 No stop 19 00 40 =2054+611 20 38 24 59.5 4.2 -0.3 -172.5 84 402 18 59 11 19 00 40 J2102+6015 20 38 24 60.5 6.2 -0.4 -169.2 -6 402 No stop 19 04 10 =2101+600 20 41 54 60.5 5.4 -0.4 -170.7 204 456 19 00 41 19 04 10 J2055+6122 20 41 54 59.6 3.4 -0.2 -174.0 -6 456 No stop 19 05 40 =2054+611 20 43 24 59.6 3.0 -0.2 -174.6 84 479 19 04 11 19 06 10 J2102+6015 20 43 55 60.6 4.9 -0.3 -171.6 24 479 19 06 10 19 20 40 =2101+600 20 58 27 60.7 1.2 -0.1 -177.9 870 703 19 06 11 19 21 10 J2102+6015 20 58 57 60.8 1.1 -0.1 -178.1 28 703 19 21 10 19 35 40 =2101+600 21 13 29 60.7 -2.6 0.2 175.5 870 927 19 21 11 19 36 10 J2102+6015 21 13 59 60.7 -2.7 0.2 175.3 28 927 19 36 10 19 50 40 =2101+600 21 28 32 60.5 -6.4 0.4 169.0 870 1152 19 36 11 19 51 10 J2102+6015 21 29 02 60.4 -6.5 0.4 168.7 28 1152 19 51 10 20 05 40 =2101+600 21 43 34 60.0 -10.0 0.7 162.5 870 1376 19 51 11 20 06 10 J2102+6015 21 44 04 60.0 -10.1 0.7 162.3 28 1376 20 06 10 20 20 40 =2101+600 21 58 37 59.3 -13.4 0.9 156.3 870 1600 20 06 11 20 21 10 J2102+6015 21 59 07 59.3 -13.6 0.9 156.1 28 1600 20 21 10 20 35 40 =2101+600 22 13 39 58.5 -16.7 1.2 150.3 870 1824 20 21 11 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 --- 20 36 10 J2102+6015 22 14 09 58.5 -16.8 1.2 150.1 28 1824 20 36 10 20 50 40 =2101+600 22 28 42 57.5 -19.6 1.4 144.5 870 2048 20 36 11 20 51 10 J2102+6015 22 29 12 57.5 -19.7 1.4 144.3 28 2048 20 51 10 21 05 40 =2101+600 22 43 44 56.4 -22.3 1.7 139.0 870 2272 20 51 11 21 06 10 J2102+6015 22 44 14 56.3 -22.4 1.7 138.8 28 2272 21 06 10 21 20 40 =2101+600 22 58 47 55.1 -24.7 1.9 133.7 870 2497 21 06 11 21 21 10 J2055+6122 22 59 17 53.6 -24.4 2.1 132.3 22 2497 21 21 10 21 22 10 =2054+611 23 00 17 53.5 -24.5 2.1 132.0 60 2512 21 21 11 21 22 10 J2102+6015 23 00 17 54.9 -24.9 2.0 133.2 -8 2512 No stop 21 25 40 =2101+600 23 03 47 54.6 -25.4 2.0 132.0 202 2566 21 22 11 21 25 40 J2055+6122 23 03 47 53.2 -25.0 2.1 130.9 -8 2566 No stop 21 27 10 =2054+611 23 05 18 53.1 -25.2 2.2 130.4 82 2589 21 25 41 21 27 10 J2102+6015 23 05 18 54.5 -25.6 2.0 131.5 -7 2589 No stop 21 30 40 =2101+600 23 08 48 54.1 -26.1 2.1 130.4 203 2643 21 27 11 21 30 40 J2055+6122 23 08 48 52.8 -25.6 2.2 129.2 -8 2643 No stop 21 32 10 =2054+611 23 10 18 52.6 -25.8 2.2 128.8 82 2667 21 30 41 21 32 40 J2102+6015 23 10 49 54.0 -26.4 2.1 129.7 23 2667 21 32 40 21 47 10 =2101+600 23 25 21 52.5 -28.2 2.4 125.1 870 2891 21 32 41 21 47 40 J2102+6015 23 25 51 52.5 -28.3 2.4 125.0 28 2891 21 47 40 22 02 10 =2101+600 23 40 23 51.0 -29.8 2.6 120.6 870 3115 21 47 41 22 02 40 J2102+6015 23 40 54 50.9 -29.9 2.6 120.4 28 3115 22 02 40 22 17 10 =2101+600 23 55 26 49.3 -31.2 2.9 116.2 870 3339 22 02 41 22 17 40 J2102+6015 23 55 56 49.3 -31.3 2.9 116.1 28 3339 22 17 40 22 32 10 =2101+600 00 10 28 47.6 -32.4 3.1 112.1 870 3563 22 17 41 22 40 10 J2102+6015 00 18 30 46.7 -32.9 3.3 110.0 478 3563 22 40 10 22 47 10 =2101+600 00 25 31 45.9 -33.3 3.4 108.2 420 3671 22 40 11 22 47 40 J2102+6015 00 26 01 45.8 -33.3 3.4 108.0 28 3671 22 47 40 23 02 10 =2101+600 00 40 33 44.1 -34.1 3.6 104.4 870 3895 22 47 41 23 02 40 J2102+6015 00 41 03 44.0 -34.1 3.6 104.2 28 3895 23 02 40 23 17 10 =2101+600 00 55 36 42.3 -34.6 3.9 100.7 870 4120 23 02 41 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 17 40 J2102+6015 00 56 06 42.2 -34.6 3.9 100.6 28 4120 23 17 40 23 32 10 =2101+600 01 10 38 40.4 -35.0 4.1 97.2 870 4344 23 17 41 23 32 40 J2055+6122 01 11 08 39.4 -33.7 4.3 96.4 24 4344 23 32 40 23 33 40 =2054+611 01 12 08 39.3 -33.7 4.3 96.1 60 4359 23 32 41 23 33 40 J2102+6015 01 12 08 40.3 -35.0 4.1 96.8 -6 4359 No stop 23 37 10 =2101+600 01 15 39 39.8 -35.1 4.2 96.0 204 4413 23 33 41 23 37 10 J2055+6122 01 15 39 38.9 -33.8 4.3 95.3 -6 4413 No stop 23 38 40 =2054+611 01 17 09 38.7 -33.8 4.4 95.0 84 4437 23 37 11 23 38 40 J2102+6015 01 17 09 39.6 -35.1 4.2 95.7 -6 4437 No stop 23 42 10 =2101+600 01 20 40 39.2 -35.2 4.3 94.9 204 4491 23 38 41 23 42 10 J2055+6122 01 20 40 38.3 -33.8 4.4 94.2 -6 4491 No stop 23 43 40 =2054+611 01 22 10 38.1 -33.8 4.4 93.9 84 4514 23 42 11 23 44 10 J2102+6015 01 22 40 39.0 -35.2 4.3 94.5 24 4514 23 44 10 23 58 40 =2101+600 01 37 13 37.2 -35.3 4.6 91.2 870 4738 23 44 11 --- Start: Mon 14 Jun 2021 Day 165 -- Stop: Tue 15 Jun 2021 Day 166 --- 23 59 10 J2102+6015 01 37 43 37.1 -35.3 4.6 91.1 28 4738 23 59 10 00 13 40 =2101+600 01 52 15 35.3 -35.3 4.8 88.0 870 4962 23 59 11 00 14 10 J2102+6015 01 52 45 35.2 -35.3 4.8 87.9 28 4962 00 14 10 00 28 40 =2101+600 02 07 17 33.4 -35.1 5.1 84.8 870 5186 00 14 11 00 29 10 J2102+6015 02 07 48 33.4 -35.1 5.1 84.7 28 5186 00 29 10 00 43 40 =2101+600 02 22 20 31.6 -34.9 5.3 81.7 870 5410 00 29 11 00 44 10 J2102+6015 02 22 50 31.5 -34.9 5.3 81.6 28 5410 00 44 10 00 58 40 =2101+600 02 37 22 29.8 -34.5 5.6 78.6 870 5635 00 44 11 00 59 10 J2102+6015 02 37 53 29.7 -34.5 5.6 78.5 28 5635 00 59 10 01 13 40 =2101+600 02 52 25 27.9 -34.0 5.8 75.5 870 5859 00 59 11 01 14 10 J2055+6122 02 52 55 27.3 -32.6 5.9 74.6 25 5859 01 14 10 01 15 10 =2054+611 02 53 55 27.2 -32.5 6.0 74.4 60 5874 01 14 11 01 15 10 J2102+6015 02 53 55 27.8 -34.0 5.8 75.2 -5 5874 No stop 01 18 40 =2101+600 02 57 26 27.3 -33.9 5.9 74.5 205 5928 01 15 11 Schedule for TIANMA65 (Code T6 ) 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 --- 01 18 40 J2055+6122 02 57 26 26.8 -32.4 6.0 73.7 -5 5928 No stop 01 20 10 =2054+611 02 58 56 26.7 -32.3 6.0 73.4 85 5951 01 18 41 01 20 10 J2102+6015 02 58 56 27.2 -33.8 5.9 74.2 -5 5951 No stop 01 23 40 =2101+600 03 02 27 26.8 -33.7 6.0 73.5 205 6006 01 20 11 01 23 40 J2055+6122 03 02 27 26.3 -32.2 6.1 72.6 -5 6006 No stop 01 25 10 =2054+611 03 03 57 26.1 -32.1 6.1 72.3 85 6029 01 23 41 01 25 40 J2102+6015 03 04 27 26.5 -33.6 6.0 73.1 25 6029 01 25 40 01 40 10 =2101+600 03 18 59 24.8 -33.0 6.3 70.2 870 6253 01 25 41 01 40 40 J2102+6015 03 19 29 24.7 -32.9 6.3 70.1 28 6253 01 40 40 01 55 10 =2101+600 03 34 02 23.1 -32.2 6.5 67.3 870 6477 01 40 41 01 55 40 J2102+6015 03 34 32 23.0 -32.2 6.5 67.2 28 6477 01 55 40 02 10 10 =2101+600 03 49 04 21.4 -31.4 6.8 64.3 870 6701 01 55 41 02 10 40 J2102+6015 03 49 34 21.3 -31.4 6.8 64.2 28 6701 02 10 40 02 16 10 =2101+600 03 55 05 20.7 -31.0 6.9 63.1 330 6786 02 10 41 02 20 00 J0319+4130 03 58 56 77.1 -33.2 0.6 141.2 3 6786 02 20 00 02 30 00 =0316+413 04 08 57 75.8 -39.1 0.8 133.8 600 6941 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 --- 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: 14 Station: TIANMA65 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= 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 = A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 A4 B3 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 7 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= 630.49 630.49 630.49 630.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 694.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 758.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 822.49 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: 7 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 10.748342 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