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This page gather the information on the technical observations that are needed to perform NIKA2 calibration. |
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== Calibration observation plan == Draft discussed in ’Tiger Team’ meeting with Hervé, Nico, Juan, Martino, Jean-François, Samuel & Laurence 1. Alignment checks * to do if the first pointing sequence (pointing, focus, pointing) is off-source * check the alignment using the laser on Monday before the campaign if beammaps are not good despite a good weather, a better matching of the optical and radial axis can be tempted (using the ecosorb) 1. Mini pointing session * to be done the first night of the campaign 1. Beammap at optimal axial and lateral focus * perform a beammap sequence, focus + pointing + beammap, at least once a day * span various elevation * if good weather try and use lateral focus corrections from the maps of the residual after subtraction of a Gaussian beam * do a few series of beammaps at different axial focus in a row: at z0 - 0.2mm, z0 - 0.3mm and z0 - 0.4mm 1. Opacity * several skydips a day in all possible weather conditions, basically one per 8-hour shift 1. Calibration * Monitor primary and secondary calibrators. Few of them but repeatedly along the run and at various elev. * Observe in priority MWC349: use the loop script comprizing 4 OTF scans, 3 times a day * Observe also Uranus, Mars & Neptune + NGC7027 (and optionally CRL2688) 1. Gain elevation correction * at least two complete spans of the elevation from about 20 to 80 degrees using 3C84 |
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The pointing model is to be checked on the first night of the campaign by means of a mini pointing session (about 10 sources), and if needed a complete session (minimum 15 sources, 30 is better). [Add here a summary of the pointing session(s)] |
A full pointing session was executed on the first night, from scans 20180116s116 to 20180116s156, interrupted to do a gain-elevation measurement on 3C84, and resumed from scans 20180116s168 to 20180117s19., with 34 measurements in total. Overall, the pointing at 2mm where of good quality. During that night, the beam was very stable with FWHM values at 1mm of 11.3” and 17.6” @ 2mm, the focus did not change much. Data has been sent to Juan Penalver and Albrecht Sievers. The new pointing model was applied on 2018-01-17T15:34 (from scan 20180117s194 onward). |
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Beammap sequences, which are focus + pointing + beammap, are to be done at least once a day, spanning various elevation, at the best average focus (z central - 0.2 mm). If the weather conditions are good enough, lateral focus corrections can be implemented as well, using the maps of the residual after subtraction of a Gaussian beam. | Beammap sequences, which are focus + pointing + beammap, are to be done at least once a day, spanning various elevation, at the best average focus (z central - 0.2 mm). |
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|| '''Scan ID''' || '''analyser initials''' || '''comments''' || '''status''' || || 20171030s268 || LP || Uranus, obs. date is 11:15 p. m., elev about 60 deg, finished 30 min. before a crash of the main pump, A1 has 12.5 arcsec average fwhm|| done || |
|| |||||||| ''' observing condition ''' |||||| '''analysis status''' || || '''scan ID''' || ''source''|| ''UT'' || ''elevation'' || ''comments'' || ''analyser ID'' || ''data quality'' || ''status'' || || 20180115s108 || Uranus || 14:10 || 35 deg || closest focus scan 15s106 || HA ||V0 done, 2mm seems OK, 1mm no., show rotation difference azel to nasmyth measured and fitted, bof... || || || 20180115s109 || Uranus || 14:35 || 39 deg || scan in elevation (constant azymuth) || || || || || 20180115s122 || Uranus || 16:00 || 54 deg || closest focus scan 15s120 || LP || v0 done, usable || || || 20180115s123 || Uranus || 16:25 || 57 deg || z0 - 0.1 || HA || || || || 20180115s124 || Uranus || 16:50 || 60 deg || z0 - 0.3 || LP || v0 done, usable, beams a bit large || || || 20180115s125 || Uranus || 17:15 || 61 deg || z0 - 0.4 || || || || || 20180116s68 || Uranus || 17:04 || 61 deg || z0 - 0.2 || || || || || 20180117s92 || Mars || 07:56 || 35 deg || z0 - 0.2 || HA, BL, LP || v0 done, promizing! v2: avg FWHM=12.4, 12.2, 18.2 and number of valid KIDS = 869, 758 and 454 for A1, A3 and A2 || done || || 20180118s205 || Uranus || 18:00 || 62 deg || tau225=0.35, Huge beams right after the beammap: focus drift || HA || v0 done, wavy kid positions. Bof... || || || 20180119s73 || Jupiter || 06:55 || 36 deg || tau225=0.4 || || || || || 20180119s74 || Mars || 07:20 || 34 deg || tau225=0.4 || LP || abnormal refraction || || || 20180121s92 || Mars || 07:05 || 33 deg || tau225=0.2 || LP || v0 done, abnormal refraction : not usable || || || 20180122s82 || Mars || 07:34 || 34 deg || tau225=0.15 || LP || v2: avg FWHM 12.4, 12.2, 18.2 and nb of valid KIDS = 864, 736, 439 for A1, A3 and A2 || done || || 20180122s309 || 3C84 || 23:20 || 41 deg || tau225=0.16 || HA || V0 done, usable. V2 done, FWHM 12.0,11.9 and 18.3, Mb kids = 826, 808, 504 OK. usable. Recalibration using 3C84 flux: kidpar_20180122s309_v2_HA_skd13_calUranus12.fits || done || || 20180123s97 || Mars || 07:21 || 34 deg || tau225=0.15 || || || || |
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''Table for gain curve task (3C84, i.e. 0316+413 in nikas-17)'' | ''Table of the Skydip scans'' |
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|| Dates || scan # || tau225 || comment || || 20180112 || || || || |
|| ''Dates'' || ''scan #'' || ''tau225'' || ''UT'' || ''comment'' || || 20180115 || 110 || 0.16 || 14:58 || || || 20180115 || 126 || 0.14 || 17:40 || || || 20180116 || 69 || 0.33 || 17:30 || || || 20180117 || 20 || 0.22 || 00:51 || || || 20180117 || 195 || 0.12 || 15:38 || || || 20180118 || 31 || 0.16 || 02:49 || || || 20180118 || 197 || 0.34 || 17:06 || || || 20180119 || 8 || 0.36 || 01:24 || || || 20180119 || 71 || 0.41 || 06:32 || || || 20180119 || 129 || 0.31 || 12:22 || || || 20180119 || 228 || 0.23 || 17:32 || || || 20180120 || 58 || 0.17 || 05:17 || || || 20180120 || 188 || 0.25 || 18:34 || || || 20180121 || 93 || 0.21 || 07:28 || || || 20180122 || 135 || 0.16 || 12:10 || || || 20180122 || 212 || 0.15 || 16:07 || || || 20180123 || 42 || 0.17 || 03:05 || || == Calibrators == * Monitor primary and secondary calibrators. Few of them but repeatedly along the run and at various elevation * Observe in priority MWC349: use the loop script comprizing 4 OTF scans, 3 times a day * Observe also Uranus, Mars & Neptune + NGC7027 (and optionally CRL2688) Below the visibility plot: {{attachment:Visibility_calib.pdf | Science Visibility plot | width=850}} ''Table of OTF 8x5 scans of primary calibrators'' || Dates || scan # || source || elevation || comment || || 20180116 || 102-105 || Uranus || 45-44 || otf 8x5 || || 20180117 || 207-211, 282 + 284-287 || Uranus || 30-26 || otf 8x5 || || 20180119 || 241-248 || Uranus || || otf 8x5 || || 20180120 || 151-154, 234-237 || Uranus || || otf 8x5 || || 20180121 || 247-248 || Uranus || || otf 8x5 || || 20180122 || 283-286 || Uranus || || otf 8x5 || ''Table of OTF 8x5 scans of secondary calibrators'' || Dates || scan # || source || elevation || comment || || 20180116 || 82-85 || MWC349 || 29-26 || otf 8x5 || || 20180118 || 65-68 || MWC349 || || otf 8x5 || || 20180119 || 193-196 || MWC349 || || otf 8x5 || || 20180120 || 169-172 || MWC349 || || otf 8x5 || || 20180121 || 113-116 + 117-120 || MWC349 || || otf 8x5 || || 20180122 || 95-98 + 118-121 || MWC349 || || otf 8x5 || |
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''Table for gain curve task (3C84, i.e. 0316+413 in nikas-17)'' | Observe at least two complete spans of the elevation from about 20 to 80 degrees using 3C84 |
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|| Dates || scan # || UT || elevation || comment || || 20180116 || || || || otf 8x4 || |
''Table for gain curve task (3C84, i.e. 0316+413 in nikaw-17)'' || Dates || scan # || UT || elevation || comment || || 20180116 || 111-114 || 20:55-21:15 || 76-73 deg || otf 8x5 || || 20180116 || 163-167 || 23:30-23:40 || 48-46 deg || otf 8x5 || || 20180117 || 35-38 || 2:30-2:45 || 17-14 deg || otf 8x5, OUT OF FOCUS || || 20180117 || 39-42 || 2:45-3:00 || 14- deg || otf 8x5, focus set by hand without having used @focusOTF-Z, but we checked the focus was stable (no sizeable change) afterwards || || 20180117 || 300-303 || 22:45-23:00 || 56- deg || otf 8x5, scan 300: RTA crashed with error "end of file encountered in the imbfits file" || ''Table for gain curve task (2251+158 in nikaw-17)'' || Dates || scan # || UT || elevation|| comment || || 20180119 || 108-111 || 10:10|| 20 deg || otf 8x5 || || 20180121 || 149-152 || 12:30|| 50 deg || otf 8x5 || || 20180119 || 182-185 || 15:21|| 70 deg || otf 8x5 || || 20180120 || 184-187 || 18:30|| 45 deg || otf 8x5 || || 20180120 || 208-211 || 20:20|| 20 deg || otf 8x5 || |
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This page gather the information on the technical observations that are needed to perform NIKA2 calibration.
Pointing
A full pointing session was executed on the first night, from scans 20180116s116 to 20180116s156, interrupted to do a gain-elevation measurement on 3C84, and resumed from scans 20180116s168 to 20180117s19., with 34 measurements in total. Overall, the pointing at 2mm where of good quality. During that night, the beam was very stable with FWHM values at 1mm of 11.3” and 17.6” @ 2mm, the focus did not change much. Data has been sent to Juan Penalver and Albrecht Sievers. The new pointing model was applied on 2018-01-17T15:34 (from scan 20180117s194 onward).
Beammaps
Beammap sequences, which are focus + pointing + beammap, are to be done at least once a day, spanning various elevation, at the best average focus (z central - 0.2 mm).
Beammap analysis status
The table below gathers the beammap scan ID, comments related either to the observing condition or to the reduced beammap quality and the analysis status
Status "done" means the analysis is completed, namely the kidpar file is produced using a 2-step iteration analysis, and uploaded in SVN.
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scan ID |
source |
UT |
elevation |
comments |
analyser ID |
data quality |
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20180115s108 |
Uranus |
14:10 |
35 deg |
closest focus scan 15s106 |
HA |
V0 done, 2mm seems OK, 1mm no., show rotation difference azel to nasmyth measured and fitted, bof... |
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20180115s109 |
Uranus |
14:35 |
39 deg |
scan in elevation (constant azymuth) |
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20180115s122 |
Uranus |
16:00 |
54 deg |
closest focus scan 15s120 |
LP |
v0 done, usable |
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20180115s123 |
Uranus |
16:25 |
57 deg |
z0 - 0.1 |
HA |
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20180115s124 |
Uranus |
16:50 |
60 deg |
z0 - 0.3 |
LP |
v0 done, usable, beams a bit large |
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20180115s125 |
Uranus |
17:15 |
61 deg |
z0 - 0.4 |
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20180116s68 |
Uranus |
17:04 |
61 deg |
z0 - 0.2 |
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20180117s92 |
Mars |
07:56 |
35 deg |
z0 - 0.2 |
HA, BL, LP |
v0 done, promizing! v2: avg FWHM=12.4, 12.2, 18.2 and number of valid KIDS = 869, 758 and 454 for A1, A3 and A2 |
done |
20180118s205 |
Uranus |
18:00 |
62 deg |
tau225=0.35, Huge beams right after the beammap: focus drift |
HA |
v0 done, wavy kid positions. Bof... |
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20180119s73 |
Jupiter |
06:55 |
36 deg |
tau225=0.4 |
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20180119s74 |
Mars |
07:20 |
34 deg |
tau225=0.4 |
LP |
abnormal refraction |
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20180121s92 |
Mars |
07:05 |
33 deg |
tau225=0.2 |
LP |
v0 done, abnormal refraction : not usable |
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20180122s82 |
Mars |
07:34 |
34 deg |
tau225=0.15 |
LP |
v2: avg FWHM 12.4, 12.2, 18.2 and nb of valid KIDS = 864, 736, 439 for A1, A3 and A2 |
done |
20180122s309 |
3C84 |
23:20 |
41 deg |
tau225=0.16 |
HA |
V0 done, usable. V2 done, FWHM 12.0,11.9 and 18.3, Mb kids = 826, 808, 504 OK. usable. Recalibration using 3C84 flux: kidpar_20180122s309_v2_HA_skd13_calUranus12.fits |
done |
20180123s97 |
Mars |
07:21 |
34 deg |
tau225=0.15 |
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Special beammap sequences
- For the optimization of the best average focus, a few series of beammaps at different axial focus in a row are needed: the focus settings to be spanned are z0 - 0.2mm, z0 - 0.3mm and z0 - 0.4mm.
- For the study of the elevation impact and the test of destriping methods, couples of beammap with orthogonal scanning startegy will be made (using @beammap99.. a (default) and e (along the elevation)).
Opacity
A skydip scan per 8-hour observation shift, in all possible weather conditions, is needed
Table of the Skydip scans
Dates |
scan # |
tau225 |
UT |
comment |
20180115 |
110 |
0.16 |
14:58 |
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20180115 |
126 |
0.14 |
17:40 |
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20180116 |
69 |
0.33 |
17:30 |
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20180117 |
20 |
0.22 |
00:51 |
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20180117 |
195 |
0.12 |
15:38 |
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20180118 |
31 |
0.16 |
02:49 |
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20180118 |
197 |
0.34 |
17:06 |
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20180119 |
8 |
0.36 |
01:24 |
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20180119 |
71 |
0.41 |
06:32 |
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20180119 |
129 |
0.31 |
12:22 |
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20180119 |
228 |
0.23 |
17:32 |
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20180120 |
58 |
0.17 |
05:17 |
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20180120 |
188 |
0.25 |
18:34 |
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20180121 |
93 |
0.21 |
07:28 |
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20180122 |
135 |
0.16 |
12:10 |
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20180122 |
212 |
0.15 |
16:07 |
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20180123 |
42 |
0.17 |
03:05 |
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Calibrators
- Monitor primary and secondary calibrators. Few of them but repeatedly along the run and at various elevation
- Observe in priority MWC349: use the loop script comprizing 4 OTF scans, 3 times a day
Observe also Uranus, Mars & Neptune + NGC7027 (and optionally CRL2688)
Below the visibility plot:
Table of OTF 8x5 scans of primary calibrators
Dates |
scan # |
source |
elevation |
comment |
20180116 |
102-105 |
Uranus |
45-44 |
otf 8x5 |
20180117 |
207-211, 282 + 284-287 |
Uranus |
30-26 |
otf 8x5 |
20180119 |
241-248 |
Uranus |
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otf 8x5 |
20180120 |
151-154, 234-237 |
Uranus |
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otf 8x5 |
20180121 |
247-248 |
Uranus |
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otf 8x5 |
20180122 |
283-286 |
Uranus |
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otf 8x5 |
Table of OTF 8x5 scans of secondary calibrators
Dates |
scan # |
source |
elevation |
comment |
20180116 |
82-85 |
MWC349 |
29-26 |
otf 8x5 |
20180118 |
65-68 |
MWC349 |
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otf 8x5 |
20180119 |
193-196 |
MWC349 |
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otf 8x5 |
20180120 |
169-172 |
MWC349 |
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otf 8x5 |
20180121 |
113-116 + 117-120 |
MWC349 |
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otf 8x5 |
20180122 |
95-98 + 118-121 |
MWC349 |
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otf 8x5 |
Gain-elevation monitoring
Observe at least two complete spans of the elevation from about 20 to 80 degrees using 3C84
Table for gain curve task (3C84, i.e. 0316+413 in nikaw-17)
Dates |
scan # |
UT |
elevation |
comment |
20180116 |
111-114 |
20:55-21:15 |
76-73 deg |
otf 8x5 |
20180116 |
163-167 |
23:30-23:40 |
48-46 deg |
otf 8x5 |
20180117 |
35-38 |
2:30-2:45 |
17-14 deg |
otf 8x5, OUT OF FOCUS |
20180117 |
39-42 |
2:45-3:00 |
14- deg |
otf 8x5, focus set by hand without having used @focusOTF-Z, but we checked the focus was stable (no sizeable change) afterwards |
20180117 |
300-303 |
22:45-23:00 |
56- deg |
otf 8x5, scan 300: RTA crashed with error "end of file encountered in the imbfits file" |
Table for gain curve task (2251+158 in nikaw-17)
Dates |
scan # |
UT |
elevation |
comment |
20180119 |
108-111 |
10:10 |
20 deg |
otf 8x5 |
20180121 |
149-152 |
12:30 |
50 deg |
otf 8x5 |
20180119 |
182-185 |
15:21 |
70 deg |
otf 8x5 |
20180120 |
184-187 |
18:30 |
45 deg |
otf 8x5 |
20180120 |
208-211 |
20:20 |
20 deg |
otf 8x5 |