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Maite (15:30-XX): NIKA2 cryo in good shape after cool-down. HWP checked with Dave. Starting system-check with NIKA2 (Blue-Pill checking asked by Jean). Clear skies, mild wind. Opacity tau_225GHz ~ 0.2 and rising. BluePill tests (new version) was OK. Rolling back to the previous version. We have some problems with homology. Pointing corrections far from the expected values. Fixed by Pedro. DAQ restarted with bad KIDs (ar1, 2, 3): 15, 7, 37. Quite stable. Starting with @calib_1scan on MW349, NGC7027, CRL2688. Doing pointing+focus on 3C454. Starting project 046-25: calib1_scan on 3C454, pointing on 1741-038, starting observations of target G24.78 Maite (15:30-XX): NIKA2 cryo in good shape after cool-down. HWP checked with Dave. Starting system-check with NIKA2 (Blue-Pill checking asked by Jean). Clear skies, mild wind. Opacity tau_225GHz ~ 0.2 and rising. BluePill tests (new version) was OK. Rolling back to the previous version. We have some problems with homology. Pointing corrections far from the expected values. Fixed by Pedro. DAQ restarted with bad KIDs (ar1, 2, 3): 15, 7, 37. Quite stable. Starting with @calib_1scan on MW349, NGC7027, CRL2688. Doing pointing+focus on 3C454. Starting project 046-25: calib1_scan on 3C454, pointing on 1741-038, starting observations of target G24.78. Doing Pointing + calib1_scan on Neptune

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Daily Reports (2025/11/11-18, NIKA2 run 76, Cryo run 88)

Observers on-site: Maite, Mairi, Victor and Hamza safe at the telescope.

Operators: Pedro (daytime) and Sergio (night). Angel around.

Times below in LT (UT+1h), unless otherwise is specified.

Preparatory notes

Please, remember to use the focus value of Ar1 (roughly Ar2 + 0.65 mm, but use directly the focus Ar1 monitor if possible).

Please fill the Table with the Ar1,2,3 focus values as follows. At best, make one table per day.

  • Focus sequences

    Scan nr

    Target

    Ar2

    Ar1

    Ar3

    Polarized?

    Notes

Similarly, if any beam maps are taken:

  • Beam maps (99 sub-scans)

    Scan Nr

    Target

    Focus

    Notes

November 11th, 2025, Tuesday

Before starting...

  • Focus sequences

    Scan nr

    Target

    Ar2

    Ar1

    Ar3

    Polarized?

    Notes

    138-142

    MWC349

    --

    0.87

    1.1

    Yes

    Custom script. Marginal fitting for ar2.

    150-154

    3C454

    0.05

    0.8

    1.0

    Yes

    Custom script. Marginal fitting for ar2.

Maite (15:30-XX): NIKA2 cryo in good shape after cool-down. HWP checked with Dave. Starting system-check with NIKA2 (Blue-Pill checking asked by Jean). Clear skies, mild wind. Opacity tau_225GHz ~ 0.2 and rising. BluePill tests (new version) was OK. Rolling back to the previous version. We have some problems with homology. Pointing corrections far from the expected values. Fixed by Pedro. DAQ restarted with bad KIDs (ar1, 2, 3): 15, 7, 37. Quite stable. Starting with @calib_1scan on MW349, NGC7027, CRL2688. Doing pointing+focus on 3C454. Starting project 046-25: calib1_scan on 3C454, pointing on 1741-038, starting observations of target G24.78. Doing Pointing + calib1_scan on Neptune

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