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| = Daily Reports (2026/10/6-13, NIKA2 run 81, Cryo run 93) = Observers on-site: Rémi, Giorgos, Mairi, Miren AoD: Ioannis Operators: Pedro, Sergio |
= Daily Reports (2026/10/13-20, NIKA2 run 81, Cryo run 93) = <<TableOfContents>> Observers on-site: Remi Adam, Dana Alina, Golshan Ejlali, Wonju Kim, AoD: Ste B. Operators: Kike (day), Mario (night) Shifts: <<BR>> 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. (LT): Dana <<BR>> 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (LT): Wonju <<BR>> 4:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. (LT): Remi <<BR>> 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. (LT): Golshan <<BR>> == Important == '''Focus offsets shall be measured on Ar1''' <<BR>> '''Pointing offsets shall be measured on Ar2''' == Pool-Account usage: Accounting of observing times == * Calibration observations like '''pointing''', '''focus''', and '''calib_1scan''' (the latter in case of NIKA2-Pol only, aimed at characterizing the instrumental polarization) which are conducted before and during project observations are part of the project time. Note that all proposals include such overheads in the time and sensitivity estimates. This holds for total power and polarimetry observations. * Other calibration observations which are important for all projects like '''beam maps''', '''skydips''', or '''calib_1scan''' for absolute flux calibration may be accounted under the pool account (nikaX-YY, where X = s,w and YY = year). * When conditions are unstable and it is unclear whether project observations make sense at all, calibrations may be accounted to the pool account. == Book-keeping of important scans == We ask you to please keep track of focus sequences (as much as possible) and beam maps (always). Thanks. === Focus sequences === |
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| || 20261007s25-29 || Mars || 1.85 mm || 1.71 mm || 1.70 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs|| || 20261007s33-37 || Mars || 1.76 mm || 1.63 mm || 1.59 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs|| || 20261007s43-47 || 1156+295 || 2 mm || 1.75 mm || 1.75 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs|| || 20261007s48-52 || 1156+295 || 2.2 mm || 1.75 mm || 1.8 mm || no ||with run92.ini and old DAFs || || 20261007s53-57 || 1156+295 || 2.05 mm || 1.78 mm || 1.8 mm || no ||with run92.ini and old DAFs || || 20261007s58-62 || 1156+295 || 2.3 mm || 1.85 mm || 1.83 mm || no ||with run92.ini and old DAFs || || 20261007s65-69 || 1641+399 || 2.35 mm || 1.7 mm || 1.74 mm || no ||with run92.ini and old DAFs || || 20261007s70-74 || 1641+399 || 1.9 mm || 1.75 mm || 1.75 mm || no ||with run92.ini and old DAFs || || 20261007s75-79 || 1641+399 || 1.9 mm || 1.69 mm || 1.71 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs || || 20261007s80-84 || 1641+399 || 2.22 mm || 1.93 mm || 1.96 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs, with the original focus script (0.4 mm steps)|| || 20261007s97-101 || 1641+399 || 2mm || 1.5mm || 1.52mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs, with the original focus script (0.4 mm steps), a2 not well constrained || || 20261007s162-166 || 2200+420 || 1.05 mm || 0.7 mm || 0.71 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs || |||||||||||||| Focus sequences || || Scan nr || Target || Ar2 || Ar1 || Ar3 || Polarized? || Notes || || 20261008s1-5 || Uranus || 1.36 mm || 1.09 mm || 1.09 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs|| || 20261008s11-15 || Uranus || 1.55 mm || 1.09 mm || 1.10 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting on A1 value. Not great at 2mm. Using peak values|| || 20261008s16-20 || Uranus || 1.55 mm || 1.18 mm || 1.18 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting on A2 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s25-29 || Uranus || 1.51 mm || 1.09 mm || 1.11 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting on A1 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s31-35 || Uranus || 1.41 mm || 1.14 mm || 1.14 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting on A2 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s40-44 || Uranus || 1.47 mm || 1.09 mm || 1.08 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting on A1 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s45-49 || Uranus || 1.51 mm || 1.17 mm || 1.17 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting on A2 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s56-60 || Uranus || 1.32 mm || 1.11 mm || 1.11 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting close to A2 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s67-71 || Uranus || 1.43 mm || 1.05 mm || 1.06 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting close to A1 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s67-71 || 0316+413 || 1.34 mm || 0.99 mm || 0.99 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting close to A1 value. Using peak values|| || 20261008s75-79 || Uranus || 1.43 mm || 1.05 mm || 1.06 mm || no || with run92.ini and old DAFs. Starting close to A1 value. Using peak values|| |
|| 20261014s44-48 || Uranus || 2.07 || 1.42 || 1.45 || no || tau~0.48, starting NIKA2, initial guess Ar1 1.5 mm, interestingly all three Ar2 parabolas agree and seem to point to where the Ar2 beam is round! Running another focus sequence centered on Ar2... || || 49-53 || Uranus || 1.73 || out || out || no || starting at 2.07 mm (to check Ar2), beam on best Ar2 focus is elongated again (checked on pointing)|| || 56-60 || Uranus || out || 1.35 || 1.38 || no || refocus on Ar1 again, start at 1.4 mm|| || 80-84 || 3C273 || edge (1.96) || 1.52 || 1.54 || no || started at 1.4 mm|| || 105-109 || 2251+158 || 1.81 (marginal) || 1.36 || 1.43 || no || focused at 1.39|| || 133-137 || 0316+413 || 1.77 (marginal) || 1.35 || 1.36 || no || || || 20261015s9-13 || Uranus || out || 1.16 || 1.18 || yes || started at 1.4mm|| || 27-31 || Uranus || 1.6 (marginal) || 1.15 || 1.18 || yes || started at 1.2mm|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || === Beam maps === |
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| || 20261007s30 || Mars || 1.71 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep || || 20261007s39 || Mars || 1.63 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep || || 20261007s181 || 0316+413 || 0.8 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep, pointing on ??? || || 20261008s8 || 0316+413 || 1.1 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep, pointing on Ar1 || || 20261008s23 || Uranus || 1.18 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep, pointing on Ar1 || || 20261008s38 || Uranus || 1.14 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep, pointing on Ar1 || || 20261008s52 || Uranus || 1.51 mm (Ar2) || run93, new sweep, pointing on Ar2 || || 20261008s63 || Uranus || 1.11 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep, pointing on Ar1 || || 20261008s90 || Uranus || 1.05 mm (Ar1) || run93, new sweep, pointing on Ar2 || Please keep track of sweep changes: it makes our life easier when building the DAFs/Kidpars. |||||||| Changes of sweep|| || Sweep || Scan Nr || Time || Notes || || OLD || up to 20261007s29 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261007s30 || || beammap || || OLD || 20261007s31-38 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261007s39 || || beammap || || OLD || 20261007s42- || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261007s180- || || beammap || || OLD || 20261007s182 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261008s7- || || beammap || || OLD || 20261008s9 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261008s22- || || beammap || || OLD || 20261008s24 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261008s37- || || beammap || || OLD || 20261008s39 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261008s51- || || beammap || || OLD || 20261008s55 || || for pointing & focus || || NEW || 20261008s62- || || beammap || ---- /!\ '''Edit conflict - other version:''' ---- || OLD || 20261008s65 || || for pointing & focus || ---- /!\ '''Edit conflict - your version:''' ---- ---- /!\ '''End of edit conflict''' ---- === Pool-Account usage: Accounting of observing times === * Calibration observations like '''pointing''', '''focus''', and '''calib_1scan''' (the latter in case of NIKA2-Pol only, aimed at characterizing the instrumental polarization) which are conducted before and during project observations are part of the project time. Note that all proposals include such overheads in the time and sensitivity estimates. This holds for total power and polarimetry observations. * Other calibration observations which are important for all projects like '''beam maps''', '''skydips''', or '''calib_1scan''' for absolute flux calibration may be accounted under the pool account (nikaX-YY, where X = s,w and YY = year). * When conditions are unstable and it is unclear whether project observations make sense at all, calibrations may be accounted to the pool account. == October 6th, 2026, Tuesday == 10:30-15:30 : 3/4 observers arrived at the telescope. Rémi planned to arrive later today. Weather horrible. Maintenance ongoing. Antenna parked all day, clouds, wind, and rain. == October 7th, 2026, Wednesday == 07:00LT: pointing and focus tests with old sweep (run92). Difference between Ar2 and Ar1 ~0.35 mm. Difference between Ar3 and Ar1 practically 0. 10:00 - 11:30LT: new sweep by M. Calvo. We now have new run93.ini files. 11:45LT: starting NIKA2 observations to get beammaps for the new sweep. Back to run92 for pointing and focus on Mars. DAQ started, lost KIDs Ar1/Ar2/Ar3: 129/6/14; traces look fine. Opacity between 0.3 - 0.5. Peak-to-peak in Ar2 +/- 4-5 Jy/beam. Focus differences: Ar1 - Ar2 = -0.14 mm, Ar1 - Ar3 = 0.01 mm. 12:45LT: moving to run93 for beammaps. Lost KIDs Ar1/Ar2/Ar3: 21/8/30. To be understood if box I is lost or not. Beammap (20261007s30) focused on Ar1. 13h25LT: back to run92 for pointing and focus before another beammap. Lost KIDs Ar1/Ar2/Ar3: 140/7/15. Moving back to run93 for beammaps. Beammap (20261007s39) focused on Ar1. 14h30LT: focus tests with run92. Using the original focus script (with 0.4 mm step) starting from scan 20261007s80. 16h55LT: we try a mini pointing session making use of the sources in the PCCS catalogue provided by S. Berta (we have had to remove the "G" from the names in the end... 13 characters otherwise...) Opacity is ~ 0.35 (tau225 GHz), but a lot of clouds. We can not point, p2p fluctuations @Ar2 of +/- 20 Jy/beam. 19h00LT: We resume. Sky is stable (<5 Jy/beam) and tau around 0.3. Summary: || ''Scan'' || '''Source'''||'''Azimuth'''||'''Elevation'''||'''tau_225GHz'''||'''Azimuth Corr.'''||'''Elevation Corr.'''|| || 91 || 034.61+11.84 || 164 || 59 || 0.3 || -5 || -5 || || 92 || 039.53+28.08 || 202 || 69 || 0.28 || -3 || -6 || || 94 || 022.98+42.17 || 232 || 53 || 0.28 || -3 || -7 || || 96 || 1641+399 || 285 || 71 || 0.28 || -5 || -8 || || 104 || 039.28+62.77 || 274 || 43 || 0.26 || -2.5 || -7 || || 109 || 1641+399 || 287 || 60 || 0.28 || -4.5 || -9 || || 141 || 071.50+55.61 || 305 || 28 || 0.24 || -2 || -4.2 || || 143 || 133.77+42.32 || 351 || 21 || 0.26 || -0.5 || -5 || || 145 || 141.27+25.05 || 372 || 24 || 0.27 || 0 || -2 || || 147 || W3OH || 396 || 41 || 0.26 || -2.8 || -4.2 || || 154 || 121.67-05.69 || 400 || 57 || 0.26 || -6 || -4 || || 157 || 112.91-09.88 || 401 ||68 || 0.26 || -6.5 || -3 || || 159 || 098.48-15.81 || 402 || 84 || 0.27 || -8.7 || -1 || || 161 || 2200+420 || 307 || 81 || 0.24 || -3 || -4.3 || || || || || || || || || ||'''Average'''|| || || '''??''' || '''??''' || '''??'''|| || ||'''SD'''|| || || '''??''' || '''??'''|| '''??'''|| || == October 8th, 2026, Thursday == 00:30LT Stable (=/-2 Jy/beam) and good opacity (~ 0.25). Better beammaps are needed. We move to 0316+413 for first beammaps, waiting Uranus to be high. 1am --> 7am (Rémi) : stable weather, clear sky and opacity ~ 0.25 for the entire shift. * 2 beam maps on 0316+413 with focus and pointing optimized for A1, plus several pointing and focus * 2 beam maps on Uranus with focus and pointing optimized for A1, plus several pointing and focus * 1 beam map on Uranus with focus and pointing optimized for A2, plus several pointing and focus * 1 skydip (using the new sweep): scan 20261008s53 * 1 beam map on Uranus with focus and pointing optimized for A1, plus several pointing and focus Remarks: 1) the focus offset difference between A1/3 and A2 is about 0.3. However, the A2 (FWHM_x x FWHM_y)^1/2 is alway >21" and the beam is elongated: at best we have ~20"x25". The shape is not the same as the one we use to have. Issue with the current DAFs? The dichroic? Lateral focus (but this should also affect A1/3)? Other? 2) The best focus can vary by up to 0.1mm for A1/3 depending if we start from the current A1/3 or A2 value: systematic positive shift when starting with A2 value. 1am --> 7am (Giorgos) : ---- /!\ '''Edit conflict - other version:''' ---- * finish the beammap of Remi's shift, do a skydip, and back to old sweep ---- /!\ '''Edit conflict - your version:''' ---- ---- /!\ '''End of edit conflict''' ---- ---- /!\ '''Edit conflict - other version:''' ---- ---- /!\ '''Edit conflict - your version:''' ---- 7am --> 1pm (Giorgos) : * finish the beammap of Remi's shift and back to old sweep * start test scans of project 092-26. Opacity increasing. Ar2 beam very elongated. ---- /!\ '''End of edit conflict''' ---- == October 9th, 2026, Friday == == October 10th, 2026, Saturday == == October 11th, 2026, Sunday == == October 12th, 2026, Monday == == October 13th, 2026, Tuesday == |
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || == October 13th, Tuesday == 10:30 LT: Dana, Golshan, Wonju and Stefano arrived at the telescope. Remi is here since last week. First briefing about safety and rules. 14:00-16:00 LT, All together. * Maintenance time * Briefing to decide the shifts * explanations to the observers and refreshing of NIKA2 basics (incl. daily reports, pools page, Tapas filling, typical NIKA2-pol session, priorities, pointing on Ar2, focus on Ar1, book-keeping of focus sequences, etc...) 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. * @17:15 we try with EMIR (030-26), but the clouds are too thick. @18:30, the weather is improving and we try again, but it is still not sufficient. * after another couple of attempts, finally @19:00 LT the sky permits to observe 030-26 (EMIR bkp). Observing setup-1 of G49.49-0.39 and G49.00-0.30 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. * I continue with EMIR all night long. Projects 030-26 and 026-26 [[attachment:IMG_5191_sm.JPG|{{attachment:IMG_5191_sm.JPG|Hello!|height="300"}}|target="_blank"]] [[attachment:IMG_5194_sm.JPG|{{attachment:IMG_5194_sm.JPG|First sunset of the pool|height="300"}}|target="_blank"]] == October 14th, Wednesday == 4:00-10:00 LT, Dana + Stefano. * we take over at 4 a.m. and continue with EMIR: 025-26. * @06:00 LT tau(225) is approaching 0.4. We switch to NIKA2. We activate all PIIC monitors, etc. Total power 23 Hz for now. Lost KIDs 43/6/49 * Focus tests on Uranus (see table above) * 093-26 three targets * @07:45 LT we switch to TP 47 Hz, lost KIDs 30/11/30 * 083-26 0.5 repetitions of IC0342 * The NIKA2 make-imbf did not produce the imbf of scan 20261014s70 (IC0342, big scan). SB tried to connect to mrt-fits1 to produce the file manually, but the connection did not work. SB notified the IT group. * @08:30 LT (circa) scan 71 was cancelled because of Antenna oscillations. After this, the Antenna did not react anymore to the PaKo commands. After few attempts, it started to observe again. But after a while, Grafana "died" and Kike contacted AJ to see what's going on. Now it's 9:15 LT and we wait. -> we restart @10:34 in the next shift. Total time lost: ~2h (technical problems). * ''AB:'' main script of project 092-26 (N2EDF) was modified by request. (Partial) explanation a posteriori: network overload, it's not clear yet what triggered it. Zabix did not stop but became very slow. Even the oscillations were not real, but were a software artifact. It does not seem that the trigger was the size of the 20261014s70 scan (because it is comparable to others - such as beam maps - that we can handle safely), but somehow those scan 70 might be related to the problem we experienced today. 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. * 10:34 LT: we restart (in total, 2h lost to technical problems) * NIKA2 total power observations for 093-26: several targets. * 12:37 LT: Thick clouds, we stop. ''It turns out that EMIR warmed up after the power cut that happened around 14:30. Dave is coming tomorrow to cool it down. Meanwhile Kike has prepared cables etc for tomorrow's operation. Meanwhile, EMIR is not usable. We are now (19:20 LT) stopped because of the clouds. We won;t be able to restart operations until the sky will be good enough for NIKA2 (tau<=~0.4).'' 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. No observations. In the clouds and then EMIR not working when it would have been possible to give it a try. At 9pm, the weather is good enough and we start with NIKA2. We take some time to start because the mirror was not correctly positioned. * 21:30 we start NIKA2 TP 47. 88/20/60 lost KIDS (we will re-tune after pointing/focus). 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. * 22:00 re-tune 17/9/26 lost KIDs, Yeah * calibrators (MWC349, CRL2688, NGC7027) and skydip * scan 20261015s1 (pointing): the imbf were not produced! * 083-26 2.6 reps of IC0342 [[attachment:20261014_171033_mod_sm.jpg|{{attachment:20261014_171033_mod_sm.jpg|Hello!|height="300"}}|target="_blank"]] [[attachment:20261014_195900_mod_sm.jpg|{{attachment:20261014_195900_mod_sm.jpg|Not even the clouds stop us!|height="300"}}|target="_blank"]] == October 15th, Thursday == 3:00-10:00 LT, Dana + Ste * we join Golshan at 3:00 LT, today * switch to NIKA2-Pol. the HWP rotates fine; we take some traces (see naive photos by Stefano, below) * lost KIDs 73/11/50 (we will retune later, if necessary) * @ 03:30 LT we are ready to start the observations * 031-26 one rep of G111c; two reps of G111d; using Uranus as IP calibrator * @6:00 LT re-tune (59/10/39 KIDs lost) * 015-17 two reps of NGC1333N, using Uranus as IP calibrator 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. == October 16th, Friday == 4:00-10:00 LT, Dana. 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. == October 17th, Saturday == 4:00-10:00 LT, Dana. 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. == October 18th, Sunday == 4:00-10:00 LT, Dana. 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. == October 19th, Monday == 4:00-10:00 LT, Dana. 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. == October 20th, Tuesday == 4:00-10:00 LT, Dana. 10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju. 16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. 22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan. |
Daily Reports (2026/10/13-20, NIKA2 run 81, Cryo run 93)
Observers on-site: Remi Adam, Dana Alina, Golshan Ejlali, Wonju Kim,
AoD: Ste B.
Operators: Kike (day), Mario (night)
Shifts:
4 a.m. to 10 a.m. (LT): Dana
10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (LT): Wonju
4:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. (LT): Remi
10 p.m. to 4 a.m. (LT): Golshan
Important
Focus offsets shall be measured on Ar1
Pointing offsets shall be measured on Ar2
Pool-Account usage: Accounting of observing times
Calibration observations like pointing, focus, and calib_1scan (the latter in case of NIKA2-Pol only, aimed at characterizing the instrumental polarization) which are conducted before and during project observations are part of the project time. Note that all proposals include such overheads in the time and sensitivity estimates. This holds for total power and polarimetry observations.
Other calibration observations which are important for all projects like beam maps, skydips, or calib_1scan for absolute flux calibration may be accounted under the pool account (nikaX-YY, where X = s,w and YY = year).
- When conditions are unstable and it is unclear whether project observations make sense at all, calibrations may be accounted to the pool account.
Book-keeping of important scans
We ask you to please keep track of focus sequences (as much as possible) and beam maps (always). Thanks.
Focus sequences
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
20261014s44-48
Uranus
2.07
1.42
1.45
no
tau~0.48, starting NIKA2, initial guess Ar1 1.5 mm, interestingly all three Ar2 parabolas agree and seem to point to where the Ar2 beam is round! Running another focus sequence centered on Ar2...
49-53
Uranus
1.73
out
out
no
starting at 2.07 mm (to check Ar2), beam on best Ar2 focus is elongated again (checked on pointing)
56-60
Uranus
out
1.35
1.38
no
refocus on Ar1 again, start at 1.4 mm
80-84
3C273
edge (1.96)
1.52
1.54
no
started at 1.4 mm
105-109
2251+158
1.81 (marginal)
1.36
1.43
no
focused at 1.39
133-137
0316+413
1.77 (marginal)
1.35
1.36
no
20261015s9-13
Uranus
out
1.16
1.18
yes
started at 1.4mm
27-31
Uranus
1.6 (marginal)
1.15
1.18
yes
started at 1.2mm
Beam maps
Similarly, if any beam maps (total power) are taken:
Beam maps (99 sub-scans)
Scan Nr
Target
Focus
Notes
October 13th, Tuesday
10:30 LT: Dana, Golshan, Wonju and Stefano arrived at the telescope. Remi is here since last week. First briefing about safety and rules.
14:00-16:00 LT, All together.
- Maintenance time
- Briefing to decide the shifts
- explanations to the observers and refreshing of NIKA2 basics (incl. daily reports, pools page, Tapas filling, typical NIKA2-pol session, priorities, pointing on Ar2, focus on Ar1, book-keeping of focus sequences, etc...)
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
- @17:15 we try with EMIR (030-26), but the clouds are too thick. @18:30, the weather is improving and we try again, but it is still not sufficient.
- after another couple of attempts, finally @19:00 LT the sky permits to observe 030-26 (EMIR bkp). Observing setup-1 of G49.49-0.39 and G49.00-0.30
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
- I continue with EMIR all night long. Projects 030-26 and 026-26
October 14th, Wednesday
4:00-10:00 LT, Dana + Stefano.
- we take over at 4 a.m. and continue with EMIR: 025-26.
- @06:00 LT tau(225) is approaching 0.4. We switch to NIKA2. We activate all PIIC monitors, etc. Total power 23 Hz for now. Lost KIDs 43/6/49
- Focus tests on Uranus (see table above)
- 093-26 three targets
- @07:45 LT we switch to TP 47 Hz, lost KIDs 30/11/30
- 083-26 0.5 repetitions of IC0342
- The NIKA2 make-imbf did not produce the imbf of scan 20261014s70 (IC0342, big scan). SB tried to connect to mrt-fits1 to produce the file manually, but the connection did not work. SB notified the IT group.
@08:30 LT (circa) scan 71 was cancelled because of Antenna oscillations. After this, the Antenna did not react anymore to the PaKo commands. After few attempts, it started to observe again. But after a while, Grafana "died" and Kike contacted AJ to see what's going on. Now it's 9:15 LT and we wait. -> we restart @10:34 in the next shift. Total time lost: ~2h (technical problems).
AB: main script of project 092-26 (N2EDF) was modified by request.
(Partial) explanation a posteriori: network overload, it's not clear yet what triggered it. Zabix did not stop but became very slow. Even the oscillations were not real, but were a software artifact. It does not seem that the trigger was the size of the 20261014s70 scan (because it is comparable to others - such as beam maps - that we can handle safely), but somehow those scan 70 might be related to the problem we experienced today.
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
- 10:34 LT: we restart (in total, 2h lost to technical problems)
- NIKA2 total power observations for 093-26: several targets.
- 12:37 LT: Thick clouds, we stop.
It turns out that EMIR warmed up after the power cut that happened around 14:30. Dave is coming tomorrow to cool it down. Meanwhile Kike has prepared cables etc for tomorrow's operation. Meanwhile, EMIR is not usable. We are now (19:20 LT) stopped because of the clouds. We won;t be able to restart operations until the sky will be good enough for NIKA2 (tau<=~0.4).
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi. No observations. In the clouds and then EMIR not working when it would have been possible to give it a try. At 9pm, the weather is good enough and we start with NIKA2. We take some time to start because the mirror was not correctly positioned.
- 21:30 we start NIKA2 TP 47. 88/20/60 lost KIDS (we will re-tune after pointing/focus).
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
- 22:00 re-tune 17/9/26 lost KIDs, Yeah
- calibrators (MWC349, CRL2688, NGC7027) and skydip
- scan 20261015s1 (pointing): the imbf were not produced!
- 083-26 2.6 reps of IC0342
October 15th, Thursday
3:00-10:00 LT, Dana + Ste
- we join Golshan at 3:00 LT, today
- switch to NIKA2-Pol. the HWP rotates fine; we take some traces (see naive photos by Stefano, below)
- lost KIDs 73/11/50 (we will retune later, if necessary)
- @ 03:30 LT we are ready to start the observations
- 031-26 one rep of G111c; two reps of G111d; using Uranus as IP calibrator
- @6:00 LT re-tune (59/10/39 KIDs lost)
- 015-17 two reps of NGC1333N, using Uranus as IP calibrator
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
October 16th, Friday
4:00-10:00 LT, Dana.
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
October 17th, Saturday
4:00-10:00 LT, Dana.
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
October 18th, Sunday
4:00-10:00 LT, Dana.
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
October 19th, Monday
4:00-10:00 LT, Dana.
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.
October 20th, Tuesday
4:00-10:00 LT, Dana.
10:00-16:00 LT, Wonju.
16:00-22:00 LT, Remi.
22:00-04:00 LT, Golshan.