Daily Reports (2025/11/18-25, NIKA2 run 76, Cryo run 88)
Observers on-site: Tuan-Anh Duong, Fengwei Xu, Benedetta Kalemi, Sihan Jiao
Astronomer-of-Duty, Pool Manager: Ioannis Myserlis
Operators: Joaquín Santiago, Mario Cervera
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 18th, 2025, Tuesday
Focus sequences
Scan nr
Target
Ar2
Ar1
Ar3
Polarized?
Notes
15:30-18:00 Ioannis : Maintenance finished on time and start directly with NIKA2 observations. ~ 1hr of NIKA2 observations training with new observers (and the ones that want to refresh their memory). Started with NIKA2 total power to check stability. Tuning looks good (12/5/21 bad kids for Ar1/2/3) and pointing plus focus look consistent and stable. Sky looks stable (~ 1.5 - 2 Jy/beam at 2mm) and we decide to change to NIKA2-Pol.