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Daily Reports (2026/01/20-27, NIKA2 run 78, Cryo run 90)

Observers on-site: Carsten Kramer, Mairi Nonhebel, Friedrich Wyrowski, Ping Zhou

Astronomer on Duty: Stefano Berta
Pool Manager: Angel Bongiovanni

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Organization of shifts:
03:00-09:00 UT: Carsten Kramer
09:00-15:00 UT: Friedrich Wyrowski
15:00-21:00 UT: Ping Zhou
21:00-03:00 UT: Mairi Nonhebel

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 ; nikaw-25 in this case).

• When conditions are unstable and it is unclear whether project observations make sense at all, calibrations may be accounted to the pool account.

Focus and Beam maps accounting

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

• Focus sequences (NOTE: Ar2 is very noisy and this might influence the A2 focus value)
  Scans nr.	Target	Ar2	Ar1	Ar3	Pol?	Notes

Similarly, if any beam maps (total power or polarimetry) are taken:

• Beam maps
  Scan Nr	Target	Focus	TP (99 subscans) or Pol (95 subscans)	Notes

Tuesday, 20th January 2026

@9:30-14:00 UT: Maintenance time

15:00-21:00 UT Ping Zhou + all + Stefano

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21:00-03:00 UT: Mairi

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Wednesday, 21st January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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Thursday, 22nd January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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Friday, 23rd January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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Saturday, 24th January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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Sunday, 25th January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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Monday, 26th January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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Tuesday, 27th January 2026

03:00-09:00 UT Carsten

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09:00-15:00 UT Friedrich

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15:00-21:00 UT Ping

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21:00-03:00 UT Mairi

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