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Daily Reports (2025/10/21-28, NIKA2 run 75, Cryo run 87)

Observers on-site: Monica Rodriguez, Samuel Leclerc, Raphaël Maris, Stefano Berta and Stergios Amarantidis (AoD)

Remote observers: Michael Mattern (Saturday-Tuesday)

Operators: Sergio and Mario

Shifts: 10-16 Raphaël; 16-22 Samuel; 22-4 Stefano; 4-10 Monica.

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 use the custom modified focus script focusOTF-Z_2025.pako

Project D01-25 (M51) requires DAQ restarting with the run87_newSweep_M51_tp.ini file. Come back to run87_neSweep_tp.ini after observing this project.

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	Notes

Similarly, if any beam maps are taken:

• Beam maps (99 sub-scans)
  Scan Nr	Target	Focus	Notes

October 21st, 2025, Tuesday

15:00-22:00[Stergios]: ...

22:00-04:00[Stefano]: ...

• Focus sequences
  Scan nr	Target	Ar2	Ar1	Ar3	Notes

October 22nd, 2025, Wendsday

04:00-10:00[Monica]: ...

10:00-16:00[Raphaël]: ...

16:00-22:00[Samuel]: ...

22:00-04:00[Stefano]: ...