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| 21:00-03:15; Matt: Weather is definitely not good enough for NIKA-2, but luckily the wind has calmed down so we can observe. After some initial problems with weather at about 22:20 we got on sky for project 018-22. Tau is horrendous and not that stable, but we seem to be OK for this bright CO line. Carried out 1 rep. of domapC1, PWV reading still between 7-11mm, moved onto C2. During C2 cal's now report 11-14mm above threshold - had reduced by next scan. 1/4 way through C3 scan but then had to abort due to wind. Just after one hour we restarted by atmosphere stability was terrible, but waited 15 mins and we were good! After a few pointings, cals started observations for 043-22, performed 8 times 12 min observations. | 21:00-03:15; Matt: Weather is definitely not good enough for NIKA-2, but luckily the wind has calmed down so we can observe. After some initial problems with weather at about 22:20 we got on sky for project 018-22. Tau is horrendous and not that stable, but we seem to be OK for this bright CO line. Carried out 1 rep. of domapC1, PWV reading still between 7-11mm, moved onto C2. During C2 cal's now report 11-14mm above threshold - had reduced by next scan. 1/4 way through C3 scan but then had to abort due to wind. Just after one hour we restarted by atmosphere stability was terrible, but waited 15 mins and we were good! After a few pointings/cals started observations for 043-22 starting with source L1495A-NS. Thought tau was improving again by just spiked to 1.34! |
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| 03:00-09:00; Angel: Continuing on the EMIR backup project 043-22. Second otf of rep. 4 on L1544 canceled (scan 20221027s22; 03:12) after a sudden rising of the opacity (tau_225GHz > 1.5); unstable (=> exp. fit of taumeter records got weird for some tips). Changing to project test. After a while, we take the opportunity to compare pwv estimations from tau_Z values coming from the taumeter (0.62, 225 GHz => 10.6 mm) and a skydip at approximately the same azimuth (0.1, 97.5 GHz => 9 mm): roughly self-consistent. Science observations resumed at ~04h; mean tau_225GHz ~ 0.7: 4.5 reps. on L1544 were obtained. At 05:10 we changed to project 051-22: NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map1-ver, 1 rep. of map2-hor, and 1 rep. of map2-ver. Nice expected emission lines in selected averaged spectra. Weird pointing corrections on 0458-020 after that (~06:30). Large pwv variations (from 9 to 11 mm) in the l.o.s. Changing to project test for monitoring. Hints of anomalous refraction at intermediate elevations, quite stable at higher ones. Resuming science observations for project 051-22 at ~07:30; much more stable. NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map3-hor, and 1 rep. of map3-ver. Unfortunately, the backends of project 146-21 (some commands of it survive in the readme file of project 051-22) were mistakenly plugged instead of the 051-22 ones, in the case of the last two maps. Sorry. | 03:00-09:00; Angel: Continuing on the EMIR backup project 043-22. Second otf of rep. 4 on L1544 canceled (scan 20221027s22; 03:12) after a sudden rising of the opacity (tau_225GHz > 1.5); unstable (=> exp. fit of taumeter records got weird for some tips). Changing to project test. After a while, we take the opportunity to compare pwv estimations from tau_Z values coming from the taumeter (0.62, 225 GHz => 10.6 mm) and a skydip at approximately the same azimuth (0.1, 97.5 GHz => 9 mm): roughly self-consistent. Science observations resumed at ~04h; mean tau_225GHz ~ 0.7: 4.5 reps. on L1544 were obtained (project apparently finished; TBC). At 05:10 we changed to project 051-22: NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map1-ver, 1 rep. of map2-hor, and 1 rep. of map2-ver. Nice expected emission lines in selected averaged spectra. Weird pointing corrections on 0458-020 after that (~06:30). Large pwv variations (from 9 to 11 mm) in the l.o.s. Changing to project test for monitoring. Hints of anomalous refraction at intermediate elevations, quite stable at higher ones. Resuming science observations for project 051-22 at ~07:30; much more stable. NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map3-hor, and 1 rep. of map3-ver. Unfortunately, the backends of project 146-21 (some commands of it survive in the readme file of project 051-22) were mistakenly plugged instead of the 051-22 ones, in the case of the last two maps. Sorry. |
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| 21:00-03:00; Matt: Starting shift with EMIR as tau had increased rapidly to 0.6. Started observations on 018-22 doing maps C1, C2, C3 using their 12 CO setup. So three hours later tau is still climbing ~0.65. Continued with 018-22 but switched to their 13CO and C18O and performed C1 map | 21:00-03:00; Matt: Starting shift with EMIR as tau had increased rapidly to 0.6. Started observations on 018-22 doing maps C1, C2, C3 using their 12 CO setup. So three hours later tau is still climbing ~0.65. Continued with 018-22 but switched to their 13CO and C18O and performed C2 and C1 map. Good detections of 12CO, 13CO and C18O seen. Goats said hello for the night photography. |
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03:00-09:00; Aishwarya: Opacity was high throughout the shift (>0.4 @ 225 GHz) hence EMIR observations were made. The shift started with project 049-22. The required number of reps for completing the observations for three targets (as listed priority-wise in the project) was completed and 5/7 for another target. Before switching the observations from one target to another, a pointing and a focus were performed using planet Mars, i.e. approx. at every 1.4 hrs. The beam was stable and the PWV level [in the line-of-sight] varied stably between ~2.4 and 7.1 mm. At 8:30 the project was switched to D02-22 where the project was set up and tuning performed. A final pointing and focus for the beam were performed towards the end of the shift (around sunrise). 09:00-14:00; Gianluca: Opacity pretty stable around tau>~0.4. We observed with EMIR: project D02-22 (LH206718; 6 reps.) until 11:00 CET, then we moved to 083-22 until 14:00 CET (8556-high, 4 reps; 18857-high, 5 reps.). After that, another observer took over for the EMIR-POLAMI project. 14:00-17:00; Juan Escudero (remotely) for POLAMI. |
Daily Reports
Contents
Oct 25th, Tuesday
During the maintenance slot, the OS of nika2-b machine was updated and rebooted (PM, JT, WR) as planned; DJ switched to the 2nd trap of the NIKA2 cryostat, HP pressure/MC temp. checked, temperature timelines and noise traces OK after that.
16:00-21:00; Angel, Emilia, Matt: Telescope parked due to the wind. System check OK (t07 account).
21:00-03:15; Matt: Weather is definitely not good enough for NIKA-2, but luckily the wind has calmed down so we can observe. After some initial problems with weather at about 22:20 we got on sky for project 018-22. Tau is horrendous and not that stable, but we seem to be OK for this bright CO line. Carried out 1 rep. of domapC1, PWV reading still between 7-11mm, moved onto C2. During C2 cal's now report 11-14mm above threshold - had reduced by next scan. 1/4 way through C3 scan but then had to abort due to wind. Just after one hour we restarted by atmosphere stability was terrible, but waited 15 mins and we were good! After a few pointings/cals started observations for 043-22 starting with source L1495A-NS. Thought tau was improving again by just spiked to 1.34!
Oct 26th, Wednesday
03:15-09:00; Angel: Observations of L1544 (EMIR backup project 043-22) continued. We stopped for a while two times before ~04:30 due to atmosphere instability. A PWV between 6 and 9 mm in the l.o.s. (MRTCAL) after that. A total of 9 reps. were observed. Changing to project 051-22. Telescope parked at 06:05 after trying the first pointing scan due to repeated motor current alarms (wind speed around the limits). Observations resumed at 06:40; still being on project 051-22: NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map4-vertical, and 1 rep. of map1-horizontal. Stopped again at 07:45: pwv rising above 11 mm, unstable atmosphere. Again, wind speed is close to the limit. Opacity rising above 1.2 at 08:10; sustained wind gusts of 17-18 m/s. No immediate substantial improvement is expected. Telescope parked at 08:20.
09:00-15:00; Gianluca: Bad and unstable weather prevented us from observing. We unsuccessfully tried a couple of times calibration, pointing, and focus.
15:00-21:00; Emilia: Bad and unstable weather prevented us from observing. We unsuccessfully tried once for calibration, pointing, and focus.
21:00-03:00; Matt: Managed to get on sky around 21:30 with EMIR. Started calibrations for 018-22, and started C3 map with their 12CO line - Unfortunately tau staying stubbornly around 0.8. Switch to their 13CO and C180 line which is fine so ran a C1, and then C2. Unfortunately, had to abort half way through C2 run due to wind exceeding limits. Probably lost 30-50 minutes due to wind, but then restarted project 018-22 starting with C3 map obtaining nice detections of 13CO and C18O. In last hour switched to 043-22, pointed and focused on Mars, and then started 12' repeats (3 reps. until the end of the shift).
Oct 27th, Thursday
03:00-09:00; Angel: Continuing on the EMIR backup project 043-22. Second otf of rep. 4 on L1544 canceled (scan 20221027s22; 03:12) after a sudden rising of the opacity (tau_225GHz > 1.5); unstable (=> exp. fit of taumeter records got weird for some tips). Changing to project test. After a while, we take the opportunity to compare pwv estimations from tau_Z values coming from the taumeter (0.62, 225 GHz => 10.6 mm) and a skydip at approximately the same azimuth (0.1, 97.5 GHz => 9 mm): roughly self-consistent. Science observations resumed at ~04h; mean tau_225GHz ~ 0.7: 4.5 reps. on L1544 were obtained (project apparently finished; TBC). At 05:10 we changed to project 051-22: NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map1-ver, 1 rep. of map2-hor, and 1 rep. of map2-ver. Nice expected emission lines in selected averaged spectra. Weird pointing corrections on 0458-020 after that (~06:30). Large pwv variations (from 9 to 11 mm) in the l.o.s. Changing to project test for monitoring. Hints of anomalous refraction at intermediate elevations, quite stable at higher ones. Resuming science observations for project 051-22 at ~07:30; much more stable. NGC 1977, 1 rep. of map3-hor, and 1 rep. of map3-ver. Unfortunately, the backends of project 146-21 (some commands of it survive in the readme file of project 051-22) were mistakenly plugged instead of the 051-22 ones, in the case of the last two maps. Sorry.
09:00-15:00; Gianluca: Observations stopped between 9:00-9:30 due to EMIR FTS backend issue in generating the output files. Between 9:30-10:30 we observed with NIKA2 (only testing), we verified that everything worked properly, but weather conditions were not good to perform the observations. We observed with EMIR starting from 10:30 with project D02-22 till 12:30 (target LH93597, 5 reps.), and then we continued with project 083-22 (target 29349-high, 5 reps.) till the end of the shift.
15:00-21:00; Emilia: Weather conditions were good when starting the shift, tau ~0.5. Started to observe project 019-22. After the line cal and the reference observation, we were able to finish the following submaps: submap9 beta & lambda, submap10 beta & lambda, and submap11 beta & lambda. In most scans, there was a persistent weird feature in WILMA around 92 GHz. During these observations, the weather conditions steadily improved (tau ~0.35) and we decided to switch to NIKA2 around 19:45 local time, expecting the tau to keep decreasing after sunset. We tried to get a pointing on 1633+382, but there was an issue with PIIC not being able to process the data, and the .fits files not appearing in the right directories. The issue was fixed in the end, but by that time tau had increased again, and we had to switch back to EMIR.
21:00-03:00; Matt: Starting shift with EMIR as tau had increased rapidly to 0.6. Started observations on 018-22 doing maps C1, C2, C3 using their 12 CO setup. So three hours later tau is still climbing ~0.65. Continued with 018-22 but switched to their 13CO and C18O and performed C2 and C1 map. Good detections of 12CO, 13CO and C18O seen. Goats said hello for the night photography.
Oct 28th, Friday
03:00-09:00; Aishwarya: Opacity was high throughout the shift (>0.4 @ 225 GHz) hence EMIR observations were made. The shift started with project 049-22. The required number of reps for completing the observations for three targets (as listed priority-wise in the project) was completed and 5/7 for another target. Before switching the observations from one target to another, a pointing and a focus were performed using planet Mars, i.e. approx. at every 1.4 hrs. The beam was stable and the PWV level [in the line-of-sight] varied stably between ~2.4 and 7.1 mm. At 8:30 the project was switched to D02-22 where the project was set up and tuning performed. A final pointing and focus for the beam were performed towards the end of the shift (around sunrise).
09:00-14:00; Gianluca: Opacity pretty stable around tau>~0.4. We observed with EMIR: project D02-22 (LH206718; 6 reps.) until 11:00 CET, then we moved to 083-22 until 14:00 CET (8556-high, 4 reps; 18857-high, 5 reps.). After that, another observer took over for the EMIR-POLAMI project.
14:00-17:00; Juan Escudero (remotely) for POLAMI.
Oct 29th, Saturday
Oct 30th, Sunday
Oct 31st, Monday