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| Observers on-site: Maite Beltrán, Anaëlle Maury, Andrés Zuleta, Rodrigo Álvarez and Angel (AoD). Dave, Carlos and Jean Supporting on-site (Tuesday, maintenance slot). | Observers on-site: Maite Beltrán, Anaëlle Maury, Andrés Zuleta, Rodrigo Álvarez and Angel (AoD). Dave, Carlos and Jean supporting on-site (Tuesday, maintenance slot). |
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| 14:00-16:00: | 14:00-16:00; Angel. No system check. NIKA2 and subsystems in good shape. Very bad weather (collateral effects of the storm Herminia; Ivo is coming). EMIR checks of high-frequency signal of external calibrator pending. 16:00-19:00; Rodrigo. Clear skies and tau_225GHz~0.15 after the last storm. Taumeter's external box wiped. Deicing system at work. 19:00-02:00: Anaëlle & Andrés. Sergio inspected the telescope from the platform (~19:30 LT). Ambient temp. -10C. Hard ice block on the upper third of the subreflector. A thumb-thick ice layer on the lower-half of M1. Telescope stopped. == Jan 29th, Wednesday == 02:00-06:00; Angel: Ice on M1 and M2. Deicing active. Telescope stopped. 06:00-13:00; Maite: Antenna still stopped at 06:00. Deicing active all night but not properly working in some sectors (e.g., 8 and 3). Sergio moved the antenna to sun rising direction and waiting. Opacity at 0.3 and rising. \\ - 08:00: Cloudy skies, opacity 0.3. Waiting. Still ice on the bottom side of the antenna. - 12:45: Ice almost melted. Wind gusts 15 m/s. Opacity 0.26. - 13:00: We will start with test on EMIR. 13:00-19:00: Rodrigo: tests using t07, pointing, onoff_psw. Antenna parked due to high winds (14:00). 16:00. Testing pointing t07, bad results, parking antenna. 19:00-02:00: Anaëlle & Andrés. Snow and wind. Telescope parked. == Jan 30th, Thursday == 02:00-06:00; Angel: Snow storm, high wind with a brief stop at ~01:30 (LT). Ambient temp. -9C. Deicing fully working, except for sector 8 (see below). Waiting for a sunny morning for defrosting. Light fog at the end of the shift. [[attachment:image_2025_01_30T04_20_51_704Z.png|{{attachment:image_2025_01_30T04_20_51_704Z.png|ExCal|height=300}}|target="_blank"]] 06:00-13:00; Maite: |
Daily Reports
Observers on-site: Maite Beltrán, Anaëlle Maury, Andrés Zuleta, Rodrigo Álvarez and Angel (AoD). Dave, Carlos and Jean supporting on-site (Tuesday, maintenance slot).
Operators: Gloria (day shift) and Sergio (night shift)
Jan 28th, Tuesday
14:00-16:00; Angel. No system check. NIKA2 and subsystems in good shape. Very bad weather (collateral effects of the storm Herminia; Ivo is coming). EMIR checks of high-frequency signal of external calibrator pending.
16:00-19:00; Rodrigo. Clear skies and tau_225GHz~0.15 after the last storm. Taumeter's external box wiped. Deicing system at work.
19:00-02:00: Anaëlle & Andrés. Sergio inspected the telescope from the platform (~19:30 LT). Ambient temp. -10C. Hard ice block on the upper third of the subreflector. A thumb-thick ice layer on the lower-half of M1. Telescope stopped.
Jan 29th, Wednesday
02:00-06:00; Angel: Ice on M1 and M2. Deicing active. Telescope stopped.
06:00-13:00; Maite: Antenna still stopped at 06:00. Deicing active all night but not properly working in some sectors (e.g., 8 and 3). Sergio moved the antenna to sun rising direction and waiting. Opacity at 0.3 and rising. \\
- 08:00: Cloudy skies, opacity 0.3. Waiting. Still ice on the bottom side of the antenna.
- 12:45: Ice almost melted. Wind gusts 15 m/s. Opacity 0.26.
- 13:00: We will start with test on EMIR.
13:00-19:00: Rodrigo: tests using t07, pointing, onoff_psw. Antenna parked due to high winds (14:00).
- 16:00. Testing pointing t07, bad results, parking antenna.
19:00-02:00: Anaëlle & Andrés. Snow and wind. Telescope parked.
Jan 30th, Thursday
02:00-06:00; Angel: Snow storm, high wind with a brief stop at ~01:30 (LT). Ambient temp. -9C. Deicing fully working, except for sector 8 (see below). Waiting for a sunny morning for defrosting. Light fog at the end of the shift.
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06:00-13:00; Maite: