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out during nights with quite stable conditions. If the conditions are not such stable the
flatfield should be redone.
out during nights only under very stable  weather conditions (tau of 0.5 is ok though).
If the conditions are not such stable the flatfield should be redone.
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If not suitable planets are up during the night a strong (10Jy/beam) point source must be observed
(e.g. J1229+021)
If not suitable planets are up during the night a strong (10Jy/beam) point source somewhere between 50 and 70 deg
(e.g. J1229+021). The source should be point-like (e.g. Uranus and Mars, but not Saturn or Jupiter!).
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 * A pointing and a focus must be done before and after the map  '''IMPORTANT''': ''Old p4/p5 values can cause a drift in the array parameters, which will make the data useless.''

 * A '''pointing''' and a '''focus''' must be done ''before'' and ''after'' the map
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* Check the array-offsets for stability.  * Check the array-offsets for stability.

The flatfields must be done once per pool session. This observations must be carried out during nights only under very stable weather conditions (tau of 0.5 is ok though). If the conditions are not such stable the flatfield should be redone.

Low tau is not so important, but stable pointing is.

In case MAMBO2 or the mirrors in front of it are readjusted, several flatfields must be done several times.

If not suitable planets are up during the night a strong (10Jy/beam) point source somewhere between 50 and 70 deg (e.g. J1229+021). The source should be point-like (e.g. Uranus and Mars, but not Saturn or Jupiter!).

  • IMPORTANT: Old p4/p5 values can cause a drift in the array parameters, which will make the data useless.

  • A pointing and a focus must be done before and after the map

  • Map procedure
    • pako> source J1229+021 !Already done before

      pako> roff53 !Central channel for maps

      pako> rcpmap

      pako> start

In detail, the rcpmap procedure is:

  • bsw 46 bmap 360 290 5 6

The duration of this map is (290/5)*360 ~ 1hr.

  • Check the array-offsets for stability.

FlatField (last edited 2009-11-19 10:44:57 by gra-lx17)