NIKA2 run #1 October 2015
Goals of the run
- Installation, first cool down and fisrt light of NIKA2 at the 30m telescope
- Initial tests procedures: instrument response, data acquisition, alignment, pointing, focus, geometry (identification of resonances with pixels locations on the arrays),
- Many beam maps to monitor kid stability, photometry, to get statistics on these parameters
- Many skydips, especially at high opacity
- A session of KIDs working point optimization
- A pointing session
- More maps for statistics and data quality control
- Observations of many calibrators to monitor our photometry
For details go to the dedicated private wiki: http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/index.php/NIKA2_Run1_30m_CharacterizationPlan
Preparation of the run
Telescope Schedule week 1 Telescope Schedule weeks 2 & 3 Telescope Schedule weeks 4 & 5 Telescope Schedule week 6
Staff of the run: table of the nights spent at the observatory for the NIKA2 collaboration members participating to the run (T means Tuesday, S means Saturday, first night with NIKA2 staff is Tuesday 29 September, last night is Monday 9 November, 1 stands for night scheduled at the telescope, p stands for possible extension in case of problem with the cryostat).
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A.Monfardini |
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A.Benoit |
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M.Calvo |
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J.Goupy |
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G.Coiffard |
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A.Catalano |
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S.Leclercq |
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J.Macias-Perez |
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N.Ponthieu |
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F.Ruppin |
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A. Bracco |
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C.Romero |
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G.Lagache |
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A.Maury |
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L.Perotto |
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Sleep at obs. |
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Presence at Grenoble, for offline data analysis
Program
- 29/09 - 06/10: Installation. Receiver cabin always available, except few hours of Heterodyne observations per night.
- 06/10 - 13/10: Cooling down. Heterodyne observations pool scheduled, but receiver cabin available if necessary for NIKA2.
- 13/10 - 03/11: Testing NIKA2 on sky; 18h/day of telescope time.
- 03/11 - 10/11: possibility for additional telescope time (tbc).