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

Astronomer of Duty

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).

People\Date	T29	30	01	02	S03	04	05	T06	07	08	09	S10	11	12	T13	14	15	16	S17	18	19	T20	21	22	23	S24	25	26	T27	28	29	30	S31	01	02	T03	04	05	06	S07	08	09
A.Monfardini	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
A.Benoit	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
M.Calvo	1	1	1					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
J.Goupy	1	1	1
G.Coiffard																																				1	1	1	1	1	1	1
A.Catalano	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1																							1	1	1	1	1	1	1
S.Leclercq	1	1	1	1	1	1	1								1	1	1	1	1	1	1
F.-X.Désert																												1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
J.Macias-Perez																						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
N.Ponthieu											1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
F.Mayet																									1	1	1	1	1	1
F.Ruppin																																1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
J.F.Lestrade																																			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
H.Aussel															1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
A. Bracco																					1	1	1	1	1	1	1
J.Soler															1	1	1	1	1	1
C.Romero																		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
G.Lagache																																						1	1	1	1	1
A.Maury																																				1	1	1	1	1	1	1
H.Roussel																													1	1	1	1	1	1	1
A.Ritacco																													1	1	1	1	1	1	1
L.Perotto																						1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sleep at obs.	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

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).