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 of data quality control
Observations of many calibrators to monitor our photometry

For details go to the dedicated private wiki.

EVERYTHING BELOW IS A COPY FROM AN OLD TEST RUN OF NIKA, USED AS TEMPLATE TO BE UPDATED WITH NIKA2 RUN1 INFO

Preparation of the run

January presence at Pico (Dash (-) is for travel with night in the Granada office room on 1stDayAtPico-1, and go down from Pico and travel on FinalDayAtPico+1, X is night at Pico)

Name

Mon 13

Tue 14

Wed 15

Thu 16

Fri 17

Sat 18

Sun 19

Mon 20

Tue 21

Wed 22

Thu 23

Fri 24

Sat 25

Sun 26

Mon 27

Tue 28

Nicolas Ponthieu

Alain B.

Alessandro M.

Andrea C.

Martino C.

Samuel L.

Alessia R.

Reveret V.

Number of people

Min room requirement*

* Min room requirement gives the minimal number of room required at the telescope, implying several persons can share room in case the occupancy at the telescope is such that single rooms can't be provided to all (according to Dec 5 2013's status of the telescope room schedule everybody can have a single room; except maybe the 21 and 22 a double room might be necessary).

January presence at Grenoble, for offline data analysis

Name	Fri 17	Sat 18	Sun 19	Mon 20	Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24	Sat 25	Sun 26	Mon 27
Rémi A.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Juan M-P	X	X	X				X	X	X	X	X
Xavier D.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Nicolas P.									X	X	X
Frederic M		X	X	X (matin)	X (apres midi)	X	X	X			X (matin)
Laurence P					X	X		X	X?	X?
Guilaine L.					X						X
Alexandre B.					X						X
Andrea C.								X	X	X	X
Barbara C.	X	X	X	X	X	X		X (matin)

Observations schedule (from telescope schedule)

18-20h (Local time) on 18, 19 and 20 January 2014
17h30-7h (Local time) on the night 21-22 January 2014
13-01h on the night 22-23 January 2014
17-01h on 23, 24, 25, 26, et 27 January 2014

Program

14/1 Day-6 (Tu 14/1): Start cooling down (during mainteinance). Remotely with support in the cabin.
17/1 Days -3 (Fr) Arrival Alain, Andrea, Alessandro, Nicolas.
Days -2 (Sa), -1 (Su), 0 (Mo): KID tuning and technical tests.
21/1 Day1. Arrival of Martino, Samuel, Alessia, Xavier. Leaving: Alain ??. Intens; OTF_geometry Uranus. Pointing model.
Day2 (We): Polar; debug
23/1 Day3. Leaving Alessandro, Nicolas. (Th): Intens; Validate all sequences
Day4 (Fr): Polar; Planets, quasars
Day5 (Sa): Intens; Validate integration time
Day6 (Su): Polar; Crab Orion
Day7 (Mo): Backup

Travel plans

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