= NIKA2 run #3  January 2016 =

[[Nika2Run3|Back to the NIKA2 run 3 page]]

== Goals of the run ==

 * Installation of new NIKEL boards => the complete 20 multiplexed tones lines (4+8+8) will be read fron now on !
 * Redo all necessary initial tests procedures for this new electronics (and the few boards kept from previous runs): instrument response, data acquisition, pointing, focus, geometry (identification of resonances with pixels locations on the arrays) 
 * Priority: check data & flags constitency & synchronization. Raw, FIT for Pipeline, IMBFIT.
 * '''Absolute priority: understand the beams, in particular the 10% side lobes while 2% is expected ==> Many beam maps''', at various focus. Beside will provide data to monitor kid stability, photometry, sensitivity and time line features, and get statistics on these parameters 
 * Skydips
 * A session of KIDs working point optimization
 * Continue observations of many calibrators to monitor our sensitivity and photometry
 * Depending on the completion of previous items, go for more advanced characterizations, like extended features and polarization

The detailled characterization plan established for run 1 is still valid, and ongoing:
[[http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/index.php/NIKA2_Run1_30m_CharacterizationPlan]]
A more summarized and concise version will be written as soon as possible (SL).


== Preparation of the run ==

[[http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/PV/sche/16/s03v3.html|Telescope Schedule weeks 0 & 1]]
[[http://www.iram.fr/IRAMFR/PV/sche/16/s05v2.html|Telescope Schedule weeks 2 & 3]]

[[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/AstronomerOnDutySchedule|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). ~-''In italic: not at the telescope but on watch for possible remote help or intervention on the software and/or remote control''-~.

||<rowbgcolor="#e5dd55"> People\Date  || T12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || S16 || 17 || 18 || T19 || 20 || 21 || 22 || S23 || 24 || 25 || T26 || 27 || 28 || 29 || S30 || 31 || 01 || 02 ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ffcccc"> A.Monfardini  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ffcccc"> O.Bourrion    ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ffcccc"> M.Calvo       ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 || 1||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ffcccc"> ~-''A.Benoit''-~  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ffcccc"> ~-''A.Catalano''-~||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#aaddaa"> L.Perotto     ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#aaddaa"> B.Comis       ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 || 1||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#aaddaa"> A.Ritacco     ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 || 1||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#dddddd"> S.Leclercq    ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff"> N.Ponthieu    ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff"> F.Ruppin      ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff"> J.F.Lestrade  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff"> A. Bracco     ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff"> J.Soler       ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff">~-''F.-X.Désert''-~||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff"> ~-''A.Beelen''-~  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ccccff">~-''J.Macias-P.''-~||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#ddcc55"> Sleep at obs. ||3 ||4 ||3 ||3 ||3 ||3 ||3 ||4 ||4 ||5 ||5 ||5 ||5 ||5 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||4 ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#dddddd">N. Billot (AOD)||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
||<rowbgcolor="#dddddd">A. Sievers (AOD)|| ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||  ||

== Program ==

 * before 12/01: Start cool down.
 * 12/01 - 13/01: Installation of the new NIKEL boards. Receiver cabin available few hours per day.
 * 14/01 - 19/01: Cooling down, test system. Receiver cabin available few hours per day.
 * 19/01 - 26/01: Testing NIKA2 on sky; 24h/day of telescope time.
 * 27/01 - 02/02: Testing NIKA2 on sky; 17h/day of telescope time..