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Useful information for observations: List of astronomical Target, Pako scripts, Real Time Analysis, Observing strategies
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List of Astronomical Target for Nika February 2015 run12
The nominal NIKA frequencies for this run are 260 and 150 GHz (ie 1.15 and 2.00 mm).
It follows the selected list of radio sources for the calibration
References and results are written in this private page
Interface with the telescope: PaKo
Short manual on useful "Pako for Nika" see on Granada computers on the NIKA directory Pako_helpv17.txt
- Pako scripts are in the Pako subdirectory
- Before starting the pointing session, we may be requested to move the azimuth by 60deg to reset the inclinometer of the az axis.
- Always stay at more that 1 deg from the Sun. There are internal safeties that prevent the antenna to point to the Sun, but we may not get error messages.
- try to get sources uniformly distributed on the sky, hence give priority to high elevation sources that are usually harder to reach.
- Do one focus at the beginning. No need to do more focus than one every 2-3hours.
The antenna can point between 60 and 460 degrees in azimuth, between 20 and 80 degrees in elevation.
- If a source is available both at low and high azimuth, use command SET TOPO LOW (or SET TOPO HIGH) to stay on the source without moving.
- The minimum number of sources to observe for the pointing model is 15. 30 is good enough.
- the pointing sources should be observed on 'short' period, e.g. 3-4 hours to avoid daily pointing variations