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Useful information for observations

List of Astronomical Target for NIKA2 (from NIKA2R1.sou)

LST coverage (created with nika2.astro by CK)

Radio sources from IRAM catalog nika2-radio.pdf.
Planets, Asteroids, and Secondary Calibrators (from Lisenfeld+2000) nika2-secondaries.pdf
Strong Galactic sources nika2-galactic.pdf
Weak Galactic sources nika2-weak-galactic.pdf
Nearby galaxies nika2-nearby-galaxies.pdf
Distant galaxies or faint quasars nika2-distant.pdf

Details

1. Planets and Asteroids

Mars, Uranus, Neptune for photometric calibration (primary calibrators) and beam maps.

Jupiter, Saturn can be used for the sidelobes only or to map the satellites

Name	Right Ascension	Declination	Diam (arcsec)	Flux @ 1.15 mm Jy	Flux @ 2.00 mm	TB K
MERCURY	12:04:33.0985	00:13:18.988	8.25x8.25	1156.5	387.2	450
MARS	10:46:24.9914	09:12:15.947	4.00x3.98	117.08	39.50	198
JUPITER	10:57:47.6613	07:38:57.99	31.77x29.71	5928.86	2004.54	170
SATURN	16:00:29.2947	-18:50:13.907	15.49x13.83	1181.45	400.29	150
URANUS	01:09:34.4370	06:39:29.520	3.69x3.58	44.01	18.44	93 @1mm, 113 @2mm
NEPTUNE	22:37:43.8247	-09:32:13.503	2.30x2.24	17.16	7.19	93 @1mm, 113 @2mm (yes, same as Uranus)

2. Usual bright quasars, secondary calibrators and strong galactic sources (end of the list is dedicated to polarisation) for image quality, linearity checks, and pointing sessions: Bright source selection.

In addition to that, check the Pointing sources and calibrators wiki page by IH.

3. Weak Galactic sources for photometric calibration: weak galactic sources.

Here is the full detailed formatted list Full list with some fluxes.

Here is the catalog for Pako has to be RENAMED to NIKA2R1.sou on the pako computer.

Interface with the telescope: Pako

Short manual on useful "Pako for Nika" see on Granada computers on the NIKA directory Pako_helpv??.txt ??? OR IS THERE NOW A PAKO WIKI ???

- 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.

- 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.

Commissioning requirements and observations plan

see private wiki

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-== List of Astronomical Target ==
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=== LST coverage (created with nika2.astro by CK) ===

 1. Radio sources from IRAM catalog [[attachment:nika2-radio.pdf|nika2-radio.pdf]].
 1. Planets, Asteroids, and Secondary Calibrators (from Lisenfeld+2000) [[attachment:nika2-secondaries.pdf|nika2-secondaries.pdf]]
 1. Strong Galactic sources [[attachment:nika2-galactic.pdf|nika2-galactic.pdf]]
 1. Weak Galactic sources [[attachment:nika2-weak-galactic.pdf|nika2-weak-galactic.pdf]]
 1. Nearby galaxies [[attachment:nika2-nearby-galaxies.pdf|nika2-nearby-galaxies.pdf]]
 1. Distant galaxies or faint quasars [[attachment:nika2-distant.pdf|nika2-distant.pdf]]

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-||Name ||Right Ascension||Declination||Diam (arcsec)||Flux @ 1.15 mm Jy||Flux @ 2.00 mm||TB K     ||
||MARS      ||<)>      ||<)>        ||<)>         ||<)>           ||<)>        ||<)>      ||
||URANUS    ||<)>      ||<)>        ||<)>         ||<)>           ||<)>        ||<)>     ||
||NEPTUNE   ||<)>      ||<)>        ||<)>         ||<)>           ||<)>        ||<)>        ||
||1 CERES    ||<)>       ||<)>          ||<)>      ||<)>          ||<)>       ||              ||
||2 PALLAS   ||<)>       ||<)>          ||<)>      ||<)>          ||<)>        || ||
||4 VESTA    ||<)>       ||<)>          ||<)>      ||<)>          ||<)>       || ||
||21 LUTETIA ||<)>       ||<)>          ||<)>      ||<)>          ||<)>         || ||
+||Name      ||Right Ascension||Declination||Diam (arcsec)||Flux @ 1.15 mm  Jy||Flux @ 2.00 mm||TB K       ||
||MERCURY   ||<)>12:04:33.0985            ||<)> 00:13:18.988       ||<)> 8.25x8.25           ||<)>    1156.5           ||<)> 387.2         ||<)>  450      ||
||MARS      ||<)>10:46:24.9914            ||<)> 09:12:15.947       ||<)> 4.00x3.98           ||<)>    117.08           ||<)> 39.50         ||<)>  198      ||
||JUPITER   ||<)>10:57:47.6613            ||<)> 07:38:57.99        ||<)> 31.77x29.71         ||<)>    5928.86          ||<)> 2004.54         ||<)>  170      ||
||SATURN    ||<)>16:00:29.2947            ||<)>   -18:50:13.907    ||<)> 15.49x13.83         ||<)>    1181.45          ||<)> 400.29          ||<)>  150      ||
||URANUS    ||<)>01:09:34.4370            ||<)> 06:39:29.520       ||<)> 3.69x3.58           ||<)>    44.01            ||<)>  18.44        ||<)>  93 @1mm, 113 @2mm      ||
||NEPTUNE   ||<)>22:37:43.8247            ||<)> -09:32:13.503      ||<)> 2.30x2.24           ||<)>     17.16           ||<)>  7.19          ||<)> 93 @1mm, 113 @2mm (yes, same as Uranus)      ||
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+. Usual bright quasars, secondary calibrators and strong galactic sources (end of the list is dedicated to polarisation) for image quality, linearity checks, and pointing sessions: [[attachment:NIKA2-2015R1-selection.pdf|Bright source selection]].
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-Here are the ephemeris for [[attachment:PlanethorizonRun7v1.pdf|all planets]]
The near and far sidelobes could be measured with Jupiter and Saturn.
+In addition to that, check the [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/Calibrators|Pointing sources and calibrators wiki page by IH]].
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-. Usual bright quasars, secondary calibrators and strong galactic sources (end of the list is dedicated to polarisation)
 for image quality, linearity checks, and pointing sessions
[[attachment:NIKA2014R7selection.pdf|Bright source selection]]
+. Weak Galactic sources for photometric calibration: [[attachment:NIKA2-2015R1-WGalhorizon.pdf|weak galactic sources]].
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-Here is IRAM old published report: [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/ListOfAstroTarget2012N5?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=lisenfeld-2000-secondary-calibs-for-mambo.pdf|Secondary Calibrators Lisenfeld report]], and, more recent list updated till the end of the MAMBO pool in 2010: [[https://pool.iram.es/bolocalsources.php|Secondary Calibrators MAMBO pool database]].
+Here is the full detailed formatted list [[attachment:SourceNIKA2R1.txt|Full list]] with some fluxes.
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-. Weak Galactic sources
 for photometric calibration checks
[[attachment:NIKA2014R7WGalhorizon.pdf|Weak galactic sources]]

4. External extended galaxies
 for Science demonstration (mapping)
[[attachment:NIKA2014R7XGalhorizon.pdf|Nearby galaxies]]

5. High redshift sources
 for Science demonstration (sensitivity)
[[attachment:NIKA2014R7Hizhorizon.pdf|Distant galaxies]]


Here is the full detailed formatted list [[http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/images/8/85/Source_list_fmt2014R7.txt|Full list]] with fluxes.

Here is the catalog for [[http://www.iram.fr/wiki/nika2/images/b/bb/NIKA2014v1.sou.txt|Pako]] has to be RENAMED to NIKA2014R7.sou on the pako computer.

Here is a list of IRAM pointing sources with fluxes at 3mm and 2mm (I miss fluxes at 1mm, SL) [[attachment:ListAstroTargetNika3/IRAM_pointing_sources_with_fluxes.xls|FluxForPointingSources]]
+Here is the catalog for [[attachment:NIKA2R1.sou.txt|Pako]] has to be RENAMED to NIKA2R1.sou on the pako computer.
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-Short manual on useful "Pako for Nika" see on Granada computers on the NIKA directory Pako_helpv17.txt
+Short manual on useful "Pako for Nika" see on Granada computers on the NIKA directory Pako_helpv??.txt ??? OR IS THERE NOW A PAKO WIKI ???
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-- 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.
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-- the pointing sources should be observed on 'short' period, e.g. 3-4 hours to avoid daily pointing variations
+- the pointing sources should be observed on 'short' period, e.g. 3-4 hours to avoid daily pointing variations.
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+see private wiki

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