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

last edited by CK, 29-Oct-2015

Here is the full detailed formatted list Full list with some fluxes. And here is the catalog for Pako has to be RENAMED to NIKA2R1.sou on the pako computer.

LST coverage (created with nika2.astro by CK)

Preliminary for the 10th of March 2016 1. Planets planets

TO BE REDONE for March 2016

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 on planets and asteroids

Mars and Uranus are well known primary calibrators for photometric calibration and for beam maps. Jupiter, Saturn can be used for the errorbeams or to map the satellites.

Rough fluxes from Gildas, FXD

WRONG VALUES Revert to version 36 The following table gives only rough numbers for the fluxes. Note that some are strongly varying in R.A./Dec, distance, flux and brightness temperature.

Name	Right Ascension	Declination	Diam (arcsec)	Flux @ 1.15 mm Jy	Flux @ 2.00 mm	TB K
MERCURY	22:43:41.7350	-10:25:12.251	5.01x5.01	426.495	142.793	450
VENUS	22:00:13.0011	-13:17:06.886	10.88x10.88	2011.39	673.424	350
MARS	15:58:45.0861	-19:15:55.671	9.49x9.45	721.117	242.987	216.19
JUPITER	11:18:21.4499	06:04:59.105	44.39x41.51			170
SATURN	17:00:53.1914	-21:00:24.540	16.71x14.91			150
URANUS	01:10:09.4773	06:47:44.651	3.36x3.26	36.4466	15.2768	93 @1mm, 113 @2mm
NEPTUNE	22:46:56.5421	-08:35:35.276	2.17x2.11	15.2350	6.38585	93 @1mm, 113 @2mm (yes, same as Uranus)

Accurate fluxes

For accurate fluxes, use the following predictions from recent planetary models:

For Uranus and Neptune:
- Download the ESA2 templates of the model of Moreno 2010 ("Neptune and Uranus planetary brightness temperature tabulation. Technical report, ESA Herschel Science Center).
- Download the ESA4 templates of the models of Moreno and Orton described by Bendo et al. 2013 (Flux calibration of the Herschel-SPIRE photometer, MNRAS 433, 3062, 2013).
For Mars:
- Visit the web page of Emmanuel Lelloche. It will ask for the HPBW at 300 GHz which is ~8" at the 30m.

For asteroids, please check the information compiled here on the Pointing sources and calibrators wiki page by IH.

Interface with the telescope: Pako

Short manual on useful "Pako for Nika" see on Granada computers on the NIKA directory Pako_helpv??.txt ==> Obsolete. Has been replaced by much simpler procedures listed on the control computers screen wallpaper:

NIKA2_Wallpaper.PNG

- 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 the private wiki

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-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
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-||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)      ||
+||MERCURY   ||<)>22:43:41.7350  ||<)> -10:25:12.251     ||<)> 5.01x5.01      ||<)>  426.495       ||<)>  142.793     ||<)>  450      ||
||VENUS     ||<)>22:00:13.0011  ||<)> -13:17:06.886     ||<)> 10.88x10.88    ||<)>  2011.39       ||<)>  673.424     ||<)>  350      ||
||MARS      ||<)>15:58:45.0861  ||<)> -19:15:55.671     ||<)> 9.49x9.45      ||<)>  721.117       ||<)>  242.987     ||<)>  216.19      ||
||JUPITER   ||<)>11:18:21.4499  ||<)>  06:04:59.105     ||<)> 44.39x41.51    ||<)>         ||<)>       ||<)>  170      ||
||SATURN    ||<)>17:00:53.1914  ||<)> -21:00:24.540     ||<)> 16.71x14.91    ||<)>         ||<)>       ||<)>  150      ||
||URANUS    ||<)>01:10:09.4773  ||<)>  06:47:44.651     ||<)> 3.36x3.26      ||<)>  36.4466       ||<)> 15.2768      ||<)>  93 @1mm, 113 @2mm      ||
||NEPTUNE   ||<)>22:46:56.5421  ||<)> -08:35:35.276     ||<)> 2.17x2.11      ||<)>  15.2350       ||<)>  6.38585     ||<)> 93 @1mm, 113 @2mm (yes, same as Uranus)      ||

==== Accurate fluxes ====

For accurate fluxes, use the following predictions from recent planetary models:

 * For Uranus and Neptune:

  * Download the [[ ftp://ftp.sciops.esa.int/pub/hsc-calibration/PlanetaryModels/ESA2 | ESA2 templates ]] of the model of Moreno 2010 ("Neptune and Uranus planetary brightness temperature tabulation. Technical report, ESA Herschel Science Center). 
  * Download the [[ ftp://ftp.sciops.esa.int/pub/hsc-calibration/PlanetaryModels/ESA4/ | ESA4 templates ]] of the models of Moreno and Orton described by  Bendo et al. 2013 ([[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013MNRAS.433.3062B | Flux calibration of the Herschel-SPIRE photometer]], MNRAS 433, 3062, 2013).

 * For Mars:

  * Visit the [[ http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/perso/emmanuel-lellouch/mars/ | web page]] of Emmanuel Lelloche. It will ask for the HPBW at 300 GHz which is ~8" at the 30m.
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+For asteroids, please check the information compiled here on the [[http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/Continuum/Calibrators|Pointing sources and calibrators wiki page by IH]].
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[[attachment:NIKA2_Wallpaper.PNG]]
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