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NIKA November 2012 S11

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2012-11-25

Cryostat Temperature: 150 +/- 0.03 mK (regulated with power 50uW)
Arrays status tonight: (126 pixels 2mm, 91 pixels 1.25mm) + 1.5h (126 pixels 2mm, 8 pixels 1.25mm) to demonstrate achievable sensitivity.
** Scan 237 onward, power on pixels reduced KB002,011, 012, 027, 028, 054, 057, 059, 120, 124
*** Scan 239 onward, -2dB: KB002, -4dB: KB011, 012, 028, 054, 057, 120, others back at nominal power

Scan	UT	Source	Command	Az	El	Pointing X, Y, Focus	Tau		Comment
79	06h17	3C273	Track	133	45		0.88	0.	Taking over from EMIR; Balaying the 2 mm array
80	06h18	3C273	Cross	133	45	Pointing 2 mm: (9.8 0.8)	0.88	0.	4 missing pixels from 1 mm array; Also no signal
81	06h20	3C273	Cross	133	45	Pointing 2 mm: (9.0 0.4)	0.88	0.	The sky is clear - not sure if we can trust Tau meter
82	06h24	3C273	Focus	134	45	Focus 2 mm: -1.71 1 mm: -1.68	0.88	0.
83	06h29	3C273	Cross	136	46	Pointing 2 mm: (8.4 -4.1)	0.88	0.
84	06h31	3C273	Cross	137	46	Pointing 2 mm: (8.9 2.1)	0.88	0.
85	06h34	IDCSJ1406	Track	74	45		0.88	0.	Set pointing (8.9 2.1)
85	06h34	IDCSJ1406	Track	74	45		0.88	0.	We mess around with balayages for 1 hour
86	06h34	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	74	45		0.88	0.
87	07h41	IDCSJ1406	Track	76	48		0.88	0.
88	07h42	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	76	48		0.88	0.62
89	07h49	IDCSJ1406	Track	78	52		0.88	0.62
90	07h49	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	78	52		0.88	0.62
91	07h56	IDCSJ1406	Track	80	56		0.88	0.62
92	07h56	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	80	56		0.88	0.62
93	08h03	IDCSJ1406	Track	82	59		0.88	0.62
94	08h03	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	82	60		0.88	0.62
95	08h09	IDCSJ1406	Track	84	63		0.88	0.62
96	08h10	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	84	63		0.88	0.62
97	08h17	IDCSJ1406	Track	85	65		0.88	0.62
98	08h17	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	85	65		0.88	0.62
99	08h24	IDCSJ1406	Track	86	67		0.88	0.62
100	08h24	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	86	67		0.88	0.62
101	08h31	IDCSJ1406	Track	87	68		0.88	0.62
102	08h31	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	87	68		0.88	0.62
103	08h38	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	88	69		0.88	0.62
104	08h45	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	89	70		0.88	0.62
105	08h52	IDCSJ1406	Track	89	71		0.6	0.62
106	08h52	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	89	72		0.6	0.62
107	08h58	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	89	70		0.6	0.62
108	09h05	IDCSJ1406	Track	89	71		0.6	0.62
109	09h05	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	89	72		0.6	0.62
110	09h12	IDCSJ1406	Track	89	71		0.6	0.62
111	09h12	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	89	72		0.6	0.62
112	09h19	IDCSJ1406	Track	89	71		0.6	0.62
113	09h19	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	89	72		0.6	0.62
114	09h26	IDCSJ1406	Track	94	78		0.6	0.62
115	09h26	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	94	78		0.6	0.62
116	09h33	IDCSJ1406	Track	94	79		0.6	0.62
117	09h33	IDCSJ1406	OTF_SZ	94	79		0.6	0.62