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NIKA November 2012 S4

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2012-11-18

Cryostat Temperature: 150 +/- 0.02 mK (regulated with power 50uW)
Arrays status tonight: 126 pixels 2mm - good noise; 8 pixels 1mm noise should be good (reduce the number of pixels so that total tones power below amplifier saturation).

Nasmyth offsets : 0, 0

Set pointing : 0, 0

Set Focus : -1.9 mm

Quick description of the session: Proceed with the observing procedures (see ListOfAstroTarget2012N5): geom, pointing cross, focus, etc. (e.g.check plateau on strong sources), then pointing session, few fainter sources for the remaining time.

Scan	UT	Source	Command	Az	El	Pointing X, Y, Focus	Tau	Comment
12	16h11	Mars	Track 200 200	205	23	8.64 6.01 -1.9	0.3
13	16h20	Mars	OTF_geom_below70deg	208	22		0.3
14	16h45	Mars	OTF_geom_below70deg	212	20		0.3
15	16h58	2251+158 (3C454)	Track 200 200	115	53		0.3	resonances lost due to elevation going from 20 deg to 53 deg
16	16h59	2251+158 (3C454)	Track 200 200	115	53		0.3	retune resonances
17	17h00	2251+158 (3C454)	Track 200 200	115	53		0.3
18	17h01	2251+158 (3C454)	Cross	116	54		0.3	sky moved ? resonances lost during the scan
19	17h05	2251+158 (3C454)	Focus	116	54		0.3
20	17h14	2251+158 (3C454)	OTF_2x2	119	56		0.3
21	17h22	2251+158 (3C454)	Cross	122	57		0.3
22	17h22	2251+158 (3C454)	Focus	123	58		0.4
23	17h30	Uranus	Track 200 200	118	33		0.4	Alessandro thought we wanted to change source because of the bad Cross
24	17h32	2251+158 (3C454)	Track 200 200	126	59		0.4
25	17h33	2251+158 (3C454)	Cross	126	59	8.73 11.79 -1.9	0.4
26	17h37	2251+158 (3C454)	Focus	127	59		0.4
27	17h45	2251+158 (3C454)	Focus	127	59	8.73 11.79 -1.63	0.4
28	18h01	IRC10420	Track 200 200	237	50		0.4
29	18h02	IRC10420	OTF_faint_Az	237	50		0.45
30	18h	IRC10420	OTF_faint_Az	239	50		0.45
31	18h	IRC10420	OTF_faint_El	240	49		0.45	looks like there was an error in the script DO NOT USE THIS SCAN
32	18h19	IRC10420	OTF_faint_Az	242	47		0.45
33	18h19	IRC10420	OTF_faint_Az	242	47		0.45
34	18h26	IRC10420	OTF_faint_El	242	46		0.45	Script corrected. PLEASE USE THIS SCAN
35	18hxx	IRC10420	OTF_faint_El	244	45		0.45
36	18h38	2013+370	track	279	66		0.45
37	18h39	2013+370	Cross	279	66		0.44	Found correction <1 arcsec new 8.47 11.09
38	18h39	2013+370	Cross	279	66	8.5 11.1 -1.63	0.44	To confirm correction
39	18h48	2013+370	Focus	280	64		0.44	found best focus -2.27 .. tbc
40	18h59	2013+370	Focus	280	62		0.50	found best focus -1.52 ??
41	19h06	2013+370	Focus	280	62		0.50	STOPPED. DO NO USE ME !!
42	19h07	2013+370	Focus	281	60	8.5 11.1 -1.52	0.48	find -1.61 but bad fit. Ze leave -1.52
43	19h13	MWC349	track (200 200)	280	62		0.48
44	19h15	MWC349	OTF_faint_Az	280	62	8.5 11.1 -1.52	0.48
45	19h20	MWC349	OTF_faint_Az	288	62		0.48
46	19h25	MWC349	OTF_faint_El	288	62		0.48
47	19h25	MWC349	OTF_faint_El	288	62		0.48
48	19h38	2013+370	track (200 200)	284	53		0.48
49	19h39	2013+370	Cross				0.48	1st pointing az -1.33 el 1.36
50	19h42	2251+158 (3C454)	track	195	68		0.48
51	19h43	2251+158	Cross				0.48	2nd pointing az 1.67 el 0.42
52	19h46	2223-052	track	201	45		0.48
53	19h47	2223-052	Cross				0.48	3rd pointing az -1.92 el 2.51
54	19h51	2023+336	track	278	48		0.48
55	19h	2023+336	Cross				0.48	4th pointing az <fake> el -1.69
56	19h	2200+420	track	293	70		0.48
57	20h	2200+420	Cross				0.48	5th pointing az 0.38 el -2.95
58	20h	1803+784	track	345	37		0.48
59	20h	1803+784	Cross				0.48	6th pointing az -1.54 el 1.64
60	20h	0716+714	track	378	28		0.48
61	20h	0716+714	Cross				0.48	7th pointing az -7.91 el 4.75 (not so nice)
62	20h	0355+508	track	410	44		0.50
63	20h	0355+508	Cross				0.50	8th pointing az -2.09 el 3.10
64	20h	0316+413 (3C84)	track	67	52		0.50
65	20h	0316+413	Cross				0.50	9th pointing az -2.65 el 0.43
66	20h	0415+379 (3C111)	track	67	50		0.50
67	20h	0415+379	Cross				0.50	10th pointing az -4.06 el 1.08
68	20h	0234+285	track	94	59		0.56
69	20h	0234+285	Cross				0.56	11th pointing az -2.04 el -0.1
70	20h	0420-014	Cross	109	22		0.56	not good, forgot the track
71	20h39	0420-014	track	109	22		0.56
72	20h42	0420-014	track	109	22		0.56
73	20h45	0420-014	track	110	22		0.56
74	20h46	0420-014	Cross	110	24		0.50	12th pointing -6.05 az 2.15 el
75	20h49	0106+013	track	163	53		0.50	resonances lost
76	20h51	0106+013	track	163	53		0.50
77	20h53	0106+013	track	164	53		0.50
78	20h55	0106+013	track	164	53		0.50	pause: a complete frequency sweep is necessary
79	21h03	0106+013	Cross	168	54		0.50	13th pointing -1.67 az 1.27 el
80	21h05	0048-097	track	178	44		0.50
81	21h07	0048-097	Cross				0.50	14th pointing -2.54 az 2.19 el
82	21h11	2251+158 (3C454)	track	238	57		0.50
83	21h12	2251+158	Cross				0.50	15th pointing -2.01 az 1.91 el
84	21h	0003+380	track	280	80		0.50
85	21h13	0003+380	Cross				0.50	16th pointing 2.2 az 0.56 el
86	21h22	2200+420	track	292	55		0.50
87	21h24	2200+420	Cross				0.50	17th pointing -1.29 az 1.88 el
88	21h	2013+370	track	293	34		0.50
89	21h	2013+370	Cross				0.50	18th pointing -4.97 az 2.72 el
90	21h	2254+617 (Cep A)	track	330	57		0.50
91	21h	2254+617	Cross				0.50	19th pointing -2.80 az 3.21 el
92	21h43	0439+360 (CRL618)	track	74	48		0.50
93	21h	0439+360	Cross				0.50	20th pointing -3.94 az -0.36 el
94	21h46	0316+413 (3C84)	track	69	67		0.56
95	21h	0316+413	Cross				0.56	21th pointing -1.41 az 0.75 el
96	21h	0316+413	Focus				0.56	found -1.60
97	21h51	0430+052	track	116	38	focus -1.60 from now on	0.56
98	21h	0430+052	Cross				0.56	22th pointing -3.54 az 4.03 el
99	21h51	0336-019	track	136	42		0.56
100	21h	0336-019	Cross				0.56	23th pointing -2.63 az 3.09 el
101	21h59	0234+285	track	119	75		0.56
102	21h	0234+285	Cross				0.56	24th pointing 1.98 az -1.52 el
103	22h03	2318+049	track	233	45		0.56
104	22h	2318+049	Cross				0.56	25th pointing -2.71 az 6.05 el
105	22h03	2234+282	track	272	49		0.56
106	22h	2234+282	Cross				0.56	26th pointing -2.51 az 3.44 el
107	22h09	0239+108	track	155	62		0.56
108	22h	0239+108	Cross				0.56	27th pointing -0.27 az 3.53 el
109	22h13	0135-247	track				0.56
110	22h	0135-247	Cross				0.56	null
111	22h30	0135-247	Cross	197	28		0.56	28th pointing <fake> az 7.01 el
112	22h	0048-097	Track	205	40		0.56
113	22h	0048-097	Cross	205	40		0.56	29th pointing -4.32 az 4.75 el
114	22h35	0106+013	Track	205	52		0.49
115	22h	0106+013	Cross	205	52		0.49	30th pointing -1.83 az 3.98 el
116	22h40	WR147	Track	302	27		0.49
117	22h	WR147	OTF_faint_source_Az	302	27		0.49
118	22h	WR147	OTF_faint_source_Az	302	27		0.49
119	22h	WR147	OTF_faint_source_Az	302	27		0.49
120	22h50	WR147	OTF_faint_source_El	302	24		0.49

Quicklook plots at the azimuth and elevation statistics of the pointing session: