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 fainter and fainter sources to check sensitivity.
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 |
|
21 |
17h22 |
2251+158 (3C454) |
Focus |
123 |
58 |
|
0.4 |
|
22 |
17h30 |
Uranus |
Track 200 200 |
118 |
33 |
|
0.4 |
Alessandro thought we wanted to change source because of the bad Cross |
23 |
17h31 |
? |
Track 200 200 |
118 |
59 |
|
0.4 |
|
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 |
|