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NIKA November 2012 S4

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2012-11-19

Cryostat Temperature: 150 +/- 0.02 mK (regulated with power 50uW)
Arrays status tonight: (126 pixels 2mm, 90 pixels 1.25mm):

Plan for tonight (126 pixels 2mm, 90 pixels 1.25mm)

Pointing model was updated by Juan Penalver:

use 31 pointing values obtained yesterday
dispersion goes from 2.8 to 2.5 arcsec.
DeltaP1=-3.46+-0.72
DeltaP7=+1.88+-0.44

Nasmyth offsets : 0, 0

Set pointing : 0, 0

Set Focus : -1.6 mm

Quick description of the session: see .Daily Report

Scan	UT	Source	Command	Az	El	Pointing X, Y, Focus	Tau	Comment
135	16h22	Neptune	Track 200 200	142	33	0 0 -1.6	0.89
136	16h24	Neptune	Cross	143	33	0 0 -1.6	0.89	correction found 6.82, 6.59
137	16h35	Neptune	Cross	146	34	6.82 6.59 -1.6	0.89	correction found NO FIT
138	16h41	Neptune	Cross	147	35	6.82 6.59 -1.6	0.37
139	16h49	Uranus	Track 200 200	111	28	6.82 6.59 -1.6	0.37
140	16h51	Uranus	Cross	111	28	6.82 6.59 -1.6	0.37	correction found (-0.04 4.07 )-> 6.76 10.76
141	17h00	Uranus	Cross	112	29	6.76 10.76 -1.6	0.45	correction found (-0.31 -3.36)-> 6.35 7.34
142	17h08	Uranus	Focus	114	31	6.8 7.34 -1.6	0.45	new focus found -1.91
143	17h20	Uranus	OTF_geom	114	31	6.37 7.34 -1.91	0.45
144	17h30	Uranus	Focus	120	35	6.37 7.34 -1.91	0.45	new focus found -1.7
145	17h54	Uranus	OTF_geom	125	39	6.37 7.34 -2.7	0.31	TEST FOCUS OFFSET -1mm
146	18h11	Uranus	OTF_geom	127	40	6.37 7.34 -0.7	0.31	TEST FOCUS OFFSET +1mm
147	18h30	K3-50A	Track	271	63	6.37 7.34 -1.7	0.44
148	18h32	K3-50A	Cross	272	62	6.37 7.34 -1.7	0.44	correction found -> 9.4 9.9
149	18h39	K3-50A	OTF_faint Az	273	61	9.4 9.9 -1.7	0.27
150	18h44	K3-50A	OTF_faint El	273	60	9.4 9.9 -1.7	0.27
151	18h53	W3OH	Track	394	46	9.4 9.9 -1.7	0.32
152	18h54	W3OH	Cross	394	47	9.4 9.9 -1.7	0.32	correction found -> 6 11
153	19h02	W3OH	OTF_faint Az	394	47	6 11 -1.7	0.28
154	19h07	W3OH	OTF_faint El	394	48	6 11 -1.7	0.25
155	19h15	MWC349	Track	288	62	6 11 -1.7	0.17 New value lambda, new tau meter
156	19h16	MWC349	Cross	288	61	6 11 -1.7	0.17	Correction found -> 9.0 10.5
157	19h29	MWC349	OTF_faint Az	288	59	9 10.5 -1.7	0.17
158	19h35	MWC349	OTF_faint El	288	58	9 10.5 -1.7	0.17
159	19h50	CRL618	Track	64	29	9 10.5 -1.7	0.18	pointing Quasar
160	19h52	CRL618	Cross	65	30	9 10.5 -1.7	0.18	NO CORRECTION, IT DID NOT WORK !!!
161	20h05	FTtau	Track	81	31	9 10.5 -1.7	0.15
162	20h08	FTtau	OTF_faint Az	81	31	9 10.5 -1.7	0.15
163	20h12	FTtau	OTF_faint El	81	31	9 10.5 -1.7	0.15
164	20h16	FTtau	OTF_faint Az	81	31	9 10.5 -1.7	0.15
165	20h22	FTtau	OTF_faint El	81	31	9 10.5 -1.7	0.15
166	20h26	DRtau	Track	88	27	9 10.5 -1.7	0.18
167	20h27	DRtau	OTF_faint Az	88	27	9 10.5 -1.7	0.20
168	20h31	DRtau	OTF_faint El	89	28	9 10.5 -1.7	0.16
169	20h35	DRtau	OTF_faint Az	88	27	9 10.5 -1.7	0.16, old taumeter still around 0.30-0.35
170	20h40	DRtau	OTF_faint El	88	27	9 10.5 -1.7	0.14
171	20h47	0415+379	Track	70	45	9 10.5 -1.7	0.11 (0.24 old)
172	20h48	0415+379	Cross	70	45	9 10.5 -1.7	0.11 (0.24 old)	Correction found -> 7.5 11.2
173	20h50	GMaur	Track	88	27	7.5 11.2 -1.7	0.12 (0.25)
174	21h00	0420-014	Track	114	26	7.5 11.2 -1.7	0.14
175	21h02	0420-014	Cross	114	26	7.5 11.2 -1.7	0.14	Correction found -> 4.3 12.4
176	21h06	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.14
177	21h08	4C05.19	OTF_faint Az	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.14
178	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.16 (0.30 old)
179	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint El	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
180	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
181	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint Az	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
182	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
183	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint El	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
184	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
185	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint Az	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
186	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
187	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint El	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
188	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
189	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint Az	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
190	21h	4C05.19	Track	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.
191	21h	4C05.19	OTF_faint El	110	34	4.3 12.4 -1.7	0.