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2013-06-15

Cryostat Temperature: 220mK after recycling yesterday .
Arrays status today: 192 pixels 1mm ; 128 pixels 2mm
Modulation frequency: 8kHz 1mm, 4kHz 2mm

Opacity is measured with the new taumeter at 225 GHz

For start:

Working with the new pointing model (rms went from 5 to 2 arcsec for yesterday pointing session)
Nasmyth offset 28, 28 implemented in the pointing model
offset 0 0 /system nasmyth
Quick description of the session 14h30 to 2h UT
Calibration: 3C84, 3C279 Pointing, focus, otfgeom.
Secondary calibrators
Venus/Saturn sidelobe measurements
Bright extended source(s): Crab, NGC2023, OrionLBS
Skydip
Arp220
Faint sources to measure noise figures (20-40 mJy range at 1mm)
SZ on RXJ

Scan	UT	Source	Command	Az	El	Pointing X, Y, Focus	Tau225	Pointing offset Found	Comment
89	14h29	3C84	Track	297	38	0, 0, -2.4	0.65		tuning the resonances
90	14h46	3C84	cross	298	35	0, 0, -2.4		10, -2
91	14h50	3C84	pointliss	298	34	0, 0, -2.4	0.72	7, -3
92	14h57	3C84	pointliss	298	34	7, -3,-2.4	0.72	6, -3	set focus -2.0
93	14h59	3C84	focusp2	299	33	6, -3,-2.4			set focus -1.8
94-98	15h05	3C84	focusliss	299	32	6, -3,-2.4	0.66		set focus -1.0
99	15h16	3C84	focusp	300	30	6, -3,-2.4
100	15h21	WOH	track	300	30	6, -3,-1
101	15h23	WOH	faintliss	326	30	6, -3,-1		3,1;3,1 Fl 4.5-2.5 uncorr
102	15h32	Mars	track	274	33	6, -3, -1	0.614
103	15h46	Mars	cross	276	30	6, -3, -1	0.809	3, -5
104	15h49	Mars	focusp	276	30	3, -5, -1		-1?	not convincing
105-109	15h58	Mars	focusliss	277	28	3, -5, -1		FW very large, still 1mm is optimum	anomalous refraction?
110	16h10	Mars	otfgeom	277	28	1, 1, -1
111	16h27	Mars	onoff	281	21	1, 1, -1			onoff -30 0 /ref 30 0 trueHor /syst trueHor/tsub 10/nsub 4]
112	16h28	Mars	onoff	281	21	1, 1, -1			onoff -30 0 /ref 30 0 trueHor /syst trueHor/tsub 10/nsub 12]
113	16h31	Mars	onoff	281	21	1, 1, -1			idem
114	16h34	Mars	onoff	281	21	1, 1, -1			idem
115	16h37	CRL618	track	295	28	1, 1, -1
116	16h42	CRL618	faintliss	295	28	1, 1, -1		1,2;3,2 Fl 2.6,2.2	ok
117	16h48	CRL618	faintliss	296	26	1, 1, -1		3,2;3,2 Fl 2.9,2.3	ok Fwh1m 16 better
118	16h54	ALFORI	track	260	24	1, 1, -1
119	16h56	ALFORI	faintliss	260	24	1, 1, -1	0.56	Fl0.36,0.21	Faint
120	17h01	ALFORI	faintliss	262	23	1, 1, -1	0.686	not detected
121	17h07	IRC10216	track	204	64	1, 1, -1
122	17h11	IRC10216	faintliss	206	64	1, 1, -1		7,-5;5,-4 Fl3.4,0.6Jy
123	17h16	IRC10216	faintliss	206	64	1, 1, -1		5,-4;5,-3 Fl3.5,0.7Jy
124-127	17h16	DIY	skydip	210		1, 1, -1		0.43;0.28	use scan 127 (test elvin reboot Bbox) but OK
128-131	17h55	DIY	skydip	210		1, 1, -1	0.616	0.37;0.22	use scan 131 ok
132	18h10	3C279	track	151		1, 1, -1		0.595
133	18h13	3C279	pointliss	152	43	1, 1, -1		5,6;5,6 Fw 21;22arcsec Fl10,12Jy
134-138	18h18	3C279	focusliss	153	44	5, 6, -1		FluxOpt -1;-0.8 Fw -1;-0.7, set point 5 -1
139	18h31	3C279	focusp	158	44	5, -1, -1	0.613	-1.2@1mm?
140	18h41	RXJ1347-1145	track			5, -1, -1
141-142	18h42	RXJ1347-1145	otfsz	149	36	5, -1, -1			Az and El otf scans 6x3 arcmin, 24"/s Nearly off reso
143-146	18h45	RXJ1347-1145	otfsz	149		5, -1, -1			Az and El otf scans 6x3 arcmin, 36"/s with tracks
147-150	18h59	RXJ1347-1145	otfsz	153	37	5, -1, -1
151-154	19h06	RXJ1347-1145	otfsz	155	37	5, -1, -1			some kids were probably lost during all these scans. Tune them after 154
155-158	19h19	RXJ1347-1145	otfsz	159	39	5, -1, -1	0.622