Describe NK2013_Jun17 here.

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2013-06-17

Opacity is measured with the new taumeter at 225 GHz

Wind is still quite strong but better than during all night (antenna stopped) For start:

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Found (pointing + other)

Comment

1

12h43

Mars

Track

239

65

0, 0, -2.4

0.59

tuning the resonances

2

13h02

Mars

Track

246

62

0, 0, -2.4

after some lost resonances are found again

3

13h05

Mars

pointliss

247

61

0, 0, -1

-14 0, Fw 14 19, Fl 84 30

4

13h05

Mars

247

61

0, 0, -1

canceled

5-9

13h10

Mars

focusliss

249

60

-14, 0, -1

Opt -1, Corr -11 0, Fw 14 18, Fl 49 21

10

13h21

Mars

otfgeom

251

58

-11, 0, -1

0.6

11

13h33

L1551IRS5

track

251

52

-11, 0, -1

0.6

Secondary calibration

12

13h36

L1551IRS5

faintliss1

251

51

-11, 0, -1

0.54

Fl2mm 0.34Jy

1 arcmin amplitude to keep the point source in at all time

13

13h42

L1551IRS5

faintliss1

253

50

-11, 0, -1

0.59

sky noise

14

13h

HLTAU

track

255

48

-11, 0, -1

0.52

15

13h49

HLTAU

faintliss1

255

48

-11, 0, -1

tauNIKA = 0.49 0.30, Fl2mm 0.21

16

13h55

HLTAU

faintliss1

255

48

-11, 0, -1

0.62

some resonances lost at 1mm

17

14h06

HLTAU

faintliss1

255

48

-11, 0, -1

after recovering reso (new auto tune not working)

18

14h

HLTAU

faintliss1

258

44

-11, 0, -1

Cloud layer everywhere

19

14h17

GL490

track

318

44

-11, 0, -1

0.435

20

14h20

GL490

faintliss1

319

43

-11, 0, -1

21

14h27

GL490

faintliss1

319

43

-11, 0, -1

-15 -2?, Fl 0.55

Many 1mm reso lost, Time spent to make auto-recovering work

22

15h20

Mars

track

272

35

-11, 0, -1

23

15h26

Mars

pointliss

273

35

-11, 0, -1

-12 -3, Fw 16 19, Fl 65 30

24-28

15h31

Mars

focusliss

274

33

-11, 0, -1

Opt -1.7 -1.3, Corr -12 -4, Fw 14 20, Fl 42 18

29

15h42

Mars

otfgeom

275

31

-12, -4, -1.7

0.439

Fw 17 20, Fl 51 25, set po -12 -2

Not the best one, some 1mm reso near saturation

30

16h09

Mars

otf10x10 in Az

279

28

-12, -4, -1.7

0.519

more debug on auto-recovering before that scan

31

16h18

Mars

track

277

28

-12, -4, -1.7

0.519

cancelled to have time to recover resos

32

16h20

Mars

otf10x10 in El

281

23

-12, -4, -1.7

33

16h29

0716+714

track

340

50

-12, -4, -1.7

0.607

34

16h35

0716+714

pointliss

340

50

-12, -4, -1.7

0.53

-14 -1, Fw 19 18, Fl 1.8 3.3

35

16h40

0716+714

faintliss

340

50

-12, -4, -1.7

0.53

-14 0, Fw 15.5 18, Fl 3.1 3.3, tau 0.46 0.26

36

16h45

APM08279

track

319

66

-14, 0, -1.7

0.65

37-38

17h00

APM08279

faintliss1t (faint 1arcmin+track)

319

66

-14 0 -1.7

0.47

after finding the resonances

39-40

17h08

APM08279

faintliss1t

315

63

-14, 0, -1.7

very cloudy, very windy

41-42

17h14

APM08279

faintliss1t

314

62

-14, 0, -1.7

43-44

17h20

APM08279

faintliss1t

-14, 0, -1.7

45-46

17h49

APM08279

faintliss1t

-14, 0, -1.7

0.584

after recovering resonances

47-48

17h54

APM08279

faintliss1t

311

56

-14, 0, -1.7

49-50

18h00

APM08279

faintliss1t

311

55

-14, 0, -1.7

0.685

51-52

18h

APM08279

faintliss1t

-14, 0, -1.7

53-54

18h

APM08279

faintliss1t

-14, 0, -1.7

Lots of wind. Borderline. Put the brake on the telescope at the end of scan!

55

20h02

3C279

track

193

46

-14, 0, -1.7

0.99

high tau, clouds, resonances lost, re-tune

56-60

20h14

3C279

focusliss

195

46

-14, 0, -1.7

0.96

-13 0 -1.7 but very noisy data

61

20h30

3C279

faintlissfast

204

44

-14, 0, -1.7

0.96

try 2x faster to beat sky noise, stopped resonances lost, Alain update auto-tuning script

62-63

20h45

3C279

faintlissfast

204

44

-14, 0, -1.7

0.7

-12 1, Fw 12 20, Fl 5.7 7.3

high fluctuations of tau

64-65

20h45

3C279

faintliss1t

209

42

-14, 0, -1.7

0.7

-12 1, Fw 13 20, Fl 3.2 6.9

to compare with faintliss fast

66-70

20h50

3C279

focusliss

215

40

-12, 1, -1.7

0.9

-12 1 -1 stil pretty noisy

tones again lost

71-75

21h

3C279

focusliss

215

40

-12, 1, -1

0.9

-12 2 -1.3, Fw 12 18, Fl 10 11, much better data

76

21h15

RXJ1347-1145

track

200

35

-12, 2, -1.3

0.6

tones were lost again just after the scan

77-80

21h54

RXJ1347-1145

otfsz

210

35

-12, 2, -1.3

0.6

81-84

22h05

RXJ1347-1145

otfsz

212

35

-12, 2, -1.3

0.4

85-88

22h05

RXJ1347-1145

otfsz

219

31

-12, 2, -1.3

0.4

89

22h35

3C279

pointliss

236

28

-12, 2, -1.3

0.4

-9 1, fw 12.6 17.4, fl 10 12

90

22h35

OPHB1-1

Track

175

28

-9, 1, -1.3

0.4

waiting for lost resonances

91-94

22h39

OPHB1-1

OTF4x4 (Az.+El. with tracks in between)

175

28

-9, 1, -1.3

0.3

95-98

22h59

OPHB1-1

OTF4x4

180

28

-9, 1, -1.3

0.3

99-102

23h15

OPHB1-3

OTF4x4

185

28

-9, 1, -1.3

0.3

103-106

23h30

OPHB1-3

OTF4x4

188

28

-9, 1, -1.3

0.3

sky more stable, take some minutes to recover some lost resonances at 1mm

107-1

23h50

OPHB1-3

OTF4x4

193

27

-9, 1, -1.3

0.25

2-5

00h05

OPHB1-3

OTF4x4

197

26

-9, 1, -1.3

0.25

6

00h19

1757-240

pointliss

177

29

-9, 1, -1.3

0.23

-11 -3, -11 -2, Fw 16 19, Fl 12 8

7

00h31

MWC349

track

430

60

-9, 1, -1.3

0.23

8-12

00h33

MWC349

focusliss

430

60

-11, -2, -1.3

0.26

-11 8 -1.5, Fw n/a 18, Fl n/a 1.3

why do we have nothing at 1mm although tau is the best of run 6 ?

13

00h50

MWC349

faintliss

430

64

-11, 8, -1.5

0.26

-10 4, Fw n/a 18, Fl n/a 1.5

still nothing at 1mm go stronger

14

01h01

K3-50A

faintliss

453

71

-11, 8, -1.5

0.19

-8 4, Fw n/a 19, Fl n/a 5

nothing either at 1mm, good at 2mm

15

01h01

3C345

faintliss

280

55

-9, 4, -1.5

0.2

cancelled lost some 1mm resonnances

16

01h21

3C345

faintliss

280

55

-9, 4, -1.5

0.2

-10 4, Fw n/a 18, Fl 2

there's definitely a pb with 1mm; resonances too sharp on good sky ? go anyway on HFLS3 while Martino looks for a solution

17

01h30

HFLS3

faintliss

320

55

-9, 4, -1.5

0.2

18

01h40

3C345

track

280

55

-9, 4, -1.5

0.2

19

01h42

3C345

faintliss

280

55

-11 4, Fw 13 18, Fl 2 2

0.3

1mm is back ! thanks Martino, hypthesis seemed confirmed

20

01h55

HFLS3

faintliss

320

55

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

tuning by hand on the fly just before scan started

21

02h03

HFLS3

faintliss

320

55

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

22

02h08

MWC349

track

424

79

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

23

02h11

MWC349

faintliss

421

81

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

-8 5, Fw 14 18, Fl 1.9 1.3

to get flux for the 1mm array before >80 deg for 4 hours

24

02h20

HFLS3

track

320

55

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

tau nika 0.13 0.07

25

02h25

HFLS3

faintliss

320

55

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

few resonances lost 1st half of scan, tau nika 0.16 0.06

26

02h30

HFLS3

faintliss

320

55

-11, 4, -1.5

0.26

tau nika 0.13 0.07

27

02h35

HFLS3

faintliss

320

54

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

28

02h41

HFLS3

faintliss

320

53

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

29

02h47

3C345

track

290

48

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

30-34

02h49

3C345

focusliss

290

47

-11, 4, -1.5

0.2

10 5 -1.5, Fw 11.8, 18 Fl 2.1,1.9Jy

35

03h02

3C345

focusp

292

45

-10, 5, -1.6

0.2

36-39

03h06

DIY-Tip

skydip

292

45

-10, 5, -1.6

0.257

2mm Nikel reboot before skydip proper

40

03h26

NGC7538

track

388

57

-10, 5, -1.6

41

03h30

NGC7538

faintliss2

388

58

-10, 5, -1.6

0.254

-11 6, -11 5, Fw 23 23 (extended), Fl 7 3

42

03h40

Cas A

track

392

59

-10, 5, -1.6

43

03h41

Cas A

otf10x10

392

58

-10, 5, -1.6

0.24

cancelled at subscan 14, lost 1mm resonances

44-46

Cas A

otf10x10

392

58

-10, 5, -1.6

0.271

(Az, Track, El)

47-49

04h08

Cas A

otf10x10

392

58

-10, 5, -1.6

(Az, Track, El)

50

04h27

NGC7538

track

378

63

-10, 5, -1.6

51

04h

NGC7538

faintliss2

378

63

-10, 5, -1.6

-10 5 -10 4 Fl6.6,3 Fw 24, 24 extended

52

04h

W3OH

track

395

44

-10, 5, -1.6

dawn

53

04h42

W3OH

faintliss2

395

44

-10, 5, -1.6

-9 3;-10 5 Fl10,3.7Jy Fw19,22 extended

3 2mm pixels lost: KB108, KB126, KB34double

54

04h49

NGC604

track

443

50

-10, 5, -1.6

55-58

04h51

NGC604

otf5x5

443

50

-10, 5, -1.6

0.213

Az,track,Elcanceled, El

59-62

05h14

NGC604

otf5x5

447

55

-10, 5, -1.6

0.209

Az,track,Elcanceled, (1mm reso lost), Elok, sunny

63-65

05h37

NGC604

otf5x5

450

59

-10, 5, -1.6

0.157

Az,track, El

66-68

05h57

NGC604

otf5x5

453

63

-10, 5, -1.6

Az,track, El

69

06h17

3C84

track

67

49

-10, 5, -1.6

0.187

set topo low to unwind the telescope before track

70

06h17

3C84

pointliss

67

49

-10, 5, -1.6

-9 5;-9 5 ;Fw 13, 19; Fl11,9.5Jy

71

06h33

NGC604

track

102

71

-9, 5, -1.6

0.182

72-74

06h35

NGC604

otf5x5

103

71

-9, 5, -1.6

75-77

07h01

NGC604

otf5x5

112

76

-9, 5, -1.6

NikaTau 0.15,0.067

78-79

07h25

NGC604

otf5x5slow

112

76

-9, 5, -1.6

speed 20"/s step 9 to go to high elev, last el scan cancelled : too high elev

80

07h37

Uranus

track

191

56

-9, 5, -1.6

81

07h44

Uranus

otfgeom

193

56

-9, 5, -1.6

0.44

82-83

07h44

NGC891

track

417

79

-9, 5, -1.6

-12 5 Fw 13,19 Fl46,12

set topo high

84-86

08h05

NGC891

ngc891liss

413

80

-9, 5, -1.6

liss with 0.07 speed 2 arcmin, 3 positions 0,0;-20,-60;20,60;

87

08h17

NGC891

ngc891liss

413

80

-9, 5, -1.6

tune resonances between 86 and 87

08h20

natural skydip

going to park

End of Run6. Last night was very useful! thanks to all

NK2013_Jun17 (last edited 2013-06-18 08:26:59 by NikaBolometer)