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||176 || 16h45 || Uranus || Track || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' Track30''' ||
||177 || 16h55 || Uranus || Track || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 ||  ''' Track60''' ||
||178 || 16h57 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 ||  ''' Noelvin data''' ||
||179 || 16h59 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 ||  ''' Noelvin data''' ||
||180 || 17h00 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' ''' ||
||181 || 17h03 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' source close to array edge ''' ||
||182 || 17h05 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 ||   ''' M5 on "best laser position" (see preliminary remark above) no source '''    ||
||183 || 17h07 || Uranus || Cross || 190 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' no source
(additional problem: sky gets cloudy)'''  ||
||184 || 17h07 || Uranus || Cross || 190 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' back to M5 on "minimal background position" => no source''' ||
||185 || 17h19 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' offsets 2.9 40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => no source''' ||
||186 || 17h19 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' offsets 0 0 Nasmyth => see source''' ||
||185 || 17h28 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || ''' offsets -2.9 -40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => see source''' ||
||176 || 16h45 || Uranus || Track || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || Track30 ||
||177 || 16h55 || Uranus || Track || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || Track60 ||
||178 || 16h57 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || Noelvin data ||
||179 || 16h59 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || Noelvin data ||
||180 || 17h00 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 ||              ||
||181 || 17h03 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || source close to array edge ||
||182 || 17h05 || Uranus || Cross || 180 || 56 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || M5 on "best laser position" (see preliminary remark above) no source    ||
||183 || 17h07 || Uranus || Cross || 190 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || no source
'''(additional problem: sky gets cloudy)''' ||
||184 || 17h07 || Uranus || Cross || 190 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || back to M5 on "minimal background position" => no source ||
||185 || 17h19 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || offsets 2.9 40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => no source ||
||186 || 17h19 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || offsets 0 0 Nasmyth => see source
'''   ||
||187 || 17h28 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || offsets -2.9 -40.8 Nasmyth to get sour
ce at array center => see source but not at center ||
||188 || 17h28 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 || same ||
||189 || 17h28 || Uranus || Cross || 193 || 55 || 0,0,-2.4 || 0.28 ||
offsets 0 -40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => see source    ||

NIKA January 20th, 2014 / S1

Back to list of day to day logbook of observations

2014-01-21

  • Cryostat Temperature: 150mK (regulated, RMS ripple 0.03mK).
  • Arrays status tonight: 128 pixels 2mm - 1Hz noise; 196 pixels 1mm 3-5Hz noise

Modulation frequency: 8kHz 1mm, 5kHz 2mm

Opacity is measured with the new taumeter at 225 GHz

Nasmyth offsets : 0, 0

Set pointing : 0, 0

Set Focus : -2.40 mm

Preliminary remark:

  • We are afraid that the minimal background is actually not the best radio alignment, indeed if the NIKA pupil is misaligned such that it sees the sky next to M2 it's possible that the background is lower than seeing only M2 (the other hypothesis with the pupil misalignment is that it sees the edge of M1 diffraction the 300K from the ground, so increase the background on the array). Only way to know now is to look at a source (Uranus) with M5 on the "best laser (alignment) position", then look at the source with M5 on the "minimal background" position and compare the beams: the stronger and narrower beam is the one with the best illumination of the telescope pupil.

Quick description of the session: Test an upgrade of data acquisition. Try to find if the radio alignment was correct. Choose reference detector. Pointing and Focus on Ref det. Pointing session.

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Comment

176

16h45

Uranus

Track

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

Track30

177

16h55

Uranus

Track

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

Track60

178

16h57

Uranus

Cross

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

Noelvin data

179

16h59

Uranus

Cross

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

Noelvin data

180

17h00

Uranus

Cross

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

181

17h03

Uranus

Cross

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

source close to array edge

182

17h05

Uranus

Cross

180

56

0,0,-2.4

0.28

M5 on "best laser position" (see preliminary remark above) no source

183

17h07

Uranus

Cross

190

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

no source (additional problem: sky gets cloudy)

184

17h07

Uranus

Cross

190

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

back to M5 on "minimal background position" => no source

185

17h19

Uranus

Cross

193

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

offsets 2.9 40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => no source

186

17h19

Uranus

Cross

193

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

offsets 0 0 Nasmyth => see source

187

17h28

Uranus

Cross

193

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

offsets -2.9 -40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => see source but not at center

188

17h28

Uranus

Cross

193

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

same

189

17h28

Uranus

Cross

193

55

0,0,-2.4

0.28

offsets 0 -40.8 Nasmyth to get source at array center => see source

NK2014_Jan21 (last edited 2014-01-22 09:27:56 by NikaBolometer)