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||206-211 || 18h20 || Mars || Track off -200 -200 || 212 || 20 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || Tuning || ||206-213 || 18h20 || Mars || Track off -200 -200 || 212 || 20 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || Tuning , using nikas-14 session ||
||214-223 || 19h20 ||2200+420 (BLLac)|| Track off -200 -200 || 400 || 80 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || problem of tuning/acquisition Alain and Andrea working on it, switch to t21 session in the meantime ||
||224-228 || 20h20 ||2200+420 (BLLac)|| cross || 400 || 80 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || problems with acquisition Alain and andrea working on it, scan bad ||
||229 || 20h59 || 3C84 || @pol/cross || 417 || 30 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || Bad : huge "dip" in the data ||
||230 || 21h02 || 3C84 || @pol/cross || 417 || 30 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || Again, negative peak, strong noise, bad image... Andrea changes the PC position in the cabin||
||231 || 21h15 || 3C84 || track -200 -200 || 419 || 33 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || ||
||232 || 21h20 || 3C84 || @pol/cross || 419 || 33 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 ||Still a peak betwen scans in az and el, also the source is negative in the timelines ||
||233 || 21h31 || 3C84 || track -200 -200 || 419 || 33 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || ||
||234 || 21h40 || 3C84 || track -200 -200 || 421 || 37 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || ||
||235 || 21h45 || 3C84 || @pol/cross || 421 || 38 || 0,0,-1.8 || 0.2 || ||

NIKA January 20th, 2014 / S2

Back to list of day to day logbook of observations

2014-10-09


Opacity is measured with the new taumeter at 225 GHz

Nasmyth offsets : 21.2, 36.75

Set pointing : 0, 0

Set Focus : -1.8 mm

  • Quick description of the session: measure polarization of quasars at various elevations and planets to test our system and calibrate


Polarizer on, HWP on but not turning at session start

Data Repository: Raw_X35

Acquisition = 47 Hz

Values in brackets [] are not updated.

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Comment

206-213

18h20

Mars

Track off -200 -200

212

20

0,0,-1.8

0.2

Tuning , using nikas-14 session

214-223

19h20

2200+420 (BLLac)

Track off -200 -200

400

80

0,0,-1.8

0.2

problem of tuning/acquisition Alain and Andrea working on it, switch to t21 session in the meantime

224-228

20h20

2200+420 (BLLac)

cross

400

80

0,0,-1.8

0.2

problems with acquisition Alain and andrea working on it, scan bad

229

20h59

3C84

@pol/cross

417

30

0,0,-1.8

0.2

Bad : huge "dip" in the data

230

21h02

3C84

@pol/cross

417

30

0,0,-1.8

0.2

Again, negative peak, strong noise, bad image... Andrea changes the PC position in the cabin

231

21h15

3C84

track -200 -200

419

33

0,0,-1.8

0.2

232

21h20

3C84

@pol/cross

419

33

0,0,-1.8

0.2

Still a peak betwen scans in az and el, also the source is negative in the timelines

233

21h31

3C84

track -200 -200

419

33

0,0,-1.8

0.2

234

21h40

3C84

track -200 -200

421

37

0,0,-1.8

0.2

235

21h45

3C84

@pol/cross

421

38

0,0,-1.8

0.2

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