NIKA October 9th, 2015 / S2

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== 2015-10-09 ==

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==== Following not updated ====
'' .Cryostat Temperature: 170mK cooling down slowly 
 Arrays status tonight:  full 2mm array - 1-3 Hz noise; 2 feed lines on 1mm array 3-5Hz noise 
Modulation frequency: 10kHz 1mm, 5kHz 2mm

Opacity is measured with the new taumeter at 225 GHz 

Nasmyth offsets : 0, 0

Set Focus : -1.3 mm (not at all optimised)

 .Quick description of the session: Test the Pako sequences and data flows.''
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Data Repository: /home/nika2/NIKA/Data/run13_mirror_1m_X/


||'''Scan'''||'''UT'''||'''Source'''||'''Command'''              ||'''Az'''||'''El'''||'''Pointing X, Y, Focus'''||'''Tau225'''||    '''Comment'''         ||
||112   || 12h10m  ||  Mars    || otf 400X220 arcsec      ||  200   ||  45    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||All the scans are not reconized from Elvin. It appears as _I_||
||144   || 12h48m  ||  Mars    || otf 400X220 arcsec      ||  247   ||  41    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||
||146   || 12h58m  ||  Mars    || FocusLiss               ||  249   ||  38    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4   || ||
||147   || 13h05m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold            ||  251   ||  37    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4   ||Five Scans from 147 to 151 ||
||152   || 13h14m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold            ||  252   ||  36    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||Five Scans from 147 to 156 ||
||157   || 13h20m  ||  Mars    || Pointing Cross          ||  253   ||  34    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||  ATTENTION!!! Check the focusZ! It said '-1.3' in PaKo but '-2.3' in antennaDataStream...    ||
||158   || 13h22m  ||  Mars    || Pointing Cross          ||  254   ||  34    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    || ||
||159   || 13h27m  ||  Mars    || ???     ||  254   ||  10-80    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||   ||
||160   || 13h27m  ||  Mars    || Sky Dip     ||  254   ||  20-80    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||   ||
||161   || 13h37m  ||  3c273    || Track     ||  227   ||  44    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||   ||
||162   || 13h41m  ||  3c273    || otf 400X400 arcsec    ||  227   ||  44    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||   ||
||163   || 13h52m  ||  3c273    || otf 400X400 arcsec    ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-1.3              ||   0.2-0.4    ||   ||
||164-166   || 13h52m  ||  Mars    || Track   ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-1.44 / -1.3             ||   0.2-0.4    ||  Testing Focus values  ||
||167   || 13h52m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-1.4              ||   0.2-0.4    ||  Taking for good the value of PaKo: '-1.44'!  ||
||168   || 13h52m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-2.0              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||169   || 13h52m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-2.6              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||170   || 13h52m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-0.8              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||171   || 13h52m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  230   ||  42    ||   0,0,-0.2              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||172   || 14hxxm  ||  Mars    || FocusTrack   ||  230   ||  22    ||   0,0,-2.8              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||173-177   || 14h29m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  266   ||  20    ||   0,0,-2.8              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||178-182   || 14h35m  ||  Mars    || FocusLissold   ||  266   ||  20    ||   0,0,-2.8             ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||183   || 14h43m  ||  G34.3    || Track   ||  118   ||  33    ||   0,0,-2.8              ||   0.2-0.4    ||    ||
||184-188   || 14h49m  ||  G34.3    || FocusLissold   ||  118   ||  33    ||   0,0, -4.7 --> -2.3             ||   0.2-0.4    || Set focus -3.5 after feedback of Nicolas of scans 178-182   ||
||189-197   || 14h57m  ||  G34.3    || FocusLissold_big   ||  120   ||  36    ||   0,0,-5.9 --> -1.1             ||   0.2-0.4    || Focusliss with larger span (9 steps of 0.6mm each) . NOTE: PaKo gives error because standard Focus range is -4 to -0.5! ||
||198-206   || 15h16m  ||  G34.3    || FocusLissold_big   ||  120   ||  36    ||   0,0,-3.4 --> +1.4             ||   0.2-0.4    || Focusliss with larger span (9 steps of 0.6mm each). NOTE: same PaKo error as above! ||
||207-215   || 15hxxm  ||  G34.3    || FocusLissold_big   ||  130   ||  40    ||   0,0,-3.4 --> +1.4             ||   0.2-0.4    || Focusliss with larger span (9 steps of 0.6mm each). NOTE: used 'priviliged' account to bypass PaKo error! ||