NIKA October 9th, 2015 / S2

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2015-10-09


Following not updated

.Cryostat Temperature: 170mK cooling down slowly

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)


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!

NK2015_Oct09 (last edited 2015-10-16 10:52:23 by NikaBolometer)