NIKA October 14th, 2015 / S6

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2015-10-14


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 : we start at -0.6 mm which was the good value before clouds


Data Repository: /home/nika2/NIKA/Data/run13_X/scan24_X

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Comment

1-3

00h03

Uranus

Track point

186

59

0,0,0.

0.6

Lost resonances

4

00h16

Uranus

Pointcross

186

59

-9.8, 6.3 , -0.6

0.6

pointing OK

5-14

00h20

Uranus

focuslissold

200

57

-9.8, 6.3, -0.55

0.42

had to do 2 focus, first one was weird (see Tapas comments)

15

00h41

Uranus

otfgeom

208

57

-9.8, 6.3 , -0.55

0.42

FWHM higher than expected

16

00h55

skydip

0.42

109

7h

Mars

track

123

47

0,0,0

0.5

110-114

7h

Mars

focuslissold

123

47

0,0,-0.5

0.5

115

7h

Mars

beammap

123

47

0,0,-0.5

0.5

CANCELED: line D of 2mm array was not there!

116

7h50

Mars

beammap (1/3)

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

117

7h50

Mars

beammap (2/3)

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

118

8h20

Mars

beammap (3/3)

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

119-123

8h20

Mars

focuslissold

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

checking, the sun is rising very fast: set focus 0

124

7h50

Mars

beammap (1/3)

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

125

7h50

Mars

beammap (2/3)

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

126

8h20

Mars

beammap (3/3)

134

53

0,0,-0.5

0.45

128

9h42

Mars

focuslissold

183

61

0,0,-0.5

0.45

Clouds are coming up. Opacity increasing. Scans 130, 131, 132 not found.

133

9h58

Mars

Pointcross

189

60

0,0,-0.5

0.45

Scan made, but the file is not good.

134

10h02

Mars

Pointcross

191

60

0,0,-0.5

0.42

Scan made, file is good

135-139

10h08

Mars

focuslissold

194

60

0,0,-0.5

0.42

Scan 136 not found. Seems overlapped with 135.

140

10h22

Mars

beammap (1/3)

201

59

0,0,-0.5

0.42

141

10h40

Mars

beammap (2/3)

210

57

0,0,-0.5

0.42

Acquisition routine was down. Scan not registered.

142

10h54

Mars

beammap (3/3)

216

56

0,0,-0.5

0.42

143-147

11h08

Mars

focuslissold

221

54

0,0,-0.6

0.42

148

11h22

Mars

beammap (1/3)

225

52

0,2,-0.4

0.42

Clouds are coming up. Opacity increasing.

149

11h35

Mars

beammap (2/3)

225

52

0,2,-0.4

0.42

150

11h50

Mars

beammap (3/3)

236

47

0,2,-0.4

0.42

Problem with the file, half of the map is missing

151-155

12h11

Mars

focuslissold

239

45

0,2, -0.4

0.42

Clouds keep coming up. Opacity increasing.

156

12h27

Mars

beammap (1/3)

225

52

0,2,-0.4

0.42

Clouds still there, hoping for the best.

157

12h42

Mars

beammap (2/3)

246

39

0,2,-0.4

0.42

NIKEL card D down

158

12h58

Mars

beammap (3/3)

249

36

0,2,-0.4

0.42

CANCELED: line D of 2mm array was not there! Martino goes to service the card.

159

13h15

Mars

beammap (1/3)

253

33

0,2,-0.4

0.4

Clouds still there, hoping for the best.

160

13h31

Mars

beammap (2/3)

256

30

0,2,-0.4

0.4

161

13h46

Mars

beammap (3/3)

259

26

0,2,-0.4

0.4

NK2015_Oct14 (last edited 2015-10-16 10:53:34 by NikaBolometer)