NIKA October 14th, 2015 / S1

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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 || 0,0,-0.6 || 0.42 || || Clouds are coming up. Opacity increasing.

149

11h

Mars

beammap (2/3)

225

52

0,0,-0.6

0.42

150

12h

Mars

beammap (3/3)

225

52

0,0,-0.6

0.42