NIKA October 14th, 2015 / S1
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2015-10-14
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.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 For this session Array 3 is not connected. Opacity is measured with the new taumeter at 225 GHz Nasmyth offsets : 0, 0 Set Focus : we start at 0.0 mm Quick description of the session: beam map.
Data Repository: /home/nika2/NIKA/Data/run13_X/scan24_X
Scan |
UT |
Source |
Command |
Az |
El |
Pointing X, Y, Focus |
Tau225 |
Comment |
118 |
07h14 |
Mars |
Track point |
123 |
47 |
0,0,0. |
0.25 |
Pointing towards Mars. We are using the geometry reduced from yesterday's observation (s20151014s116/17/18) |
119 |
07h20 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
123 |
47 |
0,0,0. |
0.25 |
Scan not so good. The reference pixel is not centered. |
120 |
07h23 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
125 |
48 |
0,0,0. |
0.21 |
Ref pix 2022 (1mm) and 830 (2mm) not centered. |
121 |
07h34 |
Mars |
Track point |
125 |
48 |
0,0,0. |
0.21 |
Restarting PAKO with @ini. Source Mars. Track. |
122 |
07h36 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
128 |
50 |
0,0,0. |
0.26 |
Pointing problem. Scan pattern seems choppy. Reference pixels not centered. SL checking IMB fits file, nothing particular found. |
123 |
07h44 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
131 |
51 |
0,0,0. |
0.14 |
Pointing looks better. Martino restarted antenna and elvin in the NIKA control software. |
124 |
07h48 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
131 |
51 |
-16.6,3.4,0. |
0.14 |
Pointing looks better. Wind. |
125 |
07h52 |
Mars |
focuslissold |
134 |
52 |
-16.6,3.4,0. |
0.14 |
CANCELLED: FOC=0.01 resulted in FOC=9.99 |
126-130 |
07h53 |
Mars |
focuslissold |
134 |
52 |
-16.6,3.4,0. |
0.17 |
1mm focus looks good. Try improving 2mm. |
131 |
08h01 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
137 |
54 |
-16.6,3.4,-0.3 |
0.12 |
|
132 |
08h07 |
Mars |
Pointcross |
134 |
52 |
-10.,1.6.4,-0.3 |
0.11 |
|
132 |
08h07 |
Mars |
Focustrack |
140 |
54 |
-9.3,3.5,-0.3 |
0.11 |
Axis=Z |