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NIKA October 23, 2015 / S8 NIKA October 24, 2015 / S8
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== 2015-10-23 == == 2015-10-24 ==
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 * OTF geometry and beam map on Uranus
 * check pointing on faint sources (pako pointing f and pointing l)		  *
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|| 12 || || Uranus || track || || || 0 0 0 || 0.39 || We are not as good as Martino. took us 25 minutes to get the resonances... ||
|| 13 || 01h37 || Uranus || skydip_DIY || || || 0 0 0 || || resonances well peaked after the skydip. auto_nika_rta tries to reduce skydip and fails. ||
|| 14 || 01h40 || Uranus || track || 236 || 44 || 0 0 0 || || ||
|| 15 || 01h40 || Uranus || nkpoint b || 236 || 44 || 0 0 0 || 0.46 || good fit. set pointing 0.3 0.8. FWHM = 14"@1mm, 19"@2mm ||
|| 16 || 01h42 || Uranus || focustrack z || 237 || 44 || 0.3, 0.8 , 0. || 0.46 || not a great fit. set focus -0.42 and do it again. ||
|| 17 || 01h48 || Uranus || focustrack z || 237 || 44 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0. 42 || 0.45 || better fit. set focus -0.35 ||
|| 18 || 01h50 || Uranus || focustrack x || 239 || 43 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || good fit. set focus -0.32 /dir X . large change, do it again to check ||
|| 19 || 01h56 || Uranus || focustrack x || 239 || 42 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || good fit. set focus /dir X -0.83 Large change !!! try Y and set nsubscan to 9 from scan 21 onward ||
|| 20 || 02h03 || Uranus || focustrack y || 241 || 41 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || good fit. set focus 0.29 /dir Y. large change, do it again to check ||
|| 21 || 02h04 || Uranus || focustrack y || 242 || 40 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || not a good fit, no solution @ 2mm. Do a pointing to check beam shape ||
|| 22 || 02h10 || Uranus || nkpoint b || 243 || 40 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || set pointing -0.5 1, beam is 13" - 18" and looks more circular ||
|| 23 || 02h10 || Uranus ||beammap || 243 || 39 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || Scan cancelled, forgot to update pointing before lauching ||
|| 24-26 || 02h15 || Uranus || beammap || 244 || 36 || -0.5, 1.0, -0.35 || 0.2-0.79 || resonances fine at the start of first, second and third scan. tau 225 unstable during map ||
|| 27 || 02h || Uranus || nkpoint b || 252 || 20 || 0.3, 0.8 , -0.35 || 0.46 || check pointing after beammap. set pointing -0.6 -0.3 . beam looks larger. 13" and 20"||
|| 28 || 03h01 || Uranus || skydip_DIY || 252 || || -0.6, -0.3, -0.35 || 0.44 || resonances well peaked after the skydip. auto_nika_rta tries to reduce skydip and fails. Uranus getting low, will check focus on 3C84 ||
|| 29 || 03h08 || 3C84 || track || 290 || 70 || -0.6, -0.3, -0.35 || 0.41 || ||
|| 30 || 03h11 || 3C84 || nkpoint b || 290 || 70 || -0.6, -0.3, -0.35 || 0.41 || set pointing 5.9, 0.7. does not look too good, will try point faint ||
|| 31 || 03h15 || 3C84 || nkpoint f || 290 || 69 || 5.9, 0.7, -0.35 || 0.61 || auto_nk_rta cannot reduce the pointing. neglect corrections. try point liss. ||
|| 32 || 03h20 || 3C84 || nkpoint l || 290 || 68 || 5.9, 0.7, -0.35 || 0.96 || set pointing 5.0 1.2. FWHM 12 and 18" will try to focus...||
|| 33 || 03h26 || 3C84 || focustrack z || 289 || 67 || 5.0, 1.2, -0.35 || 0.43 || tau very unstable... set focus -0.04 set nsubscans to 10||
|| 34 || 03h30 || 3C84 || focustrack z || 289 || 67 || 5.0, 1.2, -0.04 || 0.43 || tau very unstable... do not help having a good fit without opacity correction set focus 0.00 set subscan to 12 ||
|| 35 || 03h38 || 3C84 || focustrack x || 289 || 64 || 5.0, 1.2, -0.00 || 0.43 || set focus -0.77 /dir X opacity variation not helping ||
|| 36 || 03h45 || 3C84 || focustrack y || 289 || 64 || 5.0, 1.2, -0.00 || 0.43 ||good fit. set focus 0.13 /dir Y small move since last time redo a point liss to check beam shape.||
|| 37 || 03h52 || 3C84 || nkpoint l || 290 || 61 || 5.0, 1.2, -0.00 || 0.42 || set pointing 3.7, 1.9. Beam does not look great or is it the source ?||		 || 12 || || Uranus || track || || || 0 0 0 || 0.39 || We are not as good as Martino. took us 25 minutes to get the

Describe NK2015_Oct24 here.

NIKA October 24, 2015 / S8

Back to list of day to day logbook of observations

2015-10-24

Following not updated

TAPAS is working properly

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

Goal of the session:

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Comment

|| 12 || || Uranus || track || || || 0 0 0 || 0.39 || We are not as good as Martino. took us 25 minutes to get the

NK2015_Oct24 (last edited 2015-10-29 16:08:14 by NikaBolometer)