NIKA2 run 6 26 October 2016

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2016-10-27

Observers: Juan + Florian -- Operator: Quique

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Comment

172

16h01

G34.3

Track

165.46

53.34

0 0 0 0 0

3.48

We start a new session (Juan, Florian, operator: Quique). We decide to start by some dark tests

173

16h08

G34.3

Pointing b

166.14

53.38

0 0 0 0 0

2.98

First a pointing --> The processing went well

174

16h12

G34.3

Beammap

174.73

54.11

0 0 0 0 0

1.81

We now do a beammap in azimuth in this dark test as we have not done such study in the previous sessions

175

16h36

G34.3

Beammap

181.09

54.27

0 0 0 0 0

0.73

Beammap in elevation. WARNING: the cryostat temperature increased to 215 mK so we lost the pixels.

176

17h56

G34.3

Pointing b

210.51

49.97

0 0 0 0 0

0.70

Martino managed to recover the nominal temperature so we launch a pointing to see the timeline behavior on trace

176-187

Do not consider, doing test to check problems of oscillations when doing a track

188

19h14

Neptune

nkpoint b

154

40

0.8

0 0 0 0 0

DARK TEST no autotuning

189

19h15

Neptune

beam140scans

154

40

0.8

0 0 0 0 0

DARK TEST no autotuning, cancelled

190

19h17

Neptune

beam140scans

154

40

0.8

0 0 0 0 0

DARK TEST

191

19h58

Neptune

beam99scans

175.82

44.09

0.68

0 0 0 0 0

DARK TEST

192

20h31

Uranus

track

119.67

44.51

0.79

0 0 0 0 0

We are now on the sky (window off), we start by a pointing --> set pointing -4.3 -12.9

193

20h35

Uranus

Pointing b

120.01

44.71

0.73

0 0 0 0 0

We start by a pointing --> set pointing -4.3 -12.9

194

20h41

Uranus

Pointing b

121.58

45.76

0.70

-4.30 -12.90 0 0 0

We check the previous pointing --> set pointing -3.2 -12.4

195-199

20h46

Uranus

FocusOTF-Z 0

123.08

46.71

0.80

-3.2 -12.40 0 0 0

We now do a focus along the Z-axis --> set focus -0.45

200-204

20h54

Uranus

FocusOTF-Z -0.45

125.08

48.00

0.64

-3.2 -12.40 0 0 -0.45

We check focus along the Z-axis and combine the 10 OTFs --> set focus -0.40

205-209

21h03

Uranus

FocusOTF-X 0

127.68

49.37

0.72

-3.2 -12.40 0 0 -0.40

We now do a focus along the X-axis --> set focus 0.19 /dir X

210-214

21h10

Uranus

FocusOTF-Y 0

129.54

50.35

0.65

-3.2 -12.40 0.19 0 -0.40

We now do a focus along the Y-axis --> set focus 0.55 /dir Y

215

21h16

Uranus

Pointing b

131.76

51.41

0.68

-3.2 -12.40 0.19 0.55 -0.40

We do a final pointing before the beammap --> set pointing -3.7 -12.5

216

21h20

Uranus

beam99scans

140.60

54.97

0.68

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

First beammap with 99 subscans on the sky (in azimuth)

217

21h43

Uranus

beam99scans

147.06

56.77

0.73

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

Beammap with 99 subscans (in elevation)

218

22h07

Uranus

skydip

149.72

65.30

0.57

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

First skydip of this session, processing went well but tau2mm/tau1mm = 0.53 too low...

219

22h18

0113-118

track

165.59

40.36

0.59

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

Track on a source at an elevation of 40 degrees to make a skydip slew

220

22h20

0113-118

skydip slew

165.83

40.39

0.59

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

Skydip slew

221

22h34

Uranus

track

163.07

59.89

0.61

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

Track on Uranus for a pointing then focus then beammap at high elevation

222

22h36

Uranus

Pointing b

163.75

59.93

0.55

-3.7 -12.5 0.19 0.55 -0.40

We start by a pointing --> set pointing -4.7 -10.2

223-227

22h39

Uranus

FocusOTF-Z -0.4

165.36

60.13

0.55

-4.7 -10.2 0.19 0.55 -0.40

We now do a focus along the Z-axis --> set focus -0.42

228-232

22h48

Uranus

FocusOTF-X 0.19

169.71

60.50

0.55

-4.7 -10.2 0.19 0.55 -0.42

We now do a focus along the X-axis --> set focus -0.42