NIKA run #2 (13. - 25. Oct 2010, week 42)
2nd test run of NIKA at the IRAM 30m telescope
== Test run plan: 14.10. - 25.10.2009 == Schedule
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Dates |
Main Task |
Details |
Lead (IRAM/Neel) |
Support |
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13.10. |
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Arrival of first visitors in Granada |
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14.10. Thursday |
Arrival of truck, mount and cool down |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: 4 hours in afternoon |
Samuel/Alain |
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15.10. Friday |
Cool down / system checks |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: 2 hours in afternoon |
Samuel/Alain |
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16.10. Saturday |
Optical alignment (incl. removal of M3) |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: 2 hours in afternoon |
Samuel/Alain |
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17.10. Sunday |
Bright sources optical model |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: 2 hours in afternoon |
Clemens/Alain |
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18.10. Monday |
Observations T16-10 |
6h30 - 20h30 |
Samuel/Alain |
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19.10. Tuesday |
Observations T16-10 |
17h30 - 2h30 |
Samuel/Alain |
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20.10. We. - 21.10 Th. |
Observations T16-10 |
14h30 - 2h30 |
Samuel/Alain |
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22.10. Friday |
Observations T16-10 |
9h00 - 21h00 |
Samuel/Alain |
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23.10. Saturday |
Observations T16-10 |
18h00 - 6h00 |
Samuel/Alain |
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24.10. Sunday |
Observations T16-10 |
14h30 - 2h30 |
Samuel/Alain |
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25.10. |
Warm up, dismount |
Free Rx cabin for 11h00 |
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Staffing of the test run (DRAFT by CK, 2.9.2010)
The total number of rooms at the Pico is 14.
- IRAM/Granada (9 rooms minimum during the week, 7 rooms at weekends):
- Operators: J.L.Santarén (day time), F.Damour (night time) (2 rooms)
- J.Penalver (1 room, Mon-Wed), S.Sanchez (Wed-Fri)
- Astronomers of Duty / Friend of the instrument: D.Riquelme or G.Quintana-Lacaci (1 room)
- Receiver group: Dave John or Santiago Navarro ? (1 room)
- Computer group: Walter Brunswig or Albrecht Sievers ? (1 room)
- Additional 2 rooms are the minimum needed for cooks and cleaning personal.
- IRAM/Grenoble: Samuel Leclercq or Markus Roesch or Robert Zylka or Karl Schuster ? (2 at a time, 2 rooms)
- Visitors from Neel, LAOG, AIG Cardiff, SRON Utrecht, Groningen: *upto 4 rooms during the week* may be used by the visitors. Double occupancy is an option, but the cooks would need to be informed beforehand of this extra load. If more visitors are essential, they'd need to stay over night in the nearby ski resort Pradollano, e.g. at the hotel Kenia.
htm page of the NIKA staff schedule NOT DEFINITIVE YET (uncertain dates in pastel colors)