NIKA run #3 (18 - 24. Oct 2011)
Test run plan:
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Dates |
Main Task |
Details |
Lead (Neel / IRAM) |
Support |
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11.10. Tuesday |
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Arrival of first visitors and truck in Granada |
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12.10. Wednesday |
Mount and cool down |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: ~ 11h - 17h |
Alain / Samuel |
Santiago |
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13.10. Thursday |
Cool down / Network / System checks |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: up to 2 hours in afternoon |
Alain / Samuel |
Miguel |
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14.10. Friday |
Possible displacement of PTC compressor / cool, checks |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: up to 2 hours anytime |
Alain / Samuel |
Dave ? Santiago ? |
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15.10. Saturday |
Possible displacement of PTC compressor / laser alignment |
Limited access to Rx-Cabin: up to 2 hours anytime |
Alain / Samuel |
Dave ? Santiago ? |
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16.10. Sunday |
cool down & checks or wait |
access to Rx-Cabin: 0 - 2 hours, probably not necessary |
Alain / Samuel |
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17.10. Monday |
Observations (T21-11) |
start at 22h00 |
Alain / Samuel |
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18.10. Tuesday |
Observations (T21-11) |
stop at 10h00, restart at 22h00 |
Alain / Samuel |
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19.10. Wednesday |
Observations (T21-11) |
stop at 14h00, restart at 22h00 |
Alain / Samuel |
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20.10. Thursday |
Observations (T21-11) |
stop at 14h00, restart at 22h00 |
Xavier, Alessandro / Samuel |
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21.10. Friday |
Observations (T21-11) |
stop at 14h00, restart at 22h00 |
Xavier, Alessandro / Samuel |
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22.10. Saturday |
Observations (T21-11) |
stop at 14h00, restart at 22h00 |
Xavier, Alessandro / Samuel |
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23.10. Sunday |
Observations (T21-11) |
stop at 14h00, restart at 20h00 |
Xavier, Alessandro / Samuel |
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24.10. Monday |
Observations (T21-11), Warm up |
stop at 14h00 |
Xavier, Alessandro / Samuel |
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25.10. Tuesday |
Dismount and leave |
Access to Rx-Cabin: 10h30 - 14h00 |
Xavier, Alessandro / Samuel |
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color table of the Run schedule
Staffing of the test run 3
- IRAM/Grenoble:
- 1 room: Samuel Leclercq (coordinator).
- Institut Néel:
- 3 rooms Oct 11 - Oct 18: Alain Benoit (PI) + (Christian Hoffmann), Alessandro Monfardini (co-PI) + Philippe Camus, Martino Calvo + (Angelo Cruciani).
- 4 rooms Oct 18 - Oct 25: Alain Benoit (PI), Alessandro Monfardini (co-PI), Martino Calvo + Angelo Cruciani, Christian Hoffmann + Nicolas Boudou.
- IPAG:
- 1 room Oct 17 - Oct 25: François-Xavier Désert.
- IRAM/Granada:
- 2 rooms: Operators: Juan / Salvador.
- 1 room: Astronomers of Duty: Sandra / Nicolas.
- 2 rooms: cooks and cleaning personal.
- 1 room: receiver engineer.
- 2 rooms: several from various groups.
- Visitors astronomers (heterodynes):
- 2 rooms.
The total number of rooms at the Pico is 14 => always full with above room atribution.
For more details on traveling and presences dates see the color table of the NIKA staff schedule.
List of astronomical target
Complementary information
Minutes of the September 9 2011 meeting for the preparation of the NIKA run 3
Test plan document as previous years probably not necessary since it would be redondant with all the above information (however if somebody thinks it would still be useful, please tell me and I'll write a test plan similar to previous years - Samuel).
Offline processing results
Daily reports
Monday 10 October 2011
Tuesday 11 October 2011
The van left on Tuesday fully loaded and with 4 inflated tyres and one spare for Spain (Alessandro, Philippe and Martino are driving). Samuel and Alain to join them in Granada.
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Unloading has started at Pico Veleta.
Beside a leak in the cryostat, a connector size problem with the compressor and the explosion of one of the foot of the anti-vibration table, the installation of NIKA and its auxiliary equipment went fine and smoothly. System pumped, cryocooler switched on, temperature decreasing gently ==> so far so good. 
