OffProcNika2Run1ObsModeTests20151031

Test of mapping faint extended sources

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Tests of the Observing Modes

Author: Helene Roussel, Alessia Ritacco, Florian Ruppin, F.-Xavier Desert, with remote help from Nicolas Ponthieu, Martino Calvo and Andrea Catalano

Tests made on 20151031

Maps of CasA Obtained with 4 scans in AzEl @nkotf 10 10 angle 0 30 60 azel angle=0,45,90,135 20151031s6 to s9 One scan is 210 seconds. (14min in total)

NIKA2CasA.png

(cf. 87GHz map of Wright et al. 1999)


Maps of NGC891 to follow on the historical Mambo footsteps of Michel Guelin's paper: 1993, AA279, L37 (62mJy/beam peak flux at 1.2mm with MAMBO)

* Obtained with 8 scans in AzEl @nkotf 7 7 angle 0 20 40 azel angle=0,45,90,135 20151031s13 to s16 and s23-26

* and 6 scans in Radec @nkotf 7 7 angle 0 20 40 radec angle=-27,+23,+73 s17-19, s20-22

Total of 3000 seconds (50min) of scans

NIKA2NGC891.png