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Describe PrepRun7 here. [[NikaRun7|Back to the NIKA run 7]]
 
November 11th 2013, Alain Benoit, Martino Calvo and Andrea Catalano come to the 30m to install, cool down and testing the NIKA prototype.
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'''12-13 November 2013''': cooling down, HWP Modulator installation at the pupil (120mm from the cryostat lens)

'''14 November 2013''': OTF geometries on Mars and Uranus. First light of NIKA prototype with polarisation facilities.

'''15 November 2013''': Cryostat back to 300K: 3He-4He mix recovery, heating trap. Polarisation facilities dismantling. Back to Granada.

== STATUS ==


'''Cryostat Temperature''': 150mK (set by temperature control).

'''Arrays status''': 128 pixels 2mm - <1Hz/sqrtHz noise; 201 pixels 1mm about 10Hz/sqrtHz noise

'''Modulation frequency''': 8kHz 1mm, 4kHz 2mm


== OBSERVATIONS Log ==


Opacity is measurd with the taumeter at 225 GHz

p2cor : 0

p7cor : 0

initial Focus : -2.40 mm


||'''Scan'''||'''UT'''||'''Source'''||'''Command''' ||'''Az'''||'''El'''||'''Pointing X, Y, Focus'''||'''Tau225'''|| '''Comment''' ||
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Back to the NIKA run 7

November 11th 2013, Alain Benoit, Martino Calvo and Andrea Catalano come to the 30m to install, cool down and testing the NIKA prototype.

12-13 November 2013: cooling down, HWP Modulator installation at the pupil (120mm from the cryostat lens)

14 November 2013: OTF geometries on Mars and Uranus. First light of NIKA prototype with polarisation facilities.

15 November 2013: Cryostat back to 300K: 3He-4He mix recovery, heating trap. Polarisation facilities dismantling. Back to Granada.

STATUS

Cryostat Temperature: 150mK (set by temperature control).

Arrays status: 128 pixels 2mm - <1Hz/sqrtHz noise; 201 pixels 1mm about 10Hz/sqrtHz noise

Modulation frequency: 8kHz 1mm, 4kHz 2mm

OBSERVATIONS Log

Opacity is measurd with the taumeter at 225 GHz

p2cor : 0

p7cor : 0

initial Focus : -2.40 mm

Scan

UT

Source

Command

Az

El

Pointing X, Y, Focus

Tau225

Comment

PrepRun7 (last edited 2013-12-19 15:38:09 by NikaBolometer)