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 .Cryostat Temperature: 216mK (naturally set by settings of 3He circulation [no heater] trying to mitigate oscillation due to leak).
 .Arrays status tonight: pixels 2mm - xxx noise; XX pixels 1mm xxx noise (to be determined)
Modulation frequency: 8kHz 1mm, 4kHz 2mm
[[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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Opacity is measurd with the new taumeter at 225 GHz
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Nasmyth offsets : 0, 0
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Set pointing : 0, 0 '''12-13 November 2013''': cooling down, HWP Modulator installation at the pupil (120mm from the cryostat lens)
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Set Focus : -2.40 mm '''14 November 2013''': OTF geometries on Mars and Uranus. First light of NIKA prototype with polarisation facilities.
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 .Quick description of the session: Test the Pako sequences and data flows. '''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
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|| 140 || ~ 16h || Mars || Track || || || || || closed window, test data tranfert ||
|| 141 || 16h05 || Mars || Cross ||277.687 || 26.626 || 0.0 0.0 -2.4 || 0.862 || opened window, test arrays frequencies ||
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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)