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20000317 report

All-sky Pointing - no model changes necessary


SUMMARY
50 data show the model to be working well.


50 SCUBA pointing data, taken in two segments are shown below :

  • The rms scatters in (daz,del) of (1.4",2.6") are dominated by thermal effects upon del at the start.
  • The second set of 33 data give rms scatters of (1.5",1.6") with no sign of any systematic errors.
  • No changes to the 7-parameter telescope model have been effected.


Iain Coulson
17 Mar 2000
Contact: Iain Coulson. Updated: Sat Nov 6 18:00:22 HST 2004

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