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JCMT Pointing Reports - 2008

JCMT Pointing Reports - 2008

  • Jan 04 - Pointing & focus measures over the New Year
  • Jan 08 - a possible thermal explanation for some part of the poor HARP elevation pointing performance
  • Jan 13 - New K-mirror 'arc' data
  • Jan 17 - RA-DEC jiggle maps -vs- AZ-EL pointings : a K-mirror model
  • Jan 25 - Pointing & focus measures 05-25 Jan 2008
  • Feb 09 - CW inclinometry OK
  • Feb 15 - RA-DEC jiggle maps -vs- AZ-EL pointings - further analysis
  • Feb 22 - HARP pointing corrected by K-mirror coefficients
  • Mar 23 - Longitude & latitude of JCMT changed - pointing recovered ?
  • Mar 28 - CW inclinometry OK
  • Apr 12 - CW/CCW inclinometry & strain gauge measures OK following SCUBA2 R&R
  • Apr 14 - RxW(B) collimations & focus offsets updated
  • Apr 15 - RxA pointing model update
  • Apr 22 - RxW(D) collimations updated
  • Apr 24 - Tests of the K-mirror model
  • Apr 27 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • May 11 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • May 22 - RxW(D) collimations updated
  • May 23 - CW/CCW inclinometry with SCUBA2 mounted
  • May 25 - RxW(B) collimations updated
  • May 27 - CW/CCW inclinometry with SCUBA2 mounted - repeated
  • May 28 - RxA pointing model update
  • May 30 - HARP pointing : the need for a HARP-specific pointing model
  • Jun 04 - K-mirror 'arc' data with the K-mirror solution in place
  • Jun 11 - RxA pointing model performance, early June
  • Jul 12 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Jul 14 - Pointing & Focus performance, mid-June to mid-July
  • Jul 23 - Z -vs- sin(elevation) prompts update to ZA
  • Jul 30 - Z -vs- sin(elevation) update : HARP performance good.
  • Aug 07 - HARP pointing performance, early August
  • Aug 20 - HARP pointing performance, mid-August
  • Aug 23 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Sep 06 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Sep 20 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Sep 27 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Oct 28 - Pointing & Focus performance, Sep & Oct
  • Dec 02 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Dec 03 - Pointing & Focus performance, Nov
  • Dec 17 - CW/CCW inclinometry OK
  • Dec 22 - RxW(D) Collimation update


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Contact: Holly Thomas. Updated: Fri Jan 16 10:27:58 HST 2009

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