DV08 Pointing System Issues and Tracking

TIP Last Update: JeffMangum - 23 April 2010

Issues Tracked

  • VERTEX-489: NA Antenna Antenna Acceptance Tests -- Pointing (VERTEX-489) Antenna 9008 (DV08) Acceptance Tests -- Pointing
    • Acceptance testing.

-- JeffMangum - 2010-04-23

Test Matrix Progress Tracking

Tracking Performance

(todo - todo done - done )

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State ^ Item Comment  
15 Minute Tracking Test
 
  
  

All-Sky Pointing

(todo - todo done - done )

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State Item v Comment  
Day 9
Completed 2010-06-27
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Day 8
Completed 2010-06-26
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Day 7
Completed 2010-06-25
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Day 6
Completed 2010-06-24 (no usable measurements)
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Day 5
Completed 2010-06-23
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Day 4
Completed 2010-06-22
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Day 3
Completed 2010-06-21
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Day 2
Completed 2010-06-20 (no measurements)
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Day 14
Completed 2010-07-02
  
Day 13
Completed 2010-07-01
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Day 12
Completed 2010-06-30 (no measurements)
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Day 11
Completed 2010-06-29 (though data is suspect)
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Day 10
Completed 2010-06-28
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Day 1
Completed 2010-06-19
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Offset Pointing

(todo - todo done - done )

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State v Item Comment  
(Az,El) = (0,30)
Completed 2010-06-22 at (9,24)
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(Az,El) = (0,45)
Completed 2010-06-23 at (24,46)
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(Az,El) = (0,60)
Completed 2010-06-19 at (12,60)
Completed again 2010-06-21 at (9,58)
Completed yet again 2010-06-25 at (357, 65)
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(Az,El) = (60,30)
Attempted 2010-06-22 at (49,30); too badly bimodal to recover.
Completed 2010-06-26 at (55,28)
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(Az,El) = (60,45)
Completed 2010-06-25 at (64,42)
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(Az,El) = (60,60)
Completed 2010-06-25 at (46,56)
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(Az,El) = (120,30)
Completed 2010-06-22 at (128,30)
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(Az,El) = (120,45)
Completed 2010-06-21 at (130,45)
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(Az,El) = (120,60)
Attempted 2010-06-21 at (125,56); too badly bimodal in El to recover.
Completed 2010-06-26 at (139,57)
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(Az,El) = (180,30)
Completed 2010-06-28 at (185,31)
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(Az,El) = (180,45)
Completed 2010-06-28 at (179,42)
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(Az,El) = (180,60)
Completed 2010-06-26 at (187,61)
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(Az,El) = (240,30)
Attempted 2010-06-23 at (234,31); clouded-out.
Completed 2010-06-25 at (233,33)
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(Az,El) = (240,45)
Completed 2010-06-22 at (232,41)
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(Az,El) = (240,60)
Completed 2010-06-23 at (223,60)
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(Az,El) = (300,30)
Attempted 2010-06-19 at (296,29); Either pixelated for first-star drift.
Completed 2010-06-22 at (291,27)
Attempted again 2010-06-24 at (302,37); cloud interference
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(Az,El) = (300,45)
Completed 2010-06-23 at (313,46)
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(Az,El) = (300,60)
Completed 2010-06-21 at (295,66)
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(Az,El) = (300,75)
Completed 2010-06-26 at (314,74)
  
(Az,El) = (240,75)
Completed 2010-07-03 at (234,53)
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(Az,El) = (180,75)
Completed 2010-06-19 at (154,73)
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(Az,El) = (120,75)
Completed 2010-06-19 at (138,68)
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(Az,El) = (60,75)
Completed 2010-07-03 at (61,46)
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(Az,El) = (0,75)
Completed 2010-06-26 at (6,78)
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-- JeffMangum - 2010-04-16

Pointing Model Coefficients

All units arcsec.

Date Pad IA IE CA NPAE AN AW HECE HESE
 
SEF1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Date Pad HACA HASA HACA2 HASA2 HECA2 HESA2 HECA3 HESA3 HACA3 HASA3Sorted ascending
 
SEF1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

-- JeffMangum - 2010-04-16

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