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Efficiencies of KOSMA telescope (Historical records before 2008 are from the old Germany KOSMA web site: see link here and here)

 

KOSMA beam efficiencies and half power beamwidths between 220 and 810 GHz as of winter 2003/2004

 
 

230 GHz

345 GHz

492 GHz

810 GHz

Beff

 

 

 

 

Jupiter FWHM

 

 

65.5"x76.9"

51"x39.9"

HPBW

 

 

55"

37"

Last update: 15.06.2004

KOSMA beam efficiencies and half power beamwidths between 220 and 810 GHz after photogrametric measurement
 

230 GHz

345 GHz

492 GHz

810 GHz

Beff

 

 

62%

50%

FWHM

 

 

60"x90"

44"

Comparison of W3 IRS5 CO_7-6 line in Wintersession 2001/2002 to 2002/2003.
Beam maps of SMART:19.12.2002, 18.01.2003 and 19.01.2003.
The forward efficiency Feff is about 90%. Tmb = Feff/Beff TA*.
Last update: 12.03.2003

Current KOSMA beam efficiencies and half power beamwidths between 220 and 810 GHz (As of 2002)
 

230 GHz

345 GHz

460 GHz

492 GHz

660 GHz

810 GHz

Beff

68%

70%

55%

50%

40%

20%

HPBW

130''

82''

57''

56''

45''x60''

42''

The forward efficiency Feff is about 90%. Tmb = Feff/Beff TA*.
Continuum scans of the sun edge at 810 GHz indicate an errorbeam of FWHM which is about 3.5 larger than the HPBW and contains about 2-3 times more power than the main beam. The size of the errorbeam does thus rougly correspond to the size of individual panels of the 3m dish. (CKr)
Last update: 16/1/2002

KOSMA 3m Teleskop: Telescope Efficiencies, Half Power Beamwidths
(8/1999 - 1/2002)

Efficiencies bei 230/345 GHz im Winter 01/02

Jupitermessungen vom 21. und 22. November 2001, Volker Ossenkopf
230 GHz: z = -3200, Beff = 62%, HPBW = 118"
345 GHz: z = -3200, Beff = 65%, HPBW = 84"

Efficiencies bei 230/345 GHz im Winter 00/01

Jupitermessungen vom 19. März 2001, Carsten Kramer & Daniel Huber
218 GHz: z = -3200, HPBW = 127", Beff = 66% (s. WB vom 26.3.2001)

Jupitermessungen vom 23. Dezember 2000, Martin Miller
230 GHz: z = -3400, Beff = 68%
345 GHz: z = -3050, Beff = 71% (s. WB vom 2.1.2001)

Jupitermessungen vom 5. Dezember 2000, Martin Miller & Michael Masur
230 GHz: Beff  = (67+-4)%, HPBW = 129'' (theor.:94''), Meff = 72%???
345 GHz: Beff  = (72+-4)%, HPBW = 88'' (theor.:73''), Meff = 88%, z-Fokus = -3150
Alignment: -7"/+28"

 

Efficiencies bei 345/690 GHz im Winter 99/00
(Jupitermessungen vom 20.Dezember 1999, Jan Wouterloot)
 

345 GHz

661 GHz

z-Fokus ( Fokuskurven )

-3150 micron

-3350 micron

Feff

92%

92%

Meff (2) ( Mondscans )

80%

80%

Beff

68% bei z=-3100

42% bei z=-3100 (auch: z=-3250, M.Miller)

HPBW

82"  (theor.: 73")

45"x60"  (theor.:36")

Alignment

0/0

-8"/-5"

Beammaps

 Jupiterkarte bei 345 GHz  Jupiterkarte bei 661 GHz
     


Jupitermessungen vom 22.November 1999, M.Miller & B. Deiss
 

345 GHz

266 GHz

 z-Fokus 

-3300 micron

-4000 micron

Feff

ca. 90%

ca. 90%

Meff (2)

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Beff

65%

65%

HPBW

85"  (theor.: 73")

124"x108"  (theor.:94")

Alignment

0/0

10"/18" ??

Beammaps

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Feff : Forward Efficiency aus Skydips, Meff: Mond Efficiency, Beff: Beam Efficiency, HPBW: Halbwertsbreite der Teleskopkeule, theor.: theoretische HPBW nach Goldsmith für einen Edge Taper von -14dB.


Efficiencies bei 230/345 GHz im Sommer 1999
Jupitermessungen vom 27.September 1999, M.Miller
 

345 GHz

230 GHz

 z-Fokus 

-3130 micron

-3550 micron

Feff

ca. 90%

ca. 90%

Meff (2)

78% ??

73% ??

Beff

64%

69%

HPBW

81"  (theor.: 73")

104"x116"  (theor.:94")

Alignment

0/0

18"/19" ??

Beammaps

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Problem im Sommer 99 (8-11/99): Die Anschläge des Tertiärspiegels waren nicht stabil. Neujustage des Anschlags Port R in der Woche 1.-8.11.99. Neujustage beider Anschläge in der Woche 22.-29.11.99.

 

(2) Antennentemperaturen vom Mond bei 345/661 GHz: 275K/279K 13 Tage nach Neumond gemessen.

Standardformel zur Umrechnung von chopper-wheel kalibrierten TA*-Daten auf main beam brightness Temperaturen: Tmb = (Feff/Beff) TA*

 

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