ACP console log opened 18-Apr-2023 01:42:21 UTC This is ACP version 9.0 (build 4, ACP 9 Production Release) Licensed to Arne Henden 01:42:21 This is AutoFlat version 9.0.3 01:42:21 Using flat plan SchedulerDuskFlats.txt 01:42:21 Starting dusk flats. Low Sun at 8:16:39 PM 01:42:21 Start tracking for next phase 01:42:21 Starting flat field acquisition. 01:42:21 Flats will be acquired with Fast readout mode 01:42:21 Doing 5 flats in Halpha at binning 2 01:42:21 Start slew to flat area... 01:42:22 Switching from B to Halpha filter for imaging 01:42:22 Focus change of -320 steps required 01:42:27 (wait for slew to complete) 01:42:47 (slew complete) 01:42:47 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:42:47 TEST Halpha: 1 sec at bin 2 01:42:47 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:42:47 Camera exposing 01:42:51 Exposure complete 01:42:51 Downloading image... 01:42:52 Image downloaded 01:42:52 Background mean = 1975 (ADU) 01:42:53 **Sky is too dark 01:42:53 Doing 5 flats in SU at binning 2 01:42:53 Start slew to flat area... 01:42:55 Switching from Halpha to SU filter for imaging 01:42:55 No focus change required 01:42:55 (wait for slew to complete) 01:43:05 (slew complete) 01:43:05 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:43:05 TEST SU: 1 sec at bin 2 01:43:05 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:43:05 Camera exposing 01:43:09 Exposure complete 01:43:09 Downloading image... 01:43:10 Image downloaded 01:43:11 Background mean = 3692 (ADU) 01:43:12 TEST SU: 8.53 sec at bin 2 01:43:12 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:43:12 Camera exposing 01:43:23 Exposure complete 01:43:23 Downloading image... 01:43:24 Image downloaded 01:43:24 Background mean = 26942 (ADU) 01:43:26 Start tracking for real flats 01:43:26 FLAT1 SU: 9.97 sec at bin 2 01:43:26 Camera exposing 01:43:41 Exposure complete 01:43:41 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:43:41 Downloading image... 01:43:43 Image downloaded 01:43:45 Start tracking 01:43:46 Background mean = 28653 (ADU) 01:43:47 FLAT2 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:43:47 Camera exposing 01:44:02 Exposure complete 01:44:02 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:44:02 Downloading image... 01:44:03 Image downloaded 01:44:06 Start tracking 01:44:07 Background mean = 27187 (ADU) 01:44:08 FLAT3 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:44:08 Camera exposing 01:44:23 Exposure complete 01:44:23 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:44:23 Downloading image... 01:44:24 Image downloaded 01:44:27 Start tracking 01:44:28 Background mean = 25730 (ADU) 01:44:29 FLAT4 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:44:29 Camera exposing 01:44:45 Exposure complete 01:44:45 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:44:45 Downloading image... 01:44:46 Image downloaded 01:44:48 Start tracking 01:44:49 Background mean = 24308 (ADU) 01:44:50 FLAT5 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:44:50 Camera exposing 01:45:06 Exposure complete 01:45:06 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:45:06 Downloading image... 01:45:07 Image downloaded 01:45:09 Start tracking 01:45:10 Background mean = 22949 (ADU) 01:45:11 Doing 5 flats in SG at binning 2 01:45:11 Start slew to flat area... 01:45:13 Switching from SU to SG filter for imaging 01:45:13 Focus change of 50 steps required 01:45:16 (wait for slew to complete) 01:45:22 (slew complete) 01:45:22 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:45:22 TEST SG: 10 sec at bin 2 01:45:22 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:22 Camera exposing 01:45:36 Exposure complete 01:45:36 Downloading image... 01:45:37 Image downloaded 01:45:37 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:45:38 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:45:39 TEST SG: 4.81 sec at bin 2 01:45:39 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:39 Camera exposing 01:45:46 Exposure complete 01:45:46 Downloading image... 01:45:47 Image downloaded 01:45:47 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:45:48 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:45:48 TEST SG: 2.31 sec at bin 2 01:45:48 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:48 Camera exposing 01:45:53 Exposure complete 01:45:53 Downloading image... 01:45:54 Image downloaded 01:45:55 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:45:56 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:45:56 TEST SG: 1.11 sec at bin 2 01:45:56 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:56 Camera exposing 01:46:00 Exposure complete 01:46:00 Downloading image... 01:46:01 Image downloaded 01:46:01 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:46:02 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:46:18 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.9 deg. elevation 01:46:18 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:46:18 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:46:18 Camera exposing 01:46:22 Exposure complete 01:46:22 Downloading image... 01:46:23 Image downloaded 01:46:23 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:46:24 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:46:39 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.9 deg. elevation 01:46:39 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:46:39 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:46:39 Camera exposing 01:46:43 Exposure complete 01:46:43 Downloading image... 01:46:44 Image downloaded 01:46:45 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:46:46 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:47:01 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 01:47:01 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:47:01 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:47:01 Camera exposing 01:47:05 Exposure complete 01:47:05 Downloading image... 01:47:06 Image downloaded 01:47:07 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:47:08 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:47:23 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 01:47:23 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:47:23 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:47:23 Camera exposing 01:47:27 Exposure complete 01:47:27 Downloading image... 01:47:28 Image downloaded 01:47:28 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:47:29 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:47:45 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 01:47:45 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:47:45 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:47:45 Camera exposing 01:47:48 Exposure complete 01:47:48 Downloading image... 01:47:49 Image downloaded 01:47:50 Background mean = 65518 (ADU) 01:47:51 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:48:06 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 01:48:06 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:48:06 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:48:06 Camera exposing 01:48:10 Exposure complete 01:48:10 Downloading image... 01:48:11 Image downloaded 01:48:12 Background mean = 61493 (ADU) 01:48:13 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:48:28 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 01:48:28 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:48:28 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:48:28 Camera exposing 01:48:32 Exposure complete 01:48:32 Downloading image... 01:48:33 Image downloaded 01:48:34 Background mean = 57197 (ADU) 01:48:35 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:48:50 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 01:48:50 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:48:50 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:48:50 Camera exposing 01:48:54 Exposure complete 01:48:54 Downloading image... 01:48:55 Image downloaded 01:48:55 Background mean = 53148 (ADU) 01:48:56 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:49:12 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 01:49:12 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:49:12 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:49:12 Camera exposing 01:49:15 Exposure complete 01:49:15 Downloading image... 01:49:16 Image downloaded 01:49:17 Background mean = 49353 (ADU) 01:49:18 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:49:33 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 01:49:33 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:49:33 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:49:33 Camera exposing 01:49:37 Exposure complete 01:49:37 Downloading image... 01:49:38 Image downloaded 01:49:39 Background mean = 45805 (ADU) 01:49:40 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:49:55 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 01:49:55 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:49:55 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:49:55 Camera exposing 01:49:59 Exposure complete 01:49:59 Downloading image... 01:50:00 Image downloaded 01:50:00 Background mean = 42483 (ADU) 01:50:01 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:50:17 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.7 deg. elevation 01:50:17 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:50:17 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:50:17 Camera exposing 01:50:20 Exposure complete 01:50:20 Downloading image... 01:50:21 Image downloaded 01:50:22 Background mean = 39378 (ADU) 01:50:23 Start tracking for real flats 01:50:23 FLAT1 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:50:23 Camera exposing 01:50:30 Exposure complete 01:50:30 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:50:30 Downloading image... 01:50:31 Image downloaded 01:50:34 Start tracking 01:50:34 Background mean = 36835 (ADU) 01:50:36 FLAT2 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:50:36 Camera exposing 01:50:42 Exposure complete 01:50:42 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:50:42 Downloading image... 01:50:44 Image downloaded 01:50:46 Start tracking 01:50:47 Background mean = 35267 (ADU) 01:50:48 FLAT3 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:50:48 Camera exposing 01:50:55 Exposure complete 01:50:55 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:50:55 Downloading image... 01:50:56 Image downloaded 01:50:58 Start tracking 01:50:59 Background mean = 33762 (ADU) 01:51:00 FLAT4 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:51:00 Camera exposing 01:51:07 Exposure complete 01:51:07 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:51:07 Downloading image... 01:51:09 Image downloaded 01:51:11 Start tracking 01:51:12 Background mean = 32261 (ADU) 01:51:13 FLAT5 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:51:13 Camera exposing 01:51:20 Exposure complete 01:51:20 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:51:20 Downloading image... 01:51:21 Image downloaded 01:51:24 Start tracking 01:51:25 Background mean = 30824 (ADU) 01:51:26 Doing 5 flats in SZ at binning 2 01:51:26 Start slew to flat area... 01:51:27 Switching from SG to SZ filter for imaging 01:51:27 Focus change of -100 steps required 01:51:30 (wait for slew to complete) 01:51:37 (slew complete) 01:51:37 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:51:37 TEST SZ: 1.02 sec at bin 2 01:51:37 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:51:37 Camera exposing 01:51:40 Exposure complete 01:51:40 Downloading image... 01:51:41 Image downloaded 01:51:42 Background mean = 3445 (ADU) 01:51:43 TEST SZ: 9.33 sec at bin 2 01:51:43 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:51:43 Camera exposing 01:51:56 Exposure complete 01:51:56 Downloading image... 01:51:57 Image downloaded 01:51:57 Background mean = 26198 (ADU) 01:51:59 Start tracking for real flats 01:51:59 FLAT1 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:51:59 Camera exposing 01:52:15 Exposure complete 01:52:15 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:52:15 Downloading image... 01:52:16 Image downloaded 01:52:19 Start tracking 01:52:20 Background mean = 25050 (ADU) 01:52:21 FLAT2 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:52:21 Camera exposing 01:52:36 Exposure complete 01:52:36 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:52:36 Downloading image... 01:52:37 Image downloaded 01:52:40 Start tracking 01:52:41 Background mean = 23083 (ADU) 01:52:42 FLAT3 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:52:42 Camera exposing 01:52:58 Exposure complete 01:52:58 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:52:58 Downloading image... 01:52:59 Image downloaded 01:53:01 Start tracking 01:53:02 Background mean = 21305 (ADU) 01:53:03 FLAT4 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:53:03 Camera exposing 01:53:19 Exposure complete 01:53:19 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:53:19 Downloading image... 01:53:20 Image downloaded 01:53:22 Start tracking 01:53:23 Background mean = 19652 (ADU) 01:53:24 **Sky is too dark 01:53:24 Doing 5 flats in SR at binning 2 01:53:24 Start slew to flat area... 01:53:26 Switching from SZ to SR filter for imaging 01:53:26 Focus change of 50 steps required 01:53:29 (wait for slew to complete) 01:53:36 (slew complete) 01:53:36 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:53:36 TEST SR: 1 sec at bin 2 01:53:36 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:53:36 Camera exposing 01:53:39 Exposure complete 01:53:39 Downloading image... 01:53:40 Image downloaded 01:53:41 Background mean = 7973 (ADU) 01:53:42 TEST SR: 3.95 sec at bin 2 01:53:42 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:53:42 Camera exposing 01:53:49 Exposure complete 01:53:49 Downloading image... 01:53:50 Image downloaded 01:53:51 Background mean = 28975 (ADU) 01:53:52 Start tracking for real flats 01:53:52 FLAT1 SR: 4.29 sec at bin 2 01:53:52 Camera exposing 01:54:02 Exposure complete 01:54:02 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:54:02 Downloading image... 01:54:03 Image downloaded 01:54:05 Start tracking 01:54:06 Background mean = 28864 (ADU) 01:54:08 FLAT2 SR: 4.68 sec at bin 2 01:54:08 Camera exposing 01:54:19 Exposure complete 01:54:19 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:54:19 Downloading image... 01:54:20 Image downloaded 01:54:22 Start tracking 01:54:23 Background mean = 29446 (ADU) 01:54:24 FLAT3 SR: 5.01 sec at bin 2 01:54:24 Camera exposing 01:54:36 Exposure complete 01:54:36 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:54:36 Downloading image... 01:54:37 Image downloaded 01:54:39 Start tracking 01:54:40 Background mean = 29312 (ADU) 01:54:41 FLAT4 SR: 5.38 sec at bin 2 01:54:41 Camera exposing 01:54:52 Exposure complete 01:54:52 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:54:52 Downloading image... 01:54:53 Image downloaded 01:54:56 Start tracking 01:54:57 Background mean = 29275 (ADU) 01:54:58 FLAT5 SR: 5.79 sec at bin 2 01:54:58 Camera exposing 01:55:10 Exposure complete 01:55:10 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:55:10 Downloading image... 01:55:11 Image downloaded 01:55:14 Start tracking 01:55:15 Background mean = 29295 (ADU) 01:55:16 Doing 5 flats in SI at binning 2 01:55:16 Start slew to flat area... 01:55:17 Switching from SR to SI filter for imaging 01:55:17 Focus change of -20 steps required 01:55:20 (wait for slew to complete) 01:55:27 (slew complete) 01:55:27 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:55:27 TEST SI: 6.23 sec at bin 2 01:55:27 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:55:27 Camera exposing 01:55:36 Exposure complete 01:55:36 Downloading image... 01:55:38 Image downloaded 01:55:38 Background mean = 21910 (ADU) 01:55:40 Start tracking for real flats 01:55:40 FLAT1 SI: 8.96 sec at bin 2 01:55:40 Camera exposing 01:55:55 Exposure complete 01:55:55 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:55:55 Downloading image... 01:55:56 Image downloaded 01:55:58 Start tracking 01:55:59 Background mean = 28048 (ADU) 01:56:00 FLAT2 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:56:00 Camera exposing 01:56:16 Exposure complete 01:56:16 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:56:16 Downloading image... 01:56:17 Image downloaded 01:56:20 Start tracking 01:56:21 Background mean = 28509 (ADU) 01:56:22 FLAT3 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:56:22 Camera exposing 01:56:38 Exposure complete 01:56:38 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:56:38 Downloading image... 01:56:39 Image downloaded 01:56:41 Start tracking 01:56:42 Background mean = 25989 (ADU) 01:56:43 FLAT4 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:56:43 Camera exposing 01:57:00 Exposure complete 01:57:00 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:57:00 Downloading image... 01:57:01 Image downloaded 01:57:03 Start tracking 01:57:04 Background mean = 23683 (ADU) 01:57:05 FLAT5 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:57:05 Camera exposing 01:57:21 Exposure complete 01:57:21 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:57:21 Downloading image... 01:57:22 Image downloaded 01:57:25 Start tracking 01:57:26 Background mean = 21486 (ADU) 01:57:27 Sun is now at -5.1 deg. elevation 01:57:27 Stop tracking 01:57:27 Flat acquisition complete. ACP console log closed 18-Apr-2023 01:57:27 UTC