ACP console log opened 28-Jan-2024 00:39:45 UTC This is ACP version 9.0 (build 4, ACP 9 Production Release) Licensed to Arne Henden 00:39:45 This is AutoFlat version 9.0.3 00:39:45 Using flat plan SchedulerDuskFlats.txt 00:39:45 Starting dusk flats. Low Sun at 6:14:33 PM 00:39:45 Start tracking for next phase 00:39:45 Starting flat field acquisition. 00:39:45 Flats will be acquired with Fast readout mode 00:39:45 Doing 5 flats in Halpha at binning 2 00:39:45 Start slew to flat area... 00:39:47 Switching from B to Halpha filter for imaging 00:39:47 Focus change of -320 steps required 00:39:51 (wait for slew to complete) 00:40:28 (slew complete) 00:40:28 Stop tracking for test exposures 00:40:28 TEST Halpha: 1 sec at bin 2 00:40:28 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:40:28 Camera exposing 00:40:32 Exposure complete 00:40:32 Downloading image... 00:40:33 Image downloaded 00:40:34 Background mean = 1659 (ADU) 00:40:35 **Sky is too dark 00:40:35 Doing 5 flats in SU at binning 2 00:40:35 Start slew to flat area... 00:40:37 Switching from Halpha to SU filter for imaging 00:40:37 No focus change required 00:40:37 (wait for slew to complete) 00:40:46 (slew complete) 00:40:46 Stop tracking for test exposures 00:40:47 TEST SU: 1 sec at bin 2 00:40:47 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:40:47 Camera exposing 00:40:50 Exposure complete 00:40:50 Downloading image... 00:40:51 Image downloaded 00:40:52 Background mean = 3756 (ADU) 00:40:53 TEST SU: 8.39 sec at bin 2 00:40:54 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:40:54 Camera exposing 00:41:05 Exposure complete 00:41:05 Downloading image... 00:41:06 Image downloaded 00:41:07 Background mean = 27128 (ADU) 00:41:08 Start tracking for real flats 00:41:08 FLAT1 SU: 9.74 sec at bin 2 00:41:08 Camera exposing 00:41:25 Exposure complete 00:41:25 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:41:25 Downloading image... 00:41:26 Image downloaded 00:41:28 Start tracking 00:41:29 Background mean = 28693 (ADU) 00:41:30 FLAT2 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 00:41:30 Camera exposing 00:41:46 Exposure complete 00:41:46 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:41:46 Downloading image... 00:41:47 Image downloaded 00:41:50 Start tracking 00:41:50 Background mean = 27813 (ADU) 00:41:52 FLAT3 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 00:41:52 Camera exposing 00:42:08 Exposure complete 00:42:08 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:42:08 Downloading image... 00:42:09 Image downloaded 00:42:11 Start tracking 00:42:12 Background mean = 26316 (ADU) 00:42:13 FLAT4 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 00:42:13 Camera exposing 00:42:30 Exposure complete 00:42:30 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:42:30 Downloading image... 00:42:31 Image downloaded 00:42:33 Start tracking 00:42:35 Background mean = 24869 (ADU) 00:42:36 FLAT5 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 00:42:36 Camera exposing 00:42:53 Exposure complete 00:42:53 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:42:53 Downloading image... 00:42:54 Image downloaded 00:42:56 Start tracking 00:42:57 Background mean = 23416 (ADU) 00:42:58 Doing 5 flats in SG at binning 2 00:42:58 Start slew to flat area... 00:43:00 Switching from SU to SG filter for imaging 00:43:00 Focus change of 50 steps required 00:43:03 (wait for slew to complete) 00:43:09 (slew complete) 00:43:09 Stop tracking for test exposures 00:43:09 TEST SG: 10 sec at bin 2 00:43:09 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:43:09 Camera exposing 00:43:23 Exposure complete 00:43:23 Downloading image... 00:43:24 Image downloaded 00:43:24 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:43:25 Scaling exposure and trying again 00:43:26 TEST SG: 4.81 sec at bin 2 00:43:26 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:43:26 Camera exposing 00:43:34 Exposure complete 00:43:34 Downloading image... 00:43:35 Image downloaded 00:43:35 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:43:36 Scaling exposure and trying again 00:43:37 TEST SG: 2.31 sec at bin 2 00:43:37 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:43:37 Camera exposing 00:43:42 Exposure complete 00:43:42 Downloading image... 00:43:43 Image downloaded 00:43:43 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:43:44 Scaling exposure and trying again 00:43:44 TEST SG: 1.11 sec at bin 2 00:43:44 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:43:44 Camera exposing 00:43:48 Exposure complete 00:43:48 Downloading image... 00:43:49 Image downloaded 00:43:50 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:43:51 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:44:06 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.9 deg. elevation 00:44:06 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:44:06 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:44:06 Camera exposing 00:44:10 Exposure complete 00:44:10 Downloading image... 00:44:11 Image downloaded 00:44:12 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:44:13 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:44:28 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 00:44:28 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:44:28 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:44:28 Camera exposing 00:44:32 Exposure complete 00:44:32 Downloading image... 00:44:33 Image downloaded 00:44:34 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:44:35 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:44:50 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 00:44:50 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:44:50 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:44:50 Camera exposing 00:44:54 Exposure complete 00:44:54 Downloading image... 00:44:55 Image downloaded 00:44:55 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:44:56 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:45:11 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 00:45:11 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:45:12 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:45:12 Camera exposing 00:45:15 Exposure complete 00:45:15 Downloading image... 00:45:17 Image downloaded 00:45:17 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 00:45:18 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:45:34 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 00:45:34 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:45:34 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:45:34 Camera exposing 00:45:37 Exposure complete 00:45:37 Downloading image... 00:45:38 Image downloaded 00:45:39 Background mean = 64779 (ADU) 00:45:40 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:45:55 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 00:45:55 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:45:55 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:45:55 Camera exposing 00:45:59 Exposure complete 00:45:59 Downloading image... 00:46:00 Image downloaded 00:46:01 Background mean = 60424 (ADU) 00:46:02 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:46:17 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 00:46:17 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:46:17 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:46:17 Camera exposing 00:46:21 Exposure complete 00:46:21 Downloading image... 00:46:22 Image downloaded 00:46:23 Background mean = 56292 (ADU) 00:46:24 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:46:39 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 00:46:39 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:46:39 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:46:39 Camera exposing 00:46:43 Exposure complete 00:46:43 Downloading image... 00:46:45 Image downloaded 00:46:45 Background mean = 52435 (ADU) 00:46:46 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:47:02 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 00:47:02 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:47:02 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:47:02 Camera exposing 00:47:05 Exposure complete 00:47:05 Downloading image... 00:47:06 Image downloaded 00:47:07 Background mean = 48727 (ADU) 00:47:08 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:47:23 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 00:47:23 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:47:23 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:47:23 Camera exposing 00:47:28 Exposure complete 00:47:28 Downloading image... 00:47:29 Image downloaded 00:47:29 Background mean = 45343 (ADU) 00:47:30 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:47:46 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 00:47:46 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:47:46 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:47:46 Camera exposing 00:47:49 Exposure complete 00:47:49 Downloading image... 00:47:51 Image downloaded 00:47:51 Background mean = 42084 (ADU) 00:47:52 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 00:48:08 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.7 deg. elevation 00:48:08 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:48:08 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:48:08 Camera exposing 00:48:12 Exposure complete 00:48:12 Downloading image... 00:48:13 Image downloaded 00:48:13 Background mean = 39077 (ADU) 00:48:15 Start tracking for real flats 00:48:15 FLAT1 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:48:15 Camera exposing 00:48:22 Exposure complete 00:48:22 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:48:22 Downloading image... 00:48:23 Image downloaded 00:48:26 Start tracking 00:48:27 Background mean = 36410 (ADU) 00:48:28 FLAT2 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:48:28 Camera exposing 00:48:35 Exposure complete 00:48:35 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:48:35 Downloading image... 00:48:36 Image downloaded 00:48:38 Start tracking 00:48:39 Background mean = 34831 (ADU) 00:48:40 FLAT3 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:48:40 Camera exposing 00:48:47 Exposure complete 00:48:47 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:48:47 Downloading image... 00:48:49 Image downloaded 00:48:51 Start tracking 00:48:52 Background mean = 33349 (ADU) 00:48:53 FLAT4 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:48:53 Camera exposing 00:49:00 Exposure complete 00:49:00 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:49:00 Downloading image... 00:49:02 Image downloaded 00:49:04 Start tracking 00:49:05 Background mean = 31887 (ADU) 00:49:06 FLAT5 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 00:49:06 Camera exposing 00:49:13 Exposure complete 00:49:13 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:49:13 Downloading image... 00:49:14 Image downloaded 00:49:16 Start tracking 00:49:17 Background mean = 30509 (ADU) 00:49:18 Doing 5 flats in SZ at binning 2 00:49:18 Start slew to flat area... 00:49:20 Switching from SG to SZ filter for imaging 00:49:20 Focus change of -100 steps required 00:49:23 (wait for slew to complete) 00:49:30 (slew complete) 00:49:30 Stop tracking for test exposures 00:49:30 TEST SZ: 1.03 sec at bin 2 00:49:30 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:49:30 Camera exposing 00:49:34 Exposure complete 00:49:34 Downloading image... 00:49:35 Image downloaded 00:49:36 Background mean = 1853 (ADU) 00:49:37 **Sky is too dark 00:49:37 Doing 5 flats in SR at binning 2 00:49:37 Start slew to flat area... 00:49:39 Switching from SZ to SR filter for imaging 00:49:39 Focus change of 50 steps required 00:49:41 (wait for slew to complete) 00:49:48 (slew complete) 00:49:48 Stop tracking for test exposures 00:49:48 TEST SR: 1 sec at bin 2 00:49:48 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:49:48 Camera exposing 00:49:52 Exposure complete 00:49:52 Downloading image... 00:49:53 Image downloaded 00:49:53 Background mean = 9096 (ADU) 00:49:54 TEST SR: 3.46 sec at bin 2 00:49:55 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:49:55 Camera exposing 00:50:01 Exposure complete 00:50:01 Downloading image... 00:50:02 Image downloaded 00:50:02 Background mean = 29351 (ADU) 00:50:03 Start tracking for real flats 00:50:03 FLAT1 SR: 3.71 sec at bin 2 00:50:03 Camera exposing 00:50:14 Exposure complete 00:50:14 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:50:14 Downloading image... 00:50:15 Image downloaded 00:50:17 Start tracking 00:50:18 Background mean = 28955 (ADU) 00:50:19 FLAT2 SR: 4.04 sec at bin 2 00:50:19 Camera exposing 00:50:29 Exposure complete 00:50:29 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:50:29 Downloading image... 00:50:31 Image downloaded 00:50:33 Start tracking 00:50:34 Background mean = 29723 (ADU) 00:50:35 FLAT3 SR: 4.28 sec at bin 2 00:50:35 Camera exposing 00:50:45 Exposure complete 00:50:45 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:50:45 Downloading image... 00:50:46 Image downloaded 00:50:49 Start tracking 00:50:50 Background mean = 29644 (ADU) 00:50:51 FLAT4 SR: 4.55 sec at bin 2 00:50:51 Camera exposing 00:51:02 Exposure complete 00:51:02 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:51:02 Downloading image... 00:51:03 Image downloaded 00:51:06 Start tracking 00:51:07 Background mean = 29627 (ADU) 00:51:08 FLAT5 SR: 4.84 sec at bin 2 00:51:08 Camera exposing 00:51:19 Exposure complete 00:51:19 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 00:51:19 Downloading image... 00:51:20 Image downloaded 00:51:23 Start tracking 00:51:24 Background mean = 29524 (ADU) 00:51:25 Doing 5 flats in SI at binning 2 00:51:25 Start slew to flat area... 00:51:27 Switching from SR to SI filter for imaging 00:51:27 Focus change of -20 steps required 00:51:29 (wait for slew to complete) 00:51:37 (slew complete) 00:51:37 Stop tracking for test exposures 00:51:37 TEST SI: 5.16 sec at bin 2 00:51:37 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 00:51:37 Camera exposing 00:51:45 Exposure complete 00:51:45 Downloading image... 00:51:46 Image downloaded 00:51:47 Background mean = 15660 (ADU) 00:51:48 **Sky is too dark 00:51:48 Sun is now at -4.4 deg. elevation 00:51:48 Flat acquisition complete. ACP console log closed 28-Jan-2024 00:51:48 UTC