ACP console log opened 01-Mar-2024 01:08:44 UTC This is ACP version 9.0 (build 4, ACP 9 Production Release) Licensed to Arne Henden 01:08:44 This is AutoFlat version 9.0.3 01:08:44 Using flat plan SchedulerDuskFlats.txt 01:08:44 Starting dusk flats. Low Sun at 6:41:23 PM 01:08:44 Start tracking for next phase 01:08:44 Starting flat field acquisition. 01:08:44 Flats will be acquired with Fast readout mode 01:08:44 Doing 5 flats in Halpha at binning 2 01:08:44 Start slew to flat area... 01:08:46 Switching from B to Halpha filter for imaging 01:08:46 Focus change of -320 steps required 01:08:50 (wait for slew to complete) 01:09:26 (slew complete) 01:09:26 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:09:26 TEST Halpha: 1 sec at bin 2 01:09:26 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:09:26 Camera exposing 01:09:30 Exposure complete 01:09:30 Downloading image... 01:09:31 Image downloaded 01:09:32 Background mean = 2054 (ADU) 01:09:33 **Sky is too dark 01:09:33 Doing 5 flats in SU at binning 2 01:09:33 Start slew to flat area... 01:09:35 Switching from Halpha to SU filter for imaging 01:09:35 No focus change required 01:09:35 (wait for slew to complete) 01:09:44 (slew complete) 01:09:44 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:09:45 TEST SU: 1 sec at bin 2 01:09:45 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:09:45 Camera exposing 01:09:48 Exposure complete 01:09:48 Downloading image... 01:09:49 Image downloaded 01:09:50 Background mean = 3502 (ADU) 01:09:51 TEST SU: 8.99 sec at bin 2 01:09:51 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:09:51 Camera exposing 01:10:04 Exposure complete 01:10:04 Downloading image... 01:10:05 Image downloaded 01:10:05 Background mean = 26694 (ADU) 01:10:07 Start tracking for real flats 01:10:07 FLAT1 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:10:07 Camera exposing 01:10:23 Exposure complete 01:10:23 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:10:23 Downloading image... 01:10:24 Image downloaded 01:10:27 Start tracking 01:10:28 Background mean = 26965 (ADU) 01:10:29 FLAT2 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:10:29 Camera exposing 01:10:44 Exposure complete 01:10:44 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:10:44 Downloading image... 01:10:45 Image downloaded 01:10:48 Start tracking 01:10:49 Background mean = 25386 (ADU) 01:10:50 FLAT3 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:10:50 Camera exposing 01:11:06 Exposure complete 01:11:06 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:11:06 Downloading image... 01:11:07 Image downloaded 01:11:10 Start tracking 01:11:11 Background mean = 23936 (ADU) 01:11:12 FLAT4 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:11:12 Camera exposing 01:11:28 Exposure complete 01:11:28 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:11:28 Downloading image... 01:11:29 Image downloaded 01:11:32 Start tracking 01:11:33 Background mean = 22497 (ADU) 01:11:34 FLAT5 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 01:11:34 Camera exposing 01:11:50 Exposure complete 01:11:50 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:11:50 Downloading image... 01:11:52 Image downloaded 01:11:54 Start tracking 01:11:55 Background mean = 21115 (ADU) 01:11:56 Doing 5 flats in SG at binning 2 01:11:56 Start slew to flat area... 01:11:58 Switching from SU to SG filter for imaging 01:11:58 Focus change of 50 steps required 01:12:00 (wait for slew to complete) 01:12:07 (slew complete) 01:12:07 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:12:08 TEST SG: 10 sec at bin 2 01:12:08 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:12:08 Camera exposing 01:12:21 Exposure complete 01:12:21 Downloading image... 01:12:22 Image downloaded 01:12:22 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:12:23 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:12:23 TEST SG: 4.81 sec at bin 2 01:12:23 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:12:23 Camera exposing 01:12:31 Exposure complete 01:12:31 Downloading image... 01:12:32 Image downloaded 01:12:33 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:12:34 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:12:34 TEST SG: 2.31 sec at bin 2 01:12:34 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:12:34 Camera exposing 01:12:39 Exposure complete 01:12:39 Downloading image... 01:12:40 Image downloaded 01:12:41 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:12:42 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:12:42 TEST SG: 1.11 sec at bin 2 01:12:42 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:12:42 Camera exposing 01:12:46 Exposure complete 01:12:46 Downloading image... 01:12:47 Image downloaded 01:12:47 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:12:48 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:13:03 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 01:13:03 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:13:03 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:13:03 Camera exposing 01:13:07 Exposure complete 01:13:07 Downloading image... 01:13:08 Image downloaded 01:13:09 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:13:10 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:13:25 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 01:13:25 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:13:25 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:13:25 Camera exposing 01:13:29 Exposure complete 01:13:29 Downloading image... 01:13:30 Image downloaded 01:13:30 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:13:31 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:13:46 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 01:13:46 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:13:46 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:13:46 Camera exposing 01:13:50 Exposure complete 01:13:50 Downloading image... 01:13:51 Image downloaded 01:13:52 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:13:53 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:14:08 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 01:14:08 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:14:08 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:14:08 Camera exposing 01:14:12 Exposure complete 01:14:12 Downloading image... 01:14:13 Image downloaded 01:14:14 Background mean = 64098 (ADU) 01:14:15 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:14:30 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 01:14:30 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:14:30 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:14:30 Camera exposing 01:14:34 Exposure complete 01:14:34 Downloading image... 01:14:35 Image downloaded 01:14:35 Background mean = 59494 (ADU) 01:14:36 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:14:51 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 01:14:51 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:14:51 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:14:52 Camera exposing 01:14:55 Exposure complete 01:14:55 Downloading image... 01:14:57 Image downloaded 01:14:57 Background mean = 55170 (ADU) 01:14:58 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:15:13 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 01:15:13 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:15:13 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:15:13 Camera exposing 01:15:17 Exposure complete 01:15:17 Downloading image... 01:15:18 Image downloaded 01:15:19 Background mean = 51124 (ADU) 01:15:20 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:15:35 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 01:15:35 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:15:35 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:15:35 Camera exposing 01:15:39 Exposure complete 01:15:39 Downloading image... 01:15:40 Image downloaded 01:15:41 Background mean = 47311 (ADU) 01:15:42 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:15:57 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 01:15:57 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:15:57 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:15:57 Camera exposing 01:16:01 Exposure complete 01:16:01 Downloading image... 01:16:02 Image downloaded 01:16:03 Background mean = 43743 (ADU) 01:16:04 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:16:19 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.7 deg. elevation 01:16:19 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:16:19 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:16:19 Camera exposing 01:16:23 Exposure complete 01:16:23 Downloading image... 01:16:24 Image downloaded 01:16:24 Background mean = 40400 (ADU) 01:16:25 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:16:40 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.8 deg. elevation 01:16:40 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:16:40 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:16:40 Camera exposing 01:16:45 Exposure complete 01:16:45 Downloading image... 01:16:46 Image downloaded 01:16:46 Background mean = 37284 (ADU) 01:16:47 Start tracking for real flats 01:16:47 FLAT1 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:16:47 Camera exposing 01:16:54 Exposure complete 01:16:54 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:16:54 Downloading image... 01:16:55 Image downloaded 01:16:58 Start tracking 01:16:59 Background mean = 34846 (ADU) 01:17:00 FLAT2 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:17:00 Camera exposing 01:17:07 Exposure complete 01:17:07 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:17:07 Downloading image... 01:17:08 Image downloaded 01:17:10 Start tracking 01:17:11 Background mean = 33299 (ADU) 01:17:12 FLAT3 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:17:12 Camera exposing 01:17:19 Exposure complete 01:17:19 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:17:19 Downloading image... 01:17:20 Image downloaded 01:17:23 Start tracking 01:17:24 Background mean = 31763 (ADU) 01:17:25 FLAT4 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:17:25 Camera exposing 01:17:32 Exposure complete 01:17:32 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:17:32 Downloading image... 01:17:33 Image downloaded 01:17:35 Start tracking 01:17:36 Background mean = 30273 (ADU) 01:17:38 FLAT5 SG: 1.04 sec at bin 2 01:17:38 Camera exposing 01:17:44 Exposure complete 01:17:44 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:17:44 Downloading image... 01:17:46 Image downloaded 01:17:48 Start tracking 01:17:49 Background mean = 30012 (ADU) 01:17:50 Doing 5 flats in SZ at binning 2 01:17:50 Start slew to flat area... 01:17:51 Switching from SG to SZ filter for imaging 01:17:51 Focus change of -100 steps required 01:17:54 (wait for slew to complete) 01:18:00 (slew complete) 01:18:00 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:18:01 TEST SZ: 1.09 sec at bin 2 01:18:01 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:18:01 Camera exposing 01:18:04 Exposure complete 01:18:04 Downloading image... 01:18:05 Image downloaded 01:18:06 Background mean = 4025 (ADU) 01:18:07 TEST SZ: 8.53 sec at bin 2 01:18:07 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:18:07 Camera exposing 01:18:19 Exposure complete 01:18:19 Downloading image... 01:18:20 Image downloaded 01:18:20 Background mean = 27025 (ADU) 01:18:22 Start tracking for real flats 01:18:22 FLAT1 SZ: 9.94 sec at bin 2 01:18:22 Camera exposing 01:18:38 Exposure complete 01:18:38 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:18:38 Downloading image... 01:18:39 Image downloaded 01:18:42 Start tracking 01:18:43 Background mean = 28187 (ADU) 01:18:44 FLAT2 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:18:44 Camera exposing 01:19:00 Exposure complete 01:19:00 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:19:00 Downloading image... 01:19:02 Image downloaded 01:19:04 Start tracking 01:19:05 Background mean = 26090 (ADU) 01:19:06 FLAT3 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:19:06 Camera exposing 01:19:21 Exposure complete 01:19:21 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:19:21 Downloading image... 01:19:23 Image downloaded 01:19:25 Start tracking 01:19:26 Background mean = 23971 (ADU) 01:19:27 FLAT4 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:19:27 Camera exposing 01:19:43 Exposure complete 01:19:43 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:19:43 Downloading image... 01:19:44 Image downloaded 01:19:46 Start tracking 01:19:47 Background mean = 22046 (ADU) 01:19:48 FLAT5 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:19:48 Camera exposing 01:20:05 Exposure complete 01:20:05 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:20:05 Downloading image... 01:20:06 Image downloaded 01:20:09 Start tracking 01:20:10 Background mean = 20241 (ADU) 01:20:11 Doing 5 flats in SR at binning 2 01:20:11 Start slew to flat area... 01:20:12 Switching from SZ to SR filter for imaging 01:20:12 Focus change of 50 steps required 01:20:14 (wait for slew to complete) 01:20:22 (slew complete) 01:20:22 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:20:22 TEST SR: 10 sec at bin 2 01:20:22 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:20:22 Camera exposing 01:20:36 Exposure complete 01:20:36 Downloading image... 01:20:37 Image downloaded 01:20:37 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:20:38 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:20:39 TEST SR: 4.81 sec at bin 2 01:20:39 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:20:39 Camera exposing 01:20:47 Exposure complete 01:20:47 Downloading image... 01:20:48 Image downloaded 01:20:48 Background mean = 31917 (ADU) 01:20:50 Start tracking for real flats 01:20:50 FLAT1 SR: 4.75 sec at bin 2 01:20:50 Camera exposing 01:21:01 Exposure complete 01:21:01 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:21:01 Downloading image... 01:21:02 Image downloaded 01:21:05 Start tracking 01:21:06 Background mean = 28633 (ADU) 01:21:07 FLAT2 SR: 5.23 sec at bin 2 01:21:07 Camera exposing 01:21:18 Exposure complete 01:21:18 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:21:18 Downloading image... 01:21:19 Image downloaded 01:21:21 Start tracking 01:21:22 Background mean = 29150 (ADU) 01:21:23 FLAT3 SR: 5.65 sec at bin 2 01:21:23 Camera exposing 01:21:36 Exposure complete 01:21:36 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:21:36 Downloading image... 01:21:37 Image downloaded 01:21:39 Start tracking 01:21:40 Background mean = 29108 (ADU) 01:21:41 FLAT4 SR: 6.11 sec at bin 2 01:21:41 Camera exposing 01:21:54 Exposure complete 01:21:54 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:21:54 Downloading image... 01:21:55 Image downloaded 01:21:57 Start tracking 01:21:58 Background mean = 28935 (ADU) 01:21:59 FLAT5 SR: 6.65 sec at bin 2 01:21:59 Camera exposing 01:22:13 Exposure complete 01:22:13 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:22:13 Downloading image... 01:22:14 Image downloaded 01:22:16 Start tracking 01:22:17 Background mean = 28958 (ADU) 01:22:18 Doing 5 flats in SI at binning 2 01:22:18 Start slew to flat area... 01:22:19 Switching from SR to SI filter for imaging 01:22:19 Focus change of -20 steps required 01:22:22 (wait for slew to complete) 01:22:29 (slew complete) 01:22:29 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:22:29 TEST SI: 7.23 sec at bin 2 01:22:29 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:22:29 Camera exposing 01:22:40 Exposure complete 01:22:40 Downloading image... 01:22:41 Image downloaded 01:22:41 Background mean = 22896 (ADU) 01:22:42 Start tracking for real flats 01:22:42 FLAT1 SI: 9.95 sec at bin 2 01:22:42 Camera exposing 01:22:58 Exposure complete 01:22:58 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:22:58 Downloading image... 01:22:59 Image downloaded 01:23:01 Start tracking 01:23:02 Background mean = 27858 (ADU) 01:23:04 FLAT2 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:23:04 Camera exposing 01:23:20 Exposure complete 01:23:20 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:23:20 Downloading image... 01:23:21 Image downloaded 01:23:24 Start tracking 01:23:25 Background mean = 25391 (ADU) 01:23:26 FLAT3 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:23:26 Camera exposing 01:23:42 Exposure complete 01:23:42 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:23:42 Downloading image... 01:23:44 Image downloaded 01:23:46 Start tracking 01:23:47 Background mean = 22926 (ADU) 01:23:48 FLAT4 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:23:48 Camera exposing 01:24:03 Exposure complete 01:24:03 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:24:03 Downloading image... 01:24:05 Image downloaded 01:24:07 Start tracking 01:24:08 Background mean = 20689 (ADU) 01:24:09 FLAT5 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:24:09 Camera exposing 01:24:26 Exposure complete 01:24:26 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:24:26 Downloading image... 01:24:27 Image downloaded 01:24:29 Start tracking 01:24:30 Background mean = 18777 (ADU) 01:24:31 **Sky is too dark 01:24:31 Sun is now at -5.4 deg. elevation 01:24:31 Stop tracking 01:24:31 Flat acquisition complete. ACP console log closed 01-Mar-2024 01:24:31 UTC