ACP console log opened 12-Apr-2024 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 8:12:15 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 Open to Halpha filter for imaging 01:42:22 Focus change of 360 steps required 01:42:27 (wait for slew to complete) 01:43:03 (slew complete) 01:43:03 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:43:04 TEST Halpha: 1 sec at bin 2 01:43:04 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:43:04 Camera exposing 01:43:07 Exposure complete 01:43:07 Downloading image... 01:43:08 Image downloaded 01:43:09 Background mean = 1262 (ADU) 01:43:10 **Sky is too dark 01:43:10 Doing 5 flats in SU at binning 2 01:43:10 Start slew to flat area... 01:43:12 Switching from Halpha to SU filter for imaging 01:43:12 No focus change required 01:43:12 (wait for slew to complete) 01:43:22 (slew complete) 01:43:22 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:43:22 TEST SU: 1 sec at bin 2 01:43:22 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:43:22 Camera exposing 01:43:25 Exposure complete 01:43:25 Downloading image... 01:43:27 Image downloaded 01:43:27 Background mean = 2108 (ADU) 01:43:28 **Sky is too dark 01:43:28 Doing 5 flats in SG at binning 2 01:43:28 Start slew to flat area... 01:43:30 Switching from SU to SG filter for imaging 01:43:30 Focus change of 50 steps required 01:43:32 (wait for slew to complete) 01:43:40 (slew complete) 01:43:40 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:43:40 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:43:40 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:43:40 Camera exposing 01:43:44 Exposure complete 01:43:44 Downloading image... 01:43:45 Image downloaded 01:43:45 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:43:46 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:44:02 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 01:44:02 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:44:02 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:44:02 Camera exposing 01:44:06 Exposure complete 01:44:06 Downloading image... 01:44:08 Image downloaded 01:44:08 Background mean = 65510 (ADU) 01:44:09 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:44:24 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 01:44:24 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:44:24 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:44:24 Camera exposing 01:44:28 Exposure complete 01:44:28 Downloading image... 01:44:30 Image downloaded 01:44:30 Background mean = 61391 (ADU) 01:44:31 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:44:47 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 01:44:47 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:44:47 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:44:47 Camera exposing 01:44:50 Exposure complete 01:44:50 Downloading image... 01:44:52 Image downloaded 01:44:52 Background mean = 57071 (ADU) 01:44:53 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:45:09 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 01:45:09 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:45:09 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:09 Camera exposing 01:45:13 Exposure complete 01:45:13 Downloading image... 01:45:14 Image downloaded 01:45:14 Background mean = 53015 (ADU) 01:45:15 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:45:31 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 01:45:31 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:45:31 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:31 Camera exposing 01:45:35 Exposure complete 01:45:35 Downloading image... 01:45:36 Image downloaded 01:45:36 Background mean = 49186 (ADU) 01:45:37 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:45:53 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 01:45:53 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:45:53 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:45:53 Camera exposing 01:45:57 Exposure complete 01:45:57 Downloading image... 01:45:58 Image downloaded 01:45:58 Background mean = 45627 (ADU) 01:45:59 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:46:15 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.7 deg. elevation 01:46:15 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:46:15 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:46:15 Camera exposing 01:46:19 Exposure complete 01:46:19 Downloading image... 01:46:20 Image downloaded 01:46:20 Background mean = 42288 (ADU) 01:46:21 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 01:46:37 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.8 deg. elevation 01:46:37 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:46:37 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:46:37 Camera exposing 01:46:41 Exposure complete 01:46:41 Downloading image... 01:46:42 Image downloaded 01:46:42 Background mean = 39162 (ADU) 01:46:44 Start tracking for real flats 01:46:44 FLAT1 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:46:44 Camera exposing 01:46:51 Exposure complete 01:46:51 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:46:51 Downloading image... 01:46:52 Image downloaded 01:46:54 Start tracking 01:46:55 Background mean = 36639 (ADU) 01:46:56 FLAT2 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:46:56 Camera exposing 01:47:03 Exposure complete 01:47:03 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:47:03 Downloading image... 01:47:04 Image downloaded 01:47:07 Start tracking 01:47:08 Background mean = 35064 (ADU) 01:47:09 FLAT3 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:47:09 Camera exposing 01:47:16 Exposure complete 01:47:16 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:47:16 Downloading image... 01:47:17 Image downloaded 01:47:19 Start tracking 01:47:20 Background mean = 33525 (ADU) 01:47:21 FLAT4 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:47:21 Camera exposing 01:47:28 Exposure complete 01:47:28 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:47:28 Downloading image... 01:47:29 Image downloaded 01:47:31 Start tracking 01:47:32 Background mean = 32067 (ADU) 01:47:34 FLAT5 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 01:47:34 Camera exposing 01:47:40 Exposure complete 01:47:40 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:47:40 Downloading image... 01:47:42 Image downloaded 01:47:44 Start tracking 01:47:45 Background mean = 30680 (ADU) 01:47:46 Doing 5 flats in SZ at binning 2 01:47:46 Start slew to flat area... 01:47:48 Switching from SG to SZ filter for imaging 01:47:48 Focus change of -100 steps required 01:47:50 (wait for slew to complete) 01:47:57 (slew complete) 01:47:57 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:47:58 TEST SZ: 1.03 sec at bin 2 01:47:58 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:47:58 Camera exposing 01:48:01 Exposure complete 01:48:01 Downloading image... 01:48:02 Image downloaded 01:48:03 Background mean = 3851 (ADU) 01:48:04 TEST SZ: 8.43 sec at bin 2 01:48:04 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:48:04 Camera exposing 01:48:16 Exposure complete 01:48:16 Downloading image... 01:48:17 Image downloaded 01:48:17 Background mean = 26844 (ADU) 01:48:18 Start tracking for real flats 01:48:19 FLAT1 SZ: 9.89 sec at bin 2 01:48:19 Camera exposing 01:48:34 Exposure complete 01:48:34 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:48:34 Downloading image... 01:48:35 Image downloaded 01:48:37 Start tracking 01:48:38 Background mean = 28266 (ADU) 01:48:40 FLAT2 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:48:40 Camera exposing 01:48:56 Exposure complete 01:48:56 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:48:56 Downloading image... 01:48:57 Image downloaded 01:49:00 Start tracking 01:49:01 Background mean = 26589 (ADU) 01:49:02 FLAT3 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:49:02 Camera exposing 01:49:17 Exposure complete 01:49:17 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:49:17 Downloading image... 01:49:18 Image downloaded 01:49:21 Start tracking 01:49:22 Background mean = 24652 (ADU) 01:49:23 FLAT4 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:49:23 Camera exposing 01:49:39 Exposure complete 01:49:39 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:49:39 Downloading image... 01:49:40 Image downloaded 01:49:42 Start tracking 01:49:43 Background mean = 22897 (ADU) 01:49:44 FLAT5 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 01:49:44 Camera exposing 01:50:00 Exposure complete 01:50:00 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:50:00 Downloading image... 01:50:01 Image downloaded 01:50:04 Start tracking 01:50:05 Background mean = 21243 (ADU) 01:50:06 Doing 5 flats in SR at binning 2 01:50:06 Start slew to flat area... 01:50:07 Switching from SZ to SR filter for imaging 01:50:07 Focus change of 50 steps required 01:50:10 (wait for slew to complete) 01:50:17 (slew complete) 01:50:17 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:50:17 TEST SR: 10 sec at bin 2 01:50:17 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:50:17 Camera exposing 01:50:30 Exposure complete 01:50:30 Downloading image... 01:50:31 Image downloaded 01:50:32 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 01:50:33 Scaling exposure and trying again 01:50:33 TEST SR: 4.81 sec at bin 2 01:50:33 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:50:33 Camera exposing 01:50:41 Exposure complete 01:50:41 Downloading image... 01:50:42 Image downloaded 01:50:43 Background mean = 32416 (ADU) 01:50:44 Start tracking for real flats 01:50:44 FLAT1 SR: 4.67 sec at bin 2 01:50:44 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 = 28802 (ADU) 01:51:01 FLAT2 SR: 5.11 sec at bin 2 01:51:01 Camera exposing 01:51:12 Exposure complete 01:51:12 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:51:12 Downloading image... 01:51:13 Image downloaded 01:51:16 Start tracking 01:51:17 Background mean = 29311 (ADU) 01:51:18 FLAT3 SR: 5.49 sec at bin 2 01:51:18 Camera exposing 01:51:29 Exposure complete 01:51:29 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:51:29 Downloading image... 01:51:30 Image downloaded 01:51:33 Start tracking 01:51:34 Background mean = 29239 (ADU) 01:51:35 FLAT4 SR: 5.91 sec at bin 2 01:51:35 Camera exposing 01:51:47 Exposure complete 01:51:47 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:51:47 Downloading image... 01:51:48 Image downloaded 01:51:50 Start tracking 01:51:51 Background mean = 29240 (ADU) 01:51:53 FLAT5 SR: 6.37 sec at bin 2 01:51:53 Camera exposing 01:52:06 Exposure complete 01:52:06 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:52:06 Downloading image... 01:52:07 Image downloaded 01:52:09 Start tracking 01:52:10 Background mean = 29128 (ADU) 01:52:11 Doing 5 flats in SI at binning 2 01:52:11 Start slew to flat area... 01:52:12 Switching from SR to SI filter for imaging 01:52:12 Focus change of -20 steps required 01:52:15 (wait for slew to complete) 01:52:22 (slew complete) 01:52:22 Stop tracking for test exposures 01:52:22 TEST SI: 6.89 sec at bin 2 01:52:22 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 01:52:22 Camera exposing 01:52:33 Exposure complete 01:52:33 Downloading image... 01:52:34 Image downloaded 01:52:34 Background mean = 24556 (ADU) 01:52:35 Start tracking for real flats 01:52:35 FLAT1 SI: 8.84 sec at bin 2 01:52:36 Camera exposing 01:52:50 Exposure complete 01:52:50 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:52:50 Downloading image... 01:52:51 Image downloaded 01:52:53 Start tracking 01:52:54 Background mean = 28086 (ADU) 01:52:56 FLAT2 SI: 9.91 sec at bin 2 01:52:56 Camera exposing 01:53:11 Exposure complete 01:53:11 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:53:11 Downloading image... 01:53:12 Image downloaded 01:53:14 Start tracking 01:53:16 Background mean = 28807 (ADU) 01:53:17 FLAT3 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:53:17 Camera exposing 01:53:33 Exposure complete 01:53:33 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:53:33 Downloading image... 01:53:34 Image downloaded 01:53:36 Start tracking 01:53:37 Background mean = 26578 (ADU) 01:53:38 FLAT4 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:53:38 Camera exposing 01:53:55 Exposure complete 01:53:55 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:53:55 Downloading image... 01:53:56 Image downloaded 01:53:58 Start tracking 01:53:59 Background mean = 24333 (ADU) 01:54:00 FLAT5 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 01:54:00 Camera exposing 01:54:17 Exposure complete 01:54:17 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 01:54:17 Downloading image... 01:54:18 Image downloaded 01:54:20 Start tracking 01:54:21 Background mean = 22217 (ADU) 01:54:22 Sun is now at -5.4 deg. elevation 01:54:22 Stop tracking 01:54:22 Flat acquisition complete. ACP console log closed 12-Apr-2024 01:54:22 UTC