ACP console log opened 14-May-2024 02:00:49 UTC This is ACP version 9.0 (build 4, ACP 9 Production Release) Licensed to Arne Henden 02:00:49 This is AutoFlat version 9.0.3 02:00:49 Using flat plan SchedulerDuskFlats.txt 02:00:49 Starting dusk flats. Low Sun at 8:38:12 PM 02:00:49 Start tracking for next phase 02:00:49 Starting flat field acquisition. 02:00:49 Flats will be acquired with Fast readout mode 02:00:49 Doing 5 flats in Halpha at binning 2 02:00:49 Start slew to flat area... 02:00:51 Switching from V to Halpha filter for imaging 02:00:51 Focus change of -290 steps required 02:00:55 (wait for slew to complete) 02:01:25 (slew complete) 02:01:25 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:01:25 TEST Halpha: 1 sec at bin 2 02:01:25 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:01:25 Camera exposing 02:01:29 Exposure complete 02:01:29 Downloading image... 02:01:30 Image downloaded 02:01:31 Background mean = 1763 (ADU) 02:01:32 **Sky is too dark 02:01:32 Doing 5 flats in SU at binning 2 02:01:32 Start slew to flat area... 02:01:34 Switching from Halpha to SU filter for imaging 02:01:34 No focus change required 02:01:34 (wait for slew to complete) 02:01:43 (slew complete) 02:01:43 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:01:43 TEST SU: 1 sec at bin 2 02:01:43 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:01:44 Camera exposing 02:01:47 Exposure complete 02:01:47 Downloading image... 02:01:48 Image downloaded 02:01:49 Background mean = 3855 (ADU) 02:01:50 TEST SU: 8.17 sec at bin 2 02:01:50 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:01:50 Camera exposing 02:02:01 Exposure complete 02:02:01 Downloading image... 02:02:02 Image downloaded 02:02:03 Background mean = 27127 (ADU) 02:02:04 Start tracking for real flats 02:02:04 FLAT1 SU: 9.49 sec at bin 2 02:02:04 Camera exposing 02:02:20 Exposure complete 02:02:20 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:02:20 Downloading image... 02:02:21 Image downloaded 02:02:23 Start tracking 02:02:24 Background mean = 28601 (ADU) 02:02:25 FLAT2 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:02:25 Camera exposing 02:02:42 Exposure complete 02:02:42 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:02:42 Downloading image... 02:02:43 Image downloaded 02:02:45 Start tracking 02:02:46 Background mean = 28667 (ADU) 02:02:47 FLAT3 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:02:47 Camera exposing 02:03:02 Exposure complete 02:03:02 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:03:02 Downloading image... 02:03:04 Image downloaded 02:03:06 Start tracking 02:03:07 Background mean = 27244 (ADU) 02:03:08 FLAT4 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:03:08 Camera exposing 02:03:24 Exposure complete 02:03:24 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:03:24 Downloading image... 02:03:25 Image downloaded 02:03:27 Start tracking 02:03:28 Background mean = 25904 (ADU) 02:03:29 FLAT5 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:03:29 Camera exposing 02:03:46 Exposure complete 02:03:46 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:03:46 Downloading image... 02:03:47 Image downloaded 02:03:49 Start tracking 02:03:50 Background mean = 24626 (ADU) 02:03:51 Doing 5 flats in SG at binning 2 02:03:51 Start slew to flat area... 02:03:53 Switching from SU to SG filter for imaging 02:03:53 Focus change of 50 steps required 02:03:55 (wait for slew to complete) 02:04:03 (slew complete) 02:04:03 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:04:03 TEST SG: 10 sec at bin 2 02:04:03 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:04:03 Camera exposing 02:04:16 Exposure complete 02:04:16 Downloading image... 02:04:17 Image downloaded 02:04:18 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:04:19 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:04:19 TEST SG: 4.81 sec at bin 2 02:04:19 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:04:19 Camera exposing 02:04:27 Exposure complete 02:04:27 Downloading image... 02:04:28 Image downloaded 02:04:29 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:04:30 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:04:30 TEST SG: 2.31 sec at bin 2 02:04:30 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:04:30 Camera exposing 02:04:36 Exposure complete 02:04:36 Downloading image... 02:04:37 Image downloaded 02:04:38 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:04:39 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:04:39 TEST SG: 1.11 sec at bin 2 02:04:39 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:04:39 Camera exposing 02:04:43 Exposure complete 02:04:43 Downloading image... 02:04:44 Image downloaded 02:04:44 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:04:45 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:05:00 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.7 deg. elevation 02:05:00 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:05:00 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:05:00 Camera exposing 02:05:04 Exposure complete 02:05:04 Downloading image... 02:05:06 Image downloaded 02:05:06 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:05:07 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:05:22 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.8 deg. elevation 02:05:22 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:05:22 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:05:22 Camera exposing 02:05:26 Exposure complete 02:05:26 Downloading image... 02:05:27 Image downloaded 02:05:28 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:05:29 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:05:44 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.9 deg. elevation 02:05:44 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:05:44 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:05:44 Camera exposing 02:05:48 Exposure complete 02:05:48 Downloading image... 02:05:49 Image downloaded 02:05:50 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:05:51 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:06:06 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.9 deg. elevation 02:06:06 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:06:06 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:06:06 Camera exposing 02:06:10 Exposure complete 02:06:10 Downloading image... 02:06:11 Image downloaded 02:06:12 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:06:13 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:06:28 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 02:06:28 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:06:28 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:06:28 Camera exposing 02:06:32 Exposure complete 02:06:32 Downloading image... 02:06:33 Image downloaded 02:06:33 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:06:34 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:06:49 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 02:06:49 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:06:49 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:06:49 Camera exposing 02:06:53 Exposure complete 02:06:53 Downloading image... 02:06:55 Image downloaded 02:06:55 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:06:56 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:07:11 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 02:07:11 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:07:11 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:07:11 Camera exposing 02:07:15 Exposure complete 02:07:15 Downloading image... 02:07:16 Image downloaded 02:07:17 Background mean = 63997 (ADU) 02:07:18 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:07:33 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 02:07:33 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:07:33 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:07:33 Camera exposing 02:07:37 Exposure complete 02:07:37 Downloading image... 02:07:38 Image downloaded 02:07:39 Background mean = 60000 (ADU) 02:07:40 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:07:55 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 02:07:55 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:07:55 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:07:55 Camera exposing 02:07:58 Exposure complete 02:07:58 Downloading image... 02:08:00 Image downloaded 02:08:00 Background mean = 56219 (ADU) 02:08:01 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:08:16 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 02:08:16 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:08:16 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:08:16 Camera exposing 02:08:20 Exposure complete 02:08:20 Downloading image... 02:08:21 Image downloaded 02:08:22 Background mean = 52666 (ADU) 02:08:23 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:08:38 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 02:08:38 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:08:38 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:08:38 Camera exposing 02:08:42 Exposure complete 02:08:42 Downloading image... 02:08:43 Image downloaded 02:08:43 Background mean = 49313 (ADU) 02:08:44 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:08:59 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 02:08:59 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:08:59 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:08:59 Camera exposing 02:09:03 Exposure complete 02:09:03 Downloading image... 02:09:04 Image downloaded 02:09:05 Background mean = 46132 (ADU) 02:09:06 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:09:21 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 02:09:21 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:09:21 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:09:21 Camera exposing 02:09:25 Exposure complete 02:09:25 Downloading image... 02:09:26 Image downloaded 02:09:27 Background mean = 43097 (ADU) 02:09:28 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:09:43 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 02:09:43 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:09:43 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:09:43 Camera exposing 02:09:47 Exposure complete 02:09:47 Downloading image... 02:09:48 Image downloaded 02:09:49 Background mean = 40229 (ADU) 02:09:50 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:10:05 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.7 deg. elevation 02:10:05 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:10:05 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:10:05 Camera exposing 02:10:09 Exposure complete 02:10:09 Downloading image... 02:10:10 Image downloaded 02:10:10 Background mean = 37524 (ADU) 02:10:11 Start tracking for real flats 02:10:11 FLAT1 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:10:11 Camera exposing 02:10:18 Exposure complete 02:10:18 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:10:18 Downloading image... 02:10:19 Image downloaded 02:10:22 Start tracking 02:10:23 Background mean = 34882 (ADU) 02:10:24 FLAT2 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:10:24 Camera exposing 02:10:31 Exposure complete 02:10:31 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:10:31 Downloading image... 02:10:32 Image downloaded 02:10:34 Start tracking 02:10:35 Background mean = 33534 (ADU) 02:10:36 FLAT3 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:10:36 Camera exposing 02:10:43 Exposure complete 02:10:43 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:10:43 Downloading image... 02:10:44 Image downloaded 02:10:47 Start tracking 02:10:48 Background mean = 32190 (ADU) 02:10:49 FLAT4 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:10:49 Camera exposing 02:10:56 Exposure complete 02:10:56 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:10:56 Downloading image... 02:10:57 Image downloaded 02:10:59 Start tracking 02:11:00 Background mean = 30895 (ADU) 02:11:01 FLAT5 SG: 1.02 sec at bin 2 02:11:01 Camera exposing 02:11:08 Exposure complete 02:11:08 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:11:08 Downloading image... 02:11:09 Image downloaded 02:11:12 Start tracking 02:11:13 Background mean = 30244 (ADU) 02:11:14 Doing 5 flats in SZ at binning 2 02:11:14 Start slew to flat area... 02:11:15 Switching from SG to SZ filter for imaging 02:11:15 Focus change of -100 steps required 02:11:18 (wait for slew to complete) 02:11:24 (slew complete) 02:11:24 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:11:24 TEST SZ: 1.06 sec at bin 2 02:11:24 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:11:24 Camera exposing 02:11:28 Exposure complete 02:11:28 Downloading image... 02:11:29 Image downloaded 02:11:30 Background mean = 3132 (ADU) 02:11:31 **Sky is too dark 02:11:31 Doing 5 flats in SR at binning 2 02:11:31 Start slew to flat area... 02:11:32 Switching from SZ to SR filter for imaging 02:11:32 Focus change of 50 steps required 02:11:35 (wait for slew to complete) 02:11:42 (slew complete) 02:11:42 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:11:42 TEST SR: 1 sec at bin 2 02:11:42 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:11:42 Camera exposing 02:11:45 Exposure complete 02:11:45 Downloading image... 02:11:47 Image downloaded 02:11:47 Background mean = 10154 (ADU) 02:11:48 TEST SR: 3.1 sec at bin 2 02:11:48 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:11:48 Camera exposing 02:11:54 Exposure complete 02:11:54 Downloading image... 02:11:55 Image downloaded 02:11:56 Background mean = 29599 (ADU) 02:11:57 Start tracking for real flats 02:11:57 FLAT1 SR: 3.3 sec at bin 2 02:11:57 Camera exposing 02:12:06 Exposure complete 02:12:06 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:12:06 Downloading image... 02:12:07 Image downloaded 02:12:09 Start tracking 02:12:10 Background mean = 28825 (ADU) 02:12:11 FLAT2 SR: 3.61 sec at bin 2 02:12:11 Camera exposing 02:12:22 Exposure complete 02:12:22 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:12:22 Downloading image... 02:12:23 Image downloaded 02:12:25 Start tracking 02:12:26 Background mean = 29876 (ADU) 02:12:27 FLAT3 SR: 3.81 sec at bin 2 02:12:27 Camera exposing 02:12:37 Exposure complete 02:12:37 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:12:37 Downloading image... 02:12:38 Image downloaded 02:12:41 Start tracking 02:12:42 Background mean = 29756 (ADU) 02:12:43 FLAT4 SR: 4.03 sec at bin 2 02:12:43 Camera exposing 02:12:53 Exposure complete 02:12:53 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:12:53 Downloading image... 02:12:54 Image downloaded 02:12:56 Start tracking 02:12:57 Background mean = 29718 (ADU) 02:12:58 FLAT5 SR: 4.27 sec at bin 2 02:12:59 Camera exposing 02:13:09 Exposure complete 02:13:09 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:13:09 Downloading image... 02:13:10 Image downloaded 02:13:12 Start tracking 02:13:13 Background mean = 29627 (ADU) 02:13:14 Doing 5 flats in SI at binning 2 02:13:14 Start slew to flat area... 02:13:16 Switching from SR to SI filter for imaging 02:13:16 Focus change of -20 steps required 02:13:18 (wait for slew to complete) 02:13:26 (slew complete) 02:13:26 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:13:26 TEST SI: 4.54 sec at bin 2 02:13:26 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:13:26 Camera exposing 02:13:33 Exposure complete 02:13:33 Downloading image... 02:13:34 Image downloaded 02:13:34 Background mean = 23572 (ADU) 02:13:35 Start tracking for real flats 02:13:35 FLAT1 SI: 6.07 sec at bin 2 02:13:35 Camera exposing 02:13:48 Exposure complete 02:13:48 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:13:48 Downloading image... 02:13:49 Image downloaded 02:13:51 Start tracking 02:13:52 Background mean = 28275 (ADU) 02:13:53 FLAT2 SI: 6.76 sec at bin 2 02:13:54 Camera exposing 02:14:06 Exposure complete 02:14:06 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:14:06 Downloading image... 02:14:07 Image downloaded 02:14:09 Start tracking 02:14:10 Background mean = 29304 (ADU) 02:14:12 FLAT3 SI: 7.27 sec at bin 2 02:14:12 Camera exposing 02:14:25 Exposure complete 02:14:25 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:14:25 Downloading image... 02:14:26 Image downloaded 02:14:28 Start tracking 02:14:29 Background mean = 29360 (ADU) 02:14:30 FLAT4 SI: 7.8 sec at bin 2 02:14:30 Camera exposing 02:14:45 Exposure complete 02:14:45 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:14:45 Downloading image... 02:14:46 Image downloaded 02:14:48 Start tracking 02:14:49 Background mean = 29203 (ADU) 02:14:50 FLAT5 SI: 8.41 sec at bin 2 02:14:50 Camera exposing 02:15:05 Exposure complete 02:15:05 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:15:05 Downloading image... 02:15:06 Image downloaded 02:15:08 Start tracking 02:15:09 Background mean = 28978 (ADU) 02:15:10 Sun is now at -4.7 deg. elevation 02:15:11 Stop tracking 02:15:11 Flat acquisition complete. ACP console log closed 14-May-2024 02:15:11 UTC