ACP console log opened 19-Jun-2024 02:20:00 UTC This is ACP version 9.0 (build 4, ACP 9 Production Release) Licensed to Arne Henden 02:20:00 This is AutoFlat version 9.0.3 02:20:00 Using flat plan SchedulerDuskFlats.txt 02:20:00 Starting dusk flats. Low Sun at 9:00:17 PM 02:20:00 Start tracking for next phase 02:20:00 Starting flat field acquisition. 02:20:00 Flats will be acquired with Fast readout mode 02:20:00 Doing 5 flats in Halpha at binning 2 02:20:00 Start slew to flat area... 02:20:02 Switching from Open to Halpha filter for imaging 02:20:02 Focus change of 360 steps required 02:20:06 (wait for slew to complete) 02:20:37 (slew complete) 02:20:37 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:20:37 TEST Halpha: 1 sec at bin 2 02:20:37 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:20:37 Camera exposing 02:20:41 Exposure complete 02:20:41 Downloading image... 02:20:42 Image downloaded 02:20:43 Background mean = 2439 (ADU) 02:20:44 **Sky is too dark 02:20:44 Doing 5 flats in SU at binning 2 02:20:44 Start slew to flat area... 02:20:45 Switching from Halpha to SU filter for imaging 02:20:45 No focus change required 02:20:45 (wait for slew to complete) 02:20:50 (slew complete) 02:20:50 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:20:50 TEST SU: 1 sec at bin 2 02:20:50 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:20:50 Camera exposing 02:20:54 Exposure complete 02:20:54 Downloading image... 02:20:56 Image downloaded 02:20:56 Background mean = 3984 (ADU) 02:20:57 TEST SU: 7.91 sec at bin 2 02:20:58 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:20:58 Camera exposing 02:21:09 Exposure complete 02:21:09 Downloading image... 02:21:10 Image downloaded 02:21:11 Background mean = 27207 (ADU) 02:21:12 Start tracking for real flats 02:21:12 FLAT1 SU: 9.16 sec at bin 2 02:21:12 Camera exposing 02:21:28 Exposure complete 02:21:28 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:21:28 Downloading image... 02:21:29 Image downloaded 02:21:31 Start tracking 02:21:32 Background mean = 28849 (ADU) 02:21:33 FLAT2 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:21:33 Camera exposing 02:21:50 Exposure complete 02:21:50 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:21:50 Downloading image... 02:21:51 Image downloaded 02:21:53 Start tracking 02:21:54 Background mean = 29995 (ADU) 02:21:55 FLAT3 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:21:55 Camera exposing 02:22:12 Exposure complete 02:22:12 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:22:12 Downloading image... 02:22:13 Image downloaded 02:22:16 Start tracking 02:22:17 Background mean = 28545 (ADU) 02:22:18 FLAT4 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:22:18 Camera exposing 02:22:34 Exposure complete 02:22:34 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:22:34 Downloading image... 02:22:35 Image downloaded 02:22:38 Start tracking 02:22:39 Background mean = 27142 (ADU) 02:22:40 FLAT5 SU: 10 sec at bin 2 02:22:40 Camera exposing 02:22:56 Exposure complete 02:22:56 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:22:56 Downloading image... 02:22:57 Image downloaded 02:22:59 Start tracking 02:23:00 Background mean = 25806 (ADU) 02:23:01 Doing 5 flats in SG at binning 2 02:23:01 Start slew to flat area... 02:23:03 Switching from SU to SG filter for imaging 02:23:03 Focus change of 50 steps required 02:23:06 (wait for slew to complete) 02:23:12 (slew complete) 02:23:12 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:23:12 TEST SG: 10 sec at bin 2 02:23:12 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:23:12 Camera exposing 02:23:26 Exposure complete 02:23:26 Downloading image... 02:23:27 Image downloaded 02:23:27 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:23:28 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:23:28 TEST SG: 4.81 sec at bin 2 02:23:28 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:23:28 Camera exposing 02:23:36 Exposure complete 02:23:36 Downloading image... 02:23:37 Image downloaded 02:23:38 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:23:39 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:23:39 TEST SG: 2.31 sec at bin 2 02:23:39 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:23:39 Camera exposing 02:23:45 Exposure complete 02:23:45 Downloading image... 02:23:46 Image downloaded 02:23:47 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:23:48 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:23:48 TEST SG: 1.11 sec at bin 2 02:23:48 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:23:48 Camera exposing 02:23:51 Exposure complete 02:23:51 Downloading image... 02:23:52 Image downloaded 02:23:53 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:23:54 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:24:09 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.6 deg. elevation 02:24:09 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:24:09 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:24:09 Camera exposing 02:24:13 Exposure complete 02:24:13 Downloading image... 02:24:14 Image downloaded 02:24:15 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:24:16 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:24:31 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.6 deg. elevation 02:24:31 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:24:31 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:24:31 Camera exposing 02:24:35 Exposure complete 02:24:35 Downloading image... 02:24:36 Image downloaded 02:24:36 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:24:37 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:24:53 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.7 deg. elevation 02:24:53 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:24:53 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:24:53 Camera exposing 02:24:56 Exposure complete 02:24:56 Downloading image... 02:24:58 Image downloaded 02:24:58 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:24:59 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:25:14 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.8 deg. elevation 02:25:14 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:25:14 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:25:14 Camera exposing 02:25:18 Exposure complete 02:25:18 Downloading image... 02:25:19 Image downloaded 02:25:20 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:25:21 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:25:36 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.8 deg. elevation 02:25:36 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:25:36 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:25:36 Camera exposing 02:25:40 Exposure complete 02:25:40 Downloading image... 02:25:41 Image downloaded 02:25:41 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:25:42 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:25:58 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -2.9 deg. elevation 02:25:58 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:25:58 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:25:58 Camera exposing 02:26:02 Exposure complete 02:26:02 Downloading image... 02:26:03 Image downloaded 02:26:03 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:26:04 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:26:20 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 02:26:20 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:26:20 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:26:20 Camera exposing 02:26:23 Exposure complete 02:26:23 Downloading image... 02:26:24 Image downloaded 02:26:25 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:26:26 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:26:41 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.0 deg. elevation 02:26:41 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:26:41 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:26:41 Camera exposing 02:26:45 Exposure complete 02:26:45 Downloading image... 02:26:46 Image downloaded 02:26:47 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:26:48 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:27:03 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.1 deg. elevation 02:27:03 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:27:03 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:27:03 Camera exposing 02:27:07 Exposure complete 02:27:07 Downloading image... 02:27:08 Image downloaded 02:27:08 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:27:09 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:27:25 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 02:27:25 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:27:25 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:27:25 Camera exposing 02:27:28 Exposure complete 02:27:28 Downloading image... 02:27:29 Image downloaded 02:27:30 Background mean = 64422 (ADU) 02:27:31 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:27:46 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.2 deg. elevation 02:27:46 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:27:46 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:27:46 Camera exposing 02:27:50 Exposure complete 02:27:50 Downloading image... 02:27:51 Image downloaded 02:27:52 Background mean = 60405 (ADU) 02:27:53 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:28:08 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.3 deg. elevation 02:28:08 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:28:08 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:28:08 Camera exposing 02:28:12 Exposure complete 02:28:12 Downloading image... 02:28:13 Image downloaded 02:28:13 Background mean = 56570 (ADU) 02:28:14 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:28:30 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 02:28:30 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:28:30 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:28:30 Camera exposing 02:28:33 Exposure complete 02:28:33 Downloading image... 02:28:34 Image downloaded 02:28:35 Background mean = 52957 (ADU) 02:28:36 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:28:51 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.4 deg. elevation 02:28:51 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:28:51 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:28:51 Camera exposing 02:28:55 Exposure complete 02:28:55 Downloading image... 02:28:56 Image downloaded 02:28:57 Background mean = 49568 (ADU) 02:28:58 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:29:13 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.5 deg. elevation 02:29:13 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:29:13 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:29:13 Camera exposing 02:29:17 Exposure complete 02:29:17 Downloading image... 02:29:18 Image downloaded 02:29:18 Background mean = 46330 (ADU) 02:29:19 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:29:35 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 02:29:35 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:29:35 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:29:35 Camera exposing 02:29:38 Exposure complete 02:29:38 Downloading image... 02:29:39 Image downloaded 02:29:40 Background mean = 43300 (ADU) 02:29:41 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:29:56 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.6 deg. elevation 02:29:56 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:29:56 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:29:56 Camera exposing 02:30:00 Exposure complete 02:30:00 Downloading image... 02:30:01 Image downloaded 02:30:02 Background mean = 40453 (ADU) 02:30:03 Still too light - waiting 15 sec. to try again... 02:30:18 ...wait complete. Sun is now at -3.7 deg. elevation 02:30:18 TEST SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:30:18 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:30:18 Camera exposing 02:30:22 Exposure complete 02:30:22 Downloading image... 02:30:23 Image downloaded 02:30:23 Background mean = 37774 (ADU) 02:30:24 Start tracking for real flats 02:30:24 FLAT1 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:30:25 Camera exposing 02:30:32 Exposure complete 02:30:32 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:30:32 Downloading image... 02:30:33 Image downloaded 02:30:35 Start tracking 02:30:36 Background mean = 35491 (ADU) 02:30:37 FLAT2 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:30:37 Camera exposing 02:30:45 Exposure complete 02:30:45 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:30:45 Downloading image... 02:30:46 Image downloaded 02:30:49 Start tracking 02:30:49 Background mean = 34130 (ADU) 02:30:50 FLAT3 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:30:50 Camera exposing 02:30:58 Exposure complete 02:30:58 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:30:58 Downloading image... 02:31:00 Image downloaded 02:31:02 Start tracking 02:31:03 Background mean = 32666 (ADU) 02:31:04 FLAT4 SG: 1 sec at bin 2 02:31:04 Camera exposing 02:31:11 Exposure complete 02:31:11 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:31:11 Downloading image... 02:31:12 Image downloaded 02:31:14 Start tracking 02:31:15 Background mean = 31283 (ADU) 02:31:16 FLAT5 SG: 1.01 sec at bin 2 02:31:16 Camera exposing 02:31:24 Exposure complete 02:31:24 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:31:24 Downloading image... 02:31:25 Image downloaded 02:31:28 Start tracking 02:31:29 Background mean = 30340 (ADU) 02:31:30 Doing 5 flats in SZ at binning 2 02:31:30 Start slew to flat area... 02:31:32 Switching from SG to SZ filter for imaging 02:31:32 Focus change of -100 steps required 02:31:34 (wait for slew to complete) 02:31:42 (slew complete) 02:31:42 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:31:42 TEST SZ: 1.05 sec at bin 2 02:31:42 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:31:42 Camera exposing 02:31:45 Exposure complete 02:31:45 Downloading image... 02:31:47 Image downloaded 02:31:47 Background mean = 3709 (ADU) 02:31:48 TEST SZ: 8.92 sec at bin 2 02:31:48 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:31:48 Camera exposing 02:32:00 Exposure complete 02:32:00 Downloading image... 02:32:01 Image downloaded 02:32:01 Background mean = 26812 (ADU) 02:32:02 Start tracking for real flats 02:32:02 FLAT1 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 02:32:02 Camera exposing 02:32:19 Exposure complete 02:32:19 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:32:19 Downloading image... 02:32:20 Image downloaded 02:32:22 Start tracking 02:32:23 Background mean = 27210 (ADU) 02:32:24 FLAT2 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 02:32:24 Camera exposing 02:32:41 Exposure complete 02:32:41 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:32:41 Downloading image... 02:32:42 Image downloaded 02:32:44 Start tracking 02:32:45 Background mean = 25431 (ADU) 02:32:46 FLAT3 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 02:32:46 Camera exposing 02:33:03 Exposure complete 02:33:03 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:33:03 Downloading image... 02:33:04 Image downloaded 02:33:06 Start tracking 02:33:07 Background mean = 23746 (ADU) 02:33:08 FLAT4 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 02:33:08 Camera exposing 02:33:25 Exposure complete 02:33:25 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:33:25 Downloading image... 02:33:26 Image downloaded 02:33:28 Start tracking 02:33:29 Background mean = 22145 (ADU) 02:33:30 FLAT5 SZ: 10 sec at bin 2 02:33:30 Camera exposing 02:33:46 Exposure complete 02:33:46 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:33:46 Downloading image... 02:33:47 Image downloaded 02:33:50 Start tracking 02:33:51 Background mean = 20612 (ADU) 02:33:52 Doing 5 flats in SR at binning 2 02:33:52 Start slew to flat area... 02:33:53 Switching from SZ to SR filter for imaging 02:33:54 Focus change of 50 steps required 02:33:56 (wait for slew to complete) 02:34:03 (slew complete) 02:34:03 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:34:03 TEST SR: 10 sec at bin 2 02:34:03 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:34:03 Camera exposing 02:34:16 Exposure complete 02:34:16 Downloading image... 02:34:17 Image downloaded 02:34:18 Background mean = 65535 (ADU) 02:34:19 Scaling exposure and trying again 02:34:19 TEST SR: 4.81 sec at bin 2 02:34:19 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:34:19 Camera exposing 02:34:27 Exposure complete 02:34:27 Downloading image... 02:34:28 Image downloaded 02:34:29 Background mean = 36116 (ADU) 02:34:30 Start tracking for real flats 02:34:30 FLAT1 SR: 4.2 sec at bin 2 02:34:30 Camera exposing 02:34:41 Exposure complete 02:34:41 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:34:41 Downloading image... 02:34:42 Image downloaded 02:34:44 Start tracking 02:34:45 Background mean = 29080 (ADU) 02:34:46 FLAT2 SR: 4.55 sec at bin 2 02:34:46 Camera exposing 02:34:57 Exposure complete 02:34:57 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:34:57 Downloading image... 02:34:58 Image downloaded 02:35:00 Start tracking 02:35:01 Background mean = 29598 (ADU) 02:35:02 FLAT3 SR: 4.84 sec at bin 2 02:35:02 Camera exposing 02:35:14 Exposure complete 02:35:14 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:35:14 Downloading image... 02:35:15 Image downloaded 02:35:17 Start tracking 02:35:18 Background mean = 29477 (ADU) 02:35:19 FLAT4 SR: 5.17 sec at bin 2 02:35:19 Camera exposing 02:35:30 Exposure complete 02:35:30 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:35:30 Downloading image... 02:35:31 Image downloaded 02:35:33 Start tracking 02:35:35 Background mean = 29458 (ADU) 02:35:36 FLAT5 SR: 5.53 sec at bin 2 02:35:36 Camera exposing 02:35:48 Exposure complete 02:35:48 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:35:48 Downloading image... 02:35:49 Image downloaded 02:35:51 Start tracking 02:35:52 Background mean = 29468 (ADU) 02:35:53 Doing 5 flats in SI at binning 2 02:35:53 Start slew to flat area... 02:35:55 Switching from SR to SI filter for imaging 02:35:55 Focus change of -20 steps required 02:35:57 (wait for slew to complete) 02:36:05 (slew complete) 02:36:05 Stop tracking for test exposures 02:36:05 TEST SI: 5.91 sec at bin 2 02:36:05 Testing with 128 x 128 offset sub-frame 02:36:05 Camera exposing 02:36:14 Exposure complete 02:36:14 Downloading image... 02:36:15 Image downloaded 02:36:16 Background mean = 22301 (ADU) 02:36:17 Start tracking for real flats 02:36:17 FLAT1 SI: 8.35 sec at bin 2 02:36:17 Camera exposing 02:36:32 Exposure complete 02:36:32 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:36:32 Downloading image... 02:36:33 Image downloaded 02:36:35 Start tracking 02:36:36 Background mean = 28221 (ADU) 02:36:37 FLAT2 SI: 9.32 sec at bin 2 02:36:37 Camera exposing 02:36:53 Exposure complete 02:36:53 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:36:53 Downloading image... 02:36:54 Image downloaded 02:36:56 Start tracking 02:36:57 Background mean = 28873 (ADU) 02:36:59 FLAT3 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 02:36:59 Camera exposing 02:37:14 Exposure complete 02:37:14 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:37:14 Downloading image... 02:37:15 Image downloaded 02:37:18 Start tracking 02:37:19 Background mean = 28137 (ADU) 02:37:20 FLAT4 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 02:37:20 Camera exposing 02:37:36 Exposure complete 02:37:36 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:37:36 Downloading image... 02:37:37 Image downloaded 02:37:40 Start tracking 02:37:41 Background mean = 25526 (ADU) 02:37:42 FLAT5 SI: 10 sec at bin 2 02:37:42 Camera exposing 02:37:58 Exposure complete 02:37:58 Stop tracking for 3 sec... 02:37:58 Downloading image... 02:37:59 Image downloaded 02:38:01 Start tracking 02:38:02 Background mean = 22976 (ADU) 02:38:03 Sun is now at -5.1 deg. elevation 02:38:03 Stop tracking 02:38:03 Flat acquisition complete. ACP console log closed 19-Jun-2024 02:38:03 UTC