ACP console log opened 11-Oct-2018 10:44:18 UTC This is ACP version 8.1 (build 2, Product Version 8.1.1) Licensed to Arne Henden 10:44:18 This is AcquireScheduler V8.1.0 10:44:18 Custom image file path/names are in use 10:44:18 [PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=180 PU=60] 10:44:18 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 10:44:19 Initializing AcquireSupport V8.1.1 10:44:19 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 10:44:19 Telescope is ACP->ACP->TMO61, driver V3 10:44:19 Dome is MaxDome 10:44:19 MaxIm DL is version 5.24 10:44:19 Imager is QSI Universal 10:44:19 Using focus offsets and star mags from FilterInfo.txt 10:44:19 Selecting filter I from previous ACP run at 20181011@103955 UTC 10:44:19 Imager readout modes: 10:44:19 0 is Image Quality 10:44:19 Autoguiding is disabled 10:44:19 (assuring that FocusMax is running now...) 10:44:29 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 10:44:29 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 10:44:29 Plate solving With GSC 1.1 (ok for wider fields) 10:44:29 Mount supports tracking rate offsets 10:44:29 All-sky plate solving will be attempted when needed 10:44:29 All-sky service at nova.astrometry.net will be used 10:44:29 ACPS Observation HI_Cam(1 of 1) 10:44:29 (belongs to Project AAVSO_HGUA_Miras_Manual_ver167, Plan HI_Cam) 10:44:29 (turning on sidereal tracking) 10:44:29 Pointing updates are enabled 10:44:29 Start slew to HI_Cam... 10:44:31 (wait for slew to complete) 10:44:55 (slew complete) 10:44:55 [flip check: Tn=420s HAc=1232s GW=T HAz=1652s DWz=T WF=no] 10:44:55 Updating pointing... 10:44:55 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 10:44:55 Focus change of 48 steps required 10:44:57 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 10:44:57 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:44:58 (starting exposure) 10:45:04 (exposure complete) 10:45:10 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:45:10 Calibrating image... 10:45:10 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:45:10 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:45:11 Image finished 10:45:11 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:45:11 1 image stars found 10:45:12 85 catalog stars found 10:45:12 ** There are too few catalog stars in the area for reliable matching. Increase the catalog star faint limit, or use a more dense catalog. 10:45:12 Start slew to offset... 10:45:13 (wait for slew to complete) 10:45:20 (slew complete) 10:45:20 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 10:45:20 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:45:21 (starting exposure) 10:45:26 (exposure complete) 10:45:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:45:32 Calibrating image... 10:45:32 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:45:32 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:45:35 Image finished 10:45:35 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:45:35 2 image stars found 10:45:35 104 catalog stars found 10:45:35 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:45:35 Attempting all-sky plate solution (time-consuming)... 10:45:35 Failed: Too few stars for all-sky solution 10:45:35 Astrometry.net may be offline or image quality is too poor. 10:45:35 Start slew to HI_Cam... 10:45:37 (wait for slew to complete) 10:45:44 (slew complete) 10:45:44 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=1281s GW=T HAz=1641s DWz=T WF=no] 10:45:44 Imaging to HI_Cam_V_20181011_104544 10:45:44 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:45:44 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:45:45 (starting exposure) 10:46:46 (exposure complete) 10:47:05 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:47:07 Image finished 10:47:18 Plate-solve HI_Cam_V_20181011_104544 final image. 10:47:19 140 image stars found 10:47:19 85 catalog stars found 10:47:20 Solved! 38 stars matched. 10:47:21 Average residual is 0.1 arcsec. 10:47:21 Pointing error is 0.438 arcmin @ angle 347.66 10:47:21 (pointing corrector updated with this observation) 10:47:21 True focal length is 3449.7 mm. 10:47:21 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 10:47:21 True image center (J2000): 04h 35m 44.5s 63° 12' 43.08" 10:47:21 Imager sky position angle is 5.9 deg. 10:47:21 Image FWHM is 1.6 arcsec (5.00 pixels) 10:47:21 (avg FWHM = 1.44 arcsec) 10:47:21 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 10:47:23 (wait for slew to complete) 10:47:26 (slew complete) 10:47:26 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=1390s GW=T HAz=1743s DWz=T WF=no] 10:47:26 Imaging to HI_Cam_V_20181011_104726 10:47:26 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:47:26 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:47:28 (starting exposure) 10:48:28 (exposure complete) 10:48:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:48:50 Image finished 10:49:00 Plate-solve HI_Cam_V_20181011_104726 final image. 10:49:02 60 image stars found 10:49:02 85 catalog stars found 10:49:03 Solved! 32 stars matched. 10:49:04 Average residual is 0.16 arcsec. 10:49:04 Pointing error is 0.430 arcmin @ angle 356.10 10:49:04 True focal length is 3455.4 mm. 10:49:04 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 10:49:04 True image center (J2000): 04h 35m 45.1s 63° 12' 43.17" 10:49:04 Imager sky position angle is 6.0 deg. 10:49:04 Image FWHM is 1.6 arcsec (4.86 pixels) 10:49:04 (avg FWHM = 1.49 arcsec) 10:49:04 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 10:49:06 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=1490s GW=T HAz=1844s DWz=T WF=no] 10:49:06 Imaging to HI_Cam_V_20181011_104906 10:49:06 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:49:06 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:49:08 (starting exposure) 10:50:08 (exposure complete) 10:50:27 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:50:30 Image finished 10:50:41 Plate-solve HI_Cam_V_20181011_104906 final image. 10:50:43 52 image stars found 10:50:43 85 catalog stars found 10:50:44 Solved! 18 stars matched. 10:50:44 Average residual is 0.1 arcsec. 10:50:44 Pointing error is 0.423 arcmin @ angle 1.80 10:50:44 True focal length is 3460.6 mm. 10:50:44 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 10:50:44 True image center (J2000): 04h 35m 45.5s 63° 12' 42.74" 10:50:44 Imager sky position angle is 6.0 deg. 10:50:44 Image FWHM is 1.3 arcsec (4.18 pixels) 10:50:44 (avg FWHM = 1.48 arcsec) 10:50:44 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 10:50:47 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=1591s GW=T HAz=1945s DWz=T WF=no] 10:50:47 Imaging to HI_Cam_V_20181011_105047 10:50:47 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:50:47 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:50:49 (starting exposure) 10:51:49 (exposure complete) 10:52:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:52:11 Image finished 10:52:22 Plate-solve HI_Cam_V_20181011_105047 final image. 10:52:23 50 image stars found 10:52:23 85 catalog stars found 10:52:24 Solved! 11 stars matched. 10:52:25 Average residual is 0.1 arcsec. 10:52:25 Pointing error is 0.454 arcmin @ angle 20.01 10:52:25 True focal length is 3459.8 mm. 10:52:25 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 10:52:25 True image center (J2000): 04h 35m 46.7s 63° 12' 42.98" 10:52:25 Imager sky position angle is 5.9 deg. 10:52:25 Image FWHM is 1.5 arcsec (4.66 pixels) 10:52:25 (avg FWHM = 1.51 arcsec) 10:52:25 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 10:52:27 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=1692s GW=T HAz=2046s DWz=T WF=no] 10:52:27 Imaging to HI_Cam_V_20181011_105227 10:52:27 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:52:27 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:52:29 (starting exposure) 10:53:30 (exposure complete) 10:53:49 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:53:52 Image finished 10:54:02 Plate-solve HI_Cam_V_20181011_105227 final image. 10:54:04 144 image stars found 10:54:04 85 catalog stars found 10:54:05 Solved! 49 stars matched. 10:54:06 Average residual is 0.12 arcsec. 10:54:06 Pointing error is 0.433 arcmin @ angle 9.19 10:54:06 True focal length is 3453.6 mm. 10:54:06 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 10:54:06 True image center (J2000): 04h 35m 46.0s 63° 12' 43.03" 10:54:06 Imager sky position angle is 5.9 deg. 10:54:06 Image FWHM is 1.9 arcsec (5.92 pixels) 10:54:06 (avg FWHM = 1.58 arcsec) 10:54:06 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 10:54:08 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=1793s GW=T HAz=2146s DWz=T WF=no] 10:54:08 Imaging to HI_Cam_V_20181011_105408 10:54:08 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:54:08 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:54:10 (starting exposure) 10:55:11 (exposure complete) 10:55:31 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:55:32 Image finished 10:55:44 Plate-solve HI_Cam_V_20181011_105408 final image. 10:55:45 67 image stars found 10:55:45 85 catalog stars found 10:55:46 Solved! 19 stars matched. 10:55:47 Average residual is 0.14 arcsec. 10:55:47 Pointing error is 0.492 arcmin @ angle 28.32 10:55:47 True focal length is 3459.4 mm. 10:55:47 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 10:55:47 True image center (J2000): 04h 35m 47.4s 63° 12' 43.36" 10:55:47 Imager sky position angle is 5.9 deg. 10:55:47 Image FWHM is 1.7 arcsec (5.18 pixels) 10:55:47 (avg FWHM = 1.60 arcsec) 10:55:47 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 10:55:49 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=1894s GW=T HAz=2193s DWz=T WF=no] 10:55:49 Imaging to HI_Cam_I_20181011_105549 10:55:49 Switching from V to I filter for imaging 10:55:49 Focus change of -48 steps required 10:55:51 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 10:55:51 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:55:52 (starting exposure) 10:55:58 (exposure complete) 10:56:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:56:19 Image finished 10:56:30 Plate-solve HI_Cam_I_20181011_105549 final image. 10:56:32 24 image stars found 10:56:32 85 catalog stars found 10:56:32 ** Failed to solve plate, possibly due to input plate scale being too far off. 10:56:34 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=1939s GW=T HAz=2238s DWz=T WF=no] 10:56:34 Imaging to HI_Cam_I_20181011_105634 10:56:34 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 10:56:34 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:56:35 (starting exposure) 10:56:41 (exposure complete) 10:57:00 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:57:02 Image finished 10:57:13 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:57:16 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=1981s GW=T HAz=2280s DWz=T WF=no] 10:57:16 Imaging to HI_Cam_I_20181011_105716 10:57:16 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 10:57:16 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:57:17 (starting exposure) 10:57:23 (exposure complete) 10:57:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:57:44 Image finished 10:57:55 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:57:58 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=2023s GW=T HAz=2322s DWz=T WF=no] 10:57:58 Imaging to HI_Cam_I_20181011_105758 10:57:58 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 10:57:58 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:57:59 (starting exposure) 10:58:05 (exposure complete) 10:58:25 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:58:26 Image finished 10:58:38 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:58:41 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=2066s GW=T HAz=2365s DWz=T WF=no] 10:58:41 Imaging to HI_Cam_I_20181011_105841 10:58:41 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 10:58:41 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:58:42 (starting exposure) 10:58:47 (exposure complete) 10:59:07 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:59:08 Image finished 10:59:20 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:59:22 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=2107s GW=T HAz=2406s DWz=T WF=no] 10:59:22 Imaging to HI_Cam_I_20181011_105922 10:59:22 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 10:59:22 (using Image Quality readout mode) 10:59:24 (starting exposure) 10:59:29 (exposure complete) 10:59:49 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:59:50 Image finished 11:00:01 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 11:00:04 Run complete ACP console log closed 11-Oct-2018 11:00:04 UTC