ACP console log opened 31-Jan-2019 12:48:12 UTC This is ACP version 8.1 (build 2, Product Version 8.1.1) Licensed to Arne Henden 12:48:12 This is AcquireScheduler V8.1.0 12:48:12 Custom image file path/names are in use 12:48:12 [PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=180 PU=60] 12:48:12 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 12:48:13 Initializing AcquireSupport V8.1.1 12:48:13 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 12:48:13 Telescope is ACP->ACP->TMO61, driver V3 12:48:13 Dome is MaxDome 12:48:13 MaxIm DL is version 5.24 12:48:13 Imager is QSI Universal 12:48:13 Using focus offsets and star mags from FilterInfo.txt 12:48:13 Selecting filter B from previous ACP run at 20190131@124557 UTC 12:48:13 Imager readout modes: 12:48:13 0 is Image Quality 12:48:13 Guider is SX Universal (no rotator) 12:48:13 Guider plate scale unknown, guided dither with guider pixels 12:48:13 Max unguided exposure 60 sec. 12:48:13 (assuring that FocusMax is running now...) 12:48:23 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 12:48:23 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 12:48:23 Plate solving With GSC 1.1 (ok for wider fields) 12:48:23 Mount supports tracking rate offsets 12:48:23 All-sky plate solving will be attempted when needed 12:48:23 All-sky service at nova.astrometry.net will be used 12:48:23 ACPS Observation V1015_Her(1 of 1) 12:48:23 (belongs to Project AAVSO_HGUA_Miras_Manual_ver167, Plan V1015_Her) 12:48:23 (turning on sidereal tracking) 12:48:23 Pointing updates are enabled 12:48:23 Start slew to V1015_Her... 12:48:25 (wait for slew to complete) 12:49:02 (slew complete) 12:49:02 [flip check: Tn=420s HAc=-12540s GW=T HAz=-12120s DWz=T WF=no] 12:49:02 Updating pointing... 12:49:02 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 12:49:02 Focus change of -25 steps required 12:49:04 (taking 10 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 12:49:04 (using Image Quality readout mode) 12:49:05 (starting exposure) 12:49:16 (exposure complete) 12:49:21 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 12:49:24 Image finished 12:49:24 Plate-solve pointing image. 12:49:24 6 image stars found 12:49:25 113 catalog stars found 12:49:25 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 12:49:25 Start slew to offset... 12:49:26 (wait for slew to complete) 12:49:34 (slew complete) 12:49:34 (taking 10 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 12:49:34 (using Image Quality readout mode) 12:49:35 (starting exposure) 12:49:46 (exposure complete) 12:49:52 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 12:49:53 Image finished 12:49:53 Plate-solve pointing image. 12:49:54 5 image stars found 12:49:54 114 catalog stars found 12:49:54 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 12:49:54 Attempting all-sky plate solution (time-consuming)... 12:50:52 Failed: All-sky solution failed: Job 3178211 status: failure 12:50:53 Astrometry.net may be offline or image quality is too poor. 12:50:53 Start slew to V1015_Her... 12:50:54 (wait for slew to complete) 12:51:03 (slew complete) 12:51:03 (aggregated exposure times, trying to autoguide) 12:51:03 (take guider image at initial interval 5 sec) 12:51:09 (guide star SNR=very high X=48 Y=45) 12:51:10 (first exposure estimate 1 sec) 12:51:14 (guide star SNR=16.8 X=47 Y=45) 12:51:15 (final exposure for guiding 1 sec) 12:51:19 (guide star SNR=9.4 X=47 Y=45) 12:51:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 12:51:50 (take guider image at initial interval 1 sec) 12:51:54 **No stars at all found in guider image 12:51:54 **No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 12:52:17 (guide star SNR=3.8 X=574 Y=221) 12:52:17 (first exposure estimate 15.69 sec) 12:52:35 (guide star SNR=2.5 X=572 Y=218) 12:52:35 (final exposure for guiding 18.55 sec) 12:52:56 **No stars at all found in guider image 12:52:56 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 12:52:58 (take guider image at initial interval 18.55 sec) 12:53:18 **No stars at all found in guider image 12:53:18 **No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 12:53:40 **No stars at all found in guider image 12:53:41 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval, can't guide 12:53:41 **Autoguiding failed. 12:53:41 (**AG failed, but individual exposure(s) can be unguided) 12:53:41 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=-12263s GW=T HAz=-11901s DWz=T WF=no] 12:53:41 Imaging to V1015_Her_V_20190131_125341_T3 12:53:41 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 12:53:41 (using Image Quality readout mode) 12:53:42 (starting exposure) 12:54:43 (exposure complete) 12:55:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 12:55:06 Image finished 12:55:17 Plate-solve V1015_Her_V_20190131_125341_T3 final image. 12:55:19 124 image stars found 12:55:19 112 catalog stars found 12:55:20 Solved! 49 stars matched. 12:55:21 Average residual is 0.1 arcsec. 12:55:21 Pointing error is 0.406 arcmin @ angle 55.62 12:55:21 (pointing corrector updated with this observation) 12:55:21 True focal length is 3460.5 mm. 12:55:21 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 12:55:21 True image center (J2000): 17h 52m 25.7s 34° 11' 25.56" 12:55:21 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 12:55:21 Image FWHM is 1.9 arcsec (5.81 pixels) 12:55:21 (avg FWHM = 1.50 arcsec) 12:55:21 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 12:55:23 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=-12162s GW=T HAz=-11798s DWz=T WF=no] 12:55:23 Imaging to V1015_Her_V_20190131_125523_T3 12:55:23 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 12:55:23 (using Image Quality readout mode) 12:55:25 (starting exposure) 12:56:25 (exposure complete) 12:56:44 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 12:56:46 Image finished 12:56:57 Plate-solve V1015_Her_V_20190131_125523_T3 final image. 12:56:59 73 image stars found 12:56:59 112 catalog stars found 12:57:00 Solved! 27 stars matched. 12:57:01 Average residual is 0.18 arcsec. 12:57:01 Pointing error is 0.449 arcmin @ angle 64.44 12:57:01 True focal length is 3459.3 mm. 12:57:01 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 12:57:01 True image center (J2000): 17h 52m 26.1s 34° 11' 23.43" 12:57:01 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 12:57:01 Image FWHM is 1.2 arcsec (3.82 pixels) 12:57:01 (avg FWHM = 1.47 arcsec) 12:57:01 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 12:57:04 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=-12060s GW=T HAz=-11697s DWz=T WF=no] 12:57:04 Imaging to V1015_Her_V_20190131_125704_T3 12:57:04 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 12:57:04 (using Image Quality readout mode) 12:57:05 (starting exposure) 12:58:06 (exposure complete) 12:58:25 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 12:58:27 Image finished 12:58:39 Plate-solve V1015_Her_V_20190131_125704_T3 final image. 12:58:40 67 image stars found 12:58:40 112 catalog stars found 12:58:42 Solved! 22 stars matched. 12:58:42 Average residual is 0.11 arcsec. 12:58:42 Pointing error is 0.432 arcmin @ angle 65.31 12:58:42 True focal length is 3461.2 mm. 12:58:42 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 12:58:42 True image center (J2000): 17h 52m 26.0s 34° 11' 22.62" 12:58:42 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 12:58:42 Image FWHM is 1.4 arcsec (4.23 pixels) 12:58:42 (avg FWHM = 1.46 arcsec) 12:58:42 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 12:58:44 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=-11960s GW=T HAz=-11596s DWz=T WF=no] 12:58:44 Imaging to V1015_Her_V_20190131_125844_T3 12:58:44 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 12:58:44 (using Image Quality readout mode) 12:58:46 (starting exposure) 12:59:46 (exposure complete) 13:00:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 13:00:08 Image finished 13:00:19 Plate-solve V1015_Her_V_20190131_125844_T3 final image. 13:00:21 122 image stars found 13:00:21 112 catalog stars found 13:00:22 Solved! 39 stars matched. 13:00:23 Average residual is 0.16 arcsec. 13:00:23 Pointing error is 0.415 arcmin @ angle 67.35 13:00:23 True focal length is 3452.3 mm. 13:00:23 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 13:00:23 True image center (J2000): 17h 52m 25.9s 34° 11' 21.39" 13:00:23 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 13:00:23 Image FWHM is 1.7 arcsec (5.16 pixels) 13:00:23 (avg FWHM = 1.53 arcsec) 13:00:23 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 13:00:25 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=-11859s GW=T HAz=-11495s DWz=T WF=no] 13:00:25 Imaging to V1015_Her_V_20190131_130025_T3 13:00:25 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 13:00:25 (using Image Quality readout mode) 13:00:27 (starting exposure) 13:01:27 (exposure complete) 13:01:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 13:01:49 Image finished 13:02:00 Plate-solve V1015_Her_V_20190131_130025_T3 final image. 13:02:02 70 image stars found 13:02:02 112 catalog stars found 13:02:03 Solved! 24 stars matched. 13:02:03 Average residual is 0.14 arcsec. 13:02:03 Pointing error is 0.473 arcmin @ angle 72.67 13:02:03 True focal length is 3461.4 mm. 13:02:03 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 13:02:03 True image center (J2000): 17h 52m 26.3s 34° 11' 20.25" 13:02:03 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 13:02:03 Image FWHM is 1.3 arcsec (3.95 pixels) 13:02:03 (avg FWHM = 1.38 arcsec) 13:02:03 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 13:02:07 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=-11757s GW=T HAz=-11393s DWz=T WF=no] 13:02:07 Imaging to V1015_Her_V_20190131_130207_T3 13:02:07 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 13:02:07 (using Image Quality readout mode) 13:02:08 (starting exposure) 13:03:09 (exposure complete) 13:03:29 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 13:03:30 Image finished 13:03:42 Plate-solve V1015_Her_V_20190131_130207_T3 final image. 13:03:43 117 image stars found 13:03:44 112 catalog stars found 13:03:45 Solved! 41 stars matched. 13:03:45 Average residual is 0.11 arcsec. 13:03:45 Pointing error is 0.464 arcmin @ angle 76.07 13:03:45 True focal length is 3454.3 mm. 13:03:45 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 13:03:45 True image center (J2000): 17h 52m 26.3s 34° 11' 18.50" 13:03:45 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 13:03:45 Image FWHM is 1.5 arcsec (4.75 pixels) 13:03:45 (avg FWHM = 1.46 arcsec) 13:03:45 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 13:03:48 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=-11656s GW=T HAz=-11347s DWz=T WF=no] 13:03:48 Imaging to V1015_Her_I_20190131_130348_T3 13:03:48 Switching from V to I filter for imaging 13:03:48 Focus change of -48 steps required 13:03:50 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 13:03:50 (using Image Quality readout mode) 13:03:51 (starting exposure) 13:03:57 (exposure complete) 13:04:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 13:04:20 Image finished 13:04:31 Plate-solve V1015_Her_I_20190131_130348_T3 final image. 13:04:33 17 image stars found 13:04:33 112 catalog stars found 13:04:33 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 13:04:36 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=-11607s GW=T HAz=-11299s DWz=T WF=no] 13:04:36 Imaging to V1015_Her_I_20190131_130436_T3 13:04:36 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 13:04:36 (using Image Quality readout mode) 13:04:39 (starting exposure) 13:04:44 (exposure complete) 13:05:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 13:05:06 Image finished 13:05:18 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 13:05:20 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=-11563s GW=T HAz=-11254s DWz=T WF=no] 13:05:20 Imaging to V1015_Her_I_20190131_130520_T3 13:05:20 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 13:05:20 (using Image Quality readout mode) 13:05:22 (starting exposure) 13:05:28 (exposure complete) 13:05:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 13:05:50 Image finished 13:06:02 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 13:06:04 **Scheduler failed to catch dawn-crossing Observation 13:06:04 **Stopping now for astronomical dawn ACP console log closed 31-Jan-2019 13:06:05 UTC