ACP console log opened 08-Feb-2019 03:19:14 UTC This is ACP version 8.1 (build 2, Product Version 8.1.1) Licensed to Arne Henden 03:19:14 This is AcquireScheduler V8.1.0 03:19:14 Custom image file path/names are in use 03:19:14 [PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=180 PU=60] 03:19:14 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 03:19:15 Initializing AcquireSupport V8.1.1 03:19:16 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 03:19:16 Telescope is ACP->ACP->TMO61, driver V3 03:19:16 Dome is MaxDome 03:19:16 MaxIm DL is version 5.24 03:19:16 Imager is QSI Universal 03:19:16 Using focus offsets and star mags from FilterInfo.txt 03:19:16 Selecting filter V from previous ACP run at 20190208@030934 UTC 03:19:16 Imager readout modes: 03:19:16 0 is Image Quality 03:19:16 Guider is SX Universal (no rotator) 03:19:16 Guider plate scale unknown, guided dither with guider pixels 03:19:16 Max unguided exposure 60 sec. 03:19:16 (assuring that FocusMax is running now...) 03:19:27 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 03:19:27 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 03:19:27 Plate solving With GSC 1.1 (ok for wider fields) 03:19:27 Mount supports tracking rate offsets 03:19:27 All-sky plate solving will be attempted when needed 03:19:27 All-sky service at nova.astrometry.net will be used 03:19:27 ACPS Observation CM_Cas(1 of 1) 03:19:27 (belongs to Project AAVSO_HGUA_Miras_Manual_ver167, Plan CM_Cas) 03:19:27 (turning on sidereal tracking) 03:19:27 Pointing updates are enabled 03:19:27 Start slew to CM_Cas... 03:19:28 (wait for slew to complete) 03:21:35 (slew complete) 03:21:35 [flip check: Tn=420s HAc=12733s GW=T HAz=13153s DWz=T WF=no] 03:21:35 Updating pointing... 03:21:35 (taking 10 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 03:21:35 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:21:37 (starting exposure) 03:21:48 (exposure complete) 03:21:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:21:55 Image finished 03:21:55 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:21:55 59 image stars found 03:21:56 32 catalog stars found 03:21:57 Solved! 11 stars matched. 03:21:57 Average residual is 0.45 arcsec. 03:21:57 Pointing error is 1.309 arcmin @ angle 94.48 03:21:57 True focal length is 3461.3 mm. 03:21:57 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.29 V = 1.29 03:21:57 True image center (J2000): 01h 53m 10.2s 67° 56' 40.83" 03:21:57 Imager sky position angle is 6.1 deg. 03:21:57 [sync] pointing model updated 03:21:57 Re-slew to target. 03:21:57 Start slew to CM_Cas... 03:21:58 (wait for slew to complete) 03:22:04 (slew complete) 03:22:04 Target is now centered. 03:22:04 (aggregated exposure times, trying to autoguide) 03:22:04 (take guider image at initial interval 5 sec) 03:22:11 (guide star SNR=5.2 X=379 Y=543) 03:22:11 (first exposure estimate 2.9 sec) 03:22:19 (guide star SNR=3.5 X=379 Y=543) 03:22:19 (final exposure for guiding 2.47 sec) 03:22:26 (guide star SNR=2.7 X=378 Y=543) 03:23:36 **Guider waited for 12.35 sec and never got a measurement 03:23:37 (take guider image at initial interval 2.47 sec) 03:23:44 (guide star SNR=2.7 X=444 Y=531) 03:23:44 (first exposure estimate 2.73 sec) 03:23:52 (guide star SNR=2.7 X=443 Y=532) 03:23:52 (final exposure for guiding 2.99 sec) 03:24:00 (guide star SNR=3.6 X=443 Y=532) 03:25:28 **Guider waited for 14.95 sec and never got a measurement 03:25:29 (take guider image at initial interval 2.99 sec) 03:25:37 (guide star SNR=1.9 X=574 Y=47) 03:25:37 (first exposure estimate 4.69 sec) 03:25:49 (guide star SNR=2.9 X=574 Y=47) 03:25:49 (final exposure for guiding 4.84 sec) 03:26:02 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=574 Y=46) 03:26:03 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 03:26:04 (take guider image at initial interval 4.84 sec) 03:26:17 (guide star SNR=5.3 X=513 Y=534) 03:26:17 (first exposure estimate 2.75 sec) 03:26:25 (guide star SNR=3.1 X=511 Y=534) 03:26:25 (final exposure for guiding 2.67 sec) 03:26:33 (guide star SNR=2.8 X=511 Y=533) 03:27:45 **Guider waited for 13.35 sec and never got a measurement 03:27:48 **Autoguiding failed. 03:27:48 (**AG failed, but individual exposure(s) can be unguided) 03:27:48 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=13127s GW=T HAz=13466s DWz=T WF=no] 03:27:48 Imaging to CM_Cas_V_20190208_032748_T3 03:27:48 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:27:48 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:27:49 (starting exposure) 03:28:50 (exposure complete) 03:29:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:29:11 Image finished 03:29:24 Plate-solve CM_Cas_V_20190208_032748_T3 final image. 03:29:25 223 image stars found 03:29:26 33 catalog stars found 03:29:26 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 03:29:29 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=13228s GW=T HAz=13568s DWz=T WF=no] 03:29:29 Imaging to CM_Cas_V_20190208_032929_T3 03:29:29 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:29:29 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:29:31 (starting exposure) 03:30:31 (exposure complete) 03:30:51 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:30:52 Image finished 03:31:04 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:31:07 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=13326s GW=T HAz=13666s DWz=T WF=no] 03:31:07 Imaging to CM_Cas_V_20190208_033107_T3 03:31:07 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:31:07 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:31:08 (starting exposure) 03:32:09 (exposure complete) 03:32:29 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:32:31 Image finished 03:32:42 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:32:45 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=13423s GW=T HAz=13764s DWz=T WF=no] 03:32:45 Imaging to CM_Cas_V_20190208_033245_T3 03:32:45 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:32:45 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:32:46 (starting exposure) 03:33:47 (exposure complete) 03:34:07 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:34:09 Image finished 03:34:21 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:34:23 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=13522s GW=T HAz=13863s DWz=T WF=no] 03:34:23 Imaging to CM_Cas_V_20190208_033423_T3 03:34:23 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:34:23 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:34:25 (starting exposure) 03:35:25 (exposure complete) 03:35:44 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:35:46 Image finished 03:35:58 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:36:00 [flip check: Tn=360s HAc=13619s GW=T HAz=13960s DWz=T WF=no] 03:36:00 Imaging to CM_Cas_V_20190208_033600_T3 03:36:00 (taking 60 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:36:00 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:36:02 (starting exposure) 03:37:02 (exposure complete) 03:37:22 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:37:24 Image finished 03:37:36 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:37:38 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=13717s GW=T HAz=14003s DWz=T WF=no] 03:37:38 Imaging to CM_Cas_I_20190208_033738_T3 03:37:38 Switching from V to I filter for imaging 03:37:38 Focus change of -48 steps required 03:37:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 03:37:40 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:37:41 (starting exposure) 03:37:47 (exposure complete) 03:38:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:38:08 Image finished 03:38:21 Plate-solve CM_Cas_I_20190208_033738_T3 final image. 03:38:22 57 image stars found 03:38:22 33 catalog stars found 03:38:24 Solved! 10 stars matched. 03:38:24 Average residual is 0.18 arcsec. 03:38:24 Pointing error is 1.509 arcmin @ angle 229.30 03:38:24 True focal length is 3461.6 mm. 03:38:24 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 03:38:24 True image center (J2000): 01h 52m 44.1s 67° 55' 47.95" 03:38:24 Imager sky position angle is 6.2 deg. 03:38:24 Image FWHM is 1.2 arcsec (3.86 pixels) 03:38:24 (avg FWHM = 1.36 arcsec) 03:38:24 [flip check: Tn=0s HAc=13763s GW=T HAz=13744s DWz=T WF=no] 03:38:24 Re-slew to target. 03:38:24 Start slew to CM_Cas... 03:38:25 (wait for slew to complete) 03:38:31 (slew complete) 03:38:34 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=13761s GW=T HAz=14059s DWz=T WF=no] 03:38:34 Imaging to CM_Cas_I_20190208_033834_T3 03:38:34 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 03:38:34 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:38:36 (starting exposure) 03:38:41 (exposure complete) 03:39:01 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:39:03 Image finished 03:39:15 Plate-solve CM_Cas_I_20190208_033834_T3 final image. 03:39:16 42 image stars found 03:39:17 33 catalog stars found 03:39:17 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 03:39:19 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=13806s GW=T HAz=14105s DWz=T WF=no] 03:39:19 Imaging to CM_Cas_I_20190208_033919_T3 03:39:19 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 03:39:19 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:39:21 (starting exposure) 03:39:27 (exposure complete) 03:39:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:39:49 Image finished 03:40:01 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:40:04 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=13851s GW=T HAz=14150s DWz=T WF=no] 03:40:04 Imaging to CM_Cas_I_20190208_034004_T3 03:40:04 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 03:40:04 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:40:06 (starting exposure) 03:40:11 (exposure complete) 03:40:31 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:40:33 Image finished 03:40:45 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:40:48 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=13895s GW=T HAz=14194s DWz=T WF=no] 03:40:48 Imaging to CM_Cas_I_20190208_034048_T3 03:40:48 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 03:40:48 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:40:50 (starting exposure) 03:40:56 (exposure complete) 03:41:16 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:41:17 Image finished 03:41:29 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:41:33 [flip check: Tn=305s HAc=13940s GW=T HAz=14239s DWz=T WF=no] 03:41:33 Imaging to CM_Cas_I_20190208_034133_T3 03:41:33 (taking 5 sec. exposure, I filter, binning = 1) 03:41:33 (using Image Quality readout mode) 03:41:34 (starting exposure) 03:41:40 (exposure complete) 03:41:59 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:42:01 Image finished 03:42:13 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 03:42:17 Run complete ACP console log closed 08-Feb-2019 03:42:17 UTC