ACP console log opened 09-Dec-2012 03:15:52 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 03:15:52 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 03:15:52 Custom image file path/names are in use 03:15:52 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 03:15:52 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 03:15:52 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 03:15:53 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 03:15:53 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 03:15:53 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 03:15:53 Dome is MaxDome 03:15:53 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 03:15:53 Imager is QSI Universal 03:15:53 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 03:15:53 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 03:15:53 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 03:15:53 ACPS Observation V405_Peg(1 of 1) 03:15:53 (belongs to Project yy, Plan V405_Peg) 03:15:53 (turning on sidereal tracking) 03:15:53 Pointing updates are enabled 03:15:53 Start slew to V405_Peg... 03:15:55 (wait for slew to complete) 03:16:08 (slew complete) 03:16:08 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=7919s GW=T HAz=8399s DWz=T WF=no] 03:16:08 Updating pointing... 03:16:08 Switching from V to R filter for pointing exposure 03:16:10 (taking 20 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 4) 03:16:10 (starting exposure) 03:16:38 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:16:38 Calibrating image... 03:16:38 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 03:16:38 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 03:16:38 Image finished 03:16:38 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:16:38 89 image stars found 03:16:39 82 catalog stars found 03:16:39 Solved! 34 stars matched. 03:16:39 Average residual is 0.33 arcsec. 03:16:39 Pointing error is 0.123 arcmin @ angle 126.46 03:16:39 True focal length is 335.5 cm. 03:16:39 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.33 V = 1.33 03:16:39 True image center (J2000): 23h 09m 49.6s 21° 35' 13.00" 03:16:39 Imager sky position angle is 17.6 deg. 03:16:39 [sync] pointing model updated 03:16:39 Internal guider, always re-slew 03:16:39 Re-slew to target. 03:16:39 Start slew to V405_Peg... 03:16:40 (wait for slew to complete) 03:16:41 (slew complete) 03:16:41 Target is now centered. 03:16:41 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 03:16:41 Switching from R to V filter for imaging 03:16:51 (guide star SNR=12.5 X=113 Y=20) 03:16:51 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:16:55 (guide star SNR=14.5 X=113 Y=19) 03:16:55 (final exposure interval 1) 03:16:55 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:17:00 (guide star SNR=14.8 X=114 Y=19) 03:17:33 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:17:38 (guide star SNR=13.1 X=114 Y=41) 03:17:38 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:17:42 (guide star SNR=13.4 X=113 Y=41) 03:17:42 (final exposure interval 1) 03:17:42 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:17:45 (guide star SNR=13.7 X=114 Y=42) 03:18:16 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:18:21 (guide star SNR=14.9 X=115 Y=68) 03:18:21 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:18:25 (guide star SNR=14.0 X=114 Y=67) 03:18:25 (final exposure interval 1) 03:18:25 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:18:29 (guide star SNR=14.8 X=115 Y=67) 03:19:06 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:19:12 (guide star SNR=14.6 X=110 Y=93) 03:19:12 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:19:16 (guide star SNR=14.9 X=110 Y=94) 03:19:16 (final exposure interval 1) 03:19:16 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:19:21 (guide star SNR=14.7 X=111 Y=94) 03:19:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:19:50 **Autoguiding failed. 03:19:50 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 03:19:50 [flip check: Tn=420s HAc=8139s GW=T HAz=8561s DWz=T WF=no] 03:19:50 (guider not running, restarting...) 03:19:50 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 03:19:50 Updating pointing... 03:19:50 Switching from V to R filter for pointing exposure 03:19:52 (taking 20 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 4) 03:19:52 (starting exposure) 03:20:19 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:20:19 Calibrating image... 03:20:19 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 03:20:19 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 03:20:19 Image finished 03:20:19 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:20:19 92 image stars found 03:20:20 82 catalog stars found 03:20:20 Solved! 30 stars matched. 03:20:20 Average residual is 0.33 arcsec. 03:20:20 Pointing error is 0.815 arcmin @ angle 92.76 03:20:20 True focal length is 335.7 cm. 03:20:20 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.33 V = 1.32 03:20:20 True image center (J2000): 23h 09m 52.7s 21° 35' 15.04" 03:20:20 Imager sky position angle is 17.6 deg. 03:20:20 Image FWHM is 2.2 arcsec (1.66 pixels) 03:20:20 (avg FWHM = 2.95 arcsec) 03:20:20 [sync] pointing model updated 03:20:20 Internal guider, always re-slew 03:20:20 Re-slew to target. 03:20:20 Start slew to V405_Peg... 03:20:21 (wait for slew to complete) 03:20:22 (slew complete) 03:20:22 Target is now centered. 03:20:22 Switching from R to V filter for imaging 03:20:31 (guide star SNR=11.5 X=96 Y=21) 03:20:31 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:20:36 (guide star SNR=15.4 X=95 Y=21) 03:20:36 (final exposure interval 1) 03:20:36 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:20:40 (guide star SNR=14.4 X=95 Y=21) 03:21:08 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:21:13 (guide star SNR=15.1 X=96 Y=45) 03:21:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:21:17 (guide star SNR=13.7 X=97 Y=45) 03:21:17 (final exposure interval 1) 03:21:17 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:21:21 (guide star SNR=14.6 X=96 Y=46) 03:21:54 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:21:59 (guide star SNR=14.4 X=98 Y=71) 03:21:59 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:22:04 (guide star SNR=14.2 X=96 Y=72) 03:22:04 (final exposure interval 1) 03:22:04 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:22:08 (guide star SNR=15.4 X=97 Y=71) 03:22:37 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:22:42 (guide star SNR=13.3 X=98 Y=97) 03:22:42 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:22:45 (guide star SNR=13.9 X=96 Y=97) 03:22:45 (final exposure interval 1) 03:22:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:22:50 (guide star SNR=13.9 X=97 Y=97) 03:23:16 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:23:17 **Autoguiding failed. 03:23:17 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 03:23:17 Imaging to V405_Peg_V_20121209_031950 03:23:17 (taking 120 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:23:17 (starting exposure) 03:25:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:25:47 Image finished 03:25:49 Plate-solve V405_Peg_V_20121209_031950 final image. 03:25:51 283 image stars found 03:25:51 82 catalog stars found 03:25:51 Solved! 11 stars matched. 03:25:51 Average residual is 0.14 arcsec. 03:25:51 Pointing error is 0.839 arcmin @ angle 100.72 03:25:51 True focal length is 336.2 cm. 03:25:51 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 03:25:51 True image center (J2000): 23h 09m 52.7s 21° 35' 08.04" 03:25:51 Imager sky position angle is 17.5 deg. 03:25:51 Image FWHM is 2.3 arcsec (6.81 pixels) 03:25:51 (avg FWHM = 2.71 arcsec) 03:25:51 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 03:25:51 [flip check: Tn=420s HAc=8501s GW=T HAz=8924s DWz=T WF=no] 03:25:51 (guider not running, restarting...) 03:25:51 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 03:25:51 Updating pointing... 03:25:51 Switching from V to R filter for pointing exposure 03:25:53 (taking 20 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 4) 03:25:53 (starting exposure) 03:26:21 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:26:21 Calibrating image... 03:26:21 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 03:26:21 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 03:26:21 Image finished 03:26:21 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:26:21 96 image stars found 03:26:21 82 catalog stars found 03:26:21 Solved! 30 stars matched. 03:26:21 Average residual is 0.29 arcsec. 03:26:21 Pointing error is 0.840 arcmin @ angle 98.83 03:26:21 True focal length is 335.3 cm. 03:26:21 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.33 V = 1.32 03:26:21 True image center (J2000): 23h 09m 52.7s 21° 35' 09.66" 03:26:21 Imager sky position angle is 17.5 deg. 03:26:21 [sync] pointing model updated 03:26:21 Internal guider, always re-slew 03:26:21 Re-slew to target. 03:26:21 Start slew to V405_Peg... 03:26:23 (wait for slew to complete) 03:26:24 (slew complete) 03:26:24 Target is now centered. 03:26:24 Switching from R to V filter for imaging 03:26:33 (guide star SNR=12.5 X=95 Y=20) 03:26:33 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:26:37 (guide star SNR=15.7 X=95 Y=20) 03:26:37 (final exposure interval 1) 03:26:37 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:26:41 (guide star SNR=14.1 X=96 Y=20) 03:26:50 (autoguiding at 1.00 sec.) 03:26:50 Imaging to V405_Peg_V_20121209_032551 03:26:50 (taking 120 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:26:52 (ex=0.19 ey=0.15) 03:26:52 (guider check OK) 03:26:52 (starting exposure) 03:29:22 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:29:22 Image finished 03:29:25 Plate-solve V405_Peg_V_20121209_032551 final image. 03:29:27 454 image stars found 03:29:27 82 catalog stars found 03:29:27 Solved! 13 stars matched. 03:29:27 Average residual is 0.17 arcsec. 03:29:27 Pointing error is 0.256 arcmin @ angle 133.00 03:29:27 True focal length is 336.0 cm. 03:29:27 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 03:29:27 True image center (J2000): 23h 09m 50.0s 21° 35' 06.93" 03:29:27 Imager sky position angle is 17.5 deg. 03:29:27 Image FWHM is 2.5 arcsec (7.45 pixels) 03:29:27 (avg FWHM = 2.53 arcsec) 03:29:27 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 03:29:27 (waiting for guider to settle...) 03:29:32 [flip check: Tn=420s HAc=8725s GW=T HAz=9145s DWz=T WF=no] 03:29:32 Imaging to V405_Peg_V_20121209_032932 03:29:32 (taking 120 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 03:29:32 (ex=0.00 ey=0.00) 03:29:32 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 03:29:46 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:29:46 **Guider stopped or lost star just before image acquisition ACP console log closed 09-Dec-2012 03:29:46 UTC