ACP console log opened 24-Dec-2012 03:20:03 UTC
This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope)
Licensed to Arne Henden
03:20:03 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2
03:20:03 Custom image file path/names are in use
03:20:03 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use
03:20:03   PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60
03:20:03 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available.
03:20:04 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7
03:20:04 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator
03:20:04 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3
03:20:04 Dome is MaxDome
03:20:04 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18
03:20:04 Imager is QSI Universal
03:20:04 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis)
03:20:04 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33
03:20:04 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8
03:20:04 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt
03:20:04 ACPS Observation V1294_Tau(1 of 1)
03:20:04   (belongs to Project HST_CV, Plan V1294_Tau)
03:20:04   (turning on sidereal tracking)
03:20:04 Pointing updates are enabled
03:20:04   Start slew to V1294_Tau...
03:20:06   (wait for slew to complete)
03:20:43   (slew complete)
03:20:43     [flip check:  Tn=540s HAc=-5710s GW=T HAz=-5170s DWz=T WF=no]
03:20:43   Updating pointing...
03:20:43   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:20:43   (starting exposure)
03:20:56   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:20:56   Calibrating image...
03:20:56 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:20:56 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:20:56   Image finished
03:20:56   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:20:56   38 image stars found
03:20:57   56 catalog stars found
03:20:57 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:20:57   Start slew to offset...
03:20:58   (wait for slew to complete)
03:21:02   (slew complete)
03:21:02   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:21:02   (starting exposure)
03:21:16   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:21:16   Calibrating image...
03:21:16 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:21:16 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:21:16   Image finished
03:21:16   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:21:16   25 image stars found
03:21:16   33 catalog stars found
03:21:16 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:21:16   Start slew to V1294_Tau...
03:21:18   (wait for slew to complete)
03:21:21   (slew complete)
03:21:21   (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide)
03:21:28   (guide star SNR=18.8 X=219 Y=465)
03:21:28   (initial exposure interval 1)
03:21:32 **No stars found in guider image
03:21:32   (final exposure interval -1)
03:21:32 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval
03:21:32 **Autoguiding failed.
03:21:32   (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds)
03:21:32     [flip check:  Tn=480s HAc=-5661s GW=T HAz=-5181s DWz=T WF=no]
03:21:32   (guider not running, restarting...)
03:21:32   (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart)
03:21:32   Updating pointing...
03:21:32   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:21:32   (starting exposure)
03:21:46   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:21:46   Calibrating image...
03:21:46 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:21:46 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:21:46   Image finished
03:21:46   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:21:46   38 image stars found
03:21:46   56 catalog stars found
03:21:46 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:21:46   Start slew to offset...
03:21:47   (wait for slew to complete)
03:21:51   (slew complete)
03:21:51   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:21:51   (starting exposure)
03:22:05   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:22:05   Calibrating image...
03:22:05 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:22:05 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:22:05   Image finished
03:22:05   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:22:05   28 image stars found
03:22:05   33 catalog stars found
03:22:05 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:22:05   Start slew to V1294_Tau...
03:22:06   (wait for slew to complete)
03:22:10   (slew complete)
03:22:17   (guide star SNR=47.9 X=219 Y=465)
03:22:17   (initial exposure interval 1)
03:22:22   (guide star SNR=3.0 X=510 Y=346)
03:22:22   (final exposure interval 1.72)
03:22:22   (one more exposure for simple auto-dark)
03:22:27   (guide star SNR=24.8 X=219 Y=465)
03:22:41 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement
03:22:47   (guide star SNR=3.0 X=502 Y=330)
03:22:47   (initial exposure interval 1.94)
03:22:53   (guide star SNR=17.7 X=219 Y=465)
03:22:53   (final exposure interval 1)
03:22:53   (one more exposure for simple auto-dark)
03:22:58   (guide star SNR=3.0 X=499 Y=324)
03:24:04 **No stars found in guider image
03:24:04   (initial exposure interval -1)
03:24:04 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure
03:24:26   (guide star SNR=6.6 X=219 Y=465)
03:24:26   (exposure interval 1)
03:24:39 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement
03:24:45 **No stars found in guider image
03:24:45   (initial exposure interval -1)
03:24:45 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure
03:25:07   (guide star SNR=6.1 X=219 Y=465)
03:25:07   (exposure interval 1)
03:25:20 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement
03:25:21 **Autoguiding failed.
03:25:21   (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds)
03:25:21   Imaging to V1294_Tau_V_20121224_032132
03:25:21   (taking 180 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1)
03:25:21   (starting exposure)
03:28:54   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:28:54   Image finished
03:28:57   Plate-solve V1294_Tau_V_20121224_032132 final image.
03:28:58   622 image stars found
03:28:59   56 catalog stars found
03:28:59 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect.
03:28:59     [flip check:  Tn=480s HAc=-5215s GW=T HAz=-4733s DWz=T WF=no]
03:28:59   (guider not running, restarting...)
03:28:59   (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart)
03:28:59   Updating pointing...
03:28:59   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:28:59   (starting exposure)
03:29:12   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:29:12   Calibrating image...
03:29:12 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:29:12 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:29:12   Image finished
03:29:12   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:29:12   36 image stars found
03:29:13   56 catalog stars found
03:29:13 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:29:13   Start slew to offset...
03:29:14   (wait for slew to complete)
03:29:18   (slew complete)
03:29:18   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:29:18   (starting exposure)
03:29:31   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:29:31   Calibrating image...
03:29:31 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:29:31 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:29:31   Image finished
03:29:31   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:29:31   31 image stars found
03:29:32   33 catalog stars found
03:29:32 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:29:32   Start slew to V1294_Tau...
03:29:33   (wait for slew to complete)
03:29:37   (slew complete)
03:29:44   (guide star SNR=12.9 X=219 Y=465)
03:29:44   (initial exposure interval 1)
03:29:48 **No stars found in guider image
03:29:48   (final exposure interval -1)
03:29:48 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval
03:29:48 **Autoguiding failed.
03:29:48   (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds)
03:29:48   Imaging to V1294_Tau_V_20121224_032859
03:29:49   (taking 180 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1)
03:29:49   (starting exposure)
03:33:21   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:33:21   Image finished
03:33:24   First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target.
03:33:24     [flip check:  Tn=480s HAc=-4947s GW=T HAz=-4467s DWz=T WF=no]
03:33:24   (guider not running, restarting...)
03:33:24   (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart)
03:33:24   Updating pointing...
03:33:24   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:33:24   (starting exposure)
03:33:36   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:33:36   Calibrating image...
03:33:36 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:33:36 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:33:36   Image finished
03:33:36   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:33:36   32 image stars found
03:33:37   56 catalog stars found
03:33:37 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:33:37   Start slew to offset...
03:33:38   (wait for slew to complete)
03:33:42   (slew complete)
03:33:42   (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4)
03:33:42   (starting exposure)
03:33:55   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:33:55   Calibrating image...
03:33:55 **Calibration failed. Original image saved.
03:33:55 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found.
03:33:55   Image finished
03:33:55   Plate-solve pointing image.
03:33:55   23 image stars found
03:33:56   33 catalog stars found
03:33:56 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality.
03:33:56   Start slew to V1294_Tau...
03:33:57   (wait for slew to complete)
03:34:01   (slew complete)
03:34:08   (guide star SNR=44.0 X=219 Y=465)
03:34:08   (initial exposure interval 1)
03:34:12 **No stars found in guider image
03:34:12   (final exposure interval -1)
03:34:12 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval
03:34:12 **Autoguiding failed.
03:34:12   (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds)
03:34:12   Imaging to V1294_Tau_V_20121224_033324
03:34:13   (taking 180 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1)
03:34:13   (starting exposure)
03:37:45   (exposure complete and image downloaded)
03:37:45   Image finished
03:37:48   First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target.
03:37:48 Run complete
ACP console log closed 24-Dec-2012 03:37:49 UTC