ACP console log opened 06-Nov-2013 05:50:36 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 05:50:36 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 05:50:36 Custom image file path/names are in use 05:50:36 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 05:50:36 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 05:50:36 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 05:50:37 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 05:50:37 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 05:50:37 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 05:50:38 Dome is MaxDome 05:50:38 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 05:50:38 Imager is QSI Universal 05:50:38 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 05:50:38 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 05:50:38 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 05:50:38 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 05:50:38 ACPS Observation V1404_Cyg(1 of 1) 05:50:38 (belongs to Project Walker, Plan V1404_Cyg) 05:50:38 (turning on sidereal tracking) 05:50:38 Pointing updates are enabled 05:50:38 Start slew to V1404_Cyg... 05:50:39 (wait for slew to complete) 05:51:02 (slew complete) 05:51:02 [flip check: Tn=540s HAc=13734s GW=T HAz=14274s DWz=T WF=no] 05:51:02 Updating pointing... 05:51:02 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:51:02 (starting exposure) 05:51:16 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:51:16 Calibrating image... 05:51:16 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:51:16 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:51:16 Image finished 05:51:16 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:51:16 179 image stars found 05:51:16 208 catalog stars found 05:51:16 Solved! 60 stars matched. 05:51:16 Average residual is 0.28 arcsec. 05:51:16 Pointing error is 2.008 arcmin @ angle 77.33 05:51:16 True focal length is 345.6 cm. 05:51:16 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 05:51:16 True image center (J2000): 21h 57m 29.2s 52° 12' 26.88" 05:51:16 Imager sky position angle is 5.3 deg. 05:51:16 Image FWHM is 3.7 arcsec (1.94 pixels) 05:51:16 (avg FWHM = 3.18 arcsec) 05:51:16 [sync] pointing model updated 05:51:16 Internal guider, always re-slew 05:51:16 Re-slew to target. 05:51:16 Start slew to V1404_Cyg... 05:51:18 (wait for slew to complete) 05:51:19 (slew complete) 05:51:19 Target is now centered. 05:51:19 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 05:51:26 (guide star SNR=11.3 X=733 Y=514) 05:51:26 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:51:30 (guide star SNR=10.4 X=733 Y=512) 05:51:30 (final exposure interval 1) 05:51:30 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:51:35 (guide star SNR=14.0 X=495 Y=65) 05:52:22 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:52:28 (guide star SNR=17.2 X=660 Y=537) 05:52:28 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:52:31 (guide star SNR=16.1 X=424 Y=86) 05:52:31 (final exposure interval 1) 05:52:31 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:52:35 (guide star SNR=14.8 X=661 Y=534) 05:53:22 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:53:28 (guide star SNR=15.0 X=578 Y=529) 05:53:28 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:53:31 (guide star SNR=12.2 X=581 Y=532) 05:53:31 (final exposure interval 1) 05:53:31 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:53:35 (guide star SNR=16.8 X=579 Y=534) 05:54:20 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:54:26 (guide star SNR=11.0 X=501 Y=531) 05:54:26 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:54:30 (guide star SNR=14.7 X=502 Y=531) 05:54:30 (final exposure interval 1) 05:54:30 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:54:35 (guide star SNR=13.3 X=503 Y=523) 05:55:17 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:55:18 **Autoguiding failed. 05:55:18 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:55:18 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=13984s GW=T HAz=14471s DWz=T WF=no] 05:55:18 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:55:18 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:55:18 Updating pointing... 05:55:18 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:55:18 (starting exposure) 05:55:30 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:55:30 Calibrating image... 05:55:30 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:55:30 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:55:30 Image finished 05:55:30 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:55:30 205 image stars found 05:55:30 208 catalog stars found 05:55:30 Solved! 58 stars matched. 05:55:31 Average residual is 0.28 arcsec. 05:55:31 Pointing error is 2.540 arcmin @ angle 107.33 05:55:31 True focal length is 345.8 cm. 05:55:31 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 05:55:31 True image center (J2000): 21h 57m 32.2s 52° 11' 15.04" 05:55:31 Imager sky position angle is 5.3 deg. 05:55:31 Image FWHM is 3.4 arcsec (1.74 pixels) 05:55:31 (avg FWHM = 3.27 arcsec) 05:55:31 [sync] pointing model updated 05:55:31 Internal guider, always re-slew 05:55:31 Re-slew to target. 05:55:31 Start slew to V1404_Cyg... 05:55:32 (wait for slew to complete) 05:55:33 (slew complete) 05:55:33 Target is now centered. 05:55:40 (guide star SNR=11.6 X=725 Y=501) 05:55:40 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:55:45 (guide star SNR=17.0 X=726 Y=500) 05:55:45 (final exposure interval 1) 05:55:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:55:49 (guide star SNR=16.5 X=728 Y=502) 05:56:20 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:56:25 (guide star SNR=7.5 X=549 Y=58) 05:56:25 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:56:30 (guide star SNR=11.3 X=548 Y=58) 05:56:30 (final exposure interval 1) 05:56:30 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:56:34 (guide star SNR=7.8 X=548 Y=55) 05:56:35 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 05:56:41 (guide star SNR=6.3 X=547 Y=58) 05:56:41 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:56:45 (guide star SNR=12.6 X=549 Y=62) 05:56:45 (final exposure interval 1) 05:56:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:56:50 (guide star SNR=9.3 X=550 Y=65) 05:57:41 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:57:46 (guide star SNR=10.2 X=476 Y=82) 05:57:46 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:57:50 (guide star SNR=9.3 X=714 Y=536) 05:57:50 (final exposure interval 1) 05:57:50 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 05:57:53 (guide star SNR=13.6 X=474 Y=81) 05:58:45 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 05:58:47 **Autoguiding failed. 05:58:47 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:58:47 Imaging to V1404_Cyg_V_20131106_055518 05:58:47 (taking 180 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:58:47 (starting exposure) 06:02:11 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:02:11 Image finished 06:02:13 Plate-solve V1404_Cyg_V_20131106_055518 final image. 06:02:15 5881 image stars found 06:02:16 210 catalog stars found 06:02:16 Solved! 55 stars matched. 06:02:16 Average residual is 0.13 arcsec. 06:02:16 Pointing error is 0.469 arcmin @ angle 291.99 06:02:16 True focal length is 345.4 cm. 06:02:16 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 06:02:16 True image center (J2000): 21h 57m 13.5s 52° 12' 11.02" 06:02:16 Imager sky position angle is 5.2 deg. 06:02:16 Image FWHM is 3.5 arcsec (10.97 pixels) 06:02:16 (avg FWHM = 3.41 arcsec) 06:02:16 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 06:02:16 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=14422s GW=T HAz=14890s DWz=T WF=no] 06:02:16 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:02:16 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:02:16 Updating pointing... 06:02:16 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:02:16 (starting exposure) 06:02:30 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:02:30 Calibrating image... 06:02:30 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:02:30 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:02:30 Image finished 06:02:30 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:02:30 212 image stars found 06:02:30 208 catalog stars found 06:02:30 Solved! 73 stars matched. 06:02:30 Average residual is 0.28 arcsec. 06:02:30 Pointing error is 0.466 arcmin @ angle 296.84 06:02:30 True focal length is 345.6 cm. 06:02:30 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 06:02:30 True image center (J2000): 21h 57m 13.7s 52° 12' 13.13" 06:02:30 Imager sky position angle is 5.3 deg. 06:02:30 Image FWHM is 3.6 arcsec (1.85 pixels) 06:02:30 (avg FWHM = 3.55 arcsec) 06:02:30 [sync] pointing model updated 06:02:30 Internal guider, always re-slew 06:02:30 Re-slew to target. 06:02:30 Start slew to V1404_Cyg... 06:02:31 (wait for slew to complete) 06:02:33 (slew complete) 06:02:33 Target is now centered. 06:02:39 (guide star SNR=8.5 X=496 Y=64) 06:02:40 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:02:43 (guide star SNR=12.3 X=734 Y=509) 06:02:43 (final exposure interval 1) 06:02:43 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:02:48 (guide star SNR=15.2 X=734 Y=514) 06:03:10 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:03:15 (guide star SNR=8.2 X=100 Y=349) 06:03:15 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:03:19 (guide star SNR=5.7 X=518 Y=52) 06:03:19 (final exposure interval 1) 06:03:19 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:03:23 (guide star SNR=4.9 X=98 Y=345) 06:04:24 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:04:30 (guide star SNR=12.3 X=175 Y=323) 06:04:30 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:04:33 (guide star SNR=13.3 X=597 Y=29) 06:04:33 (final exposure interval 1) 06:04:33 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:04:37 (guide star SNR=10.0 X=595 Y=24) 06:04:39 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 06:04:44 (guide star SNR=10.7 X=597 Y=26) 06:04:44 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:04:49 (guide star SNR=11.1 X=177 Y=322) 06:04:49 (final exposure interval 1) 06:04:49 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:04:54 (guide star SNR=10.3 X=179 Y=326) 06:05:00 (autoguiding at 1.00 sec.) 06:05:00 Imaging to V1404_Cyg_V_20131106_060216 06:05:00 (taking 180 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:05:02 (ex=2.74 ey=0.98) 06:05:02 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 06:05:06 (ex=1.50 ey=1.83) 06:05:06 (guider error n/a or too high, try #2) 06:05:08 (ex=4.82 ey=0.47) 06:05:08 (guider error n/a or too high, try #3) 06:05:11 (ex=7.44 ey=3.95) 06:05:11 (guider error n/a or too high, try #4) 06:05:15 (ex=11.55 ey=3.41) 06:05:15 (guider error n/a or too high, try #5) 06:05:18 (ex=19.38 ey=6.24) 06:05:18 (guider error n/a or too high, try #6) 06:05:23 (ex=32.78 ey=9.94) 06:05:23 (guider error n/a or too high, try #7) 06:05:27 (ex=43.86 ey=18.80) 06:05:27 (guider error n/a or too high, try #8) 06:05:33 (ex=56.84 ey=21.53) 06:05:33 (guider error n/a or too high, try #9) 06:05:46 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:05:46 **Guider stopped or lost star just before image acquisition ACP console log closed 06-Nov-2013 06:05:47 UTC