ACP console log opened 08-Nov-2013 06:52:51 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 06:52:51 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 06:52:51 Custom image file path/names are in use 06:52:51 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 06:52:51 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 06:52:51 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 06:52:52 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 06:52:52 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 06:52:52 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 06:52:52 Dome is MaxDome 06:52:52 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 06:52:52 Imager is QSI Universal 06:52:52 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 06:52:52 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 06:52:52 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 06:52:52 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 06:52:52 ACPS Observation SDSS073224(1 of 1) 06:52:52 (belongs to Project AGN, Plan SDSS073224) 06:52:52 (turning on sidereal tracking) 06:52:52 Pointing updates are enabled 06:52:52 Start slew to SDSS073224... 06:52:54 (wait for slew to complete) 06:54:04 (slew complete) 06:54:04 [flip check: Tn=960s HAc=-16533s GW=T HAz=-15574s DWz=T WF=no] 06:54:04 Updating pointing... 06:54:04 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:54:04 (starting exposure) 06:54:18 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:54:18 Calibrating image... 06:54:18 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:54:18 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:54:18 Image finished 06:54:18 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:54:18 13 image stars found 06:54:18 80 catalog stars found 06:54:19 Solved! 10 stars matched. 06:54:19 Average residual is 0.73 arcsec. 06:54:19 Pointing error is 0.462 arcmin @ angle 281.49 06:54:19 True focal length is 342.4 cm. 06:54:19 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.95 V = 1.94 06:54:19 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 22.6s 37° 41' 50.52" 06:54:19 Imager sky position angle is 7.1 deg. 06:54:19 Image FWHM is 8.8 arcsec (4.53 pixels) 06:54:19 (avg FWHM = 7.82 arcsec) 06:54:19 [sync] pointing model updated 06:54:19 Internal guider, always re-slew 06:54:19 Re-slew to target. 06:54:19 Start slew to SDSS073224... 06:54:20 (wait for slew to complete) 06:54:22 (slew complete) 06:54:22 Target is now centered. 06:54:22 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 06:54:22 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 06:54:22 No focus change required 06:54:29 (guide star SNR=13.3 X=219 Y=465) 06:54:29 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:54:32 **No stars found in guider image 06:54:32 (final exposure interval -1) 06:54:32 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:54:32 **Autoguiding failed. 06:54:32 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:54:32 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-16504s GW=T HAz=-15605s DWz=T WF=no] 06:54:33 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:54:33 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:54:33 Updating pointing... 06:54:33 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 06:54:33 No focus change required 06:54:36 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:54:36 (starting exposure) 06:54:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:54:47 Calibrating image... 06:54:47 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:54:47 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:54:48 Image finished 06:54:48 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:54:48 18 image stars found 06:54:48 80 catalog stars found 06:54:48 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 06:54:48 Start slew to offset... 06:54:49 (wait for slew to complete) 06:54:53 (slew complete) 06:54:53 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:54:53 (starting exposure) 06:55:05 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:55:05 Calibrating image... 06:55:05 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:55:05 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:55:05 Image finished 06:55:05 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:55:05 19 image stars found 06:55:05 122 catalog stars found 06:55:05 Solved! 9 stars matched. 06:55:05 Average residual is 0.48 arcsec. 06:55:05 Pointing error is 2.843 arcmin @ angle 186.99 06:55:05 True focal length is 343.3 cm. 06:55:05 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.94 V = 1.95 06:55:05 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 23.1s 38° 15' 37.97" 06:55:05 Imager sky position angle is 321.7 deg. 06:55:05 Image FWHM is 8.2 arcsec (4.21 pixels) 06:55:05 (avg FWHM = 7.99 arcsec) 06:55:05 [sync] pointing model updated 06:55:05 Re-slew to target. 06:55:05 Start slew to SDSS073224... 06:55:07 (wait for slew to complete) 06:55:11 (slew complete) 06:55:11 Target is now centered. 06:55:11 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 06:55:11 No focus change required 06:55:18 (guide star SNR=46.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:55:18 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:55:22 **No stars found in guider image 06:55:22 (final exposure interval -1) 06:55:22 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:55:22 **Autoguiding failed. 06:55:22 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:55:22 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131108_065433 06:55:23 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 06:55:23 (starting exposure) 07:05:44 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:05:44 Image finished 07:05:47 Plate-solve SDSS073224_R_20131108_065433 final image. 07:05:49 732 image stars found 07:05:49 80 catalog stars found 07:05:49 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 07:05:49 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-15829s GW=T HAz=-14927s DWz=T WF=no] 07:05:49 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:05:49 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:05:49 Updating pointing... 07:05:49 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 07:05:49 No focus change required 07:05:52 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:05:52 (starting exposure) 07:06:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:06:06 Calibrating image... 07:06:06 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:06:06 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:06:06 Image finished 07:06:06 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:06:06 24 image stars found 07:06:07 80 catalog stars found 07:06:07 Solved! 18 stars matched. 07:06:07 Average residual is 0.72 arcsec. 07:06:07 Pointing error is 2.676 arcmin @ angle 9.16 07:06:07 True focal length is 342.5 cm. 07:06:07 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.95 V = 1.93 07:06:07 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 27.1s 37° 44' 23.49" 07:06:07 Imager sky position angle is 6.8 deg. 07:06:07 Image FWHM is 5.2 arcsec (2.69 pixels) 07:06:07 (avg FWHM = 7.43 arcsec) 07:06:07 [sync] pointing model updated 07:06:07 Internal guider, always re-slew 07:06:07 Re-slew to target. 07:06:07 Start slew to SDSS073224... 07:06:08 (wait for slew to complete) 07:06:10 (slew complete) 07:06:10 Target is now centered. 07:06:10 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 07:06:10 No focus change required 07:06:17 (guide star SNR=9.5 X=219 Y=465) 07:06:17 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:06:21 **No stars found in guider image 07:06:21 (final exposure interval -1) 07:06:21 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 07:06:21 **Autoguiding failed. 07:06:21 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:06:21 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131108_070549 07:06:21 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 07:06:21 (starting exposure) 07:16:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:16:43 Image finished 07:16:45 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:16:45 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-15170s GW=T HAz=-14269s DWz=T WF=no] 07:16:45 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:16:45 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:16:45 Updating pointing... 07:16:45 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 07:16:45 No focus change required 07:16:48 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:16:48 (starting exposure) 07:17:02 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:17:02 Calibrating image... 07:17:02 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:17:02 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:17:02 Image finished 07:17:02 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:17:02 26 image stars found 07:17:02 80 catalog stars found 07:17:02 Solved! 24 stars matched. 07:17:03 Average residual is 0.83 arcsec. 07:17:03 Pointing error is 0.250 arcmin @ angle 157.40 07:17:03 True focal length is 345.3 cm. 07:17:03 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.94 07:17:03 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 25.4s 37° 41' 31.16" 07:17:03 Imager sky position angle is 7.0 deg. 07:17:03 Image FWHM is 8.3 arcsec (4.30 pixels) 07:17:03 (avg FWHM = 7.64 arcsec) 07:17:03 [sync] pointing model updated 07:17:03 Internal guider, always re-slew 07:17:03 Re-slew to target. 07:17:03 Start slew to SDSS073224... 07:17:04 (wait for slew to complete) 07:17:05 (slew complete) 07:17:05 Target is now centered. 07:17:05 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 07:17:05 No focus change required 07:17:13 (guide star SNR=13.0 X=219 Y=465) 07:17:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:17:17 **No stars found in guider image 07:17:17 (final exposure interval -1) 07:17:17 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 07:17:17 **Autoguiding failed. 07:17:17 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:17:17 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131108_071645 07:17:17 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 07:17:17 (starting exposure) 07:27:39 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:27:39 Image finished 07:27:41 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:27:41 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-14512s GW=T HAz=-13611s DWz=T WF=no] 07:27:41 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:27:41 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:27:41 Updating pointing... 07:27:41 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 07:27:41 No focus change required 07:27:44 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:27:44 (starting exposure) 07:27:58 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:27:58 Calibrating image... 07:27:58 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:27:58 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:27:58 Image finished 07:27:58 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:27:59 21 image stars found 07:27:59 80 catalog stars found 07:27:59 Solved! 20 stars matched. 07:27:59 Average residual is 0.87 arcsec. 07:27:59 Pointing error is 0.219 arcmin @ angle 153.16 07:27:59 True focal length is 344.5 cm. 07:27:59 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.94 V = 1.95 07:27:59 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 25.4s 37° 41' 33.27" 07:27:59 Imager sky position angle is 7.4 deg. 07:27:59 Image FWHM is 8.2 arcsec (4.22 pixels) 07:27:59 (avg FWHM = 7.48 arcsec) 07:27:59 [sync] pointing model updated 07:27:59 Internal guider, always re-slew 07:27:59 Re-slew to target. 07:27:59 Start slew to SDSS073224... 07:28:00 (wait for slew to complete) 07:28:02 (slew complete) 07:28:02 Target is now centered. 07:28:02 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 07:28:02 No focus change required 07:28:09 (guide star SNR=11.1 X=219 Y=465) 07:28:09 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:28:13 **No stars found in guider image 07:28:13 (final exposure interval -1) 07:28:13 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 07:28:13 **Autoguiding failed. 07:28:13 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:28:13 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131108_072741 07:28:13 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 07:28:13 (starting exposure) 07:38:34 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:38:34 Image finished 07:38:37 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:38:37 Run complete ACP console log closed 08-Nov-2013 07:38:38 UTC