ACP console log opened 08-Nov-2013 04:50:39 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 04:50:39 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 04:50:39 Custom image file path/names are in use 04:50:39 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 04:50:39 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 04:50:39 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 04:50:40 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 04:50:40 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 04:50:40 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 04:50:40 Dome is MaxDome 04:50:40 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 04:50:40 Imager is QSI Universal 04:50:40 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 04:50:40 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 04:50:40 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 04:50:40 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 04:50:40 ACPS Observation SN_2013ej(1 of 1) 04:50:40 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan SN_2013ej) 04:50:40 (turning on sidereal tracking) 04:50:40 Pointing updates are enabled 04:50:40 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 04:50:42 (wait for slew to complete) 04:50:53 (slew complete) 04:50:53 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=-2598s GW=T HAz=-1938s DWz=T WF=no] 04:50:53 Updating pointing... 04:50:53 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 04:50:53 No focus change required 04:50:56 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 04:50:56 (starting exposure) 04:51:10 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:51:10 Calibrating image... 04:51:10 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:51:10 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:51:10 Image finished 04:51:10 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:51:10 9 image stars found 04:51:10 41 catalog stars found 04:51:10 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 04:51:10 Start slew to offset... 04:51:12 (wait for slew to complete) 04:51:16 (slew complete) 04:51:16 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 04:51:16 (starting exposure) 04:51:27 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:51:27 Calibrating image... 04:51:27 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:51:27 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:51:27 Image finished 04:51:27 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:51:27 25 image stars found 04:51:27 41 catalog stars found 04:51:27 Solved! 19 stars matched. 04:51:27 Average residual is 0.54 arcsec. 04:51:27 Pointing error is 0.228 arcmin @ angle 34.93 04:51:27 True focal length is 346.0 cm. 04:51:27 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 04:51:27 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 48.7s 14° 22' 24.11" 04:51:27 Imager sky position angle is 6.7 deg. 04:51:27 Image FWHM is 4.9 arcsec (2.56 pixels) 04:51:27 (avg FWHM = 7.22 arcsec) 04:51:27 [sync] pointing model updated 04:51:28 Re-slew to target. 04:51:28 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 04:51:29 (wait for slew to complete) 04:51:33 (slew complete) 04:51:33 Target is now centered. 04:51:33 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 04:51:33 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 04:51:33 No focus change required 04:51:42 (guide star SNR=12.9 X=219 Y=465) 04:51:42 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:51:46 **No stars found in guider image 04:51:46 (final exposure interval -1) 04:51:46 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 04:51:46 **Autoguiding failed. 04:51:46 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 04:51:46 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=-2544s GW=T HAz=-1945s DWz=T WF=no] 04:51:46 (guider not running, restarting...) 04:51:46 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 04:51:46 Updating pointing... 04:51:46 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 04:51:46 No focus change required 04:51:47 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 04:51:47 (starting exposure) 04:51:59 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:51:59 Calibrating image... 04:51:59 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:51:59 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:51:59 Image finished 04:51:59 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:51:59 6 image stars found 04:51:59 41 catalog stars found 04:51:59 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 04:51:59 Start slew to offset... 04:52:01 (wait for slew to complete) 04:52:05 (slew complete) 04:52:05 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 04:52:05 (starting exposure) 04:52:16 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:52:16 Calibrating image... 04:52:16 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:52:16 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:52:16 Image finished 04:52:16 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:52:16 12 image stars found 04:52:16 41 catalog stars found 04:52:16 Solved! 8 stars matched. 04:52:16 Average residual is 0.91 arcsec. 04:52:16 Pointing error is 0.178 arcmin @ angle 18.99 04:52:16 True focal length is 346.2 cm. 04:52:16 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 04:52:16 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 48.4s 14° 22' 22.96" 04:52:16 Imager sky position angle is 6.7 deg. 04:52:16 Image FWHM is 11.4 arcsec (5.93 pixels) 04:52:16 (avg FWHM = 8.09 arcsec) 04:52:16 [sync] pointing model updated 04:52:16 Re-slew to target. 04:52:17 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 04:52:18 (wait for slew to complete) 04:52:22 (slew complete) 04:52:22 Target is now centered. 04:52:22 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 04:52:22 No focus change required 04:52:31 (guide star SNR=16.7 X=219 Y=465) 04:52:31 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:52:35 **No stars found in guider image 04:52:35 (final exposure interval -1) 04:52:35 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 04:52:35 **Autoguiding failed. 04:52:35 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 04:52:35 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131108_045146 04:52:35 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 04:52:35 (starting exposure) 04:58:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:58:06 Image finished 04:58:08 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_B_20131108_045146 final image. 04:58:10 208 image stars found 04:58:11 42 catalog stars found 04:58:11 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 04:58:11 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=-2159s GW=T HAz=-1559s DWz=T WF=no] 04:58:11 (guider not running, restarting...) 04:58:11 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 04:58:11 Updating pointing... 04:58:11 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 04:58:11 No focus change required 04:58:11 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 04:58:11 (starting exposure) 04:58:25 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:58:25 Calibrating image... 04:58:25 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:58:25 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:58:25 Image finished 04:58:25 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:58:26 2 image stars found 04:58:26 41 catalog stars found 04:58:26 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 04:58:26 Start slew to offset... 04:58:27 (wait for slew to complete) 04:58:31 (slew complete) 04:58:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 04:58:31 (starting exposure) 04:58:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:58:43 Calibrating image... 04:58:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:58:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:58:43 Image finished 04:58:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:58:43 16 image stars found 04:58:43 41 catalog stars found 04:58:43 Solved! 15 stars matched. 04:58:43 Average residual is 0.97 arcsec. 04:58:43 Pointing error is 0.190 arcmin @ angle 12.11 04:58:43 True focal length is 345.6 cm. 04:58:43 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 04:58:43 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 48.4s 14° 22' 24.02" 04:58:43 Imager sky position angle is 6.6 deg. 04:58:43 Image FWHM is 7.2 arcsec (3.70 pixels) 04:58:43 (avg FWHM = 7.88 arcsec) 04:58:43 [sync] pointing model updated 04:58:43 Re-slew to target. 04:58:43 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 04:58:45 (wait for slew to complete) 04:58:48 (slew complete) 04:58:48 Target is now centered. 04:58:48 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 04:58:48 No focus change required 04:58:58 (guide star SNR=8.2 X=219 Y=465) 04:58:58 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:59:02 **No stars found in guider image 04:59:02 (final exposure interval -1) 04:59:02 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 04:59:02 **Autoguiding failed. 04:59:02 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 04:59:02 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131108_045811 04:59:03 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 04:59:03 (starting exposure) 05:04:33 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:04:33 Image finished 05:04:36 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:04:36 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=-1773s GW=T HAz=-1173s DWz=T WF=no] 05:04:36 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:04:36 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:04:36 Updating pointing... 05:04:36 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:04:36 No focus change required 05:04:36 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:04:36 (starting exposure) 05:04:51 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:04:51 Calibrating image... 05:04:51 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:04:51 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:04:51 Image finished 05:04:51 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:04:51 3 image stars found 05:04:51 41 catalog stars found 05:04:51 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:04:51 Start slew to offset... 05:04:52 (wait for slew to complete) 05:04:56 (slew complete) 05:04:56 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:04:56 (starting exposure) 05:05:08 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:05:08 Calibrating image... 05:05:08 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:05:08 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:05:08 Image finished 05:05:08 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:05:08 10 image stars found 05:05:08 41 catalog stars found 05:05:08 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:05:08 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 05:05:10 (wait for slew to complete) 05:05:11 (slew complete) 05:05:11 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:05:11 No focus change required 05:05:20 (guide star SNR=33.4 X=219 Y=465) 05:05:20 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:05:24 **No stars found in guider image 05:05:24 (final exposure interval -1) 05:05:24 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:05:24 **Autoguiding failed. 05:05:24 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:05:24 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131108_050436 05:05:24 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:05:24 (starting exposure) 05:10:55 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:10:55 Image finished 05:10:58 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:10:58 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-1390s GW=T HAz=-990s DWz=T WF=no] 05:10:58 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131108_051058 05:10:58 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 05:10:58 No focus change required 05:10:58 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:10:58 (starting exposure) 05:13:00 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:13:00 Image finished 05:13:03 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131108_051058 final image. 05:13:04 145 image stars found 05:13:05 42 catalog stars found 05:13:05 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 05:13:05 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-1263s GW=T HAz=-862s DWz=T WF=no] 05:13:05 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131108_051305 05:13:05 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:13:05 (starting exposure) 05:15:07 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:15:07 Image finished 05:15:09 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:15:09 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-1138s GW=T HAz=-738s DWz=T WF=no] 05:15:09 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131108_051509 05:15:09 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:15:09 (starting exposure) 05:17:11 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:17:11 Image finished 05:17:14 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:17:14 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-1013s GW=T HAz=-613s DWz=T WF=no] 05:17:14 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131108_051714 05:17:14 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:17:14 (starting exposure) 05:19:15 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:19:15 Image finished 05:19:18 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:19:18 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-889s GW=T HAz=-488s DWz=T WF=no] 05:19:18 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131108_051918 05:19:18 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:19:18 (starting exposure) 05:21:19 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:21:20 Image finished 05:21:22 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:21:23 Run complete ACP console log closed 08-Nov-2013 05:21:23 UTC