ACP console log opened 08-Nov-2013 05:21:29 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 05:21:29 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 05:21:29 Custom image file path/names are in use 05:21:29 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 05:21:29 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 05:21:29 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 05:21:30 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 05:21:30 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 05:21:30 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 05:21:30 Dome is MaxDome 05:21:30 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 05:21:30 Imager is QSI Universal 05:21:30 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 05:21:30 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 05:21:30 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 05:21:30 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 05:21:30 ACPS Observation V0965_Per(1 of 1) 05:21:30 (belongs to Project Nova_Monitoring, Plan V0965_Per) 05:21:30 (turning on sidereal tracking) 05:21:30 Pointing updates are enabled 05:21:30 Start slew to V0965_Per... 05:21:32 (wait for slew to complete) 05:21:55 (slew complete) 05:21:55 [flip check: Tn=560s HAc=-6408s GW=T HAz=-5848s DWz=T WF=no] 05:21:55 Updating pointing... 05:21:55 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:21:55 (starting exposure) 05:22:08 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:22:08 Calibrating image... 05:22:08 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:22:08 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:22:08 Image finished 05:22:08 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:22:08 12 image stars found 05:22:09 120 catalog stars found 05:22:09 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:22:09 Start slew to offset... 05:22:10 (wait for slew to complete) 05:22:13 (slew complete) 05:22:13 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:22:13 (starting exposure) 05:22:26 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:22:26 Calibrating image... 05:22:26 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:22:26 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:22:26 Image finished 05:22:26 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:22:26 17 image stars found 05:22:26 124 catalog stars found 05:22:26 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 05:22:26 Start slew to V0965_Per... 05:22:28 (wait for slew to complete) 05:22:29 (slew complete) 05:22:29 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 05:22:29 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:22:29 No focus change required 05:22:38 (guide star SNR=8.8 X=219 Y=465) 05:22:38 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:22:42 **No stars found in guider image 05:22:42 (final exposure interval -1) 05:22:42 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:22:42 **Autoguiding failed. 05:22:42 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:22:42 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=-6366s GW=T HAz=-5861s DWz=T WF=no] 05:22:42 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:22:42 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:22:42 Updating pointing... 05:22:42 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:22:42 No focus change required 05:22:43 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:22:43 (starting exposure) 05:22:55 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:22:55 Calibrating image... 05:22:55 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:22:55 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:22:55 Image finished 05:22:55 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:22:55 13 image stars found 05:22:55 120 catalog stars found 05:22:55 Solved! 11 stars matched. 05:22:55 Average residual is 0.42 arcsec. 05:22:55 Pointing error is 0.800 arcmin @ angle 53.77 05:22:55 True focal length is 345.3 cm. 05:22:55 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.94 05:22:55 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 19.4s 37° 05' 31.37" 05:22:55 Imager sky position angle is 6.6 deg. 05:22:55 Image FWHM is 9.3 arcsec (4.80 pixels) 05:22:55 (avg FWHM = 8.23 arcsec) 05:22:55 [sync] pointing model updated 05:22:55 Internal guider, always re-slew 05:22:55 Re-slew to target. 05:22:55 Start slew to V0965_Per... 05:22:57 (wait for slew to complete) 05:22:58 (slew complete) 05:22:58 Target is now centered. 05:22:58 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:22:58 No focus change required 05:23:07 (guide star SNR=10.4 X=219 Y=465) 05:23:07 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:23:12 **No stars found in guider image 05:23:12 (final exposure interval -1) 05:23:12 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:23:12 **Autoguiding failed. 05:23:12 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:23:12 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131108_052242 05:23:12 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:23:12 (starting exposure) 05:27:02 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:27:02 Image finished 05:27:04 Plate-solve V0965_Per_B_20131108_052242 final image. 05:27:06 381 image stars found 05:27:07 121 catalog stars found 05:27:07 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 05:27:07 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=-6094s GW=T HAz=-5595s DWz=T WF=no] 05:27:07 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:27:07 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:27:07 Updating pointing... 05:27:07 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:27:07 No focus change required 05:27:07 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:27:07 (starting exposure) 05:27:22 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:27:22 Calibrating image... 05:27:22 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:27:22 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:27:22 Image finished 05:27:22 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:27:22 13 image stars found 05:27:22 120 catalog stars found 05:27:22 Solved! 12 stars matched. 05:27:22 Average residual is 0.71 arcsec. 05:27:22 Pointing error is 0.145 arcmin @ angle 110.20 05:27:22 True focal length is 345.5 cm. 05:27:22 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.94 05:27:22 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 16.9s 37° 04' 59.99" 05:27:22 Imager sky position angle is 6.6 deg. 05:27:22 [sync] pointing model updated 05:27:22 Internal guider, always re-slew 05:27:22 Re-slew to target. 05:27:22 Start slew to V0965_Per... 05:27:24 (wait for slew to complete) 05:27:25 (slew complete) 05:27:25 Target is now centered. 05:27:25 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:27:25 No focus change required 05:27:34 (guide star SNR=26.9 X=219 Y=465) 05:27:34 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:27:38 **No stars found in guider image 05:27:38 (final exposure interval -1) 05:27:38 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:27:38 **Autoguiding failed. 05:27:38 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:27:38 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131108_052707 05:27:38 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:27:38 (starting exposure) 05:31:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:31:28 Image finished 05:31:31 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:31:31 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=-5830s GW=T HAz=-5331s DWz=T WF=no] 05:31:31 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:31:31 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:31:31 Updating pointing... 05:31:31 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:31:31 No focus change required 05:31:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:31:31 (starting exposure) 05:31:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:31:46 Calibrating image... 05:31:46 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:31:46 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:31:46 Image finished 05:31:46 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:31:46 6 image stars found 05:31:46 120 catalog stars found 05:31:46 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:31:46 Start slew to offset... 05:31:48 (wait for slew to complete) 05:31:51 (slew complete) 05:31:51 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:31:51 (starting exposure) 05:32:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:32:03 Calibrating image... 05:32:03 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:32:03 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:32:03 Image finished 05:32:03 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:32:03 14 image stars found 05:32:03 124 catalog stars found 05:32:03 Solved! 10 stars matched. 05:32:03 Average residual is 0.56 arcsec. 05:32:04 Pointing error is 0.449 arcmin @ angle 39.61 05:32:04 True focal length is 345.7 cm. 05:32:04 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 05:32:04 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 17.6s 37° 42' 06.04" 05:32:04 Imager sky position angle is 6.5 deg. 05:32:04 Image FWHM is 10.4 arcsec (5.40 pixels) 05:32:04 (avg FWHM = 8.87 arcsec) 05:32:04 [sync] pointing model updated 05:32:04 Re-slew to target. 05:32:04 Start slew to V0965_Per... 05:32:05 (wait for slew to complete) 05:32:09 (slew complete) 05:32:09 Target is now centered. 05:32:09 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:32:09 No focus change required 05:32:18 (guide star SNR=19.8 X=219 Y=465) 05:32:18 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:32:22 **No stars found in guider image 05:32:22 (final exposure interval -1) 05:32:22 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:32:22 **Autoguiding failed. 05:32:22 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:32:22 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131108_053131 05:32:22 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:32:22 (starting exposure) 05:36:12 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:36:12 Image finished 05:36:14 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:36:14 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-5545s GW=T HAz=-5146s DWz=T WF=no] 05:36:14 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131108_053614 05:36:14 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 05:36:14 No focus change required 05:36:15 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:36:15 (starting exposure) 05:38:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:38:17 Image finished 05:38:19 Plate-solve V0965_Per_V_20131108_053614 final image. 05:38:21 644 image stars found 05:38:22 121 catalog stars found 05:38:22 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 05:38:22 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-5418s GW=T HAz=-5019s DWz=T WF=no] 05:38:22 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131108_053822 05:38:22 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:38:22 (starting exposure) 05:40:23 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:40:24 Image finished 05:40:26 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:40:26 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=-5293s GW=T HAz=-4894s DWz=T WF=no] 05:40:26 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131108_054026 05:40:26 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 05:40:26 (starting exposure) 05:42:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:42:28 Image finished 05:42:30 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:42:31 Run complete ACP console log closed 08-Nov-2013 05:42:31 UTC