ACP console log opened 17-Nov-2013 06:47:06 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 06:47:06 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 06:47:06 Custom image file path/names are in use 06:47:06 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 06:47:06 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 06:47:06 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 06:47:07 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 06:47:08 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 06:47:08 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 06:47:09 Dome is MaxDome 06:47:09 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 06:47:09 Imager is QSI Universal 06:47:09 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 06:47:09 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 06:47:09 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 06:47:09 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 06:47:09 ACPS Observation SDSS073224(1 of 1) 06:47:09 (belongs to Project AGN, Plan SDSS073224) 06:47:09 (turning on sidereal tracking) 06:47:09 Pointing updates are enabled 06:47:09 Start slew to SDSS073224... 06:47:12 (wait for slew to complete) 06:48:15 (slew complete) 06:48:15 [flip check: Tn=960s HAc=-14755s GW=T HAz=-13795s DWz=T WF=no] 06:48:15 Updating pointing... 06:48:15 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:48:15 (starting exposure) 06:48:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:48:28 Calibrating image... 06:48:28 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:48:28 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:48:28 Image finished 06:48:28 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:48:28 1 image stars found 06:48:29 80 catalog stars found 06:48:29 ** There are too few image or catalog stars in the area for reliable matching. Take longer exposures, increase the catalog star faint limit, or use a more dense catalog. 06:48:29 Start slew to offset... 06:48:33 (wait for slew to complete) 06:48:34 (slew complete) 06:48:34 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:48:34 (starting exposure) 06:48:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:48:47 Calibrating image... 06:48:47 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:48:47 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:48:47 Image finished 06:48:47 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:48:47 4 image stars found 06:48:47 122 catalog stars found 06:48:47 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:48:47 Start slew to SDSS073224... 06:48:49 (wait for slew to complete) 06:48:54 (slew complete) 06:48:54 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 06:48:54 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 06:48:54 No focus change required 06:49:02 (guide star SNR=29.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:49:02 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:49:08 **No stars found in guider image 06:49:08 (final exposure interval -1) 06:49:08 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:49:08 **Autoguiding failed. 06:49:08 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:49:08 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-14702s GW=T HAz=-13802s DWz=T WF=no] 06:49:08 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:49:08 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:49:08 Updating pointing... 06:49:09 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 06:49:09 No focus change required 06:49:11 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:49:11 (starting exposure) 06:49:26 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:49:26 Calibrating image... 06:49:26 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:49:26 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:49:26 Image finished 06:49:26 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:49:26 No image stars found, failed. 06:49:26 Start slew to offset... 06:49:28 (wait for slew to complete) 06:49:31 (slew complete) 06:49:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:49:31 (starting exposure) 06:49:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:49:43 Calibrating image... 06:49:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:49:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:49:43 Image finished 06:49:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:49:44 8 image stars found 06:49:44 122 catalog stars found 06:49:44 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:49:44 Start slew to SDSS073224... 06:49:45 (wait for slew to complete) 06:49:49 (slew complete) 06:49:49 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 06:49:49 No focus change required 06:49:57 (guide star SNR=12.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:49:57 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:50:03 **No stars found in guider image 06:50:03 (final exposure interval -1) 06:50:03 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:50:03 **Autoguiding failed. 06:50:03 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:50:03 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_064908 06:50:04 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 06:50:04 (starting exposure) 07:00:27 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:00:27 Image finished 07:00:31 Plate-solve SDSS073224_R_20131117_064908 final image. 07:00:32 245 image stars found 07:00:32 80 catalog stars found 07:00:32 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 07:00:32 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-14016s GW=T HAz=-13116s DWz=T WF=no] 07:00:32 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:00:32 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:00:32 Updating pointing... 07:00:32 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 07:00:32 No focus change required 07:00:35 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:00:35 (starting exposure) 07:00:49 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:00:49 Calibrating image... 07:00:49 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:00:49 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:00:49 Image finished 07:00:49 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:00:49 1 image stars found 07:00:49 80 catalog stars found 07:00:49 ** There are too few image or catalog stars in the area for reliable matching. Take longer exposures, increase the catalog star faint limit, or use a more dense catalog. 07:00:49 Start slew to offset... 07:00:51 (wait for slew to complete) 07:00:54 (slew complete) 07:00:54 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:00:54 (starting exposure) 07:01:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:01:06 Calibrating image... 07:01:06 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:01:06 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:01:06 Image finished 07:01:06 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:01:06 8 image stars found 07:01:08 122 catalog stars found 07:01:08 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:01:09 Start slew to SDSS073224... 07:01:10 (wait for slew to complete) 07:01:16 (slew complete) 07:01:16 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 07:01:16 No focus change required 07:01:25 (guide star SNR=25.9 X=219 Y=465) 07:01:25 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:01:31 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=573 Y=232) 07:01:31 (final exposure interval 2.06) 07:01:31 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:01:39 (guide star SNR=15.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:01:54 **Guider waited for 11.3 sec and never got a measurement 07:02:02 (guide star SNR=23.8 X=219 Y=465) 07:02:02 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:02:06 **No stars found in guider image 07:02:06 (final exposure interval -1) 07:02:06 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 07:02:06 **Autoguiding failed. 07:02:06 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:02:06 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_070032 07:02:06 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 07:02:06 (starting exposure) 07:12:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:12:32 Image finished 07:12:35 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:12:35 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-13291s GW=T HAz=-12391s DWz=T WF=no] 07:12:35 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:12:35 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:12:35 Updating pointing... 07:12:35 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 07:12:35 No focus change required 07:12:38 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:12:38 (starting exposure) 07:12:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:12:53 Calibrating image... 07:12:53 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:12:53 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:12:53 Image finished 07:12:53 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:12:53 No image stars found, failed. 07:12:54 Start slew to offset... 07:12:56 (wait for slew to complete) 07:12:58 (slew complete) 07:12:58 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:12:58 (starting exposure) 07:13:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:13:09 Calibrating image... 07:13:09 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:13:09 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:13:09 Image finished 07:13:09 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:13:09 29 image stars found 07:13:09 122 catalog stars found 07:13:09 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:13:10 Start slew to SDSS073224... 07:13:11 (wait for slew to complete) 07:13:15 (slew complete) 07:13:15 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 07:13:15 No focus change required 07:13:24 (guide star SNR=8.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:13:24 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:13:31 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=646 Y=220) 07:13:31 (final exposure interval 1.52) 07:13:31 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:13:39 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=648 Y=225) 07:13:57 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:14:05 (guide star SNR=8.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:14:05 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:14:09 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=512 Y=244) 07:14:09 (final exposure interval 2.42) 07:14:09 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:14:18 (guide star SNR=13.2 X=219 Y=465) 07:14:37 **Guider waited for 13.1 sec and never got a measurement 07:14:48 (guide star SNR=20.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:14:48 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:14:55 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=510 Y=264) 07:14:55 (final exposure interval 1.8) 07:14:55 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:15:01 (guide star SNR=10.8 X=219 Y=465) 07:15:18 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:15:25 (guide star SNR=14.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:15:25 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:15:30 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=506 Y=261) 07:15:30 (final exposure interval 1.7) 07:15:30 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:15:38 (guide star SNR=18.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:15:52 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:15:53 **Autoguiding failed. 07:15:53 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:15:53 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_071235 07:15:53 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 07:15:53 (starting exposure) 07:26:11 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:26:11 Image finished 07:26:15 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:26:15 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-12470s GW=T HAz=-11569s DWz=T WF=no] 07:26:15 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:26:15 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:26:15 Updating pointing... 07:26:15 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 07:26:15 No focus change required 07:26:17 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:26:17 (starting exposure) 07:26:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:26:32 Calibrating image... 07:26:32 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:26:32 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:26:32 Image finished 07:26:32 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:26:32 1 image stars found 07:26:32 80 catalog stars found 07:26:32 ** There are too few image or catalog stars in the area for reliable matching. Take longer exposures, increase the catalog star faint limit, or use a more dense catalog. 07:26:32 Start slew to offset... 07:26:34 (wait for slew to complete) 07:26:37 (slew complete) 07:26:37 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:26:37 (starting exposure) 07:26:50 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:26:50 Calibrating image... 07:26:50 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:26:50 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:26:50 Image finished 07:26:50 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:26:50 28 image stars found 07:26:50 122 catalog stars found 07:26:50 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:26:50 Start slew to SDSS073224... 07:26:52 (wait for slew to complete) 07:26:55 (slew complete) 07:26:55 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 07:26:55 No focus change required 07:27:04 (guide star SNR=10.5 X=219 Y=465) 07:27:04 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:27:11 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=518 Y=265) 07:27:11 (final exposure interval 1.98) 07:27:11 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:27:18 (guide star SNR=21.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:27:33 **Guider waited for 10.9 sec and never got a measurement 07:27:40 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=518 Y=275) 07:27:40 (initial exposure interval 1.54) 07:27:45 (guide star SNR=21.5 X=219 Y=465) 07:27:45 (final exposure interval 1) 07:27:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:27:51 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=418 Y=252) 07:28:07 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:28:13 **No stars found in guider image 07:28:13 (initial exposure interval -1) 07:28:13 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 07:28:36 (guide star SNR=6.1 X=219 Y=465) 07:28:36 (exposure interval 1) 07:28:51 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:28:57 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=445 Y=239) 07:28:57 (initial exposure interval 1.96) 07:29:02 (guide star SNR=11.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:29:02 (final exposure interval 1) 07:29:02 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:29:06 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=519 Y=271) 07:29:23 CloudSensorII: Weather is unsafe! 07:29:24 WindCondition is Very Windy 07:29:24 **WEATHER ALERT: The weather has become unsafe! 07:29:25 **Script Error** 07:29:25 Source: ACP 07:29:25 Message: The script was aborted. at line 1531 column 5. 07:29:25 Script Context: 07:29:25 1528: End If 07:29:25 1529: End If 07:29:25 1530: 07:29:25 => 1531: If Not SUP.AutoGuide(True) Then 07:29:25 ^ 07:29:25 1532: If Not IMG Is Nothing Then 07:29:25 1533: If IMG.ExposureInterval > Prefs.AutoGuiding.MaxUnguidedExposureInterval Then 07:29:25 1534: If STRICT_AUTOGUIDING And Not PLN.BestEfforts Then 07:29:25 -- end -- ACP console log closed 17-Nov-2013 07:29:25 UTC