ACP console log opened 17-Nov-2013 10:31:36 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 10:31:36 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 10:31:36 Custom image file path/names are in use 10:31:36 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 10:31:36 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 10:31:36 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 10:31:37 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 10:31:38 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 10:31:38 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 10:31:38 Dome is MaxDome 10:31:38 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 10:31:38 Imager is QSI Universal 10:31:38 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 10:31:38 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 10:31:38 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 10:31:38 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 10:31:38 ACPS Observation SDSS073224(1 of 1) 10:31:38 (belongs to Project AGN, Plan SDSS073224) 10:31:38 (turning on sidereal tracking) 10:31:38 Pointing updates are enabled 10:31:38 Start slew to SDSS073224... 10:31:40 (wait for slew to complete) 10:32:29 (slew complete) 10:32:29 [flip check: Tn=960s HAc=-1264s GW=T HAz=-304s DWz=T WF=no] 10:32:29 Updating pointing... 10:32:29 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:32:29 (starting exposure) 10:32:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:32:43 Calibrating image... 10:32:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:32:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:32:43 Image finished 10:32:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:32:43 1 image stars found 10:32:43 80 catalog stars found 10:32:43 ** 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. 10:32:44 Start slew to offset... 10:32:45 (wait for slew to complete) 10:32:49 (slew complete) 10:32:50 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:32:50 (starting exposure) 10:33:02 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:33:02 Calibrating image... 10:33:02 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:33:02 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:33:02 Image finished 10:33:02 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:33:02 28 image stars found 10:33:02 122 catalog stars found 10:33:02 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:33:02 Start slew to SDSS073224... 10:33:04 (wait for slew to complete) 10:33:05 (slew complete) 10:33:05 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 10:33:05 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 10:33:05 No focus change required 10:33:12 (guide star SNR=29.7 X=219 Y=465) 10:33:15 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:33:19 **No stars found in guider image 10:33:19 (final exposure interval -1) 10:33:19 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 10:33:19 **Autoguiding failed. 10:33:19 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:33:19 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-1214s GW=T HAz=-314s DWz=T WF=no] 10:33:19 (guider not running, restarting...) 10:33:19 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 10:33:19 Updating pointing... 10:33:20 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 10:33:20 No focus change required 10:33:22 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:33:22 (starting exposure) 10:33:34 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:33:34 Calibrating image... 10:33:34 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:33:34 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:33:34 Image finished 10:33:34 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:33:34 1 image stars found 10:33:35 80 catalog stars found 10:33:35 ** 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. 10:33:35 Start slew to offset... 10:33:36 (wait for slew to complete) 10:33:40 (slew complete) 10:33:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:33:40 (starting exposure) 10:33:51 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:33:51 Calibrating image... 10:33:51 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:33:51 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:33:51 Image finished 10:33:51 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:33:51 39 image stars found 10:33:51 122 catalog stars found 10:33:51 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:33:52 Start slew to SDSS073224... 10:33:55 (wait for slew to complete) 10:33:56 (slew complete) 10:33:56 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 10:33:56 No focus change required 10:34:03 (guide star SNR=27.5 X=219 Y=465) 10:34:03 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:34:09 **No stars found in guider image 10:34:09 (final exposure interval -1) 10:34:09 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 10:34:09 **Autoguiding failed. 10:34:09 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:34:09 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_103319 10:34:10 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 10:34:10 (starting exposure) 10:44:30 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:44:30 Image finished 10:44:35 Plate-solve SDSS073224_R_20131117_103319 final image. 10:44:37 265 image stars found 10:44:37 80 catalog stars found 10:44:38 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 10:44:38 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-534s GW=T HAz=366s DWz=T WF=no] 10:44:38 (guider not running, restarting...) 10:44:38 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 10:44:38 Updating pointing... 10:44:38 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 10:44:38 No focus change required 10:44:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:44:40 (starting exposure) 10:44:54 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:44:54 Calibrating image... 10:44:54 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:44:54 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:44:54 Image finished 10:44:54 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:44:54 No image stars found, failed. 10:44:55 Start slew to offset... 10:44:59 (wait for slew to complete) 10:45:05 (slew complete) 10:45:05 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:45:05 (starting exposure) 10:45:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:45:17 Calibrating image... 10:45:17 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:45:17 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:45:17 Image finished 10:45:17 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:45:18 74 image stars found 10:45:20 122 catalog stars found 10:45:20 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:45:21 Start slew to SDSS073224... 10:45:22 (wait for slew to complete) 10:45:28 (slew complete) 10:45:28 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 10:45:28 No focus change required 10:45:36 (guide star SNR=44.4 X=219 Y=465) 10:45:36 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:45:40 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=128 Y=189) 10:45:40 (final exposure interval 1.68) 10:45:40 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:45:46 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=127 Y=182) 10:46:26 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:46:36 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=85 Y=186) 10:46:36 (initial exposure interval 2.79) 10:46:44 (guide star SNR=10.0 X=219 Y=465) 10:46:45 (final exposure interval 1) 10:46:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:46:51 **No stars found in guider image 10:46:51 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 10:46:57 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=79 Y=184) 10:46:57 (initial exposure interval 2.04) 10:47:05 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=68 Y=173) 10:47:05 (final exposure interval 2.06) 10:47:05 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:47:12 (guide star SNR=14.9 X=219 Y=465) 10:47:29 **Guider waited for 11.3 sec and never got a measurement 10:47:37 (guide star SNR=10.7 X=219 Y=465) 10:47:37 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:47:42 **No stars found in guider image 10:47:42 (final exposure interval -1) 10:47:42 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 10:47:42 **Autoguiding failed. 10:47:42 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:47:42 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_104438 10:47:42 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 10:47:42 (starting exposure) 10:58:04 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:58:05 Image finished 10:58:07 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:58:07 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=277s GW=T HAz=1178s DWz=T WF=no] 10:58:07 (guider not running, restarting...) 10:58:07 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 10:58:07 Updating pointing... 10:58:07 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 10:58:07 No focus change required 10:58:10 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:58:10 (starting exposure) 10:58:24 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:58:24 Calibrating image... 10:58:24 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:58:24 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:58:24 Image finished 10:58:24 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:58:24 No image stars found, failed. 10:58:25 Start slew to offset... 10:58:26 (wait for slew to complete) 10:58:30 (slew complete) 10:58:30 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:58:30 (starting exposure) 10:58:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:58:43 Calibrating image... 10:58:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:58:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:58:43 Image finished 10:58:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:58:43 85 image stars found 10:58:43 122 catalog stars found 10:58:43 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:58:43 Start slew to SDSS073224... 10:58:45 (wait for slew to complete) 10:58:51 (slew complete) 10:58:51 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 10:58:51 No focus change required 10:58:59 (guide star SNR=9.8 X=219 Y=465) 10:58:59 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:59:03 **No stars found in guider image 10:59:03 (final exposure interval -1) 10:59:03 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 10:59:03 **Autoguiding failed. 10:59:03 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:59:03 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_105807 10:59:04 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 10:59:04 (starting exposure) 11:09:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 11:09:32 Image finished 11:09:37 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 11:09:37 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=970s GW=T HAz=1870s DWz=T WF=no] 11:09:37 (guider not running, restarting...) 11:09:37 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 11:09:37 Updating pointing... 11:09:37 Switching from R to V filter for pointing exposure 11:09:37 No focus change required 11:09:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 11:09:40 (starting exposure) 11:09:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 11:09:53 Calibrating image... 11:09:53 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 11:09:53 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 11:09:53 Image finished 11:09:53 Plate-solve pointing image. 11:09:53 No image stars found, failed. 11:09:54 Start slew to offset... 11:09:56 (wait for slew to complete) 11:09:58 (slew complete) 11:09:58 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 11:09:58 (starting exposure) 11:10:10 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 11:10:10 Calibrating image... 11:10:10 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 11:10:10 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 11:10:10 Image finished 11:10:10 Plate-solve pointing image. 11:10:10 39 image stars found 11:10:10 122 catalog stars found 11:10:10 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 11:10:10 Start slew to SDSS073224... 11:10:12 (wait for slew to complete) 11:10:17 (slew complete) 11:10:17 Switching from V to R filter for imaging 11:10:17 No focus change required 11:10:25 (guide star SNR=16.8 X=219 Y=465) 11:10:25 (initial exposure interval 1) 11:10:28 **No stars found in guider image 11:10:28 (final exposure interval -1) 11:10:28 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 11:10:28 **Autoguiding failed. 11:10:28 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 11:10:28 Imaging to SDSS073224_R_20131117_110937 11:10:29 (taking 600 sec. exposure, R filter, binning = 1) 11:10:29 (starting exposure) 11:20:49 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 11:20:50 Image finished 11:20:52 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 11:20:53 Run complete ACP console log closed 17-Nov-2013 11:20:53 UTC