ACP console log opened 18-Nov-2013 06:01:33 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 06:01:33 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 06:01:33 Custom image file path/names are in use 06:01:33 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 06:01:33 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 06:01:33 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 06:01:34 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 06:01:35 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 06:01:35 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 06:01:35 Dome is MaxDome 06:01:35 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 06:01:35 Imager is QSI Universal 06:01:35 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 06:01:35 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 06:01:35 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 06:01:35 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 06:01:35 ACPS Observation SN_2013ej(1 of 1) 06:01:35 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan SN_2013ej) 06:01:35 (turning on sidereal tracking) 06:01:35 Pointing updates are enabled 06:01:35 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:01:37 (wait for slew to complete) 06:02:09 (slew complete) 06:02:09 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=4055s GW=T HAz=4716s DWz=T WF=no] 06:02:09 Updating pointing... 06:02:09 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 06:02:09 No focus change required 06:02:11 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:02:11 (starting exposure) 06:02:25 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:02:25 Calibrating image... 06:02:25 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:02:25 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:02:25 Image finished 06:02:25 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:02:25 6 image stars found 06:02:25 41 catalog stars found 06:02:26 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:02:26 Start slew to offset... 06:02:29 (wait for slew to complete) 06:02:30 (slew complete) 06:02:30 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:02:30 (starting exposure) 06:02:41 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:02:41 Calibrating image... 06:02:41 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:02:41 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:02:42 Image finished 06:02:42 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:02:42 4 image stars found 06:02:42 41 catalog stars found 06:02:42 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:02:42 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:02:44 (wait for slew to complete) 06:02:48 (slew complete) 06:02:48 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 06:02:48 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:02:48 No focus change required 06:02:58 (guide star SNR=7.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:02:58 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:03:03 **No stars found in guider image 06:03:03 (final exposure interval -1) 06:03:03 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:03:03 **Autoguiding failed. 06:03:03 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:03:03 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=4110s GW=T HAz=4710s DWz=T WF=no] 06:03:04 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:03:04 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:03:04 Updating pointing... 06:03:04 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:03:04 No focus change required 06:03:04 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:03:04 (starting exposure) 06:03:16 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:03:16 Calibrating image... 06:03:16 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:03:16 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:03:16 Image finished 06:03:16 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:03:16 4 image stars found 06:03:17 41 catalog stars found 06:03:17 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:03:17 Start slew to offset... 06:03:18 (wait for slew to complete) 06:03:22 (slew complete) 06:03:22 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:03:22 (starting exposure) 06:03:36 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:03:36 Calibrating image... 06:03:36 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:03:36 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:03:36 Image finished 06:03:36 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:03:36 6 image stars found 06:03:36 41 catalog stars found 06:03:36 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:03:37 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:03:38 (wait for slew to complete) 06:03:44 (slew complete) 06:03:44 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:03:44 No focus change required 06:03:54 (guide star SNR=3.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:03:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:03:59 **No stars found in guider image 06:03:59 (final exposure interval -1) 06:03:59 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:03:59 **Autoguiding failed. 06:03:59 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:03:59 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131118_060304 06:03:59 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:03:59 (starting exposure) 06:09:23 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:09:23 Image finished 06:09:25 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_B_20131118_060304 final image. 06:09:28 49 image stars found 06:09:31 42 catalog stars found 06:09:31 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:09:31 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=4498s GW=T HAz=5099s DWz=T WF=no] 06:09:31 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:09:31 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:09:31 Updating pointing... 06:09:31 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:09:31 No focus change required 06:09:32 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:09:32 (starting exposure) 06:09:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:09:46 Calibrating image... 06:09:46 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:09:46 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:09:46 Image finished 06:09:46 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:09:46 4 image stars found 06:09:46 41 catalog stars found 06:09:46 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:09:46 Start slew to offset... 06:09:47 (wait for slew to complete) 06:09:51 (slew complete) 06:09:51 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:09:51 (starting exposure) 06:10:05 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:10:05 Calibrating image... 06:10:05 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:10:05 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:10:05 Image finished 06:10:05 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:10:06 No image stars found, failed. 06:10:06 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:10:07 (wait for slew to complete) 06:10:13 (slew complete) 06:10:13 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:10:13 No focus change required 06:10:23 (guide star SNR=13.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:10:23 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:10:29 (guide star SNR=12.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:10:29 (final exposure interval 1) 06:10:29 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:10:33 **No stars found in guider image 06:10:33 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 06:10:41 **No stars found in guider image 06:10:41 (initial exposure interval -1) 06:10:41 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 06:11:06 **No stars found in guider image 06:11:06 (exposure interval -1) 06:11:06 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:11:06 **Autoguiding failed. 06:11:06 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:11:06 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131118_060931 06:11:06 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:11:06 (starting exposure) 06:16:35 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:16:35 Image finished 06:16:39 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:16:39 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=4927s GW=T HAz=5528s DWz=T WF=no] 06:16:39 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:16:39 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:16:39 Updating pointing... 06:16:39 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:16:39 No focus change required 06:16:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:16:40 (starting exposure) 06:16:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:16:53 Calibrating image... 06:16:53 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:16:53 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:16:53 Image finished 06:16:53 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:16:54 2 image stars found 06:16:54 41 catalog stars found 06:16:54 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:16:54 Start slew to offset... 06:16:55 (wait for slew to complete) 06:16:59 (slew complete) 06:16:59 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:16:59 (starting exposure) 06:17:13 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:17:13 Calibrating image... 06:17:13 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:17:13 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:17:13 Image finished 06:17:13 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:17:13 1 image stars found 06:17:13 41 catalog stars found 06:17:13 ** 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. 06:17:13 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:17:14 (wait for slew to complete) 06:17:20 (slew complete) 06:17:20 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:17:20 No focus change required 06:17:30 (guide star SNR=9.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:17:30 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:17:35 **No stars found in guider image 06:17:35 (final exposure interval -1) 06:17:35 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:17:35 **Autoguiding failed. 06:17:35 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:17:35 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131118_061639 06:17:35 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:17:35 (starting exposure) 06:23:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:23:06 Image finished 06:23:11 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:23:11 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=5321s GW=T HAz=5721s DWz=T WF=no] 06:23:11 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131118_062311 06:23:11 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 06:23:11 No focus change required 06:23:12 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:23:12 (starting exposure) 06:25:12 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:25:13 Image finished 06:25:15 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131118_062311 final image. 06:25:17 17 image stars found 06:25:17 42 catalog stars found 06:25:17 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:25:17 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=5447s GW=T HAz=5847s DWz=T WF=no] 06:25:17 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131118_062517 06:25:17 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:25:17 (starting exposure) 06:27:16 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:27:16 Image finished 06:27:21 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:27:21 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=5571s GW=T HAz=5972s DWz=T WF=no] 06:27:21 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131118_062721 06:27:21 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:27:21 (starting exposure) 06:29:18 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:29:18 Image finished 06:29:21 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:29:21 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=5691s GW=T HAz=6092s DWz=T WF=no] 06:29:21 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131118_062921 06:29:21 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:29:21 (starting exposure) 06:31:30 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:31:30 Image finished 06:31:32 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:31:32 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=5823s GW=T HAz=6224s DWz=T WF=no] 06:31:32 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131118_063132 06:31:32 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:31:35 (starting exposure) 06:33:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:33:43 Image finished 06:33:46 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:33:46 Run complete ACP console log closed 18-Nov-2013 06:33:47 UTC