ACP console log opened 24-Nov-2015 01:03:58 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 01:03:58 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 01:03:58 Custom image file path/names are in use 01:03:58 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 01:03:58 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 01:03:58 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 01:03:59 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 01:03:59 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 01:03:59 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 01:03:59 Dome is MaxDome 01:04:00 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 01:04:00 Imager is QSI Universal 01:04:00 Imager readout modes: 01:04:00 0 is Image Quality 01:04:00 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 01:04:00 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 01:04:00 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 01:04:00 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 01:04:00 ACPS Observation U_Aqr(1 of 1) 01:04:00 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan U_Aqr) 01:04:00 (turning on sidereal tracking) 01:04:00 Pointing updates are enabled 01:04:00 Start slew to U_Aqr... 01:04:01 (wait for slew to complete) 01:04:32 (slew complete) 01:04:32 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=257s GW=T HAz=917s DWz=T WF=no] 01:04:32 Updating pointing... 01:04:32 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 01:04:32 (using Image Quality readout mode) 01:04:32 (starting exposure) 01:04:45 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:04:45 Calibrating image... 01:04:45 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:04:45 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:04:45 Image finished 01:04:45 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:04:45 32 image stars found 01:04:46 45 catalog stars found 01:04:46 Solved! 19 stars matched. 01:04:46 Average residual is 0.53 arcsec. 01:04:46 Pointing error is 0.157 arcmin @ angle 185.80 01:04:46 True focal length is 345.9 cm. 01:04:46 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.29 V = 1.28 01:04:46 True image center (J2000): 22h 03m 19.6s -16° 37' 44.65" 01:04:46 Imager sky position angle is 2.9 deg. 01:04:46 [sync] pointing model updated 01:04:46 Internal guider, always re-slew 01:04:46 Re-slew to target. 01:04:46 Start slew to U_Aqr... 01:04:47 (wait for slew to complete) 01:04:49 (slew complete) 01:04:49 Target is now centered. 01:04:49 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 01:04:49 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 01:04:49 Focus change of 9 steps required 01:05:06 (guide star SNR=42.2 X=586 Y=551) 01:05:06 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:05:09 (guide star SNR=51.4 X=587 Y=551) 01:05:09 (final exposure interval 1) 01:05:09 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:05:14 (guide star SNR=52.8 X=586 Y=551) 01:05:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:05:54 (guide star SNR=50.7 X=672 Y=526) 01:05:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:05:59 (guide star SNR=53.3 X=672 Y=525) 01:05:59 (final exposure interval 1) 01:05:59 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:06:03 (guide star SNR=54.9 X=671 Y=524) 01:06:41 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:06:46 (initial exposure interval -1) 01:06:46 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 01:07:08 (guide star SNR=15.3 X=219 Y=465) 01:07:08 (exposure interval 1) 01:07:21 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:07:27 (initial exposure interval -1) 01:07:27 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 01:07:49 (guide star SNR=7.9 X=219 Y=465) 01:07:49 (exposure interval 1) 01:08:01 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:08:03 **Autoguiding failed. 01:08:03 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 01:08:03 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=472s GW=T HAz=1068s DWz=T WF=no] 01:08:03 (guider not running, restarting...) 01:08:03 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 01:08:03 Updating pointing... 01:08:03 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 01:08:03 Focus change of -9 steps required 01:08:12 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 01:08:12 (using Image Quality readout mode) 01:08:12 (starting exposure) 01:08:25 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:08:25 Calibrating image... 01:08:25 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:08:25 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:08:25 Image finished 01:08:25 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:08:25 26 image stars found 01:08:25 45 catalog stars found 01:08:25 Solved! 18 stars matched. 01:08:25 Average residual is 0.56 arcsec. 01:08:25 Pointing error is 1.337 arcmin @ angle 218.53 01:08:25 True focal length is 346.1 cm. 01:08:25 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.29 V = 1.29 01:08:25 True image center (J2000): 22h 03m 16.2s -16° 38' 38.06" 01:08:25 Imager sky position angle is 3.0 deg. 01:08:25 [sync] pointing model updated 01:08:25 Internal guider, always re-slew 01:08:25 Re-slew to target. 01:08:25 Start slew to U_Aqr... 01:08:26 (wait for slew to complete) 01:08:28 (slew complete) 01:08:28 Target is now centered. 01:08:28 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 01:08:28 Focus change of 9 steps required 01:08:45 (guide star SNR=47.7 X=601 Y=532) 01:08:45 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:08:49 (guide star SNR=56.6 X=601 Y=532) 01:08:49 (final exposure interval 1) 01:08:49 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:08:54 (guide star SNR=56.1 X=601 Y=531) 01:09:36 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:09:41 (guide star SNR=54.6 X=674 Y=525) 01:09:41 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:09:46 (guide star SNR=55.2 X=673 Y=525) 01:09:46 (final exposure interval 1) 01:09:46 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:09:50 (guide star SNR=57.0 X=673 Y=524) 01:10:29 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:10:35 (initial exposure interval -1) 01:10:35 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 01:10:57 (guide star SNR=7.6 X=219 Y=465) 01:10:57 (exposure interval 1) 01:11:10 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:11:15 (initial exposure interval -1) 01:11:15 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 01:11:37 (guide star SNR=11.4 X=219 Y=465) 01:11:37 (exposure interval 1) 01:11:50 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:11:51 **Autoguiding failed. 01:11:51 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 01:11:51 Imaging to U_Aqr_B_20151124_010803 01:11:51 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 01:11:51 (using Image Quality readout mode) 01:11:51 (starting exposure) 01:17:22 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:17:22 Image finished 01:17:25 Plate-solve U_Aqr_B_20151124_010803 final image. 01:17:27 150 image stars found 01:17:27 45 catalog stars found 01:17:27 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:17:30 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=1040s GW=T HAz=1637s DWz=T WF=no] 01:17:30 (guider not running, restarting...) 01:17:30 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 01:17:30 Updating pointing... 01:17:30 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 01:17:30 Focus change of -9 steps required 01:17:39 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 01:17:39 (using Image Quality readout mode) 01:17:39 (starting exposure) 01:17:52 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:17:52 Calibrating image... 01:17:52 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:17:52 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:17:52 Image finished 01:17:52 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:17:52 23 image stars found 01:17:53 45 catalog stars found 01:17:53 Solved! 15 stars matched. 01:17:53 Average residual is 0.51 arcsec. 01:17:53 Pointing error is 1.489 arcmin @ angle 221.42 01:17:53 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 01:17:53 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.28 V = 1.28 01:17:53 True image center (J2000): 22h 03m 15.6s -16° 38' 42.29" 01:17:53 Imager sky position angle is 3.0 deg. 01:17:53 [sync] pointing model updated 01:17:53 Internal guider, always re-slew 01:17:53 Re-slew to target. 01:17:53 Start slew to U_Aqr... 01:17:54 (wait for slew to complete) 01:17:56 (slew complete) 01:17:56 Target is now centered. 01:17:56 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 01:17:56 Focus change of 9 steps required 01:18:13 (guide star SNR=46.8 X=602 Y=532) 01:18:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:18:16 (guide star SNR=54.5 X=602 Y=532) 01:18:16 (final exposure interval 1) 01:18:16 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:18:20 (guide star SNR=56.8 X=601 Y=531) 01:19:05 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:19:11 (guide star SNR=57.3 X=524 Y=505) 01:19:11 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:19:15 (guide star SNR=59.4 X=525 Y=505) 01:19:15 (final exposure interval 1) 01:19:15 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:19:20 (guide star SNR=56.0 X=524 Y=505) 01:20:10 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:20:15 (guide star SNR=57.8 X=617 Y=514) 01:20:15 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:20:19 (guide star SNR=57.0 X=617 Y=514) 01:20:19 (final exposure interval 1) 01:20:19 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:20:24 (guide star SNR=57.3 X=617 Y=514) 01:20:29 (autoguiding at 1.00 sec.) 01:20:29 Imaging to U_Aqr_B_20151124_011730 01:20:29 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 01:20:29 (using Image Quality readout mode) 01:20:32 (ex=0.20 ey=0.08) 01:20:32 (guider check OK) 01:20:32 (starting exposure) 01:26:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:26:04 Image finished 01:26:08 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 01:26:10 (waiting for guider to settle...) 01:26:15 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=1565s GW=T HAz=2163s DWz=T WF=no] 01:26:15 Imaging to U_Aqr_B_20151124_012615 01:26:15 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 01:26:15 (using Image Quality readout mode) 01:26:15 (ex=0.00 ey=0.00) 01:26:15 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 01:26:28 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:26:28 **Guider stopped or lost star just before image acquisition ACP console log closed 24-Nov-2015 01:26:28 UTC