ACP console log opened 09-Feb-2017 04:25:50 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 04:25:50 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 04:25:50 Custom image file path/names are in use 04:25:50 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 04:25:50 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 04:25:50 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 04:25:51 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 04:25:52 Weather safe, server is Boltwood Cloud Sensor II 04:25:52 Telescope is ACP->ACP->TMO61, driver V3 04:25:52 Dome is MaxDome 04:25:52 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 04:25:52 Imager is QSI Universal 04:25:52 Imager readout modes: 04:25:52 0 is Image Quality 04:25:52 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 04:25:52 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 04:25:52 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 04:25:52 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 04:25:52 ACPS Observation SDSS073224(1 of 1) 04:25:52 (belongs to Project AGN, Plan SDSS073224) 04:25:52 (turning on sidereal tracking) 04:25:52 Pointing updates are enabled 04:25:52 Start slew to SDSS073224... 04:25:53 (wait for slew to complete) 04:26:35 (slew complete) 04:26:35 [flip check: Tn=960s HAc=-3357s GW=T HAz=-2397s DWz=T WF=no] 04:26:35 Updating pointing... 04:26:35 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 04:26:35 (using Image Quality readout mode) 04:26:35 (starting exposure) 04:26:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:26:47 Calibrating image... 04:26:47 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:26:47 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:26:47 Image finished 04:26:47 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:26:47 22 image stars found 04:26:47 80 catalog stars found 04:26:47 Solved! 19 stars matched. 04:26:47 Average residual is 0.37 arcsec. 04:26:47 Pointing error is 0.756 arcmin @ angle 295.07 04:26:47 True focal length is 346.0 cm. 04:26:47 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.29 V = 1.28 04:26:47 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 21.4s 37° 42' 04.21" 04:26:47 Imager sky position angle is 357.7 deg. 04:26:47 [sync] pointing model updated 04:26:47 Internal guider, always re-slew 04:26:47 Re-slew to target. 04:26:47 Start slew to SDSS073224... 04:26:49 (wait for slew to complete) 04:26:51 (slew complete) 04:26:51 Target is now centered. 04:26:51 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 04:26:59 (guide star SNR=18.6 X=219 Y=465) 04:26:59 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:27:04 (guide star SNR=24.1 X=219 Y=465) 04:27:04 (final exposure interval 1) 04:27:04 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:27:08 (guide star SNR=25.8 X=219 Y=465) 04:27:21 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:27:27 (guide star SNR=33.3 X=219 Y=465) 04:27:27 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:27:31 (guide star SNR=31.9 X=219 Y=465) 04:27:32 (final exposure interval 1) 04:27:32 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:27:37 (guide star SNR=48.3 X=219 Y=465) 04:27:51 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:27:56 (guide star SNR=51.2 X=219 Y=465) 04:27:56 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:28:00 (guide star SNR=28.7 X=219 Y=465) 04:28:00 (final exposure interval 1) 04:28:00 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:28:04 (guide star SNR=30.8 X=219 Y=465) 04:28:17 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:28:23 (guide star SNR=39.1 X=219 Y=465) 04:28:23 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:28:27 (guide star SNR=23.4 X=219 Y=465) 04:28:27 (final exposure interval 1) 04:28:27 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:28:31 (guide star SNR=38.2 X=219 Y=465) 04:28:45 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:28:46 **Autoguiding failed. 04:28:46 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 04:28:46 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-3228s GW=T HAz=-2325s DWz=T WF=no] 04:28:46 (guider not running, restarting...) 04:28:46 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 04:28:46 Updating pointing... 04:28:46 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 04:28:46 (using Image Quality readout mode) 04:28:46 (starting exposure) 04:28:59 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:28:59 Calibrating image... 04:28:59 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:28:59 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:28:59 Image finished 04:28:59 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:28:59 26 image stars found 04:28:59 80 catalog stars found 04:28:59 Solved! 22 stars matched. 04:28:59 Average residual is 0.34 arcsec. 04:28:59 Pointing error is 0.088 arcmin @ angle 85.94 04:28:59 True focal length is 346.0 cm. 04:28:59 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.29 V = 1.29 04:28:59 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 25.3s 37° 41' 45.38" 04:28:59 Imager sky position angle is 357.7 deg. 04:28:59 [sync] pointing model updated 04:28:59 Internal guider, always re-slew 04:28:59 Re-slew to target. 04:28:59 Start slew to SDSS073224... 04:29:01 (wait for slew to complete) 04:29:02 (slew complete) 04:29:02 Target is now centered. 04:29:09 (guide star SNR=15.2 X=219 Y=465) 04:29:09 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:29:14 (guide star SNR=48.5 X=219 Y=465) 04:29:14 (final exposure interval 1) 04:29:14 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:29:19 (guide star SNR=19.3 X=219 Y=465) 04:29:32 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:29:37 (guide star SNR=21.8 X=219 Y=465) 04:29:37 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:29:42 (guide star SNR=21.0 X=219 Y=465) 04:29:42 (final exposure interval 1) 04:29:42 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:29:47 (guide star SNR=30.3 X=219 Y=465) 04:30:00 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:30:06 (guide star SNR=25.0 X=219 Y=465) 04:30:06 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:30:10 (guide star SNR=36.4 X=219 Y=465) 04:30:11 (final exposure interval 1) 04:30:11 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:30:15 (guide star SNR=37.7 X=219 Y=465) 04:30:28 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:30:34 (guide star SNR=27.8 X=219 Y=465) 04:30:34 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:30:39 (guide star SNR=5.0 X=538 Y=194) 04:30:39 (final exposure interval 1) 04:30:39 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:30:44 (guide star SNR=39.0 X=219 Y=465) 04:30:57 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 04:30:58 **Autoguiding failed. 04:30:58 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 04:30:58 Imaging to SDSS073224_V_20170209_042846 04:30:58 (taking 600 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 04:30:58 (using Image Quality readout mode) 04:30:58 (starting exposure) 04:41:19 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:41:20 Image finished 04:41:22 Plate-solve SDSS073224_V_20170209_042846 final image. 04:41:24 458 image stars found 04:41:25 80 catalog stars found 04:41:25 Solved! 11 stars matched. 04:41:25 Average residual is 0.16 arcsec. 04:41:25 Pointing error is 0.177 arcmin @ angle 111.18 04:41:25 True focal length is 345.9 cm. 04:41:25 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 04:41:25 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 25.7s 37° 41' 41.16" 04:41:25 Imager sky position angle is 357.7 deg. 04:41:25 Image FWHM is 1.5 arcsec (4.73 pixels) 04:41:25 (avg FWHM = 1.57 arcsec) 04:41:25 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 04:41:28 [flip check: Tn=900s HAc=-2464s GW=T HAz=-1561s DWz=T WF=no] 04:41:28 (guider not running, restarting...) 04:41:28 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 04:41:28 Updating pointing... 04:41:28 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 4) 04:41:28 (using Image Quality readout mode) 04:41:28 (starting exposure) 04:41:41 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 04:41:41 Calibrating image... 04:41:41 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 04:41:41 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 04:41:41 Image finished 04:41:41 Plate-solve pointing image. 04:41:41 14 image stars found 04:41:41 80 catalog stars found 04:41:41 Solved! 13 stars matched. 04:41:41 Average residual is 0.38 arcsec. 04:41:41 Pointing error is 0.199 arcmin @ angle 110.79 04:41:41 True focal length is 346.3 cm. 04:41:41 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.28 V = 1.28 04:41:41 True image center (J2000): 07h 32m 25.8s 37° 41' 40.76" 04:41:41 Imager sky position angle is 357.7 deg. 04:41:41 [sync] pointing model updated 04:41:41 Internal guider, always re-slew 04:41:41 Re-slew to target. 04:41:41 Start slew to SDSS073224... 04:41:43 (wait for slew to complete) 04:41:44 (slew complete) 04:41:44 Target is now centered. 04:41:52 (guide star SNR=15.4 X=219 Y=465) 04:41:52 (initial exposure interval 1) 04:41:55 (guide star SNR=47.1 X=219 Y=465) 04:41:55 (final exposure interval 1) 04:41:55 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 04:42:00 (guide star SNR=5.9 X=542 Y=198) 04:42:06 (autoguiding at 1.00 sec.) 04:42:06 Imaging to SDSS073224_V_20170209_044128 04:42:06 (taking 600 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 04:42:06 (using Image Quality readout mode) 04:42:09 (ex=0.65 ey=1.16) 04:42:09 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 04:42:11 (ex=0.86 ey=1.20) 04:42:11 (guider error n/a or too high, try #2) 04:42:15 (ex=1.56 ey=1.93) 04:42:15 (guider error n/a or too high, try #3) 04:42:17 (ex=1.65 ey=2.04) 04:42:17 (guider error n/a or too high, try #4) 04:42:19 (ex=1.49 ey=2.03) 04:42:19 (guider error n/a or too high, try #5) 04:42:21 (ex=1.45 ey=2.17) 04:42:21 (guider error n/a or too high, try #6) 04:42:25 (ex=1.42 ey=2.33) 04:42:25 (guider error n/a or too high, try #7) 04:42:27 (ex=1.39 ey=1.97) 04:42:27 (guider error n/a or too high, try #8) 04:42:30 (ex=1.40 ey=2.03) 04:42:30 (guider error n/a or too high, try #9) 04:42:32 (ex=1.74 ey=2.30) 04:42:32 (guider error n/a or too high, try #10) 04:42:36 (ex=1.75 ey=2.16) 04:42:36 (guider error n/a or too high, try #11) 04:42:38 (ex=2.22 ey=2.19) 04:42:38 (guider error n/a or too high, try #12) 04:42:40 (ex=2.01 ey=2.41) 04:42:40 (guider error n/a or too high, try #13) 04:42:43 (ex=2.10 ey=2.27) 04:42:43 (guider error n/a or too high, try #14) 04:42:45 (ex=1.84 ey=2.27) 04:42:45 (guider error n/a or too high, try #15) 04:42:49 (ex=1.44 ey=2.20) 04:42:49 (guider error n/a or too high, try #16) 04:42:53 (ex=0.99 ey=2.57) 04:42:53 (guider error n/a or too high, try #17) 04:42:56 (ex=1.11 ey=2.36) 04:42:56 (guider error n/a or too high, try #18) 04:42:59 (ex=1.03 ey=2.13) 04:42:59 (guider error n/a or too high, try #19) 04:43:01 (ex=1.27 ey=2.74) 04:43:01 (guider error n/a or too high, try #20) 04:43:02 (stopping the autoguider) 04:43:02 **Excessive guiding errors just before image acquisition ACP console log closed 09-Feb-2017 04:43:02 UTC