ACP console log opened 07-Oct-2013 07:35:49 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 07:35:49 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 07:35:50 Custom image file path/names are in use 07:35:50 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 07:35:50 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 07:35:50 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 07:35:51 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 07:35:51 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 07:35:51 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 07:35:51 Dome is MaxDome 07:35:51 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 07:35:51 Imager is QSI Universal 07:35:51 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 07:35:51 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 07:35:51 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 07:35:51 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 07:35:51 ACPS Observation V0809_Cep(1 of 1) 07:35:51 (belongs to Project Nova_Monitoring, Plan V0809_Cep) 07:35:51 (turning on sidereal tracking) 07:35:51 Pointing updates are enabled 07:35:51 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 07:35:53 (wait for slew to complete) 07:36:27 (slew complete) 07:36:27 [flip check: Tn=540s HAc=8725s GW=T HAz=9265s DWz=T WF=no] 07:36:27 Updating pointing... 07:36:27 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:36:27 (starting exposure) 07:36:40 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:36:40 Calibrating image... 07:36:40 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:36:40 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:36:41 Image finished 07:36:41 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:36:41 2 image stars found 07:36:41 98 catalog stars found 07:36:41 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:36:41 Start slew to offset... 07:36:42 (wait for slew to complete) 07:36:44 (slew complete) 07:36:44 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:36:44 (starting exposure) 07:36:55 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:36:55 Calibrating image... 07:36:55 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:36:55 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:36:55 Image finished 07:36:55 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:36:55 No image stars found, failed. 07:36:55 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 07:36:57 (wait for slew to complete) 07:37:00 (slew complete) 07:37:00 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 07:37:00 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 07:37:00 No focus change required 07:37:11 (guide star SNR=42.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:37:11 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:37:15 (guide star SNR=33.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:37:15 (final exposure interval 1) 07:37:15 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:37:20 (guide star SNR=39.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:37:33 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:37:38 (guide star SNR=81.0 X=219 Y=465) 07:37:38 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:37:42 (guide star SNR=very high X=219 Y=465) 07:37:42 (final exposure interval 1) 07:37:42 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:37:47 (guide star SNR=60.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:38:01 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:38:06 (guide star SNR=21.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:38:06 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:38:10 **No stars found in guider image 07:38:10 (final exposure interval -1) 07:38:10 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 07:38:10 **Autoguiding failed. 07:38:10 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:38:10 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=8829s GW=T HAz=9308s DWz=T WF=no] 07:38:10 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:38:10 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:38:10 Updating pointing... 07:38:10 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 07:38:10 No focus change required 07:38:11 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:38:11 (starting exposure) 07:38:23 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:38:23 Calibrating image... 07:38:23 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:38:23 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:38:23 Image finished 07:38:23 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:38:23 1 image stars found 07:38:23 98 catalog stars found 07:38:23 ** 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. 07:38:23 Start slew to offset... 07:38:25 (wait for slew to complete) 07:38:28 (slew complete) 07:38:28 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:38:28 (starting exposure) 07:38:40 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:38:40 Calibrating image... 07:38:40 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:38:40 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:38:40 Image finished 07:38:40 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:38:40 1 image stars found 07:38:40 79 catalog stars found 07:38:40 ** 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. 07:38:40 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 07:38:42 (wait for slew to complete) 07:38:45 (slew complete) 07:38:45 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 07:38:45 No focus change required 07:38:56 (guide star SNR=26.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:38:56 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:39:00 (guide star SNR=30.1 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:00 (final exposure interval 1) 07:39:00 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:39:05 (guide star SNR=54.0 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:18 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:39:24 (guide star SNR=52.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:24 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:39:27 (guide star SNR=27.2 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:27 (final exposure interval 1) 07:39:27 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:39:32 **No stars found in guider image 07:39:32 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 07:39:37 (guide star SNR=29.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:37 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:39:41 (guide star SNR=33.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:41 (final exposure interval 1) 07:39:41 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:39:45 (guide star SNR=62.5 X=219 Y=465) 07:39:58 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:40:03 **No stars found in guider image 07:40:03 (initial exposure interval -1) 07:40:03 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 07:40:26 (guide star SNR=6.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:40:26 (exposure interval 1) 07:40:40 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:40:41 **Autoguiding failed. 07:40:41 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:40:41 Imaging to V0809_Cep_B_20131007_073810 07:40:41 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 07:40:41 (starting exposure) 07:44:05 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:44:06 Image finished 07:44:08 Plate-solve V0809_Cep_B_20131007_073810 final image. 07:44:10 70 image stars found 07:44:10 98 catalog stars found 07:44:11 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:44:11 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=9193s GW=T HAz=9670s DWz=T WF=no] 07:44:11 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:44:11 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:44:11 Updating pointing... 07:44:11 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 07:44:11 No focus change required 07:44:13 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:44:13 (starting exposure) 07:44:26 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:44:26 Calibrating image... 07:44:26 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:44:26 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:44:26 Image finished 07:44:26 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:44:26 No image stars found, failed. 07:44:26 Start slew to offset... 07:44:28 (wait for slew to complete) 07:44:32 (slew complete) 07:44:32 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:44:32 (starting exposure) 07:44:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:44:43 Calibrating image... 07:44:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:44:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:44:43 Image finished 07:44:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:44:43 2 image stars found 07:44:43 79 catalog stars found 07:44:43 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:44:43 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 07:44:45 (wait for slew to complete) 07:44:49 (slew complete) 07:44:49 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 07:44:49 No focus change required 07:44:59 (guide star SNR=43.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:44:59 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:45:03 (guide star SNR=21.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:03 (final exposure interval 1) 07:45:03 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:45:08 (guide star SNR=17.9 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:22 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:45:27 (guide star SNR=17.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:27 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:45:31 (guide star SNR=37.8 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:31 (final exposure interval 1) 07:45:31 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:45:36 (guide star SNR=37.2 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:45:54 (guide star SNR=28.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:45:59 (guide star SNR=28.0 X=219 Y=465) 07:45:59 (final exposure interval 1) 07:45:59 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:46:04 (guide star SNR=very high X=219 Y=465) 07:46:18 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:46:23 (guide star SNR=23.3 X=219 Y=465) 07:46:23 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:46:27 (guide star SNR=25.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:46:27 (final exposure interval 1) 07:46:27 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:46:32 (guide star SNR=32.9 X=219 Y=465) 07:46:45 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:46:47 **Autoguiding failed. 07:46:47 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:46:47 Imaging to V0809_Cep_B_20131007_074411 07:46:47 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 07:46:47 (starting exposure) 07:50:11 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:50:11 Image finished 07:50:14 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:50:14 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=9557s GW=T HAz=10034s DWz=T WF=no] 07:50:14 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:50:14 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:50:14 Updating pointing... 07:50:14 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 07:50:14 No focus change required 07:50:15 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:50:15 (starting exposure) 07:50:29 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:50:29 Calibrating image... 07:50:29 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:50:29 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:50:29 Image finished 07:50:29 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:50:29 No image stars found, failed. 07:50:29 Start slew to offset... 07:50:30 (wait for slew to complete) 07:50:31 (slew complete) 07:50:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:50:31 (starting exposure) 07:50:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:50:43 Calibrating image... 07:50:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:50:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:50:43 Image finished 07:50:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:50:43 2 image stars found 07:50:43 79 catalog stars found 07:50:43 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:50:43 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 07:50:44 (wait for slew to complete) 07:50:48 (slew complete) 07:50:48 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 07:50:48 No focus change required 07:50:59 (guide star SNR=24.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:50:59 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:51:03 **No stars found in guider image 07:51:03 (final exposure interval -1) 07:51:03 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 07:51:03 **Autoguiding failed. 07:51:03 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:51:03 Imaging to V0809_Cep_B_20131007_075014 07:51:03 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 07:51:03 (starting exposure) 07:54:27 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:54:27 Image finished 07:54:29 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:54:29 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=9812s GW=T HAz=10290s DWz=T WF=no] 07:54:29 (guider not running, restarting...) 07:54:29 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 07:54:29 Updating pointing... 07:54:29 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 07:54:29 No focus change required 07:54:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:54:31 (starting exposure) 07:54:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:54:46 Calibrating image... 07:54:46 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:54:46 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:54:46 Image finished 07:54:46 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:54:46 No image stars found, failed. 07:54:46 Start slew to offset... 07:54:47 (wait for slew to complete) 07:54:51 (slew complete) 07:54:51 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:54:51 (starting exposure) 07:55:02 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:55:02 Calibrating image... 07:55:02 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:55:02 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:55:02 Image finished 07:55:02 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:55:02 1 image stars found 07:55:02 79 catalog stars found 07:55:02 ** 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. 07:55:02 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 07:55:04 (wait for slew to complete) 07:55:08 (slew complete) 07:55:08 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 07:55:08 No focus change required 07:55:18 (guide star SNR=21.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:55:18 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:55:22 (guide star SNR=very high X=219 Y=465) 07:55:22 (final exposure interval 1) 07:55:22 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:55:27 (guide star SNR=57.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:55:41 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:55:46 (guide star SNR=36.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:55:46 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:55:50 (guide star SNR=45.5 X=219 Y=465) 07:55:50 (final exposure interval 1) 07:55:50 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:55:55 (guide star SNR=22.9 X=219 Y=465) 07:56:08 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:56:13 (guide star SNR=32.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:56:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:56:17 (guide star SNR=27.4 X=219 Y=465) 07:56:17 (final exposure interval 1) 07:56:17 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:56:22 (guide star SNR=63.7 X=219 Y=465) 07:56:35 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:56:40 (guide star SNR=27.2 X=219 Y=465) 07:56:40 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:56:44 (guide star SNR=29.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:56:44 (final exposure interval 1) 07:56:44 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:56:49 (guide star SNR=65.1 X=219 Y=465) 07:57:02 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 07:57:04 **Autoguiding failed. 07:57:04 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 07:57:04 Imaging to V0809_Cep_B_20131007_075429 07:57:04 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 07:57:04 (starting exposure) 08:00:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:00:28 Image finished 08:00:31 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 08:00:31 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=10176s GW=T HAz=10653s DWz=T WF=no] 08:00:31 (guider not running, restarting...) 08:00:31 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 08:00:31 Updating pointing... 08:00:31 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 08:00:31 No focus change required 08:00:32 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 08:00:32 (starting exposure) 08:00:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:00:46 Calibrating image... 08:00:46 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 08:00:46 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 08:00:46 Image finished 08:00:46 Plate-solve pointing image. 08:00:46 1 image stars found 08:00:46 98 catalog stars found 08:00:46 ** 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. 08:00:46 Start slew to offset... 08:00:48 (wait for slew to complete) 08:00:52 (slew complete) 08:00:52 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 08:00:52 (starting exposure) 08:01:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:01:03 Calibrating image... 08:01:03 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 08:01:03 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 08:01:03 Image finished 08:01:03 Plate-solve pointing image. 08:01:03 1 image stars found 08:01:03 79 catalog stars found 08:01:03 ** 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. 08:01:03 Start slew to V0809_Cep... 08:01:05 (wait for slew to complete) 08:01:09 (slew complete) 08:01:09 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 08:01:09 No focus change required 08:01:19 (guide star SNR=28.2 X=219 Y=465) 08:01:19 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:01:23 (guide star SNR=35.5 X=219 Y=465) 08:01:23 (final exposure interval 1) 08:01:23 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:01:28 (guide star SNR=very high X=219 Y=465) 08:01:42 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:01:47 (guide star SNR=34.5 X=219 Y=465) 08:01:47 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:01:50 **No stars found in guider image 08:01:50 (final exposure interval -1) 08:01:50 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 08:01:50 **Autoguiding failed. 08:01:50 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 08:01:50 Imaging to V0809_Cep_B_20131007_080031 08:01:50 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 08:01:50 (starting exposure) 08:05:15 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:05:15 Image finished 08:05:17 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 08:05:17 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=10462s GW=T HAz=10860s DWz=T WF=no] 08:05:17 Imaging to V0809_Cep_V_20131007_080517 08:05:17 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 08:05:17 No focus change required 08:05:19 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:05:19 (starting exposure) 08:07:21 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:07:21 Image finished 08:07:24 Plate-solve V0809_Cep_V_20131007_080517 final image. 08:07:25 45 image stars found 08:07:25 98 catalog stars found 08:07:26 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 08:07:26 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=10592s GW=T HAz=10989s DWz=T WF=no] 08:07:26 Imaging to V0809_Cep_V_20131007_080726 08:07:26 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:07:26 (starting exposure) 08:09:27 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:09:27 Image finished 08:09:30 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 08:09:30 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=10718s GW=T HAz=11113s DWz=T WF=no] 08:09:30 Imaging to V0809_Cep_V_20131007_080930 08:09:30 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:09:30 (starting exposure) 08:11:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:11:32 Image finished 08:11:35 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 08:11:35 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=10844s GW=T HAz=11238s DWz=T WF=no] 08:11:35 Imaging to V0809_Cep_V_20131007_081135 08:11:35 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:11:35 (starting exposure) 08:13:36 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:13:37 Image finished 08:13:39 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 08:13:39 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=10971s GW=T HAz=11363s DWz=T WF=no] 08:13:39 Imaging to V0809_Cep_V_20131007_081339 08:13:39 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:13:39 (starting exposure) 08:15:41 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:15:41 Image finished 08:15:44 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 08:15:45 Run complete ACP console log closed 07-Oct-2013 08:15:45 UTC