ACP console log opened 07-Oct-2013 10:34:24 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 10:34:24 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 10:34:24 Custom image file path/names are in use 10:34:24 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 10:34:24 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 10:34:24 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 10:34:25 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 10:34:25 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 10:34:25 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 10:34:25 Dome is MaxDome 10:34:26 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 10:34:26 Imager is QSI Universal 10:34:26 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 10:34:26 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 10:34:26 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 10:34:26 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 10:34:26 ACPS Observation V0965_Per(1 of 1) 10:34:26 (belongs to Project Nova_Monitoring, Plan V0965_Per) 10:34:26 (turning on sidereal tracking) 10:34:26 Pointing updates are enabled 10:34:26 Start slew to V0965_Per... 10:34:27 (wait for slew to complete) 10:34:49 (slew complete) 10:34:49 [flip check: Tn=560s HAc=4848s GW=T HAz=5408s DWz=T WF=no] 10:34:49 Updating pointing... 10:34:49 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:34:49 (starting exposure) 10:35:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:35:03 Calibrating image... 10:35:03 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:35:03 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:35:03 Image finished 10:35:03 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:35:03 46 image stars found 10:35:03 120 catalog stars found 10:35:03 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:35:03 Start slew to offset... 10:35:05 (wait for slew to complete) 10:35:06 (slew complete) 10:35:06 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:35:06 (starting exposure) 10:35:18 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:35:18 Calibrating image... 10:35:18 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:35:18 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:35:18 Image finished 10:35:18 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:35:18 55 image stars found 10:35:18 124 catalog stars found 10:35:18 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 10:35:18 Start slew to V0965_Per... 10:35:20 (wait for slew to complete) 10:35:24 (slew complete) 10:35:24 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 10:35:24 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 10:35:24 No focus change required 10:35:34 (guide star SNR=38.9 X=219 Y=465) 10:35:34 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:35:38 (guide star SNR=22.7 X=219 Y=465) 10:35:38 (final exposure interval 1) 10:35:38 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:35:43 **No stars found in guider image 10:35:43 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 10:35:48 (initial exposure interval -1) 10:35:48 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 10:36:11 (guide star SNR=6.8 X=219 Y=465) 10:36:11 (exposure interval 1) 10:36:24 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:36:30 (guide star SNR=49.3 X=219 Y=465) 10:36:30 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:36:35 (guide star SNR=21.9 X=219 Y=465) 10:36:35 (final exposure interval 1) 10:36:35 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:36:39 **No stars found in guider image 10:36:39 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 10:36:44 (guide star SNR=17.9 X=219 Y=465) 10:36:44 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:36:49 (guide star SNR=42.6 X=219 Y=465) 10:36:49 (final exposure interval 1) 10:36:49 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:36:54 **No stars found in guider image 10:36:54 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 10:36:55 **Autoguiding failed. 10:36:55 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:36:55 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=4975s GW=T HAz=5474s DWz=T WF=no] 10:36:55 (guider not running, restarting...) 10:36:55 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 10:36:55 Updating pointing... 10:36:55 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 10:36:55 No focus change required 10:36:57 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:36:57 (starting exposure) 10:37:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:37:09 Calibrating image... 10:37:09 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:37:09 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:37:09 Image finished 10:37:09 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:37:09 57 image stars found 10:37:09 120 catalog stars found 10:37:09 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 10:37:09 Start slew to offset... 10:37:10 (wait for slew to complete) 10:37:14 (slew complete) 10:37:14 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:37:14 (starting exposure) 10:37:26 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:37:26 Calibrating image... 10:37:26 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:37:26 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:37:26 Image finished 10:37:26 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:37:26 71 image stars found 10:37:26 124 catalog stars found 10:37:26 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 10:37:26 Start slew to V0965_Per... 10:37:28 (wait for slew to complete) 10:37:32 (slew complete) 10:37:32 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 10:37:32 No focus change required 10:37:42 (guide star SNR=29.6 X=219 Y=465) 10:37:42 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:37:46 (guide star SNR=25.3 X=219 Y=465) 10:37:46 (final exposure interval 1) 10:37:46 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:37:51 (guide star SNR=29.8 X=219 Y=465) 10:38:05 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:38:10 **No stars found in guider image 10:38:10 (initial exposure interval -1) 10:38:10 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 10:38:33 (guide star SNR=8.6 X=219 Y=465) 10:38:33 (exposure interval 1) 10:38:47 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:38:52 (guide star SNR=17.7 X=219 Y=465) 10:38:52 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:38:55 (guide star SNR=21.1 X=219 Y=465) 10:38:55 (final exposure interval 1) 10:38:55 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:38:59 (guide star SNR=44.6 X=219 Y=465) 10:39:13 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:39:18 (guide star SNR=81.1 X=219 Y=465) 10:39:18 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:39:22 **No stars found in guider image 10:39:22 (final exposure interval -1) 10:39:22 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 10:39:22 **Autoguiding failed. 10:39:22 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:39:22 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131007_103655 10:39:22 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 10:39:22 (starting exposure) 10:43:11 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:43:11 Image finished 10:43:14 Plate-solve V0965_Per_B_20131007_103655 final image. 10:43:15 330 image stars found 10:43:16 121 catalog stars found 10:43:16 Solved! 21 stars matched. 10:43:16 Average residual is 0. arcsec. 10:43:16 Pointing error is 2.806 arcmin @ angle 73.21 10:43:16 (pointing corrector updated with this observation) 10:43:16 True focal length is 308.2 cm. 10:43:16 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.36 V = 0.25 10:43:16 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 29.7s 37° 05' 51.57" 10:43:16 Imager sky position angle is 144.3 deg. 10:43:16 Image FWHM is 2.0 arcsec (5.50 pixels) 10:43:16 (avg FWHM = 1.56 arcsec) 10:43:16 Re-slew to target. 10:43:16 Start slew to V0965_Per... 10:43:18 (wait for slew to complete) 10:43:21 (slew complete) 10:43:21 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=5378s GW=T HAz=5862s DWz=T WF=no] 10:43:21 (guider not running, restarting...) 10:43:21 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 10:43:21 Updating pointing... 10:43:21 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 10:43:21 No focus change required 10:43:23 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:43:23 (starting exposure) 10:43:36 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:43:36 Calibrating image... 10:43:36 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:43:36 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:43:36 Image finished 10:43:36 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:43:36 38 image stars found 10:43:37 120 catalog stars found 10:43:37 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 10:43:37 Start slew to offset... 10:43:38 (wait for slew to complete) 10:43:42 (slew complete) 10:43:42 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:43:42 (starting exposure) 10:43:54 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:43:54 Calibrating image... 10:43:54 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:43:54 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:43:54 Image finished 10:43:54 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:43:54 53 image stars found 10:43:54 124 catalog stars found 10:43:54 ** Too many iterations trying to solve for new WCS. Probably caused by a false match. Check your plate scale estimate and try to balance the number of image and catalog stars more closely. 10:43:54 Start slew to V0965_Per... 10:43:56 (wait for slew to complete) 10:43:59 (slew complete) 10:43:59 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 10:43:59 No focus change required 10:44:10 (guide star SNR=20.7 X=219 Y=465) 10:44:10 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:44:14 (guide star SNR=15.4 X=219 Y=465) 10:44:14 (final exposure interval 1) 10:44:14 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:44:19 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=249 Y=482) 10:44:32 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:44:37 (guide star SNR=28.3 X=219 Y=465) 10:44:37 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:44:41 **No stars found in guider image 10:44:41 (final exposure interval -1) 10:44:41 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 10:44:41 **Autoguiding failed. 10:44:41 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:44:41 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131007_104321 10:44:41 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 10:44:41 (starting exposure) 10:48:31 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:48:31 Image finished 10:48:33 Plate-solve V0965_Per_B_20131007_104321 final image. 10:48:35 913 image stars found 10:48:35 121 catalog stars found 10:48:36 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 10:48:36 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=5680s GW=T HAz=6178s DWz=T WF=no] 10:48:36 (guider not running, restarting...) 10:48:36 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 10:48:36 Updating pointing... 10:48:36 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 10:48:36 No focus change required 10:48:38 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:48:38 (starting exposure) 10:48:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:48:53 Calibrating image... 10:48:53 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:48:53 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:48:53 Image finished 10:48:53 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:48:53 86 image stars found 10:48:53 120 catalog stars found 10:48:53 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 10:48:53 Start slew to offset... 10:48:55 (wait for slew to complete) 10:48:58 (slew complete) 10:48:58 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 10:48:58 (starting exposure) 10:49:10 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:49:10 Calibrating image... 10:49:10 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 10:49:10 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 10:49:10 Image finished 10:49:10 Plate-solve pointing image. 10:49:10 32 image stars found 10:49:10 124 catalog stars found 10:49:10 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 10:49:10 Start slew to V0965_Per... 10:49:12 (wait for slew to complete) 10:49:15 (slew complete) 10:49:15 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 10:49:15 No focus change required 10:49:26 (guide star SNR=24.9 X=219 Y=465) 10:49:26 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:49:30 (guide star SNR=31.9 X=219 Y=465) 10:49:30 (final exposure interval 1) 10:49:30 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:49:35 (guide star SNR=16.6 X=219 Y=465) 10:49:48 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:49:54 (guide star SNR=13.9 X=327 Y=376) 10:49:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:49:57 (guide star SNR=35.2 X=219 Y=465) 10:49:57 (final exposure interval 1) 10:49:57 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:50:02 (guide star SNR=16.2 X=219 Y=465) 10:50:16 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:50:21 **No stars found in guider image 10:50:21 (initial exposure interval -1) 10:50:21 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 10:50:43 (guide star SNR=10.7 X=219 Y=465) 10:50:43 (exposure interval 1) 10:50:57 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 10:51:02 (guide star SNR=16.2 X=219 Y=465) 10:51:02 (initial exposure interval 1) 10:51:06 (guide star SNR=45.4 X=219 Y=465) 10:51:06 (final exposure interval 1) 10:51:06 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 10:51:10 **No stars found in guider image 10:51:10 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 10:51:11 **Autoguiding failed. 10:51:11 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 10:51:11 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131007_104836 10:51:11 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 10:51:11 (starting exposure) 10:55:00 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:55:01 Image finished 10:55:03 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:55:03 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=6068s GW=T HAz=6466s DWz=T WF=no] 10:55:03 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131007_105503 10:55:03 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 10:55:03 No focus change required 10:55:05 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:55:05 (starting exposure) 10:57:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:57:06 Image finished 10:57:09 Plate-solve V0965_Per_V_20131007_105503 final image. 10:57:11 51 image stars found 10:57:11 121 catalog stars found 10:57:11 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 10:57:11 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=6197s GW=T HAz=6594s DWz=T WF=no] 10:57:11 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131007_105711 10:57:11 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:57:11 (starting exposure) 10:59:12 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 10:59:12 Image finished 10:59:15 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 10:59:15 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=6322s GW=T HAz=6718s DWz=T WF=no] 10:59:15 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131007_105915 10:59:15 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 10:59:15 (starting exposure) 11:01:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 11:01:17 Image finished 11:01:20 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 11:01:20 Run complete ACP console log closed 07-Oct-2013 11:01:20 UTC