ACP console log opened 12-Oct-2013 03:05:06 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 03:05:06 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 03:05:06 Custom image file path/names are in use 03:05:06 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 03:05:06 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 03:05:06 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 03:05:07 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 03:05:07 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 03:05:07 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 03:05:07 Dome is MaxDome 03:05:07 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 03:05:07 Imager is QSI Universal 03:05:07 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 03:05:07 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 03:05:07 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 03:05:07 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 03:05:07 ACPS Observation V1724_Aql(1 of 1) 03:05:07 (belongs to Project Nova_Monitoring, Plan V1724_Aql) 03:05:07 (turning on sidereal tracking) 03:05:07 Pointing updates are enabled 03:05:07 Start slew to V1724_Aql... 03:05:09 (wait for slew to complete) 03:05:20 (slew complete) 03:05:20 [flip check: Tn=540s HAc=8922s GW=T HAz=9462s DWz=T WF=no] 03:05:20 Updating pointing... 03:05:21 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 03:05:21 No focus change required 03:05:23 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 03:05:23 (starting exposure) 03:05:38 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:05:38 Calibrating image... 03:05:38 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 03:05:38 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 03:05:38 Image finished 03:05:38 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:05:38 79 image stars found 03:05:38 72 catalog stars found 03:05:38 Solved! 18 stars matched. 03:05:38 Average residual is 0.21 arcsec. 03:05:38 Pointing error is 7.751 arcmin @ angle 78.20 03:05:38 True focal length is 346.1 cm. 03:05:38 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 03:05:38 True image center (J2000): 18h 53m 05.3s -00° 17' 07.15" 03:05:38 Imager sky position angle is 0.9 deg. 03:05:38 [sync] pointing model updated 03:05:38 Internal guider, always re-slew 03:05:38 Re-slew to target. 03:05:38 Start slew to V1724_Aql... 03:05:40 (wait for slew to complete) 03:05:43 (slew complete) 03:05:43 Target is now centered. 03:05:43 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 03:05:43 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 03:05:43 No focus change required 03:05:54 (guide star SNR=15.3 X=219 Y=465) 03:05:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:05:58 (guide star SNR=6.9 X=334 Y=414) 03:05:58 (final exposure interval 1) 03:05:58 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:06:02 (guide star SNR=7.0 X=334 Y=414) 03:06:46 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:06:51 (guide star SNR=19.7 X=219 Y=465) 03:06:51 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:06:56 (guide star SNR=24.3 X=219 Y=465) 03:06:56 (final exposure interval 1) 03:06:56 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:07:01 (guide star SNR=17.5 X=219 Y=465) 03:07:23 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:07:28 (guide star SNR=6.4 X=297 Y=446) 03:07:28 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:07:32 (guide star SNR=6.6 X=297 Y=446) 03:07:32 (final exposure interval 1) 03:07:32 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:07:36 (guide star SNR=16.4 X=219 Y=465) 03:07:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:07:55 (guide star SNR=21.4 X=219 Y=465) 03:07:55 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:07:58 (guide star SNR=18.9 X=219 Y=465) 03:07:58 (final exposure interval 1) 03:07:58 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:08:03 (guide star SNR=24.1 X=219 Y=465) 03:08:17 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:08:18 **Autoguiding failed. 03:08:18 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 03:08:18 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=9121s GW=T HAz=9580s DWz=T WF=no] 03:08:18 (guider not running, restarting...) 03:08:18 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 03:08:18 Updating pointing... 03:08:18 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 03:08:18 No focus change required 03:08:19 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 03:08:19 (starting exposure) 03:08:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:08:32 Calibrating image... 03:08:32 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 03:08:32 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 03:08:32 Image finished 03:08:32 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:08:32 78 image stars found 03:08:32 72 catalog stars found 03:08:32 Solved! 20 stars matched. 03:08:32 Average residual is 0.28 arcsec. 03:08:32 Pointing error is 0.437 arcmin @ angle 70.84 03:08:32 True focal length is 346.3 cm. 03:08:32 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 03:08:32 True image center (J2000): 18h 52m 36.6s -00° 18' 33.70" 03:08:32 Imager sky position angle is 0.9 deg. 03:08:32 [sync] pointing model updated 03:08:32 Internal guider, always re-slew 03:08:32 Re-slew to target. 03:08:32 Start slew to V1724_Aql... 03:08:34 (wait for slew to complete) 03:08:35 (slew complete) 03:08:35 Target is now centered. 03:08:35 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 03:08:35 No focus change required 03:08:46 (guide star SNR=24.3 X=219 Y=465) 03:08:46 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:08:50 (guide star SNR=5.8 X=341 Y=410) 03:08:50 (final exposure interval 1) 03:08:50 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:08:55 (guide star SNR=26.1 X=219 Y=465) 03:09:08 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:09:13 (guide star SNR=7.0 X=338 Y=411) 03:09:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:09:17 (guide star SNR=21.8 X=219 Y=465) 03:09:17 (final exposure interval 1) 03:09:17 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:09:21 (guide star SNR=29.7 X=219 Y=465) 03:09:34 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:09:40 (guide star SNR=59.5 X=219 Y=465) 03:09:40 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:09:45 (guide star SNR=88.4 X=219 Y=465) 03:09:45 (final exposure interval 1) 03:09:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:09:48 (guide star SNR=18.2 X=219 Y=465) 03:10:02 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:10:07 (guide star SNR=29.9 X=219 Y=465) 03:10:07 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:10:10 (guide star SNR=6.9 X=338 Y=410) 03:10:10 (final exposure interval 1) 03:10:10 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:10:14 (guide star SNR=17.7 X=219 Y=465) 03:10:28 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:10:29 **Autoguiding failed. 03:10:29 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 03:10:29 Imaging to V1724_Aql_B_20131012_030818 03:10:29 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 03:10:29 (starting exposure) 03:13:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:13:53 Image finished 03:13:56 Plate-solve V1724_Aql_B_20131012_030818 final image. 03:13:58 988 image stars found 03:13:58 72 catalog stars found 03:13:58 Solved! 10 stars matched. 03:13:58 Average residual is 0.15 arcsec. 03:13:58 Pointing error is 0.037 arcmin @ angle 187.29 03:13:58 True focal length is 346.6 cm. 03:13:58 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 03:13:58 True image center (J2000): 18h 52m 34.9s -00° 18' 44.51" 03:13:58 Imager sky position angle is 0.9 deg. 03:13:58 Image FWHM is 2.2 arcsec (6.77 pixels) 03:13:58 (avg FWHM = 1.85 arcsec) 03:13:58 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 03:13:58 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=9464s GW=T HAz=9921s DWz=T WF=no] 03:13:58 (guider not running, restarting...) 03:13:58 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 03:13:58 Updating pointing... 03:13:58 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 03:13:58 No focus change required 03:13:59 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 03:13:59 (starting exposure) 03:14:14 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:14:14 Calibrating image... 03:14:14 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 03:14:14 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 03:14:14 Image finished 03:14:14 Plate-solve pointing image. 03:14:14 65 image stars found 03:14:14 72 catalog stars found 03:14:14 Solved! 20 stars matched. 03:14:14 Average residual is 0.3 arcsec. 03:14:14 Pointing error is 0.027 arcmin @ angle 57.25 03:14:14 True focal length is 346.3 cm. 03:14:14 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 03:14:14 True image center (J2000): 18h 52m 35.0s -00° 18' 41.43" 03:14:14 Imager sky position angle is 0.9 deg. 03:14:14 [sync] pointing model updated 03:14:14 Internal guider, always re-slew 03:14:14 Re-slew to target. 03:14:14 Start slew to V1724_Aql... 03:14:15 (wait for slew to complete) 03:14:16 (slew complete) 03:14:16 Target is now centered. 03:14:16 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 03:14:16 No focus change required 03:14:27 (guide star SNR=31.2 X=219 Y=465) 03:14:27 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:14:31 (guide star SNR=6.2 X=342 Y=412) 03:14:31 (final exposure interval 1) 03:14:31 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:14:36 (guide star SNR=29.1 X=219 Y=465) 03:14:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:14:55 (guide star SNR=26.0 X=219 Y=465) 03:14:55 (initial exposure interval 1) 03:14:58 (guide star SNR=6.8 X=341 Y=413) 03:14:58 (final exposure interval 1) 03:14:58 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 03:15:02 (guide star SNR=6.5 X=341 Y=414) 03:15:11 (autoguiding at 1.00 sec.) 03:15:11 Imaging to V1724_Aql_B_20131012_031358 03:15:11 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 03:15:13 (ex=1.14 ey=0.09) 03:15:13 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 03:15:18 (ex=0.78 ey=0.44) 03:15:18 (guiding errors within limits) 03:15:18 (guider check OK) 03:15:18 (starting exposure) 03:18:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 03:18:43 Image finished 03:18:46 Plate-solve V1724_Aql_B_20131012_031358 final image. 03:18:48 895 image stars found 03:18:48 72 catalog stars found 03:18:48 Solved! 10 stars matched. 03:18:48 Average residual is 0.17 arcsec. 03:18:48 Pointing error is 0.743 arcmin @ angle 90.81 03:18:48 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 03:18:48 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 03:18:48 True image center (J2000): 18h 52m 37.9s -00° 18' 42.93" 03:18:48 Imager sky position angle is 0.9 deg. 03:18:48 Image FWHM is 1.7 arcsec (5.42 pixels) 03:18:48 (avg FWHM = 1.85 arcsec) 03:18:48 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 03:18:48 (waiting for guider to settle...) 03:18:53 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=9757s GW=T HAz=10217s DWz=T WF=no] 03:18:53 Imaging to V1724_Aql_B_20131012_031853 03:18:53 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 03:18:53 (ex=0.00 ey=0.00) 03:18:53 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 03:19:07 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 03:19:07 **Guider stopped or lost star just before image acquisition ACP console log closed 12-Oct-2013 03:19:07 UTC