ACP console log opened 12-Oct-2013 01:36:03 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 01:36:03 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 01:36:03 Custom image file path/names are in use 01:36:03 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 01:36:03 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 01:36:03 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 01:36:04 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 01:36:04 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 01:36:04 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 01:36:04 Dome is MaxDome 01:36:04 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 01:36:04 Imager is QSI Universal 01:36:04 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 01:36:04 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 01:36:04 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 01:36:04 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 01:36:04 ACPS Observation V5593_Sgr(1 of 1) 01:36:04 (belongs to Project Nova_Monitoring, Plan V5593_Sgr) 01:36:04 (turning on sidereal tracking) 01:36:04 Pointing updates are enabled 01:36:04 Start slew to V5593_Sgr... 01:36:06 (wait for slew to complete) 01:36:40 (slew complete) 01:36:40 [flip check: Tn=540s HAc=5559s GW=T HAz=6099s DWz=T WF=no] 01:36:40 Updating pointing... 01:36:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 01:36:40 (starting exposure) 01:36:54 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:36:54 Calibrating image... 01:36:54 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:36:54 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:36:54 Image finished 01:36:54 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:36:54 103 image stars found 01:36:54 90 catalog stars found 01:36:56 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:36:56 Start slew to offset... 01:36:58 (wait for slew to complete) 01:36:59 (slew complete) 01:36:59 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 01:36:59 (starting exposure) 01:37:11 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:37:11 Calibrating image... 01:37:11 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:37:11 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:37:11 Image finished 01:37:11 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:37:11 121 image stars found 01:37:11 141 catalog stars found 01:37:15 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:37:15 Start slew to V5593_Sgr... 01:37:17 (wait for slew to complete) 01:37:20 (slew complete) 01:37:20 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 01:37:20 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 01:37:20 No focus change required 01:37:31 (guide star SNR=10.0 X=219 Y=465) 01:37:31 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:37:35 (guide star SNR=19.7 X=219 Y=465) 01:37:35 (final exposure interval 1) 01:37:35 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:37:40 (guide star SNR=17.2 X=219 Y=465) 01:37:53 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:37:58 (guide star SNR=17.7 X=219 Y=465) 01:37:58 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:38:02 (guide star SNR=29.6 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:02 (final exposure interval 1) 01:38:02 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:38:06 (guide star SNR=28.2 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:20 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:38:25 (guide star SNR=20.0 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:25 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:38:29 (guide star SNR=17.9 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:29 (final exposure interval 1) 01:38:29 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:38:32 (guide star SNR=18.0 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:46 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:38:51 (guide star SNR=21.3 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:51 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:38:55 (guide star SNR=23.3 X=219 Y=465) 01:38:55 (final exposure interval 1) 01:38:55 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:39:00 (guide star SNR=25.7 X=219 Y=465) 01:39:13 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:39:14 **Autoguiding failed. 01:39:14 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 01:39:14 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=5715s GW=T HAz=6194s DWz=T WF=no] 01:39:14 (guider not running, restarting...) 01:39:14 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 01:39:14 Updating pointing... 01:39:14 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 01:39:14 No focus change required 01:39:16 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 01:39:16 (starting exposure) 01:39:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:39:28 Calibrating image... 01:39:28 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:39:28 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:39:28 Image finished 01:39:28 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:39:28 94 image stars found 01:39:29 90 catalog stars found 01:39:30 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:39:30 Start slew to offset... 01:39:32 (wait for slew to complete) 01:39:36 (slew complete) 01:39:36 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 01:39:36 (starting exposure) 01:39:47 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:39:47 Calibrating image... 01:39:47 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:39:47 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:39:47 Image finished 01:39:47 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:39:47 101 image stars found 01:39:47 141 catalog stars found 01:39:51 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:39:52 Start slew to V5593_Sgr... 01:39:53 (wait for slew to complete) 01:39:57 (slew complete) 01:39:57 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 01:39:57 No focus change required 01:40:08 (guide star SNR=17.3 X=219 Y=465) 01:40:08 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:40:12 (guide star SNR=30.8 X=219 Y=465) 01:40:12 (final exposure interval 1) 01:40:12 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:40:16 (guide star SNR=36.4 X=219 Y=465) 01:40:29 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:40:34 (guide star SNR=46.6 X=219 Y=465) 01:40:34 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:40:38 (guide star SNR=71.4 X=219 Y=465) 01:40:38 (final exposure interval 1) 01:40:38 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:40:42 (guide star SNR=79.0 X=219 Y=465) 01:40:55 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:41:00 (guide star SNR=4.4 X=710 Y=69) 01:41:00 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:41:04 (guide star SNR=61.6 X=219 Y=465) 01:41:04 (final exposure interval 1) 01:41:04 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:41:08 (guide star SNR=55.3 X=219 Y=465) 01:41:22 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:41:27 (guide star SNR=26.9 X=219 Y=465) 01:41:27 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:41:32 (guide star SNR=5.1 X=708 Y=70) 01:41:32 (final exposure interval 1) 01:41:32 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:41:36 (guide star SNR=29.2 X=219 Y=465) 01:41:49 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:41:50 **Autoguiding failed. 01:41:50 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 01:41:50 Imaging to V5593_Sgr_B_20131012_013914 01:41:50 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 01:41:50 (starting exposure) 01:45:15 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:45:15 Image finished 01:45:18 Plate-solve V5593_Sgr_B_20131012_013914 final image. 01:45:19 921 image stars found 01:45:20 90 catalog stars found 01:45:21 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:45:22 [flip check: Tn=480s HAc=6085s GW=T HAz=6562s DWz=T WF=no] 01:45:22 (guider not running, restarting...) 01:45:22 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 01:45:22 Updating pointing... 01:45:22 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 01:45:22 No focus change required 01:45:23 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 01:45:23 (starting exposure) 01:45:38 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:45:38 Calibrating image... 01:45:38 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:45:38 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:45:38 Image finished 01:45:38 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:45:38 73 image stars found 01:45:38 90 catalog stars found 01:45:39 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 01:45:39 Start slew to offset... 01:45:41 (wait for slew to complete) 01:45:45 (slew complete) 01:45:45 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 01:45:45 (starting exposure) 01:45:56 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 01:45:56 Calibrating image... 01:45:56 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 01:45:56 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 01:45:56 Image finished 01:45:56 Plate-solve pointing image. 01:45:56 78 image stars found 01:45:57 141 catalog stars found 01:45:58 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 01:45:59 Start slew to V5593_Sgr... 01:46:00 (wait for slew to complete) 01:46:04 (slew complete) 01:46:04 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 01:46:04 No focus change required 01:46:15 (guide star SNR=22.8 X=219 Y=465) 01:46:15 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:46:19 (guide star SNR=26.7 X=219 Y=465) 01:46:19 (final exposure interval 1) 01:46:19 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:46:24 (guide star SNR=23.3 X=219 Y=465) 01:46:37 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:46:42 (guide star SNR=22.4 X=219 Y=465) 01:46:42 (initial exposure interval 1) 01:46:46 (guide star SNR=27.7 X=219 Y=465) 01:46:46 (final exposure interval 1) 01:46:46 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 01:46:51 (guide star SNR=5.2 X=623 Y=64) 01:46:57 (autoguiding at 1.00 sec.) 01:46:57 Imaging to V5593_Sgr_B_20131012_014522 01:46:57 (taking 180 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 01:46:59 (ex=2.00 ey=0.69) 01:46:59 (guider error n/a or too high, try #1) 01:47:02 (ex=3.66 ey=0.81) 01:47:02 (guider error n/a or too high, try #2) 01:47:04 (ex=7.17 ey=1.02) 01:47:04 (guider error n/a or too high, try #3) 01:47:08 (ex=12.18 ey=3.19) 01:47:08 (guider error n/a or too high, try #4) 01:47:11 (ex=21.19 ey=7.63) 01:47:11 (guider error n/a or too high, try #5) 01:47:16 (ex=38.09 ey=7.29) 01:47:16 (guider error n/a or too high, try #6) 01:47:30 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 01:47:30 **Guider stopped or lost star just before image acquisition ACP console log closed 12-Oct-2013 01:47:30 UTC