ACP console log opened 24-Oct-2013 06:28:18 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 06:28:18 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 06:28:18 Custom image file path/names are in use 06:28:18 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 06:28:18 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 06:28:18 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 06:28:19 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 06:28:19 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 06:28:19 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 06:28:19 Dome is MaxDome 06:28:19 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 06:28:19 Imager is QSI Universal 06:28:19 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 06:28:19 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 06:28:19 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 06:28:19 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 06:28:19 ACPS Observation SN_2013ej(1 of 1) 06:28:19 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan SN_2013ej) 06:28:19 (turning on sidereal tracking) 06:28:19 Pointing updates are enabled 06:28:19 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:28:21 (wait for slew to complete) 06:28:32 (slew complete) 06:28:32 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=-271s GW=T HAz=389s DWz=T WF=no] 06:28:32 Updating pointing... 06:28:32 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 06:28:32 No focus change required 06:28:34 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:28:34 (starting exposure) 06:28:49 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:28:49 Calibrating image... 06:28:49 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:28:49 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:28:49 Image finished 06:28:49 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:28:49 2 image stars found 06:28:49 41 catalog stars found 06:28:49 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:28:49 Start slew to offset... 06:28:51 (wait for slew to complete) 06:28:54 (slew complete) 06:28:54 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:28:54 (starting exposure) 06:29:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:29:06 Calibrating image... 06:29:06 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:29:06 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:29:06 Image finished 06:29:06 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:29:06 9 image stars found 06:29:06 41 catalog stars found 06:29:06 Solved! 8 stars matched. 06:29:06 Average residual is 0.44 arcsec. 06:29:06 Pointing error is 0.278 arcmin @ angle 328.83 06:29:06 True focal length is 346.3 cm. 06:29:06 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 06:29:06 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 47.6s 14° 22' 27.18" 06:29:06 Imager sky position angle is 2.8 deg. 06:29:06 [sync] pointing model updated 06:29:06 Re-slew to target. 06:29:06 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:29:08 (wait for slew to complete) 06:29:11 (slew complete) 06:29:11 Target is now centered. 06:29:11 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 06:29:11 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:29:11 No focus change required 06:29:21 (guide star SNR=43.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:29:21 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:29:25 (guide star SNR=62.0 X=219 Y=465) 06:29:25 (final exposure interval 1) 06:29:25 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:29:30 (guide star SNR=51.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:29:43 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:29:48 (guide star SNR=7.6 X=685 Y=47) 06:29:48 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:29:52 (guide star SNR=38.6 X=219 Y=465) 06:29:52 (final exposure interval 1) 06:29:52 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:29:57 (guide star SNR=30.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:30:11 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:30:16 (guide star SNR=19.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:30:16 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:30:20 (guide star SNR=19.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:30:20 (final exposure interval 1) 06:30:20 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:30:25 (guide star SNR=49.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:30:38 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:30:44 (guide star SNR=7.3 X=685 Y=46) 06:30:44 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:30:48 (guide star SNR=55.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:30:48 (final exposure interval 1) 06:30:48 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:30:51 (guide star SNR=30.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:31:05 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:31:06 **Autoguiding failed. 06:31:06 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:31:06 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=-117s GW=T HAz=483s DWz=T WF=no] 06:31:06 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:31:06 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:31:06 Updating pointing... 06:31:06 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:31:06 No focus change required 06:31:07 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:31:07 (starting exposure) 06:31:19 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:31:19 Calibrating image... 06:31:19 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:31:19 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:31:19 Image finished 06:31:19 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:31:19 4 image stars found 06:31:19 41 catalog stars found 06:31:19 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:31:19 Start slew to offset... 06:31:20 (wait for slew to complete) 06:31:24 (slew complete) 06:31:24 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:31:24 (starting exposure) 06:31:36 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:31:36 Calibrating image... 06:31:36 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:31:36 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:31:36 Image finished 06:31:36 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:31:36 8 image stars found 06:31:36 41 catalog stars found 06:31:36 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:31:36 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:31:37 (wait for slew to complete) 06:31:39 (slew complete) 06:31:39 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:31:39 No focus change required 06:31:48 (guide star SNR=44.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:31:48 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:31:52 (guide star SNR=7.4 X=713 Y=64) 06:31:52 (final exposure interval 1) 06:31:52 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:31:56 (guide star SNR=19.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:32:10 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:32:15 (guide star SNR=42.0 X=219 Y=465) 06:32:15 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:32:18 (guide star SNR=41.3 X=219 Y=465) 06:32:18 (final exposure interval 1) 06:32:18 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:32:22 (guide star SNR=19.5 X=219 Y=465) 06:32:35 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:32:41 (guide star SNR=20.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:32:41 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:32:45 (guide star SNR=45.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:32:45 (final exposure interval 1) 06:32:45 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:32:48 (guide star SNR=26.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:33:02 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:33:07 (guide star SNR=6.8 X=709 Y=66) 06:33:07 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:33:12 (guide star SNR=35.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:33:12 (final exposure interval 1) 06:33:12 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:33:17 (guide star SNR=44.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:33:31 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:33:32 **Autoguiding failed. 06:33:32 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:33:32 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131024_063106 06:33:32 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:33:32 (starting exposure) 06:39:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:39:03 Image finished 06:39:06 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_B_20131024_063106 final image. 06:39:07 153 image stars found 06:39:07 42 catalog stars found 06:39:07 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:39:07 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=366s GW=T HAz=966s DWz=T WF=no] 06:39:07 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:39:07 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:39:07 Updating pointing... 06:39:07 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:39:07 No focus change required 06:39:08 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:39:08 (starting exposure) 06:39:22 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:39:22 Calibrating image... 06:39:22 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:39:22 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:39:22 Image finished 06:39:22 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:39:22 5 image stars found 06:39:22 41 catalog stars found 06:39:22 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:39:22 Start slew to offset... 06:39:24 (wait for slew to complete) 06:39:28 (slew complete) 06:39:28 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:39:28 (starting exposure) 06:39:39 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:39:39 Calibrating image... 06:39:39 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:39:39 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:39:39 Image finished 06:39:39 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:39:39 8 image stars found 06:39:39 41 catalog stars found 06:39:39 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:39:39 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:39:40 (wait for slew to complete) 06:39:44 (slew complete) 06:39:44 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:39:44 No focus change required 06:39:54 (guide star SNR=40.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:39:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:39:58 (guide star SNR=30.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:39:58 (final exposure interval 1) 06:39:58 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:40:01 (guide star SNR=7.2 X=710 Y=37) 06:40:24 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:40:29 (guide star SNR=56.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:40:29 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:40:33 (guide star SNR=28.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:40:33 (final exposure interval 1) 06:40:33 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:40:37 (guide star SNR=21.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:40:50 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:40:55 (guide star SNR=39.5 X=219 Y=465) 06:40:55 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:40:59 **No stars found in guider image 06:40:59 (final exposure interval -1) 06:40:59 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:40:59 **Autoguiding failed. 06:40:59 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:40:59 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131024_063907 06:40:59 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:40:59 (starting exposure) 06:46:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:46:17 Image finished 06:46:20 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:46:20 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=801s GW=T HAz=1400s DWz=T WF=no] 06:46:20 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:46:20 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:46:20 Updating pointing... 06:46:20 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:46:20 No focus change required 06:46:20 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:46:20 (starting exposure) 06:46:35 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:46:35 Calibrating image... 06:46:35 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:46:35 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:46:35 Image finished 06:46:35 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:46:35 6 image stars found 06:46:35 41 catalog stars found 06:46:35 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:46:35 Start slew to offset... 06:46:36 (wait for slew to complete) 06:46:40 (slew complete) 06:46:40 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:46:40 (starting exposure) 06:46:52 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:46:52 Calibrating image... 06:46:52 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:46:52 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:46:52 Image finished 06:46:52 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:46:52 9 image stars found 06:46:52 41 catalog stars found 06:46:52 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:46:52 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:46:54 (wait for slew to complete) 06:46:57 (slew complete) 06:46:57 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:46:57 No focus change required 06:47:07 (guide star SNR=26.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:47:07 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:47:11 (guide star SNR=7.1 X=711 Y=37) 06:47:11 (final exposure interval 1) 06:47:11 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:47:16 (guide star SNR=39.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:47:30 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:47:35 (guide star SNR=42.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:47:35 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:47:39 (guide star SNR=very high X=219 Y=465) 06:47:39 (final exposure interval 1) 06:47:39 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:47:43 (guide star SNR=7.6 X=710 Y=38) 06:48:05 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:48:10 (guide star SNR=32.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:48:10 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:48:14 (guide star SNR=28.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:48:14 (final exposure interval 1) 06:48:14 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:48:19 (guide star SNR=67.5 X=219 Y=465) 06:48:32 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:48:37 (guide star SNR=17.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:48:37 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:48:41 (guide star SNR=62.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:48:41 (final exposure interval 1) 06:48:41 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:48:45 (guide star SNR=41.3 X=219 Y=465) 06:48:59 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:49:00 **Autoguiding failed. 06:49:00 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:49:00 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131024_064620 06:49:00 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:49:00 (starting exposure) 06:54:19 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:54:19 Image finished 06:54:21 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:54:21 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1283s GW=T HAz=1682s DWz=T WF=no] 06:54:21 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131024_065421 06:54:21 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 06:54:21 No focus change required 06:54:22 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:54:22 (starting exposure) 06:56:23 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:56:23 Image finished 06:56:26 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131024_065421 final image. 06:56:27 120 image stars found 06:56:27 42 catalog stars found 06:56:27 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:56:27 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1410s GW=T HAz=1809s DWz=T WF=no] 06:56:28 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131024_065628 06:56:28 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:56:28 (starting exposure) 06:58:29 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:58:29 Image finished 06:58:32 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:58:32 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1534s GW=T HAz=1934s DWz=T WF=no] 06:58:32 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131024_065832 06:58:32 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:58:32 (starting exposure) 07:00:34 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:00:34 Image finished 07:00:36 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:00:36 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1659s GW=T HAz=2058s DWz=T WF=no] 07:00:36 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131024_070036 07:00:36 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 07:00:36 (starting exposure) 07:02:39 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:02:39 Image finished 07:02:41 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:02:41 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1785s GW=T HAz=2184s DWz=T WF=no] 07:02:41 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131024_070241 07:02:41 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 07:02:41 (starting exposure) 07:04:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:04:43 Image finished 07:04:46 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:04:46 Run complete ACP console log closed 24-Oct-2013 07:04:46 UTC