ACP console log opened 27-Oct-2013 06:05:29 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 06:05:29 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 06:05:29 Custom image file path/names are in use 06:05:29 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 06:05:29 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 06:05:29 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 06:05:30 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 06:05:30 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 06:05:30 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 06:05:30 Dome is MaxDome 06:05:30 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 06:05:30 Imager is QSI Universal 06:05:30 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 06:05:30 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 06:05:30 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 06:05:30 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 06:05:30 ACPS Observation SN_2013ej(1 of 1) 06:05:30 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan SN_2013ej) 06:05:30 (turning on sidereal tracking) 06:05:30 Pointing updates are enabled 06:05:30 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:05:32 (wait for slew to complete) 06:05:41 (slew complete) 06:05:41 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=-936s GW=T HAz=-276s DWz=T WF=no] 06:05:41 Updating pointing... 06:05:41 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 06:05:41 No focus change required 06:05:44 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:05:44 (starting exposure) 06:05:59 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:05:59 Calibrating image... 06:05:59 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:05:59 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:05:59 Image finished 06:05:59 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:05:59 9 image stars found 06:05:59 41 catalog stars found 06:05:59 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:05:59 Start slew to offset... 06:06:01 (wait for slew to complete) 06:06:04 (slew complete) 06:06:04 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:06:04 (starting exposure) 06:06:15 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:06:15 Calibrating image... 06:06:15 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:06:15 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:06:15 Image finished 06:06:15 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:06:15 8 image stars found 06:06:16 41 catalog stars found 06:06:16 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:06:16 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:06:18 (wait for slew to complete) 06:06:23 (slew complete) 06:06:23 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 06:06:23 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:06:23 No focus change required 06:06:33 (guide star SNR=13.0 X=219 Y=465) 06:06:33 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:06:37 (guide star SNR=16.5 X=219 Y=465) 06:06:37 (final exposure interval 1) 06:06:37 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:06:42 (guide star SNR=31.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:06:56 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:07:01 (guide star SNR=30.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:07:01 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:07:05 **No stars found in guider image 06:07:05 (final exposure interval -1) 06:07:05 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:07:05 **Autoguiding failed. 06:07:05 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:07:05 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=-852s GW=T HAz=-252s DWz=T WF=no] 06:07:05 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:07:05 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:07:05 Updating pointing... 06:07:05 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:07:05 No focus change required 06:07:05 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:07:05 (starting exposure) 06:07:18 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:07:18 Calibrating image... 06:07:18 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:07:18 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:07:18 Image finished 06:07:18 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:07:18 6 image stars found 06:07:18 41 catalog stars found 06:07:18 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:07:18 Start slew to offset... 06:07:20 (wait for slew to complete) 06:07:23 (slew complete) 06:07:23 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:07:23 (starting exposure) 06:07:35 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:07:35 Calibrating image... 06:07:35 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:07:35 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:07:35 Image finished 06:07:35 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:07:35 12 image stars found 06:07:36 41 catalog stars found 06:07:36 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:07:36 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:07:38 (wait for slew to complete) 06:07:42 (slew complete) 06:07:42 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:07:42 No focus change required 06:07:53 (guide star SNR=very high X=219 Y=465) 06:07:53 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:07:58 **No stars found in guider image 06:07:58 (final exposure interval -1) 06:07:58 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:07:58 **Autoguiding failed. 06:07:58 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:07:58 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131027_060705 06:07:58 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:07:58 (starting exposure) 06:13:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:13:28 Image finished 06:13:30 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_B_20131027_060705 final image. 06:13:32 240 image stars found 06:13:32 42 catalog stars found 06:13:32 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:13:32 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=-464s GW=T HAz=136s DWz=T WF=no] 06:13:32 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:13:32 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:13:32 Updating pointing... 06:13:32 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:13:32 No focus change required 06:13:33 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:13:34 (starting exposure) 06:13:48 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:13:48 Calibrating image... 06:13:48 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:13:48 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:13:48 Image finished 06:13:48 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:13:48 8 image stars found 06:13:48 41 catalog stars found 06:13:48 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:13:48 Start slew to offset... 06:13:49 (wait for slew to complete) 06:13:54 (slew complete) 06:13:54 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:13:54 (starting exposure) 06:14:05 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:14:05 Calibrating image... 06:14:05 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:14:05 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:14:05 Image finished 06:14:06 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:14:06 11 image stars found 06:14:06 41 catalog stars found 06:14:07 Solved! 8 stars matched. 06:14:07 Average residual is 0.46 arcsec. 06:14:07 Pointing error is 0.378 arcmin @ angle 317.98 06:14:07 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 06:14:07 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 06:14:07 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 47.2s 14° 22' 29.73" 06:14:07 Imager sky position angle is 3.9 deg. 06:14:07 [sync] pointing model updated 06:14:07 Re-slew to target. 06:14:07 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:14:08 (wait for slew to complete) 06:14:10 (slew complete) 06:14:10 Target is now centered. 06:14:10 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:14:10 No focus change required 06:14:20 (guide star SNR=31.0 X=219 Y=465) 06:14:20 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:14:24 (guide star SNR=6.3 X=719 Y=27) 06:14:24 (final exposure interval 1) 06:14:24 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:14:28 (guide star SNR=18.6 X=219 Y=465) 06:14:42 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:14:47 (guide star SNR=6.3 X=718 Y=27) 06:14:47 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:14:52 (guide star SNR=6.6 X=717 Y=27) 06:14:52 (final exposure interval 1) 06:14:52 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:14:55 (guide star SNR=5.5 X=718 Y=28) 06:15:18 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:15:23 (guide star SNR=46.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:15:23 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:15:27 (guide star SNR=22.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:15:27 (final exposure interval 1) 06:15:27 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:15:31 **No stars found in guider image 06:15:31 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 06:15:35 **No stars found in guider image 06:15:35 (initial exposure interval -1) 06:15:35 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 06:15:58 (guide star SNR=7.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:15:58 (exposure interval 1) 06:16:12 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:16:13 **Autoguiding failed. 06:16:13 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:16:13 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131027_061332 06:16:13 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:16:13 (starting exposure) 06:21:42 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:21:42 Image finished 06:21:45 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:21:45 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=30s GW=T HAz=630s DWz=T WF=no] 06:21:45 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:21:45 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:21:45 Updating pointing... 06:21:45 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:21:45 No focus change required 06:21:45 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:21:45 (starting exposure) 06:22:00 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:22:00 Calibrating image... 06:22:00 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:22:00 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:22:00 Image finished 06:22:00 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:22:00 4 image stars found 06:22:01 41 catalog stars found 06:22:01 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:22:01 Start slew to offset... 06:22:02 (wait for slew to complete) 06:22:05 (slew complete) 06:22:05 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:22:05 (starting exposure) 06:22:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:22:17 Calibrating image... 06:22:17 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:22:17 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:22:17 Image finished 06:22:17 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:22:17 11 image stars found 06:22:18 41 catalog stars found 06:22:18 Solved! 9 stars matched. 06:22:18 Average residual is 0.31 arcsec. 06:22:18 Pointing error is 0.304 arcmin @ angle 293.77 06:22:18 True focal length is 346.2 cm. 06:22:18 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 06:22:18 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 47.1s 14° 22' 20.24" 06:22:18 Imager sky position angle is 4.0 deg. 06:22:18 [sync] pointing model updated 06:22:18 Re-slew to target. 06:22:18 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:22:19 (wait for slew to complete) 06:22:23 (slew complete) 06:22:23 Target is now centered. 06:22:23 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:22:23 No focus change required 06:22:33 (guide star SNR=21.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:22:34 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:22:37 (guide star SNR=6.6 X=719 Y=24) 06:22:37 (final exposure interval 1) 06:22:37 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:22:42 (guide star SNR=76.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:22:56 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:23:01 (guide star SNR=20.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:23:01 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:23:06 (guide star SNR=27.3 X=219 Y=465) 06:23:06 (final exposure interval 1) 06:23:06 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:23:11 (guide star SNR=18.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:23:25 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:23:30 (guide star SNR=6.7 X=720 Y=25) 06:23:30 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:23:34 (guide star SNR=7.0 X=720 Y=25) 06:23:34 (final exposure interval 1) 06:23:34 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:23:38 (guide star SNR=6.6 X=718 Y=25) 06:24:05 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:24:11 (guide star SNR=18.9 X=219 Y=465) 06:24:11 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:24:15 **No stars found in guider image 06:24:15 (final exposure interval -1) 06:24:15 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:24:15 **Autoguiding failed. 06:24:15 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:24:15 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131027_062145 06:24:15 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:24:15 (starting exposure) 06:29:45 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:29:45 Image finished 06:29:48 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:29:48 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=515s GW=T HAz=915s DWz=T WF=no] 06:29:48 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131027_062948 06:29:48 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 06:29:48 No focus change required 06:29:48 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:29:48 (starting exposure) 06:31:52 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:31:52 Image finished 06:31:54 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131027_062948 final image. 06:31:56 123 image stars found 06:31:56 42 catalog stars found 06:31:56 Solved! 8 stars matched. 06:31:56 Average residual is 0.11 arcsec. 06:31:56 Pointing error is 0.410 arcmin @ angle 300.33 06:31:56 (pointing corrector updated with this observation) 06:31:56 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 06:31:56 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 06:31:56 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 46.8s 13° 45' 43.03" 06:31:56 Imager sky position angle is 3.9 deg. 06:31:56 Image FWHM is 1.6 arcsec (4.87 pixels) 06:31:56 (avg FWHM = 1.61 arcsec) 06:31:56 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 06:31:56 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=643s GW=T HAz=1043s DWz=T WF=no] 06:31:56 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131027_063156 06:31:56 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:31:56 (starting exposure) 06:33:56 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:33:56 Image finished 06:33:59 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131027_063156 final image. 06:34:00 108 image stars found 06:34:02 42 catalog stars found 06:34:02 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:34:02 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=769s GW=T HAz=1169s DWz=T WF=no] 06:34:02 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131027_063402 06:34:02 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:34:02 (starting exposure) 06:36:04 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:36:04 Image finished 06:36:07 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:36:07 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=894s GW=T HAz=1295s DWz=T WF=no] 06:36:07 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131027_063607 06:36:07 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:36:07 (starting exposure) 06:38:05 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:38:05 Image finished 06:38:07 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:38:07 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1015s GW=T HAz=1415s DWz=T WF=no] 06:38:07 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131027_063807 06:38:07 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:38:07 (starting exposure) 06:40:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:40:09 Image finished 06:40:12 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:40:12 Run complete ACP console log closed 27-Oct-2013 06:40:12 UTC