ACP console log opened 28-Oct-2013 06:36:05 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 06:36:05 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 06:36:05 Custom image file path/names are in use 06:36:05 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 06:36:05 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 06:36:05 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 06:36:09 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 06:36:09 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 06:36:09 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 06:36:09 Dome is MaxDome 06:36:09 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 06:36:09 Imager is QSI Universal 06:36:09 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 06:36:09 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 06:36:09 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 06:36:09 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 06:36:09 ACPS Observation SN_2013ej(1 of 1) 06:36:09 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan SN_2013ej) 06:36:09 (turning on sidereal tracking) 06:36:09 Pointing updates are enabled 06:36:09 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:36:10 (wait for slew to complete) 06:36:31 (slew complete) 06:36:31 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=1155s GW=T HAz=1815s DWz=T WF=no] 06:36:31 Updating pointing... 06:36:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:36:31 (starting exposure) 06:36:50 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:36:50 Calibrating image... 06:36:50 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:36:50 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:36:50 Image finished 06:36:50 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:36:50 8 image stars found 06:36:50 41 catalog stars found 06:36:50 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:36:50 Start slew to offset... 06:36:52 (wait for slew to complete) 06:36:57 (slew complete) 06:36:57 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:36:57 (starting exposure) 06:37:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:37:09 Calibrating image... 06:37:09 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:37:09 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:37:09 Image finished 06:37:09 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:37:09 7 image stars found 06:37:09 41 catalog stars found 06:37:09 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:37:09 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:37:10 (wait for slew to complete) 06:37:14 (slew complete) 06:37:14 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 06:37:14 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:37:14 No focus change required 06:37:23 (guide star SNR=25.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:37:23 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:37:27 **No stars found in guider image 06:37:27 (final exposure interval -1) 06:37:27 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:37:30 **Autoguiding failed. 06:37:30 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:37:30 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=1215s GW=T HAz=1815s DWz=T WF=no] 06:37:31 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:37:31 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:37:31 Updating pointing... 06:37:31 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:37:31 No focus change required 06:37:31 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:37:31 (starting exposure) 06:37:43 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:37:43 Calibrating image... 06:37:43 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:37:43 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:37:43 Image finished 06:37:43 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:37:43 8 image stars found 06:37:43 41 catalog stars found 06:37:43 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:37:43 Start slew to offset... 06:37:44 (wait for slew to complete) 06:37:47 (slew complete) 06:37:47 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:37:47 (starting exposure) 06:37:59 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:37:59 Calibrating image... 06:37:59 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:37:59 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:37:59 Image finished 06:37:59 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:37:59 10 image stars found 06:37:59 41 catalog stars found 06:37:59 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:37:59 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:38:00 (wait for slew to complete) 06:38:04 (slew complete) 06:38:04 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:38:04 No focus change required 06:38:14 (guide star SNR=17.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:38:14 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:38:17 **No stars found in guider image 06:38:17 (final exposure interval -1) 06:38:17 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:38:17 **Autoguiding failed. 06:38:17 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:38:17 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131028_063730 06:38:17 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:38:17 (starting exposure) 06:43:38 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:43:38 Image finished 06:43:41 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_B_20131028_063730 final image. 06:43:42 288 image stars found 06:43:43 42 catalog stars found 06:43:43 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 06:43:43 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=1588s GW=T HAz=2188s DWz=T WF=no] 06:43:43 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:43:43 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:43:43 Updating pointing... 06:43:43 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:43:43 No focus change required 06:43:43 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:43:47 (starting exposure) 06:44:04 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:44:04 Calibrating image... 06:44:04 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:44:04 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:44:04 Image finished 06:44:04 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:44:04 4 image stars found 06:44:04 41 catalog stars found 06:44:04 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:44:04 Start slew to offset... 06:44:05 (wait for slew to complete) 06:44:12 (slew complete) 06:44:12 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:44:12 (starting exposure) 06:44:24 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:44:24 Calibrating image... 06:44:24 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:44:24 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:44:24 Image finished 06:44:24 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:44:24 5 image stars found 06:44:24 41 catalog stars found 06:44:24 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:44:24 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:44:29 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:44:29 No focus change required 06:44:39 (guide star SNR=25.4 X=219 Y=465) 06:44:39 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:44:42 **No stars found in guider image 06:44:42 (final exposure interval -1) 06:44:42 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 06:44:42 **Autoguiding failed. 06:44:42 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:44:42 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131028_064343 06:44:42 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:44:42 (starting exposure) 06:50:22 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:50:22 Image finished 06:50:25 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:50:25 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=1991s GW=T HAz=2591s DWz=T WF=no] 06:50:25 (guider not running, restarting...) 06:50:25 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 06:50:25 Updating pointing... 06:50:25 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 06:50:25 No focus change required 06:50:25 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:50:25 (starting exposure) 06:50:42 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:50:42 Calibrating image... 06:50:42 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:50:42 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:50:42 Image finished 06:50:42 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:50:42 7 image stars found 06:50:42 41 catalog stars found 06:50:42 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:50:42 Start slew to offset... 06:50:44 (wait for slew to complete) 06:50:51 (slew complete) 06:50:51 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 06:50:51 (starting exposure) 06:51:03 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:51:03 Calibrating image... 06:51:03 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 06:51:03 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 06:51:03 Image finished 06:51:03 Plate-solve pointing image. 06:51:03 7 image stars found 06:51:03 41 catalog stars found 06:51:03 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 06:51:03 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 06:51:08 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 06:51:08 No focus change required 06:51:17 (guide star SNR=49.3 X=219 Y=465) 06:51:17 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:51:21 (guide star SNR=45.5 X=219 Y=465) 06:51:21 (final exposure interval 1) 06:51:21 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:51:26 (guide star SNR=18.3 X=219 Y=465) 06:51:44 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:51:51 (guide star SNR=48.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:51:51 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:51:55 (guide star SNR=26.7 X=219 Y=465) 06:51:55 (final exposure interval 1) 06:51:55 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:51:59 (guide star SNR=48.2 X=219 Y=465) 06:52:17 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:52:24 **No stars found in guider image 06:52:24 (initial exposure interval -1) 06:52:24 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 06:52:48 (guide star SNR=6.8 X=219 Y=465) 06:52:48 (exposure interval 1) 06:53:06 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 06:53:13 (guide star SNR=23.1 X=219 Y=465) 06:53:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 06:53:17 (guide star SNR=47.0 X=219 Y=465) 06:53:17 (final exposure interval 1) 06:53:17 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 06:53:22 **No stars found in guider image 06:53:22 **Guider unexpectedly stopped while waiting for measurement 06:53:24 **Autoguiding failed. 06:53:24 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 06:53:24 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131028_065025 06:53:24 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 06:53:24 (starting exposure) 06:58:58 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:58:58 Image finished 06:59:00 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:59:00 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=2508s GW=T HAz=2908s DWz=T WF=no] 06:59:00 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131028_065900 06:59:00 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 06:59:00 No focus change required 06:59:01 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:59:01 (starting exposure) 07:01:15 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:01:15 Image finished 07:01:17 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131028_065900 final image. 07:01:19 117 image stars found 07:01:19 42 catalog stars found 07:01:19 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 07:01:19 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=2647s GW=T HAz=3048s DWz=T WF=no] 07:01:19 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131028_070119 07:01:19 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 07:01:19 (starting exposure) 07:03:33 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:03:33 Image finished 07:03:36 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:03:36 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=2784s GW=T HAz=3185s DWz=T WF=no] 07:03:36 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131028_070336 07:03:36 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 07:03:36 (starting exposure) 07:05:50 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:05:50 Image finished 07:05:53 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:05:53 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=2922s GW=T HAz=3322s DWz=T WF=no] 07:05:53 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131028_070553 07:05:53 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 07:05:53 (starting exposure) 07:08:06 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:08:06 Image finished 07:08:09 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:08:09 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=3058s GW=T HAz=3459s DWz=T WF=no] 07:08:09 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131028_070809 07:08:09 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 07:08:09 (starting exposure) 07:10:23 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:10:23 Image finished 07:10:26 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 07:10:26 Run complete ACP console log closed 28-Oct-2013 07:10:26 UTC