ACP console log opened 28-Oct-2013 07:57:55 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 07:57:55 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 07:57:55 Custom image file path/names are in use 07:57:55 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 07:57:55 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 07:57:55 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 07:57:59 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 07:57:59 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 07:57:59 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 07:57:59 Dome is MaxDome 07:57:59 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 07:57:59 Imager is QSI Universal 07:57:59 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 07:57:59 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 07:57:59 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 07:57:59 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 07:57:59 ACPS Observation V0965_Per(1 of 1) 07:57:59 (belongs to Project Nova_Monitoring, Plan V0965_Per) 07:57:59 (turning on sidereal tracking) 07:57:59 Pointing updates are enabled 07:57:59 Start slew to V0965_Per... 07:58:01 (wait for slew to complete) 07:58:46 (slew complete) 07:58:46 [flip check: Tn=560s HAc=427s GW=T HAz=987s DWz=T WF=no] 07:58:46 Updating pointing... 07:58:46 Switching from I to V filter for pointing exposure 07:58:46 No focus change required 07:58:49 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 07:58:52 (starting exposure) 07:59:09 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 07:59:09 Calibrating image... 07:59:09 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 07:59:09 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 07:59:09 Image finished 07:59:09 Plate-solve pointing image. 07:59:09 18 image stars found 07:59:10 120 catalog stars found 07:59:10 Solved! 16 stars matched. 07:59:10 Average residual is 0.38 arcsec. 07:59:10 Pointing error is 0.701 arcmin @ angle 338.98 07:59:10 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 07:59:10 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 07:59:10 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.9s 37° 05' 42.23" 07:59:10 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 07:59:10 [sync] pointing model updated 07:59:10 Internal guider, always re-slew 07:59:10 Re-slew to target. 07:59:10 Start slew to V0965_Per... 07:59:11 (wait for slew to complete) 07:59:12 (slew complete) 07:59:12 Target is now centered. 07:59:12 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 07:59:12 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 07:59:12 No focus change required 07:59:22 (guide star SNR=13.6 X=219 Y=465) 07:59:22 (initial exposure interval 1) 07:59:28 (guide star SNR=5.2 X=706 Y=29) 07:59:28 (final exposure interval 1) 07:59:28 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 07:59:32 (guide star SNR=5.3 X=708 Y=30) 08:00:01 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:00:06 (guide star SNR=19.4 X=219 Y=465) 08:00:09 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:00:13 **No stars found in guider image 08:00:13 (final exposure interval -1) 08:00:13 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 08:00:13 **Autoguiding failed. 08:00:13 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 08:00:13 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=515s GW=T HAz=1014s DWz=T WF=no] 08:00:13 (guider not running, restarting...) 08:00:13 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 08:00:13 Updating pointing... 08:00:13 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 08:00:13 No focus change required 08:00:14 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 08:00:14 (starting exposure) 08:00:31 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:00:31 Calibrating image... 08:00:31 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 08:00:31 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 08:00:31 Image finished 08:00:31 Plate-solve pointing image. 08:00:31 30 image stars found 08:00:31 120 catalog stars found 08:00:31 Solved! 22 stars matched. 08:00:31 Average residual is 0.4 arcsec. 08:00:31 Pointing error is 0.501 arcmin @ angle 299.82 08:00:31 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 08:00:31 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 08:00:31 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.0s 37° 05' 17.94" 08:00:31 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:00:31 [sync] pointing model updated 08:00:31 Internal guider, always re-slew 08:00:31 Re-slew to target. 08:00:31 Start slew to V0965_Per... 08:00:33 (wait for slew to complete) 08:00:34 (slew complete) 08:00:34 Target is now centered. 08:00:34 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 08:00:34 No focus change required 08:00:44 (guide star SNR=9.6 X=219 Y=465) 08:00:44 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:00:50 (guide star SNR=17.2 X=219 Y=465) 08:00:50 (final exposure interval 1) 08:00:50 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:00:54 (guide star SNR=5.3 X=701 Y=30) 08:01:26 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:01:33 (guide star SNR=16.7 X=219 Y=465) 08:01:33 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:01:37 **No stars found in guider image 08:01:37 (final exposure interval -1) 08:01:37 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 08:01:37 **Autoguiding failed. 08:01:37 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 08:01:37 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131028_080013 08:01:37 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 08:01:37 (starting exposure) 08:05:19 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:05:19 Image finished 08:05:22 Plate-solve V0965_Per_B_20131028_080013 final image. 08:05:24 778 image stars found 08:05:27 121 catalog stars found 08:05:27 Solved! 22 stars matched. 08:05:27 Average residual is 0.18 arcsec. 08:05:27 Pointing error is 0.387 arcmin @ angle 305.64 08:05:27 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 08:05:27 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 08:05:27 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.6s 37° 05' 16.54" 08:05:27 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:05:27 Image FWHM is 1.6 arcsec (5.05 pixels) 08:05:27 (avg FWHM = 1.83 arcsec) 08:05:27 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 08:05:27 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=831s GW=T HAz=1329s DWz=T WF=no] 08:05:27 (guider not running, restarting...) 08:05:27 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 08:05:27 Updating pointing... 08:05:27 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 08:05:27 No focus change required 08:05:28 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 08:05:28 (starting exposure) 08:05:44 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:05:44 Calibrating image... 08:05:44 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 08:05:44 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 08:05:44 Image finished 08:05:44 Plate-solve pointing image. 08:05:44 21 image stars found 08:05:45 120 catalog stars found 08:05:45 Solved! 20 stars matched. 08:05:45 Average residual is 0.46 arcsec. 08:05:45 Pointing error is 0.341 arcmin @ angle 316.38 08:05:45 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 08:05:45 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 08:05:45 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 15.0s 37° 05' 17.80" 08:05:45 Imager sky position angle is 4.6 deg. 08:05:45 [sync] pointing model updated 08:05:45 Internal guider, always re-slew 08:05:45 Re-slew to target. 08:05:45 Start slew to V0965_Per... 08:05:46 (wait for slew to complete) 08:05:47 (slew complete) 08:05:47 Target is now centered. 08:05:47 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 08:05:47 No focus change required 08:05:57 (guide star SNR=16.4 X=219 Y=465) 08:05:57 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:06:03 (guide star SNR=6.1 X=707 Y=29) 08:06:03 (final exposure interval 1) 08:06:03 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:06:07 (guide star SNR=5.0 X=707 Y=29) 08:06:38 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:06:46 (guide star SNR=13.5 X=219 Y=465) 08:06:46 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:06:50 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=311 Y=47) 08:06:50 (final exposure interval 1.48) 08:06:50 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:06:54 (guide star SNR=29.2 X=219 Y=465) 08:07:12 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:07:19 (guide star SNR=28.1 X=219 Y=465) 08:07:19 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:07:23 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=310 Y=46) 08:07:23 (final exposure interval 1.6) 08:07:23 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:07:29 (guide star SNR=14.4 X=219 Y=465) 08:07:47 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:07:54 (guide star SNR=17.6 X=219 Y=465) 08:07:54 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:08:00 (guide star SNR=3.0 X=309 Y=46) 08:08:00 (final exposure interval 1.48) 08:08:00 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:08:05 (guide star SNR=14.5 X=219 Y=465) 08:08:26 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:08:27 **Autoguiding failed. 08:08:27 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 08:08:27 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131028_080527 08:08:27 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 08:08:27 (starting exposure) 08:12:08 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:12:08 Image finished 08:12:11 Plate-solve V0965_Per_B_20131028_080527 final image. 08:12:12 425 image stars found 08:12:12 121 catalog stars found 08:12:12 Solved! 21 stars matched. 08:12:12 Average residual is 0.17 arcsec. 08:12:12 Pointing error is 0.473 arcmin @ angle 301.36 08:12:12 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 08:12:12 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 08:12:12 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.2s 37° 05' 17.77" 08:12:12 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:12:12 Image FWHM is 1.5 arcsec (4.79 pixels) 08:12:12 (avg FWHM = 1.74 arcsec) 08:12:12 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 08:12:12 [flip check: Tn=500s HAc=1238s GW=T HAz=1735s DWz=T WF=no] 08:12:12 (guider not running, restarting...) 08:12:12 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 08:12:12 Updating pointing... 08:12:12 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 08:12:12 No focus change required 08:12:13 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 08:12:13 (starting exposure) 08:12:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:12:32 Calibrating image... 08:12:32 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 08:12:32 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 08:12:32 Image finished 08:12:32 Plate-solve pointing image. 08:12:32 31 image stars found 08:12:33 120 catalog stars found 08:12:33 Solved! 27 stars matched. 08:12:33 Average residual is 0.49 arcsec. 08:12:33 Pointing error is 0.451 arcmin @ angle 307.42 08:12:33 True focal length is 346.3 cm. 08:12:33 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 08:12:33 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.4s 37° 05' 19.43" 08:12:33 Imager sky position angle is 4.6 deg. 08:12:33 [sync] pointing model updated 08:12:33 Internal guider, always re-slew 08:12:33 Re-slew to target. 08:12:33 Start slew to V0965_Per... 08:12:34 (wait for slew to complete) 08:12:36 (slew complete) 08:12:36 Target is now centered. 08:12:36 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 08:12:36 No focus change required 08:12:46 (guide star SNR=18.1 X=219 Y=465) 08:12:46 (initial exposure interval 1) 08:12:52 (guide star SNR=5.6 X=703 Y=28) 08:12:52 (final exposure interval 1) 08:12:52 (one more exposure for simple auto-dark) 08:12:56 (guide star SNR=5.9 X=704 Y=29) 08:13:27 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:13:35 **No stars found in guider image 08:13:35 (initial exposure interval -1) 08:13:35 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 08:13:59 (guide star SNR=14.2 X=219 Y=465) 08:13:59 (exposure interval 1) 08:14:16 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:14:24 **No stars found in guider image 08:14:24 (initial exposure interval -1) 08:14:24 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 08:14:46 (guide star SNR=7.2 X=219 Y=465) 08:14:49 (exposure interval 1) 08:15:07 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:15:15 **No stars found in guider image 08:15:15 (initial exposure interval -1) 08:15:15 No usable stars in guider image; trying again at max guider exposure 08:15:36 (guide star SNR=6.9 X=219 Y=465) 08:15:36 (exposure interval 1) 08:15:57 **Guider waited for 10 sec and never got a measurement 08:15:58 **Autoguiding failed. 08:15:58 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 08:15:58 Imaging to V0965_Per_B_20131028_081212 08:15:58 (taking 200 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 08:15:58 (starting exposure) 08:19:54 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:19:54 Image finished 08:19:56 Plate-solve V0965_Per_B_20131028_081212 final image. 08:19:58 436 image stars found 08:19:58 121 catalog stars found 08:19:58 Solved! 21 stars matched. 08:19:58 Average residual is 0.16 arcsec. 08:19:58 Pointing error is 0.464 arcmin @ angle 302.88 08:19:58 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 08:19:58 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 08:19:58 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.2s 37° 05' 18.10" 08:19:58 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:19:58 Image FWHM is 1.6 arcsec (4.92 pixels) 08:19:58 (avg FWHM = 1.66 arcsec) 08:19:58 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 08:19:58 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1705s GW=T HAz=2103s DWz=T WF=no] 08:19:58 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131028_081958 08:19:58 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 08:19:58 No focus change required 08:19:59 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:19:59 (starting exposure) 08:22:02 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:22:03 Image finished 08:22:05 Plate-solve V0965_Per_V_20131028_081958 final image. 08:22:07 369 image stars found 08:22:07 121 catalog stars found 08:22:07 Solved! 19 stars matched. 08:22:07 Average residual is 0.18 arcsec. 08:22:07 Pointing error is 0.422 arcmin @ angle 305.82 08:22:07 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 08:22:07 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 08:22:07 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.5s 37° 05' 17.80" 08:22:07 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:22:07 Image FWHM is 1.2 arcsec (3.71 pixels) 08:22:07 (avg FWHM = 1.48 arcsec) 08:22:07 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 08:22:07 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1834s GW=T HAz=2232s DWz=T WF=no] 08:22:07 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131028_082207 08:22:07 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:22:07 (starting exposure) 08:24:08 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:24:08 Image finished 08:24:10 Plate-solve V0965_Per_V_20131028_082207 final image. 08:24:12 400 image stars found 08:24:16 121 catalog stars found 08:24:16 Solved! 19 stars matched. 08:24:16 Average residual is 0.18 arcsec. 08:24:16 Pointing error is 0.399 arcmin @ angle 307.73 08:24:16 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 08:24:16 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 08:24:16 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.6s 37° 05' 17.67" 08:24:16 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:24:16 Image FWHM is 1.1 arcsec (3.47 pixels) 08:24:16 (avg FWHM = 1.36 arcsec) 08:24:16 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 08:24:16 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1963s GW=T HAz=2361s DWz=T WF=no] 08:24:16 Imaging to V0965_Per_V_20131028_082416 08:24:16 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 08:24:16 (starting exposure) 08:26:31 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 08:26:31 Image finished 08:26:34 Plate-solve V0965_Per_V_20131028_082416 final image. 08:26:35 371 image stars found 08:26:35 121 catalog stars found 08:26:35 Solved! 22 stars matched. 08:26:35 Average residual is 0.21 arcsec. 08:26:35 Pointing error is 0.364 arcmin @ angle 311.51 08:26:35 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 08:26:35 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 08:26:35 True image center (J2000): 03h 11m 14.8s 37° 05' 17.48" 08:26:35 Imager sky position angle is 4.5 deg. 08:26:35 Image FWHM is 1.2 arcsec (3.77 pixels) 08:26:35 (avg FWHM = 1.27 arcsec) 08:26:36 Run complete ACP console log closed 28-Oct-2013 08:26:40 UTC