ACP console log opened 07-Nov-2013 05:40:11 UTC This is ACP version 6.0 (build 14, Special for Wodaski Alt/Az Scope) Licensed to Arne Henden 05:40:11 This is AcquireScheduler V3.5.2 05:40:11 Custom image file path/names are in use 05:40:11 Custom auto-flip parameters are in use 05:40:11 PreFlip=300 PostFlip=120 AF=300 PU=60 05:40:11 Hardware GEM pier side reporting is available. 05:40:12 Initializing AcquireSupport V6.0.7 05:40:12 Weather safe, server is Weather Server Simulator 05:40:12 Telescope is ACP->TMO, driver V3 05:40:12 Dome is MaxDome 05:40:12 MaxIm DL/CCD is version 5.18 05:40:12 Imager is QSI Universal 05:40:12 Guider is SX Universal(internal/off-axis) 05:40:12 Calculated unbinned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.33 V = 0.33 05:40:12 Calculated field of view (arcmin): H = 18.4 V = 13.8 05:40:12 Using focus offsets from FilterInfo.txt 05:40:12 ACPS Observation SN_2013ej(1 of 1) 05:40:12 (belongs to Project AAVSO_Monitoring, Plan SN_2013ej) 05:40:12 (turning on sidereal tracking) 05:40:12 Pointing updates are enabled 05:40:12 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 05:40:14 (wait for slew to complete) 05:40:58 (slew complete) 05:40:58 [flip check: Tn=660s HAc=179s GW=T HAz=839s DWz=T WF=no] 05:40:58 Updating pointing... 05:40:58 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:40:58 No focus change required 05:40:58 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:40:58 (starting exposure) 05:41:10 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:41:10 Calibrating image... 05:41:10 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:41:10 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:41:10 Image finished 05:41:10 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:41:10 5 image stars found 05:41:10 41 catalog stars found 05:41:10 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:41:11 Start slew to offset... 05:41:12 (wait for slew to complete) 05:41:16 (slew complete) 05:41:16 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:41:16 (starting exposure) 05:41:28 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:41:28 Calibrating image... 05:41:28 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:41:28 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:41:28 Image finished 05:41:28 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:41:28 13 image stars found 05:41:28 41 catalog stars found 05:41:28 Solved! 8 stars matched. 05:41:28 Average residual is 0.43 arcsec. 05:41:28 Pointing error is 0.443 arcmin @ angle 315.95 05:41:28 True focal length is 346.1 cm. 05:41:28 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 05:41:28 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 46.9s 14° 22' 31.98" 05:41:28 Imager sky position angle is 5.6 deg. 05:41:28 Image FWHM is 3.1 arcsec (1.61 pixels) 05:41:28 (avg FWHM = 2.69 arcsec) 05:41:28 [sync] pointing model updated 05:41:28 Re-slew to target. 05:41:28 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 05:41:30 (wait for slew to complete) 05:41:33 (slew complete) 05:41:33 Target is now centered. 05:41:33 (long exp, no orbital tracking, trying to autoguide) 05:41:33 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:41:33 No focus change required 05:41:43 (guide star SNR=13.0 X=219 Y=465) 05:41:43 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:41:47 **No stars found in guider image 05:41:47 (final exposure interval -1) 05:41:47 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:41:47 **Autoguiding failed. 05:41:47 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:41:47 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=228s GW=T HAz=828s DWz=T WF=no] 05:41:47 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:41:47 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:41:47 Updating pointing... 05:41:48 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:41:48 No focus change required 05:41:48 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:41:48 (starting exposure) 05:42:00 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:42:00 Calibrating image... 05:42:00 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:42:00 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:42:00 Image finished 05:42:00 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:42:00 9 image stars found 05:42:00 41 catalog stars found 05:42:00 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:42:01 Start slew to offset... 05:42:02 (wait for slew to complete) 05:42:06 (slew complete) 05:42:06 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:42:06 (starting exposure) 05:42:17 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:42:17 Calibrating image... 05:42:17 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:42:17 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:42:17 Image finished 05:42:17 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:42:17 14 image stars found 05:42:18 41 catalog stars found 05:42:18 Solved! 10 stars matched. 05:42:18 Average residual is 0.46 arcsec. 05:42:18 Pointing error is 0.242 arcmin @ angle 246.73 05:42:18 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 05:42:18 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.92 05:42:18 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 47.3s 14° 22' 07.15" 05:42:18 Imager sky position angle is 5.6 deg. 05:42:18 [sync] pointing model updated 05:42:18 Re-slew to target. 05:42:18 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 05:42:19 (wait for slew to complete) 05:42:23 (slew complete) 05:42:23 Target is now centered. 05:42:23 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:42:23 No focus change required 05:42:32 (guide star SNR=58.9 X=219 Y=465) 05:42:32 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:42:37 **No stars found in guider image 05:42:37 (final exposure interval -1) 05:42:37 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:42:37 **Autoguiding failed. 05:42:37 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:42:37 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131107_054147 05:42:37 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:42:37 (starting exposure) 05:47:56 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:47:56 Image finished 05:47:58 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_B_20131107_054147 final image. 05:48:00 318 image stars found 05:48:00 42 catalog stars found 05:48:00 ** The calculated plate scale is extremely different from the configured plate scale. Solution is suspect. 05:48:00 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=601s GW=T HAz=1202s DWz=T WF=no] 05:48:00 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:48:00 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:48:00 Updating pointing... 05:48:00 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:48:00 No focus change required 05:48:01 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:48:01 (starting exposure) 05:48:15 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:48:15 Calibrating image... 05:48:15 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:48:15 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:48:15 Image finished 05:48:15 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:48:15 7 image stars found 05:48:15 41 catalog stars found 05:48:15 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:48:16 Start slew to offset... 05:48:17 (wait for slew to complete) 05:48:21 (slew complete) 05:48:21 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:48:21 (starting exposure) 05:48:32 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:48:32 Calibrating image... 05:48:32 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:48:32 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:48:32 Image finished 05:48:32 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:48:32 11 image stars found 05:48:33 41 catalog stars found 05:48:33 Solved! 9 stars matched. 05:48:33 Average residual is 0.44 arcsec. 05:48:33 Pointing error is 0.116 arcmin @ angle 236.71 05:48:33 True focal length is 346.5 cm. 05:48:33 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.92 05:48:33 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 47.8s 14° 22' 09.06" 05:48:33 Imager sky position angle is 5.5 deg. 05:48:33 [sync] pointing model updated 05:48:33 Re-slew to target. 05:48:33 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 05:48:34 (wait for slew to complete) 05:48:38 (slew complete) 05:48:38 Target is now centered. 05:48:38 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:48:38 No focus change required 05:48:48 (guide star SNR=11.0 X=219 Y=465) 05:48:48 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:48:52 **No stars found in guider image 05:48:52 (final exposure interval -1) 05:48:52 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:48:52 **Autoguiding failed. 05:48:52 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:48:52 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131107_054800 05:48:52 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:48:52 (starting exposure) 05:54:23 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:54:23 Image finished 05:54:26 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 05:54:26 [flip check: Tn=600s HAc=988s GW=T HAz=1589s DWz=T WF=no] 05:54:26 (guider not running, restarting...) 05:54:26 (internal guider - attempt pointing update before guider restart) 05:54:26 Updating pointing... 05:54:26 Switching from B to V filter for pointing exposure 05:54:26 No focus change required 05:54:26 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:54:26 (starting exposure) 05:54:40 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:54:40 Calibrating image... 05:54:40 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:54:40 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:54:40 Image finished 05:54:40 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:54:40 6 image stars found 05:54:40 41 catalog stars found 05:54:40 ** No matching stars found. Check your estimated center-point RA/Dec, and your image scaling and quality. 05:54:41 Start slew to offset... 05:54:42 (wait for slew to complete) 05:54:46 (slew complete) 05:54:46 (taking 5 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 6) 05:54:46 (starting exposure) 05:54:58 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 05:54:58 Calibrating image... 05:54:58 **Calibration failed. Original image saved. 05:54:58 **MaxIm reports No suitable calibration groups were found. 05:54:58 Image finished 05:54:58 Plate-solve pointing image. 05:54:58 15 image stars found 05:54:58 41 catalog stars found 05:54:58 Solved! 11 stars matched. 05:54:58 Average residual is 0.49 arcsec. 05:54:58 Pointing error is 0.098 arcmin @ angle 231.32 05:54:58 True focal length is 346.4 cm. 05:54:58 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 1.93 V = 1.93 05:54:58 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 47.9s 14° 22' 09.23" 05:54:58 Imager sky position angle is 5.5 deg. 05:54:58 Image FWHM is 3.3 arcsec (1.73 pixels) 05:54:58 (avg FWHM = 2.88 arcsec) 05:54:58 [sync] pointing model updated 05:54:58 Re-slew to target. 05:54:58 Start slew to SN_2013ej... 05:55:00 (wait for slew to complete) 05:55:03 (slew complete) 05:55:03 Target is now centered. 05:55:03 Switching from V to B filter for imaging 05:55:03 No focus change required 05:55:13 (guide star SNR=15.8 X=219 Y=465) 05:55:13 (initial exposure interval 1) 05:55:16 **No stars found in guider image 05:55:16 (final exposure interval -1) 05:55:16 **No usable stars at max guider exposure interval 05:55:16 **Autoguiding failed. 05:55:16 (**AG failed, continuing unguided for possible passing clouds) 05:55:16 Imaging to SN_2013ej_B_20131107_055426 05:55:17 (taking 300 sec. exposure, B filter, binning = 1) 05:55:17 (starting exposure) 06:00:35 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:00:35 Image finished 06:00:38 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:00:38 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1361s GW=T HAz=1762s DWz=T WF=no] 06:00:38 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060038 06:00:38 Switching from B to V filter for imaging 06:00:38 No focus change required 06:00:38 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:00:38 (starting exposure) 06:02:40 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:02:40 Image finished 06:02:42 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060038 final image. 06:02:44 168 image stars found 06:02:44 42 catalog stars found 06:02:44 Solved! 11 stars matched. 06:02:44 Average residual is 0.14 arcsec. 06:02:44 Pointing error is 0.035 arcmin @ angle 184.23 06:02:45 True focal length is 346.7 cm. 06:02:45 True binned plate scales (arcsec/pix): H = 0.32 V = 0.32 06:02:45 True image center (J2000): 01h 36m 48.2s 13° 45' 28.50" 06:02:45 Imager sky position angle is 5.5 deg. 06:02:45 Image FWHM is 2.1 arcsec (6.66 pixels) 06:02:45 (avg FWHM = 2.78 arcsec) 06:02:45 Within max error tolerance, no re-slew needed. 06:02:45 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1488s GW=T HAz=1889s DWz=T WF=no] 06:02:45 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060245 06:02:45 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:02:45 (starting exposure) 06:04:46 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:04:46 Image finished 06:04:49 Plate-solve SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060245 final image. 06:04:50 178 image stars found 06:04:51 42 catalog stars found 06:04:51 ** Focal length off by more than 10%, solution rejected. 06:04:51 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1615s GW=T HAz=2016s DWz=T WF=no] 06:04:51 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060451 06:04:51 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:04:51 (starting exposure) 06:06:53 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:06:53 Image finished 06:06:55 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:06:55 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1740s GW=T HAz=2141s DWz=T WF=no] 06:06:55 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060655 06:06:55 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:06:55 (starting exposure) 06:08:57 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:08:57 Image finished 06:09:00 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:09:00 [flip check: Tn=400s HAc=1864s GW=T HAz=2265s DWz=T WF=no] 06:09:00 Imaging to SN_2013ej_V_20131107_060900 06:09:00 (taking 100 sec. exposure, V filter, binning = 1) 06:09:00 (starting exposure) 06:11:01 (exposure complete and image downloaded) 06:11:01 Image finished 06:11:04 First image plate-solve failed, skip solves until next target. 06:11:04 Run complete ACP console log closed 07-Nov-2013 06:11:05 UTC